November 24, at 10 am, 3845 North Swan Street – "Ribbon of Life: Discovering the Wild Animals Winding Secretly and Triumphantly Through Our Cities, Suburbs and Countryside"
Sharman Apt Russell will discuss her recent book, "What Walks This Way: Exploring the Wildlife Around Us Through the Tracks and Signs," which deals with identifying wildlife tracks and signs, with an emphasis on the need for a better vision of how we manage and protect wild animals in North America. She hopes to convince everyone to go outside and look for the signs of coyotes and gray foxes, pocket mice, and mountain lions in our own backyards as well as along trails and dirt roads. She will describe a new national movement in wildlife advocacy that started here in New Mexico and that could bring important changes in our relationship with all the wild animals with whom we share this world.
"What Walks This Way: Exploring the Wildlife Around Us Through the Tracks and Signs" is a memoir of Russell's experiences in the tracking world, a call for better wildlife management, and an introduction to the basics of identifying the tracks and signs of common mammals in North America. Her description of the decorative skunks on her porch and of bear tracks in the nearby orchard will be familiar to many of us here in Silver City.
Craig Childs has said that the book "makes me want to grab a pack and walk out the door." Readers who rarely look at the ground will have a hard time looking back up, and those familiar with tracking will be surprised at what they learn. Russell will sell and sign copies of her book after the presentation.
Sharman Apt Russell has published some dozen books translated into nine languages. Her "Diary of a Citizen Scientist" won the 2016 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Writing. Her "Within Our Grasp: Childhood Malnutrition Worldwide and the Revolution Taking Place to End It" highlights the alignment of environmental and humanitarian goals. Her awards include a Rockefeller Fellowship, Pushcart Prize, New Mexico/Arizona Book Award, and Writers at Work Award. Sharman teaches in the MFA program of Antioch University in Los Angeles and is a professor emeritus at Western New Mexico University. For more information, go to www.sharmanaptrussell.com.
There are speakers on the patio if you wish to listen to the service outside.
Childcare is available every Sunday. Zoey Cronin will lead a formal children's program on second and fourth Sundays. This Sunday will be a Children's RE program.
Children are welcome to participate on any Sunday, but they will get the most out of the program if they attend second and fourth Sundays somewhat regularly. Family adults may stay for the children's program or attend the adult program. Children are encouraged to bring a small item that represents someone or something they are grateful for that week.
UUFSC Safety Protocol as pursuant to our most recent UUA Guidelines:
Masks are now optional, but their use is encouraged. We will continue to serve refreshments on the patio and in the building. Visitors are always welcome.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City is a diverse group of religious independents seeking knowledge, spiritual sustenance, fellowship, and opportunities for service to others. Our programs encompass humanism, liberal Christianity, earth-based spirituality, Buddhism and many other traditions. If you'd like to find out more, email
