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2011 Fresh Pond Reading Group Report
Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation


The Fresh Pond Reading Group is a members-only club that focuses on reading nature-related books. We frequently choose topics that relate to Fresh Pond, New England, or water. We have at least 10 regular members, and over the past 5 years, our discussions have become quite relaxed and lively. The meetings are held in the Maynard Ecology Center on Wednesday evenings, and are preceded by a potluck supper, usually vegetarian (although not by design.)

Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation member Barbara Strell is the group moderator. She collects descriptions of new books that might be of interest and, at the meeting, leads the democratic process of choosing the next book for the members to read. She also helps the group choose meeting dates, sends out notices announcing upcoming meetings, and asks different group members to introduce and facilitate the discussion at each meeting.

Any FFPR Membe interested in joining the reading group should contact Barbara at fp.reading@yahoo.com or friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com .


Fresh Pond Reading Group Record: 2008 - 2011

Book Title
Authors
Date
# Attended
Reading the Landscape of America
May Thielgaard Watts
04-04-07
8
The Future of Life
Edward O. Wilson
05-05-07
7
The Wilderness World of John Muir
Edwin Way Teale, ed.
10-02-07
12
Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
Bernd Heinrich
01-09-08
15
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
William Cronon
03-19-08
14
Written in Stone
Chet and Maureen Raymo
06-11-08
15
Waiting for Aphrodite
Sue Hubbell
10-15-08
18
Coyote: Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst
Catherine Reid
01-14-09
17
The Frozen Water Trade
Gavin Weightman
03-11-09
21
The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
05-27-09
14
The Trees in My Forest
Bernd Heinrich
09-16-09
17
Reflections in Bullough's Pond
Diana Muir
11-11-09
14
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History of New England's Stone Walls
Robert Thornson
02-10-10
20
Armchair Birding
John Yow
04-28-10
17
The Wild Out Your Window
Sy Montgomery
6-16-10
10
Anthill
Edward O. Wilson
9-22-10
13
Bright Wings
Dennis Collins, ed
11-10-10
15
Outside Lies Magic
John R. Stilgoe
03-02-11
13
The Practice of the Wild
Gary Snyder
5-18-11
14
Summer World
Bernd Heinrich
09-21-11
11
The Global Forest
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
11-16-11
10
Water
Alice Outwater
02-08-11

 

Elizabeth Wylde
For Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation
January 3, 2012