Sep 27, 2015
11 Good (Nature) Writing Habits
I’m afraid I can’t remember where I first read these or who wrote them, or even if I might have added one or two points myself. I have...
Sep 20, 2015
A Child's Right to Hands-On Nature
According to David Attenborough, all children have an affinity for nature. I agree with him. I think we are all born with the desire to...
Sep 17, 2015
Ivory Is Not Art
A while back I wrote a poem in praise of African elephants entitled Without You. I had doubts about its technical merits but the...
Sep 13, 2015
Electric
Some months back, on a Sunday morning, my dog added his outdoor voice to those of my bickering kids and told me something was wrong. I...
Sep 6, 2015
The Perfect Pebble
I love to comb the beds of streams, the banks of rivers, the shores of lakes, and the beaches of oceans, in search of the perfect pebble....