Between the Pages
Usually the last Wednesday of the month is reserved for a book review. But I’ve been reviewing so many books lately that I don’t want … Read more
Usually the last Wednesday of the month is reserved for a book review. But I’ve been reviewing so many books lately that I don’t want … Read more
“Good poems are the best teachers. Perhaps they are the only teachers. I would go so far as to say that, if one must make … Read more
What if we excised “nature” and “wilderness” from our language – how would we relate to the natural world?
This past week I read two books by Raynor Winn, a UK nature writer. The Salt Path is the first, which was followed by The … Read more
This week I read two extremely different books. Both gave me something to think about in terms of privilege and writing. This week I read … Read more
We are living in the Anthropocene epoch. A report published last week by the US government would seem to confirm that. They found that climate … Read more
Well this year’s solstice definitely ushered in summer. From a cool and damp spring we jumped to a dry, hot summer – seemingly overnight. It … Read more
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m deeply interested in the question of community: what it is, how you build it, and how … Read more
I recently read an article in The New York Times that described serendipity not as a random stroke of luck, which we usually perceive it … Read more
For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California; Abby Palmer, a … Read more