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Today was a day of moving around: a tranquil couple hours spent in April’s backyard, then off to the airport, drive to Paw Paw, then to Kalamazoo, finally ending up in Port Huron. The only biking so far has been from the train station to my hotel.
But at least here’s a beautiful picture of my lovely wife by April’s backyard pond.
It seems like a good day to draw attention to April’s book, “It’s My City” with the subtitle “A Singing Map.”
It’s easy to pigeonhole April as someone who only wrote about nature but this book is a great reminder that she was an amazing, imaginative writer no matter what topic she turned her attention to. This book celebrates the urban environment and overflows with the sights and, even more so, the sounds that you only find in a city: clanking metal grates, noisy street vendors, whooshing trains, and more.
Tomorrow I’ll be hitting those streets for the beginning of this cross state adventure. Can’t wait!
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