Welcome to Litsy!

I'm taking my friend Roxanna, my sisters, and their dog Bella.

First we go to a book and a craft store, then load up on food and drink, and then head to our beachfront condo.

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

A time-capsule gem. A 1951 overview of what was known about the oceans - the sea life, the tides, bathymetry, geology (before plate tectonics!), ocean currents, weather, sediments and salt and oil exploration, and human history. She looks into warming oceans, rising sea levels and how all this effects the weather (in 1951!). It's biology, geology, climate, all wrapped together with the knowledge of that time. And it's elegantly written. Terrific.

Carson‘s language is lovely here — quite poetic. Kaiulani Lee‘s voice, as narrator, adds to this rhythm. I learned a lot, including how much the oceans influence the temperature of the earth. I wouldn‘t look for really hard science here, but there‘s enough to satisfy a casual reader of nature writing. #audiowalk

The section on how islands are born was interesting. I didn‘t know that sometimes islands will appear for a short time and then disappear. Beautiful day outside. #audiowalk

So far, The Sea Around Us is more a paean to the ocean than it is a science book, although the science is there. Carson has a poetic rhythm here that reminds me of nothing so much as the King James Bible, specifically, “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” I‘m about a third of the way through the book, and I‘m enjoying it. #audiowalk

My current audiobook

(With fascinating time-capsule geology. This is written in 1951, a decade before the basic theory of plate tectonics was worked out.)

#WondrousWednesday

1. A marine biologist thanks to a show on PBS about Rachel Carson.

2. I never use an alarm. I have always just woken up 10 mins before I needed to wake up.

3. Treat others kindly, even if they aren't kind to you. And, animals are people too. 💚

4. Green. Especially Ninja Turtle green. 😁

Thank you both for the tag! @Eggs @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm

Helps to foster a deeper respect for the sea and what‘s around us! Informative read

Over 8 hours of this puzzle were spent listening to The Sea Around Us. The narrator drove me nuts, and I had a hard time paying attention to the story. I‘m giving it a so-so rather than a pan because my experience of the book was not necessarily reflective of Rachel Carson. I would like to reread as a physical book; I think I‘d like it more without the narrator factor.

#RedRoseSeptember #catchup
Here‘s my version of the #SevenSeas with seven books with “sea” in their title from my stacks. 🌊📚💙

Day 5. #7Days7Covers #CoverCrush

Post a cover you love every day for 7 days. No explanation needed. Try and tag anther Litten to join in the fun. @ShyBookOwl care to join? 💚

“In every outthrust headland, in every curving #beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” #Quotsyjuly19 @TK-421

#QuotsyJuly19 Day 21: #Beach photo taken just this morning as family here in the US brought us for an overnight trip at South Lake Tahoe directly right after a 3 day outdoorsy camping at Coloma Resort here in California. The photo above apparently is already in the Nevada #Beach Campground area. Needless to say, it was a gorgeous day. Now back home in Antioch after a 3 hour drive from this beautiful place.

My local library, PBS station, and Rachel Carson were my inspirations to dream big and pursue my love of marine and environmental sciences.
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#gratitude30

Found this at an antique store.