NATURE!
Special Series: Reintegrating with Nature
spring flowers!
other nature posts!
Is the Anthropocene so new? Sophocles on Human Dis-Integration from Nature (Antigone, 332-375)
A translation of a song from Sophocles’ Antigone, with commentary on the Anthropocene.
Emplacement: experiencing connection with place
Thoughts on finding connection within a space so that a space becomes a place and on the sacredness of landscape.
Reading List: Reintegrating with Nature
A reading list for thinking of ourselves not only as part of nature but as nature ourselves. (Yeah, I thought I’d already put this up a year ago lol whoops)
Finally, the truth: our ‘mental health crisis’ is Climate Grief/Anxiety.
This installment of the New Yorker Radio Hour is *beyond* important: our climate grief and eco-anxiety are real; action is the only remedy.
Reintegrating with Nature: (Sub)Urban Edition + A Key to Happiness
How do we begin a relationship with the Earth? I make an inquisitive approach, but Kimmerer rightly points out that the first step is to plant a garden. What are your strategies…
The Oaks are our mothers (Zonas of Sardis, AP 9.312, 1st CE)
A translation of an unusual epigram attributed to Zonas of Sardis advising against chopping down oaks.
Homeric Hymn 30: To Earth Mother of All
Text and translation of Homeric Hymn 30 to Earth Mother of All, with a commentary on our extractive relationship to the earth and our mothers, plus remarks on the language of the…
Favorite Cacti: The Crooked Finger-Crossing Saguaro on the hill behind my house
Appreciation for the leaning saguaro with their fingers crossed on the hill behind my house.
Fasciation is Fascinating: Saguaro Edition
A fasciated saguaro I saw on a walk the other night.
Fouquieria columnaris (‘Boojum Tree’): It’s like a tree and a cactus got together with some ocotillo and made this thing
Check out this whimsical Ocotillo from Baja!
Fasciation is Fascinating: Cholla Edition
How about a fasciated cholla? Fascinating!
An Oceanside Notmas (Port Aransas, TX)
Sooo this being the third trip to an Ocean on (or around) xmas, I’ve named my xmas-alternative: Oceanside Notmas!
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Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog! 