Sidelines
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Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.
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Fools and dilettantes
How the problems I’ve been encountering lately are a sign (I hope) that my book is starting to come together.
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Limitations of the blog format
For some time now, I’ve been growing increasingly conscious of the limitations of the blog format in catering for the provisional nature of factual writing.
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Reading more eclectically
The more eclectically you read, the better your chances of making unexpected connections between different topics.
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Storm Arwen
In which I (again) bemoan the naming of storms, and experience what it’s like to go off grid.
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Back-endish
This wonderful autumn has finally begun to show signs of ‘back-endishness’, although there are still plenty of glorious colours to admire.
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Autumn strolls
After several days of pretty dreadful weather, Jen and I were finally able to get some decent autumn strolls in over the last week.
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A thrilling encounter on the most inauspicious of days
A surprisingly fruitful week in terms of random bird encounters
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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?
