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lately I’ve been confined to a big concrete city and an office job and I miss nature dearly. I don’t know when I’ll be able to touch grass again, so I started reading Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, sort of a nature-walking-diary, kinda mediocre but it does make you feel like you’re in the west virginia woods with her, which is all I wanted anyway
May 21, 2024
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i have a tendency to hole up inside, but i’ve been trying to go outside more when it’s nice out. the woods is a magical place, and i went to check out a new trail by my house with a creek. outside is full of whimsy and you can pretend to be a fairy or something frolicking through the forest 🧚♀️
Jan 31, 2025
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being properly outdoorsy is a big time/lifestyle commitment and being completely alienated from nature is undignified (and probably bad for your health). knowing a bit more about your environs than the average joe and being moderately well-versed in “reading nature’s signs” is a good and reasonable goal.
Jan 26, 2024
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either going on a hike or just exploring and taking my time somewhere in nature. It helps me to get some perspective and reset. I prefer somewhere with a creek, I like looking at different rocks trying to find ones that have cool shapes/textures/colors. look for national/state forests or wildlife refuges near you!
for creative ruts, i’ll do an excercise sometimes where I look for weird shadows or leaves or anything really and try and turn those shapes into characters or just see how my brain reinterprets them. it’s a nice low stakes creative game
Jun 13, 2024
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when you walk around try to pay attention to your surroundings and take notes of what you see on a specific notebook. For example yesterday I saw: a spider eating a bug, a tiny black and white bird on the sidewalk, a hawk flying, a yellow flower I’ve never seen before, a red poppy, a woman with bright cherry hair, and a shoe-shaped cloud. It’s good exercise for the writers out there
May 22, 2024
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one of my favourite ways to spend time is going to poetry foundation’s website and just clicking on anything - besides poetry, they have lots of resources and essays about poets or particular movements. I discovered so many great things doing this
May 21, 2024
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I love to fantasize without having to actually do something about my crush
Jun 1, 2024