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Contents Preface / vii Acknowledgments / xi Waiting at Advent / 1 Counting at Christmas / 6 Wild Ice / 18 Christmas Hockey / 25 Morning Star / 28 Geese on the Ice / 35 Passing the Salt / 43 Winter Geography / 52 Lengthening / 57 Owl Invasion / 61 What Are Animals For? / 70 Ever Living Fire / 80 Winged Wonder / 88 The Rites of Spring / 95 The Nest Box War / 103 Conspiracy / 111 Illumined Courtship / 118 The Bullhead Queen / 123 Skiing at Flamin’ Feet / 128 The Green Season / 137 Rowing the Mutant Canoe / 145 Ordinary Time / 151 Nighthawk Day / 161 Via Dolorosa / 167 Saints at Work, Saints at Rest / 174 Everyone a King / 183 ...

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