Earth Day – Plants

By Jill Sisson Quinn | April 20, 2012

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Sunday is Earth Day, a day for appreciating and thinking about our natural environment. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn brought a little nature into her classroom with a few potted plants. What happened to those plants got her thinking about how we treat the planet.

Jill Sisson Quinn

Jill Sisson Quinn

Jill Sisson Quinn is the author of “Sign Here if You Exist and Other Essays.” Her work has appeared in Ecotone, OnEarth, Orion, and many other magazines. She teaches writing at Mid-State Technical College and lives in Scandinavia.
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