When a storm surge swept dozens of wild horses and cattle from the coast of North Carolina, no one expected there to be survivors. Then hoofprints appeared in the sand.
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Active Recall
“As of his sixth birthday next month, he will have 2,462 seconds, his entire life compressed as I wanted to remember it, into approximately 41 minutes.”
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A Touch of Moss
“Inside a rainforest or on the city pavement, moss asks so little yet offers so much: a tactile encounter with time itself”
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Plume: A Tale of Murder and Martyrdom in the Everglades
“Guy Bradley gave his life to save South Florida’s tropical birds, becoming one of the environmental movement’s first martyrs.”
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My £2,500 Cavapoo is a Middle-Class Cliché. He’s Also a Fake
“Had the award-winning Times head of investigations been duped?”
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Jazz Off the Record
“In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never heard.”
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The Sounds of Silence: A Reading List About Listening to Nature
Kindling a new awareness of the outdoors wasn’t something the author predicted, but it brought a host of realizations — including the discovery of these five thoughtful longreads.
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More Than Pony Patrol: The Park Rangers of Assateague Island
The best nature writing doesn’t just evoke the outdoors; it makes you want to get up from wherever you’re reading and go be there too. You may not drop everything to go see the wild horses and undisturbed beachfront of Maryland’s largest state park, but the next time you’re nearby you’ll think of the people […]
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I Tracked a Wild Salmon From Sea to Plate — What I Learned Surprised Me
“An eye-opening adventure through Alaska’s wild salmon supply chain, from nets to knives to the dinner table.”
