Special Series
Reintegrating with Nature
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)
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 for reconnecting with the natural world?
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 hymn.
Reintegrating with Nature: Food-Foraging Edition (via WaPo Magazine)
Next in my series Reintegrating with Nature, an article about foraging in The Washington Post Magazine last weekend led me to thinking about how I’ll implement foraging into my life (post-graduation!), and the food-rich plot of land I’d like to call home at some point, not a small farm anymore, but a food forest instead.
Reintegrating with Nature: Relocating ‘Wilderness’ within the Self
Toward re-establishing our stewardship within the natural world rather than beyond it.
Reintegrating with Nature: Humans, Nature, and Hermes in Archaic and Classical Greece
If you’ve ever encountered a predatory animal while hiking, you’ve felt the need for Hermes’ powers. Hermes it was who first laid the paths to get around by land and who kept them safe for human-use following Herakles’ heroic efforts against the beasts of the past like the Nemean Lion and the Hydra. If you’ve…
Special Series: Reintegrating with Nature
An introduction to the series on reintegrating with nature as individuals and as a species, as well as how we got to this point of removal from the natural worlds to which we belong.
Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog! 