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Algae: Kelp

Jennifer Kabat

Jul 26 2023

FEATURES: Between five and twenty-five million years oldCarbon-negativeMakes clouds Picture George Eliot: long face, long nose, dressed as a man. She and her ...

Ancient Boy: Onfim

Annie Rauwerda

Dec 9 2022

In the city of Novgorod, in the thirteenth century, a seven-year-old named Onfim drew mythical creatures on birchbark. Nothing about Onfim’s drawings are world-shattering. ...

A Field Guide to Urban Plants Copy

Cathy Park Hong

Feb 14 2021

CYPRESS I’ve never had any interest in plant life. I didn’t know what a cypress was until I was in my thirties. In my mind, cypress was simply a euphonious sound, ...

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