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and she has a fossil hunter’s tendency always to be looking for something, even when on the street or in a house where there is no possibility of finding anything of interest.
but I have noticed that people do not change which feature they lead with, any more than they change in character.
of the Cobb. We had joined our Weymouth
that. Even when she was just a girl, Mary led with her eyes, and I wanted to learn how to do so myself.
That’s how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking
again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting.
“God in His infinite wisdom has peppered this world with mysteries for men to solve. This is one of them, and I am honored to take on the task.”
“I am sure God has better things to do than watch over every living creature on this earth,”
“He has done such amazing work to create what He has; surely now He needn’t follow the progress of every worm and shark. His concern is with us, and He showed that by making us in His image and sending us His son.”
ichthyosaurus
the plesiosaurus,”
plesiosaurus,”
Pinhay Bay to hunt crinoids.
She was like a fossil that’s been cleaned and set so everyone can see what it is.
Ammonite Graveyard,”