Margaret Renkl: The Art of Noticing

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Kate Bowler

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Margaret Renkl calls herself a backyard naturalist—but not because she has any particular expertise. From the birds in her yard to the bugs in her flower beds, she has learned the art of attention. Nature has taught her a speed at which to live, to hope, to stave off despair. In this conversation, Kate and Margaret discuss: What we miss when we imagine we have to drive somewhere else to experience nature, instead of noticing it around us What birds teach us about what means to be a good mother How to learn to love even the mosquitoes and wasps Where Margaret experiences moments of holiness How we might all start to be besotted by beauty Perhaps, we can borrow some of Margaret’s innate curiosity together and see how it might open us up to wonder and love and connectedness once again. Everything Happens is brought to you by Cologuard®. Are you 45 or older? Start screening for colon cancer with Cologuard, an effective and noninvasive screening option for adults 45 and older at average risk for colon cancer. Rx only. Learn more at Cologuard.com/everything Watch clips from this conversation, read the full transcript, and access discussion questions by clicking here. Follow Kate on Instagram, Facebook, or X (formerly known as Twitter)—@katecbowler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1:11.7	I'm Kate Boehler, and this is everything happens.
1:17.6	There is a way of living that I really admire, but I really, really don't possess.
1:24.4	Usually I see it in people who love to garden or are really into birding or some such,
1:31.1	and it is a quality of noticing, a kind of attunement toward beauty and possibility in the small,
1:39.8	seemingly ordinary things. Yeah, I don't have it. I'm never going to garden. I mostly have fake
1:47.0	plants that I also don't remember to water, but I love this quality in other people.
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