From Deborah Bird Rose's Shimmer, which was written while she was dying of cancer: [Lev] Shestov was prescient in his understanding that...

I'm referring here to my mind... as well as the world. When I am "in my body", boxing or out with the birds, or looking at a tree,...

It's always something of a delight to see the moon in the daytime. I don't know why... I guess that slight uncanniness is appealing. A...

Storm Bert, apparently. He's brought a lot of rain. I went for a run on the same route I took three days earlier and it was completely...

You know what? I get kind of pissed off when people get all emotional about the giant redwoods. They are so awestruck. I shouldn't talk...

[I]t could be said that as mere images or representations, photography and film betray what they depict. But this is a dialectically...

A break from the heavy-thinking of yesterday's post.... though.... is that a blue tit emerging from the entangled web? The cold made...

It's been a funny old season as until a few days ago it was mild. Then there was snow on my car one morning! And after that, cold, but...

I've been reading Deborah Bird Rose's Shimmer , which is about Australian Flying-foxes. She is a wonderful writer and I like her way of...

So, occasionally, I have been able to see Tane...not long visits, and not especially relaxed, but so much better than nothing! As a...

Goldcrests are dear to me for many reasons. 1) They are our smallest bird and though maybe they don't have the chutzpah of the wrens,...

I love this photo of the blackbird! He was perching on one of the chopped top branches of the cherry tree. The evening light, like the...

I went for a run under dramatic skies. I always like this view of Kingsthorpe Church. A reminder that this was a real village and still...

This is as good as it gets when it comes to photographing Chestnut these days. Shit, right? And the tits are as tricky. At least his...

Did I mention the oak that I think was struck by lightning? I think so. I went back to take a look. That wound is like a flesh wound. The...

Sadly, my paper about redness was not selected for publication. Nevertheless, I enjoyed writing it and learned a great deal. For example,...

I am guessing this is a juvenile herring gull. They are much bigger than the (rather prettier) black headed gulls (see the second...

I'd been to see my father and on the way home had some time to kill before a weight session with Leanne. I detoured through the...

Mr Playground

Actually, that's not fair on the cats. They also love me for my bodyheat and my stroking. And it must be tough living with a vegan when...