May 9, 2016
Log Cabin in the Woods
Isn’t this something lots of people, lots of writers, dream of having? A quiet, rustic refuge from our hectic, digital lives? A place...
Apr 24, 2016
Driftwood
Driftwood. I love even the word itself. It embodies a volatile yet timeless relationship. A marriage in which one partner, Wood, is warm...
Apr 19, 2016
Titan of the Forest
Once upon a time, there was a young family who went to live in Africa. Their new home was in the middle of a National Park called North...
Apr 10, 2016
Kinyonga, the Ground-Lion
Last week's guest blog brought back bittersweet memories. Over the years, my family has had many memorable pets, from tiny toads to timid...
Apr 3, 2016
Chameleon
This week I’ve got something extra fun for you, dear readers. I moderate a group called The Story of Nature on the writer site...
Mar 28, 2016
Stars in Our Eyes
We went camping to Paracas over the Easter weekend. After the usual last-minute irritable rush to pack the car, we threaded our way to...
Mar 18, 2016
Earth Hour, Our Hour
My nature writing colleague, Mary (curator at eco-fiction.com), writes in her blog that, for Earth Hour tonight, she's going to indulge...
Mar 7, 2016
The Wonder of Rachel Carson
This week, I’m letting somebody else speak for me - had the author been alive today, I like to think she wouldn’t have minded my sharing...
Feb 27, 2016
Mission Impossible
In addition to a pebble collection and a sea glass collection, I have an incipient collection of seeds and nuts. Unlike pebbles or sea...
Dec 20, 2015
Sacred Handprint
Tucked away in the Kalahari Desert of north-west Botswana, near the border with Namibia, is an enigmatic group of rocky outcrops known as...
