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Cheryl Berzanskis

Cheryl Berzanskis

HPPR Radio Readers Book Club Contributor

A profile in a publication of the Panhandle Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist, Cheryl Berzanskis introduced herself as having been a Mater Naturalist since 2016. She grew up in Georgia, but moved to Texas in 1981. Cheryl explains that she came to love “the macro beauty of the plains and the secrets of the canyons.” Having spent a lot of time in Palo Duro Canyon, Berzanskis became a leader of student hikes, citing the fact that the work brings joy and meaning to her life. She is a regular contributor of Radio Readers BookBytes.

  • It depends a good deal on where you want to get to.
    HPPR Features
    It All Depends
    Cheryl Berzanskis
    Hello. My name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I’m from Amarillo. My reading follows a predictable pattern — something about nature, a murder mystery, maybe poetry or something I feel I “ought” to read. However, for our autumn Radio Readers’ Book Club, I wanted to step outside any genre with which I am familiar and comfortable.
  • The long-term consequences of “crash and burn” philosophies are sometimes unknown until it is too late to avoid the outcomes
    HPPR Features
    The Book is Dense
    Cheryl Berzanskis
    Hello. My name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I’m from Amarillo.First let me tell you how I got to this Spring Radio Readers BookByte selection and why I think it is important. I am a member of a statewide group called Texas Master Naturalists, a function of Texas Parks and Wildlife.
  • HPPR Features
    Sunrise Reflections on Nature as Sustenance or Hobby
    Cheryl Berzanskis
    Hello. My name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I’m from Amarillo.When I woke up this morning, I saw and enjoyed what almost eight billion other people had seen or would see today — a sunrise.The sun’s daily journey is a universality of life on Earth and at each end of the great orb’s arc across the sky we have symbols to attend it.
  • The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals — and Other Forgotten Skills by Tristan Gooley.
    HPPR Features
    Reading Nature’s Signs
    Cheryl Berzanskis
    Hello. My name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I’m from Amarillo. It’s summertime, y’all, and the season for a no-excuses visit to the great outdoors.
  • Jo Nesbo, author of more than 13 novels including Harry Hole, as an Oslo police detective
    HPPR Features
    The Thirsty by Jo Nesbo
    Cheryl Berzanskis
    Let’s talk about crime, the chase, the human heart and some excellent writing by best selling author Norwegian Jo Nesbo (You(g) Nes-buh). Or as he’s introduced to English speaking readers, Jo Nesbo. Nesbo.