Earth — that lovely, loamy stuff more commonly referred to as dirt. It’s such an important part of our home planet that the very name “Earth” is synonymous with dirt. It is what sustains us, literally and figuratively. We stand on the soil and that soil in turn nourishes the plants and animals that nourish us. Furthermore, soil stores much of our world’s fresh water supply. Dirt is life. William Bryant Logan refers to dirt as the “skin of the Earth,” and like our very own…
