The cow looked at me looking at the cow
Having done this a number of times, I smiled when I read Dorothy's dilemma in passing the cow. They have...
Butterflies of all colours
Dorothy Wordsworth's eye for details, and her care in noting them, are a wonder, allowing her to converse with people...
Sea-like sound
I like the description of a sound in the trees resembling the sea; land and water confounded.
'There...
Dun-coloured flax
I eat flaxseed and have seen blonde hair described as 'flaxen', but in reading this I realize I have never...
Shock-headed flowers
Two lovely names for a dandelion-daisy-ish yellow flower with spokes poking out like a leafy wheel.
'The shock-headed flowers of...
The book of life
'A million species of animals and plants are threatened with extinction. Three-quarters of the world's land and two-thirds of its...
Lichen like cracked lacquer
I imagine here the wetted orange lichen that grows flat on rocky surfaces, like tiny star-bursts of gold.
Eagles colour the country they inhabit
The opening of this quotation had me asking how we 'colour the country we inhabit'? I also like the following...
Podcast review – Barry Lopez’ Arctic Dreams
Listening time: 15 minutes. It’s about a quarter of a century since I first read this moving...
Bees and trees
This captures what I feel when I see sage and valiant bees and the genius of trees.
‘The earth is...
A visitation from a minor god
The past is a place which enriches me in almost all I do, and I love travelling there as much...
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