I've been listening to the Martha Stewart channel on Sirius radio a lot lately. This week has been absolutely captivating because regular programming has been suspended in order to hold the annual Thanksgiving Hotline. Who knew hours and hours of expert chefs giving callers advice on Thanksgiving dishes could be so interesting?
One of my favorite things about Martha's channel is "The Naturalist Datebook". It's a very short segment recorded each day by Marion Roach Smith. It plays several times a day, and I look forward to it each time. The segment usually opens with the date, moon phase, and some snippet of almanac-like weather report, such as the places that might receive their first frost of the year that day. The rest of the datebook could be about any nature-related subject from astronomy to entomology to gardening. Today's report commemorated the anniversary of the opening of the Smithsonian Hall of Mammals. Ms. Roach Smith provided a small tribute to mammals by listing every known species of shrew. It was a long list. A bit odd, perhaps, but just fun and educational every day.
I love the closing of the segment. At the end of each spot, Ms. Roach Smith says, "Look around. Write it down. And keep your eye on nature." Even if I can't manage to do it on a daily basis, that's exactly what I'd like to do with this blog.
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