BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2128@thenatureinstitute.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251203T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251203T113000 DTSTAMP:20251028T154148Z URL:https://www.thenatureinstitute.org/events/naturally-curious-book-club- the-comfort-of-crows/ SUMMARY:Naturally Curious Book Club: The Comfort of Crows DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book club discussion this winter. We will meet at the Mississippi Sanctuary Office and enjoy an amazing view of the Mississ ippi.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n[fusion_modal_text_link name="comfortofcrows" clas s="" id=""]Click for Book Description[/fusion_modal_text_link]\n\n \;\ n\n[fusion_button link="https://app.amilia.com/store/en/nature-institute/a pi/Activity/Detail?activityId=yP0OJ49" enable_hover_text_icon="no" hover_t ext="" title="" target="_self" link_attributes="" aria_role_button="0" ali gnment_medium="" alignment_small="" alignment="" modal="" hide_on_mobile=" small-visibility\,medium-visibility\,large-visibility" sticky_display="nor mal\,sticky" class="" id="" color="default" button_gradient_top_color_hove r="" hue="" saturation="" lightness="" alpha="" button_gradient_top_color= "" button_gradient_bottom_color_hover="" button_gradient_bottom_color="" g radient_start_position="" gradient_end_position="" gradient_type="" radial _direction="" linear_angle="" accent_hover_color="" accent_color="" type=" " bevel_color="" bevel_color_hover="" border_top="" border_right="" border _bottom="" border_left="" border_radius_top_left="" border_radius_top_righ t="" border_radius_bottom_right="" border_radius_bottom_left="" border_hov er_color="" border_color="" size="" padding_top="" padding_right="" paddin g_bottom="" padding_left="" fusion_font_family_button_font="" fusion_font_ variant_button_font="" font_size="" line_height="" letter_spacing="" text_ transform="" stretch="default" margin_top="" margin_right="" margin_bottom ="" margin_left="" icon="" hover_icon="" icon_position="left" icon_divider ="no" hover_transition="none" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_color="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_delay="0" animation_of fset=""]Register Here[/fusion_button]\n\n[fusion_modal name="comfortofcrow s" title="The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl" size="large" background= "" hue="" saturation="" lightness="" alpha="" border_color="" show_footer= "yes" awb-switch-editor-focus="" class="" id=""]\n\nIn The Comfort of Crow s\, Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year . As we move through the seasons—from a crow spied on New Year’s Day\, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year\, to the lingering bluebirds of December\, revisiting the nest box they use d in spring—what develops is a portrait of joy and grief: joy in the ong oing pleasures of the natural world\, and grief over winters that end too soon and songbirds that grow fewer and fewer.\n\nAlong the way\, we also g limpse the changing rhythms of a human life. Grown children\, unexpectedly home during the pandemic\, prepare to depart once more. Birdsong and nigh t-blooming flowers evoke generations past. The city and the country where Renkl raised her family transform a little more with each passing day. And the natural world\, now in visible flux\, requires every ounce of hope an d commitment from the author—and from us. For\, as Renkl writes\, “rad iant things are bursting forth in the darkest places\, in the smallest noo ks and deepest cracks of the hidden world.”\n\nWith fifty-two original c olor artworks by the author’s brother\, Billy Renkl\, The Comfort of Cro ws is a lovely and deeply moving book from a cherished observer of the nat ural world.\n\n[/fusion_modal] CATEGORIES:Adult LOCATION:Mississippi Sanctuary Office\, 2213 South Levis Lane\, Godfrey\, I L\, 62035\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2213 South Levis Lane\, God frey\, IL\, 62035\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mississippi S anctuary Office:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR