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Prompt #130: Place-based Writing

Prompt #130: Place-based Writing

It's been a Rough Week...Thinking in Geologic Time Helps

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Suzanne Roberts
Nov 15, 2024
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Prompt #130: Place-based Writing
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Hi Friends,

Lisandro, the tour guide for our day trip to Maragua, stood on the limestone slab, explaining the drama that unfolded here some 60-100 million years ago. The little claw-footed prints belonged to a carnivore, a cousin on the T-Rex. The big, round-toed prints came from the gigantic loping vegetarian, the brachiosaurus. But all this came to an …

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