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City critters
Mar. 5th, 2005 03:49 pmSpeaking of urban beekeeping (as we were a couple of weeks ago), last week I found raw local honey at a local store made by "Mike ---, Urban Beekeeper". I bought it and the woman behind the counter said to another worker, "Look, Mike's honey. It's selling!" and I felt very warm, fuzzy and connected to the local economy. I was also happy when I got it home, because it tasted good.
I also just heard of a very neat-sounding book about animals in urban landscapes: The Hopes of Snakes by Lisa Couturier. Publisher's Weekly says: She makes a convincing case that a suburban woman with a toddler can have as viable a relationship with the wild as an intrepid backpacker; she does not so much domesticate the wilderness as reveal the wildness within the domestic. Sounds good to me. I never lived so close to so many trees until I moved to Boston. I've seen a fox in Cambridge and an opossum in Somerville and watched the gulls over the Charles... I know the wild is still here and still important. The book's only out in hardcover so far, but I'm putting it on my wish list.
I also just heard of a very neat-sounding book about animals in urban landscapes: The Hopes of Snakes by Lisa Couturier. Publisher's Weekly says: She makes a convincing case that a suburban woman with a toddler can have as viable a relationship with the wild as an intrepid backpacker; she does not so much domesticate the wilderness as reveal the wildness within the domestic. Sounds good to me. I never lived so close to so many trees until I moved to Boston. I've seen a fox in Cambridge and an opossum in Somerville and watched the gulls over the Charles... I know the wild is still here and still important. The book's only out in hardcover so far, but I'm putting it on my wish list.
