Anyone who spends time observing the seasons knows one universal truth, that patience is a language best learned fluently. In the natural world, there's no use for our impatience. Changes happen...
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A space to explore joy through nature, creating botanical arts and crafts, sharing nature books, and making beautiful food from plants, with a special love for edible flowers.
The wolves and the moon
My love language is sending messages about the moon, encouraging a glance at how amazing it looks in the night sky or posting pictures of it in group chats, whether requested or not. I find that...
Roses but not the same
It is intriguing that despite everything we know, we repeatedly attempt to capture transient things. I suppose that's what makes those things so appealing, their unobtainable momentary perfection...
The power of ‘It’s okay’
After an upsetting event the two words "It's okay" can offer much comfort. I've been the recipient of this easement, both at times of true distress and more trivial troubles. I've found myself...
Winter solstice
The shortest day, the day that offers us the least light of all of the days of the year is today. On this, the astronomical beginning of winter, there is more darkness across the hours but this...
Some of Us Just Fall
Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better. Polly Atkin's very personal book, Some of Us Just Fall, is an intricate memoir of a person with a chronic illness. It is a testimony of how...
The grey of the slate…
The grey of the slate and of the mountains in the haze and of the stratocumulus filled sky is a far cry from the grey of the roads and of the walls and dusty windows of abandoned buildings. Three...
Sweet peas for Great Uncle Bill
July brought handful after handful of sweet peas. A handful is the number of times I ever met my Great Uncle Bill. A handful is the number of garden tools of his that I now own. Even though in...
Unearthed by Claire Ratinon
The timing of reading Unearthed by Claire Ratinon was significant for me and I will explain why later. It strongly articulates why representation in nature writing is so important. Claire did this...
