Life Outdoors

Speaker:  Scientist and Maynard Beacon-Villager Columnist David Mark

David’s new book, “Life Outdoors” is a fact-populated collection of nearly fifty essays gathered into twelve theme-linked chapters.  It mixes local history, observations on nature, and outdoor recreational and exploration activities to anyone willing to get away from too much time looking at screens and not enough time spent seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling the life going on outside. 

History starts with eighteenth century stone walls, then carries forward to twenty-first century river clean-ups and farmers’ markets.  Nature spans skunks to skunk cabbage, deer to deer ticks, and birds to bird food.  Essays on recreational sports range from describing the feel of snow shoeing to how to avoid overhydrating – the deadly opposite of dehydrating.  Advanced registration preferred. Members: Free; Non-Members: $10