HeyJaredJarod K Anderson
Writer, Poet, and podcaster Jarod K. Anderson (creator of The CryptoNaturalist Podcast). JarodKAnderson.com / CryptoNaturalist.com
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Emergency Exit (opens the original)
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My gut says that stepping out into hyperspace would be the same as suicide, but I’ve lost my hold on what that might mean.Thinking is hard inside the ship. My brain chemistry is not what it once was. Chemistry is not what it once was.We were proud to enter the program, sitting in the terminal, waiting for the sustained electric tone that invited us to enter the ship. We boarded with pure, childlike faith, our winter coats and carry-on bags in hand, departure papers crisp in white envelopes.At wo
Sunday Seeds #18 (opens the original)
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Wonder:Weirdly enough, snails have teeth. And not just a few. Snails have thousands of teeth in little rows used for scraping surfaces. A garden snail has something like 25,000 teeth on a tongue-ish organ called a radula. The record for the animal with the most teeth goes to the umbrella slug. That overachiever can produce about 750,000 tiny teeth over a lifetime. I only have 28 teeth, but it isn’t a contest. (If it was a contest, I bet my teeth still weigh more than an umbrella slug’s teeth… bu
Sunday Seeds #17 (opens the original)
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Wonder:Plants can call for help. Bean plants can release chemicals that attract predatory wasps to defend them when they sense caterpillar saliva. Trees can warn their neighbors when an insect infestation occurs, giving their neighbors time to release bad-tasting compounds. And beneath the soil, plants and trees use mycorrhizal networks, fungi partners, to share information and nutrients. Every time I walk into the woods, I can’t help imagining countless conversations that I can’t quite hear. Wh
Sunday Seeds #16 (opens the original)
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Wonder:I love the word “aeroplankton.” Aeroplankton refers to all the tiny lifeforms that drift through the air. They include around a thousand species of bacteria and tens of thousands of species of fungi, along with organisms like mosses and algae that live some part of their lifecycles as aeroplankton. The word helps remind me that the air we breathe is not just empty space; it’s more like another kind of sea. Like the soil. Like the water. The air is very much alive. Whimsy:I like how writin
Sunday Seeds #15 (opens the original)
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I’m writing this week from Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA. It’s been a lot of fun, though I have needed to find a quiet corner now and then. So far, I’ve spoken on panels about cozy fantasy and on how I got started as a writer. Good stuff.Wonder:I often think about the ways breathing connects me to the Earth. A literally unknowable number of organisms created the oxygen I inhale. Deep in my chest, beneath my ribs, my lungs call in the world and introduce my blood to vast lives and histories. If my bl
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