I’ve been tagged by Ruth! Here we go…
1. Pick up the nearest book of 123 (or more) pages.
Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century, edited by Carl Jensen, Ph.D.
2. Open the book to page 123 and find the 5th sentence.
Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye through much of the year. (An excerpt from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson)
3. Post the next 3 sentences.
Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. The countryside was, in fact, famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life, and when the flood of migrants was pouring through in spring and fall people traveled from great distances to observe them. Others came to fish the streans which flowed clear and cold out of the hills and contained shady pools where trout lay.
4. Tag 5 people.
Sheepish Annie, Erika, Deb, Suzanne, and Heather.