Sense of Place

Tag: more-than-human world

  • To Hold Rather Than Wait

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, October 6, 2026 We often wait. We wait for the crispness of autumn and the joy of spice-hued leaves. We wait for breaks in a day of meetings or pauses between weeks of work. We wait for rain during drought and snow during ever-warmer winters. We wait for our community of…

  • Box Turtles and “Rebel Love”

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, Ph.D., September 19, 2026, Durham, North Carolina. I am exhausted, having just returned from Duke Forest, where my students and I were searching for and radio-tracking Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina). The effort, persistence, and perspiration are worth it: a chance to give back to the Box Turtles that have…

  • Holding History: Irises of the Mongolian Steppe

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, June 13, 2026 In Khentii Province, Mongolia, history is close to the ground. This is a landscape closely associated with Chinggis Khan, with the Onon and Kherlen river worlds of his birth, with sacred mountains, and with the stories that connect empire, pastoral life, and Mongolian identity. To walk in Khentii…