Just Mine Now

I may have been in error, inviting all of you to explore Beston's The Outtermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod with me.  Usually when I have read about recommendations for reading from other AP teachers, their choices have been good ones.  This one doesn't seem to be.  I'm afraid that many of you might find the text dry (even I did in parts), filled with descriptions which may or may not interest you.  It appears geared more toward an older, adult audience.  It even reminds me of something Audubon would write about birds, a bit stiff in parts.  But there are some interesting parts.  I read the entire book on my flight back to CA after the AP Reading and visiting afterwards.  I thought of some exercises you might want to try.  In reference to the waves chapter, his description of the sound and voice of waves breaking are quite different from what you'll find in Southern California.  Perhaps you'd like to try taki...