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	<description>JJ Murphy &#124; Writer, Hiker, Mycologist, Wild Foods Forager and Nature Photographer Freelance</description>
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		<title>Discovering Desert Beauty in Southern Nevada</title>
		<link>http://www.writerbynature.com/2011/10/14/discovering-desert-beauty-in-southern-nevada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nature’s multi-shaded red and gold rock sculptures appear to rise into the sky. My first visit to the Valley of Fire northeast of Las Vegas left me in awe of these sandstone formations that are over 150-180 million-year-old. I cannot imagine 150 million of anything, let alone years. I would later learn that their red color [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Word: Umwelt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoon is a scientist with storytelling skills. She disentangles the mysterious world of taxonomy and takes us on a historical journey from Linnaeus to DNA sequencing.]]></description>
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		<title>The Complete Mushroom Hunter: Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The perfect book for the aspiring mushroom hunter wishing to safely discover, harvest and enjoy wild mushrooms. It's the next best thing to being in the field with Gary Lincoff.]]></description>
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		<title>Magical mushrooms, mischievous molds: Book Review</title>
		<link>http://www.writerbynature.com/2010/11/10/magical-mushrooms-mischievous-molds-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hudler untangles the complex topics and trends in the fungi kingdom with the gift of a true storyteller. I understand his fungi course at Cornell University was popular with the entire student body, not just the science majors.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Nemesis</title>
		<link>http://www.writerbynature.com/2010/10/19/book-review-nemesis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Phillip Roth pits a courageous protagonist against the brutality and cruelty of polio in this novel set in the US Northeast in 1944.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Food Rules: An Eater&#8217;s Manual</title>
		<link>http://www.writerbynature.com/2010/02/16/book-review-food-rules-an-eaters-manual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Pollan is both articulate and diplomatic. What he calls "edible foodlike substances," I call "corporate chemical concoctions."]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Abundantly Wild</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foraging field guides are worth collecting, since no two foragers have the same recipes and techniques.]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking in the Classroom: Unveiling the Thinking Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking out loud preparing for an engaging presentation on winter wildlife tracking.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Lacuna</title>
		<link>http://www.writerbynature.com/2009/12/30/book-review-the-lacuna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lacuna: A Novel is a page-turner worth reading and re-reading. Barbara Kingsolver&#8217;s ability to weave the predictive elements into the plot is so subtle, that I&#8217;m compelled to find out what happens next. I pick up more details on every read-through. It&#8217;s a lot like traveling that perfect cross-country ski hill. After the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind</title>
		<link>http://www.writerbynature.com/2009/11/12/book-review-the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a celebration of the human spirit. A discarded physics book turns up in a third-world library enabling a boy too poor to attend school to bring electricity to his home, and eventually his village. ]]></description>
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