“It’s not staying in the same place that’s the problem,” said Nanny, “it’s not letting your mind wander.”― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad I am a bit slow to get up my May reading but here it is at last, only two books completed. With the lockdown and restriction on movement driving me a bit batty … Continue reading May reading summary
March reading, – nature reading
“She had so deep a kinship with the trees, so intuitive a sympathy with leaf and flower, that it seemed as if the blood in her veins was not slow-moving human blood, but volatile sap.” ― Mary Webb, Gone to Earth March has been a pretty bad month for reading for me, effectively I only finished … Continue reading March reading, – nature reading
January reading and challenge summary
with links to other challenge participants. Just posting a quick summary of January reading and link to Karen's post for the Gaia Reading challenge; Watership Down. And welcome J.G. from Hotchpot Cafe to the Gaia challenge and Jamie from Whatever I think of `Can't wait to see what everyone reads. If anyone else would like … Continue reading January reading and challenge summary
Hidden life of trees – Gaia reading challenge
Just finished another book that satisfies my Gaia/nature reading challenge; The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. Wohlleben certainly makes accessible the incredibly complex world of the natural environment, he makes visible the normally unseen connections that allow forests to function as complex organisms, explaining notions like the "wood wide web", a complex system that sees fungi … Continue reading Hidden life of trees – Gaia reading challenge
Gum trees and Galaxies 