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Tinker Creek
Tinker Creek is the creek that Annie Dillard observes for a year.
Appalachia
Appalachia is the mountainous region of the Appalachian Mountains. Tinker Creek is part of the Blue Mountains, but still in Appalachia.
Muskrats
Muskrats are the beaver-like rodent Dillard stalks at Tinker Creek.
Nymphs
Nymphs are dragonfly larva before they get their wings.
Eskimos
Eskimos are indigenous people in the arctic tundra.
Lucas’s Field
Lucas’s Field is what Dillard calls paradise. It is an old farm field that was clear cut about the quarry and creek.
Pedestrian Bridge
The pedestrian bridge near Dillard’s home is where she sits to observe animals in the creek.
Creator
Dillard used the word creator interchangeably with God.
Tomcat
Dillard begins and ends the book with the image of the tomcat leaving bloody footprints on her chest.
Frog
Dillard watches a frog at Tinker Creek be...
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