Rowdy of the Meadow

Hi.

Welcome to my rural diary. I invite you to come along as I read my way through the stories, biographies, letters and poems of people who reflect on the natural world, and what we’re doing in and with it.

At this point.

We look up anyway

Dec 28

Dec 28 We look up anyway

Jan 3

Jan 3 What holidays?

beginnings, books, reading

Space futures and fox friends

Dec 30

Dec 30 Space futures and fox friends

reading, weekly roundup

On hawks and hope

Nov 11

Nov 11 On hawks and hope

birds, Emily Dickinson, falconry

Where it is "much more marvelous"

Oct 21

Oct 21 Where it is "much more marvelous"

bees, books, ways of knowing, ways of looking

Three books with mothers

Feb 21

Feb 21 Three books with mothers

reading, books, mothers

I apologize, dear

Feb 4

Feb 4 I apologize, dear

respect for animals, deer

Jan 21

Jan 21 A new season

seasons, plants, beginnings

On leaving a house

Nov 6

Nov 6 On leaving a house

remembering, sense of place

How many lifetimes in a jar of honey?

Jan 30

Jan 30 How many lifetimes in a jar of honey?

bees, ways of looking, books

No resolution. Just clues.

Jan 2

Jan 2 No resolution. Just clues.

My Emily Dickinson

Dec 12

Dec 12 My Emily Dickinson

books, reading, Emily Dickinson, poems

Aug 31

Aug 31 Her example

Seeds planted long ago

Jun 26

Jun 26 Seeds planted long ago

My plant initiator

May 24

May 24 My plant initiator

ways of knowing, plants

Spring is serviceberry

May 2

May 2 Spring is serviceberry

The wild indoors

Apr 25

Apr 25 The wild indoors

biodiversity, spiders, books

This floating world

Mar 29

Mar 29 This floating world

artists, ways of looking, mountains, clouds, climate change

Standing on four legs

Feb 15

Feb 15 Standing on four legs

mammals, ways of knowing

A delicate conduit

Nov 29

Nov 29 A delicate conduit

mammals, ways of knowing