
An almanac of writing and deep ecology – where they meet and what happens there – slow thoughts in a frenzied world.
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Today I ate a handful of blackberries, my first this year, earlier than usual. The rowans have been bright scarlet ripe for a while now, elderberries still glowing green against their fuchsia pink stems. The thistles are definitely ripe, se...
I was delighted to hear that The Brothers Gillespie – who hail from my neck of the woods, along the Roman Wall – are currently at work putting together a new album, called Kingfisher. Sam and James played their ‘Tina’s Song’ on Episode 4 (F...
Much has been written and posted in the past few months about the ‘heatwaves’ in Europe and across the world. Finally, the drama-addicted mainstream media have ‘a climate change story’, almost as provoking as the World Cup and Wimbledon, al...
....looking back, looking forward, standing still
June: Summer Solstice
...where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in
§ Somewhere, I don’t remember where (and I’m not going to Google it…), Barry Lopez wrote that we become like the places where we live and call home, take on their characteristic...
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Poet: 10 collections since 1992, currently working on 11th, writing here about the creative process & deep ecology – Laurel Prize, Environmental Poet of the Year 2022-23 Michael Marks Awards, FRSL
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