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		<title>Botanica</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.&#8221;  ~Henry David Thoreau
When I was a student at Michigan State University in the 1970s, three natural science courses were required of all liberal arts students.
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		<title>Living a 3-D life?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This essay appeared in slightly different form in the Christian Science Monitor and is included in my essay collection, Writing Home. Though I wrote the piece in 1997 when my son was young and I was working at home, I think its message still works today, given our current economic crisis&#8230;
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Thanks to the wonders of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small-town girl</title>
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