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Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive.
Diane Ackerman
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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
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When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances on the floor. What we call white is a rainbow of colored rays packed into a small space. The prism sets them free. Love is the white light of emotion.
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I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders.
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Smell is the mute sense, the one without words.
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My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.
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In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.
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