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14 May 2019

‘Nondescript’

A surprise encounter with a howler monkey’s backside.

Published 14-May-2019

Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton, history, history of science, Wakefield

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Newsletter No. 23: Emerging from aestivation
Massimo Pigliucci · ‘spirituality’ · Barry Lopez · talking trees · Eleanor Konik · rewilding · Mark Cocker · light pollution · Sir Clive Sinclair · Horatio Clare · swifts · The Enlightenment
Newsletter No. 22: His glib, beardless chops
Insensitive teenager · Helen Macdonald · Patrick Barkham · Richard Mabey · Julian Hoffman · photography · Mars · Christina Riley · icebergs · bowling alleys · cassette tapes · Richard Thompson · Antikythera mechanism · and more…

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No going back
How was I ever able to organise my thoughts without ‘atomising’ them—breaking them down into smaller and smaller discrete notes—and then linking them together?
27 September 2021
Our semi-tame resident pheasant, Philip (whom I suspect is actually Philip III), has been strutting proudly about the garden the last few days with missus and kids in tow.
Anglesey 2021
My annual early September holiday in Anglesey.
31 August, 2021
A walk on the Moor.

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