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Brenda Peterson

Brenda Peterson Books

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Brenda Peterson is an American author known for her profound insights into the relationship between humans and nature. Her works often explore environmental protection, feminism, and the connection between humans and nature. Born in 1950, Peterson's works include poetry, novels, and essays, which are well-received by readers.

Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals

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“At Nature's Kitchen we take pride in saying that we wouldn't serve anything to your children that we wouldn't feed to our own children.”

Children Pride Our Children Your Children Kitchen

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“It had been this way since my beginning, born on a forest lookout station in the High Sierras, surrounded by millions of acres of wilderness and many more animals than humans. Since infancy, the first faces I imprinted, the first faces I ever really loved, were animal.”

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Book:Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals

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“The Hopi Indians of Arizona believe that our daily rituals and prayers literally keep this world spinning on its axis. For me, feeding the seagulls is one of those everyday prayers.”

World Believe Prayer Awareness This World Everyday Ritual Feeding Spinning Arizona Axes Seagull

Book:Singing to the Sound: Visions of Nature, Animals & Spirit

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“If we can write or sing or create in some way, even when we are dealing with difficulties or pain, then it becomes something bigger than ourselves — and often beautiful.”

Ifs Way Writing Pain Beautiful Bigger Difficulty

Author:Brenda Peterson

“It is never too late to go quietly to our lakes, rivers, oceans, even our small streams, and say to the sea gulls, the great blue herons, the bald eagles, the salmon, that we are sorry.”

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Book:Singing to the Sound: Visions of Nature, Animals & Spirit

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“Because animals seem to dwell in the present moment, because their own presence is so instinctive, their attention so unwavering, the offer us a different kind of compassion than humans do. Anyone is lucky to have both human and animal comfort in their lives.”

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Book:Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals

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“Cristina Eisenberg weaves her observations as a scientist and her personal experiences afield into a resonant account about the web of life that links humans to the natural world. Grounded in best science, inspired by her intimate knowledge of the wolves she studies, she offers us a luminous portrait of the ecological relationships that are essential for our well-being in a rapidly changing world. The Wolf's Tooth calls for a conservation vision that involves rewilding the earth and honoring all our relations.”

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Born: 1950
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