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September 8th, 2026

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A tropical fishes collecting trip for an aquarium, we travel not to the tropics, but on Long Island, (how could this be in a winter-cold temperate region?) and the icing on this reading is a trip to Palau and the vibrant fishes and reefs there, (and why they do so well).

I’m reading The View From Lazy Point by Carl Safina.

“…pure sensuous detail, seeing the natural world from a variety of angles…” Newsday