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Observation is a necessary ingredient for a nature writer, and Robert “Bob” Finch is indeed a keen observer of the world around us. He shares his observations for WCAI in A Cape Cod Notebook, which airs on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. One of his essays from the series—Mailbox Spiders—won the 2006 New England Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Radio Writing. Bob has been writing about Cape Cod for more than 40 years. His essays remind us to stop and appreciate nature and to be more thoughtful of our surroundings. His words paint a vivid picture that listeners can see and relate
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Bob Finch is the author of six collections of essays and co-editor of The Norton Book of Nature Writing. His first book, Common Ground: A Naturalist’s Cape Cod, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1982. Bob’s essays can be heard on WCAI every Tuesday at 8:30am and 5:45pm.
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to, and his subjects often harken back to various aspects of the Cape’s past. Inspiration is never far away, as he frequently writes about his Wellfleet neighbors and their insights, bringing a real sense of community to his work. He unearths meaning below the surface of things. To Bob, a stone wall reflects the character of its builder. On a recent A Cape Cod Notebook, Bob talked about a wall a friend and former neighbor built to enclose a garden. “In my friend’s case [the wall] seemed an emblem of his resolve to shield his life and that of his family from the chaos and vagaries of disorder that he knew as a young boy.” Bob makes you ponder your own observations. When was the last time you really looked at those black ducks forming a raft on a pond? Or stopped to consider the work a small spider has mastered as it weaves a web in a mailbox? His essays have, no doubt, resulted in many lingering, driveway moments.
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