![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. (Aug.)Ĭopyright � Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Following the Water: A Hydromancers Notebooks The writer, naturalist, and artist David Carroll illuminates the ecology and life histories of his 'mud people'the tree frogs, hawks, foxes, and the increasingly rare wood and spotted turtles he has been tracking for decadeswith the precision and passion that won him a 2006 MacArthur 'genius' award. Accompanied by Carroll's own exquisite drawings, this poetic recording of his season of loving observation is subdued by Carroll's dread of habitat destruction and nostalgia for a boyhood when I entered waters that, if not alive themselves, were so filled with light and life that my binding with them was as much metaphysical as physical. would I ever want to come back? He watches a thirsty turtle hatchling encountering water for the first time: he extends his neck full length, immerses his head, closes his eyes and drinks for 21 minutes. At the sudden appearance of a red doe, he wonders, to have those senses-would I trade my thinking, dreaming, imagining mind for them for one full day. Wearing camouflage and waders, he meets wildlife on its own terms. In this sensuous nature journal, MacArthur genius award winner Carroll ( The Year of the Turtle) follows the inhabitants of his local New Hampshire wetlands through a season of turtle life from March thaw, when the turtles wake from hibernation, to November, when ice puts them back to sleep, along the way celebrating such personal holy days as the Return of the Red-winged Blackbird. ![]()
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