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Books by Anita Sanchez
Author Anita Sanchez combines her love of history with a passion for nature.
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The Unmowed Blog
The unmowed corners. That’s where life shoves through, grows to the sun, and flourishes. Unmowed Blog by Anita Sanchez.
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"Exploring the unmowed corners of the world."
Expressing a love of history and a passion for nature.
Books by Anita Sanchez
Anita Sanchez is an author who combines her love of history with a passion for nature. Her published books include Mr. Lincoln’s Chair: The Shakers and Their Quest for Peace, The Invasion of Sandy Bay, and The Teeth of the Lion: The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion.
The Unmowed Blog
The unmowed corners.
That’s where life shoves through, grows to the sun, flourishes.
I stop every time I’m in a parking lot, a schoolyard, a graveyard–anywhere–and see what plants are growing. There’s unintended beauty in the untended places. I look to see what’s pushing through the cracks in the pavement. What the mowers have missed. What the weed whackers have failed to whack.
So come on this journey with me. Examine and rejoice in that which no one else notices.
Stop by often to see what’s going on in the parking lot! Read Unmowed Blog posts here.
Programs
A published author and professional educator, Anita Sanchez has more than twenty years of experience in providing classes and hands-on, participatory programs to a wide range of audiences.
The former director of Educational Programming at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, she has presented classes in schools throughout New England and New York State, and given workshops at the American Museum of Natural History, Colonial Williamsburg, Harvard Natural History Museum, the New York State Museum, and many other libraries, bookstores, museums, and classrooms.
Images from the Unmowed Blog
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I’ve blended my blog with my website (www.anitasanchez.com) so when you visit Unmowed.com you’ll be taken to anitasanchez.com.
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Thanks to Diane Hale Smith for this beautiful moon collage. It was taken last month,...
Cinnamon Fern. Osmundastrum cinnamomeum. (At least that’s the Latin name as of the...