The re-issuing of The Sea Triology, at a moment of catastrophic changes to marine environments, is another radical act. Though she is best known as the author of the revolutionary Silent Spring, “the handbook for the future of all life on Earth”, Carson was first and foremost a poet of the sea. And that with enough attention, we can all “feel the rain on our face and think of its long journey, its transmutations from sea to air to earth.” At a moment when overfishing, pollution, and global warming are causing catastrophic changes to marine environments worldwide, Carson’s lyrically detailed accounts of these environments remind us of their beauty, fragility, and immense consequence for human life. Reminded of the feeling of awe and delight reminded that we have to care deeply, remain awake. But often, as we get older, we need to be reminded. And that children have this sense of wonder in spades.
Rachel Carson had a deep conviction: that wonder was the foundation of our relationship with nature. It’s recently been reissued along with two other books that make up this trilogy. One of the earliest books I remember was by Rachel Carson called Under the Sea Wind. So when they thawed there was nothing but skeletons.įrom that day forward, I had that understanding that we had to tread with care, with respect. I’d hidden them in a jar so they wouldn’t be lonely –not realizing they’d freeze once I’d taken them out of their natural habitat. I remember one of the most traumatic moments of my childhood was checking on my tadpoles.
The actual time to go from tadpole to frog is 1 day – but there’s so many cool steps in between. We’ll get to see, over about 14 weeks or so, them transforming from nothing into almost frogs. In the late winter, it was about frogspawn on the ponds, which now are hatching into tadpoles. For when we walk, much like being with my dog (who spends 15 minutes walking 8 steps lost in the fascination of all the smells) we really notice stuff together. But with their hands, their ears, their noses. Lately when walking with my nieces Bryn and Piper (ages 7 and 4), I’ve noticed that they look with their entire bodies. Culture Dose | What to Read, Watch and Listen to Now
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