Roly Polys Near The Great Lakes
Personal memory by Kim Bedinger
1970 CE • Lake Michigan, United States
Growing up between Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie we would find hundreds of "roly polys" as we played. I just saw my first one again in years, just the other day.
Memory submitted at Maya Lin: A Study of Water, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022
Image: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren via Flickr, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
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