
- 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 25, 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 11, 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 29, 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 19, 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...