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Field Trip Leavings (Meadow Tree Trail) – Look Around (Nearby Nature)
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Look Around (Nearby Nature). IN THE YARD, THE WOODS, THE PARKING LOT. Field Trip Leavings (Meadow Tree Trail). Is a short essay I wrote after an autumn ramble through the Meadow Tree Trail at Warner Park Nature Center. I’m delighted to report it has been published in. 8220;a journal of nature and place-based writing published by Chatham University’s MFA in Creative Writing Programs.”. I hope you enjoy it. If you are nearby (Nashville) and fancy a walk along the trail, now’s the perfect time. 8220;Follow&...
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Leaf armpits – Look Around (Nearby Nature)
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Look Around (Nearby Nature). IN THE YARD, THE WOODS, THE PARKING LOT. Oaks are hard. Hard wood, yes, and hard to identify. This morning, I’m trying to key out a mystery oak on our dog walk, so I came home with a twig, buds, acorns and leaves. A few leaves are still green, and the undersides (the. Surface, thank you) gave me pause. See the rusty-beige fuzziness wedged in the junctions between the main vein and side vein? Axillary = of or relating to the armpit. Armpit hair, then. My leaf has pits:. Shumar...
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Frostflowers – Look Around (Nearby Nature)
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Look Around (Nearby Nature). IN THE YARD, THE WOODS, THE PARKING LOT. Native flowers are blooming right now in Nashville at least, until the sun hits them: frostflowers. Frostflowers happen when air temperature drops below freezing and warmer groundwater rises to extrude itself through the convenient conduit of a real flower stem, especially if that stem is a white crownbeard (. Supercooled water splits the stem on exit. Extrude. Isn’t that a great word? Make spectacular ice art. These, we do not step on.
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Sidewalk Nature: Ginkgo Fruit – Look Around (Nearby Nature)
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Look Around (Nearby Nature). IN THE YARD, THE WOODS, THE PARKING LOT. Sidewalk Nature: Ginkgo Fruit. Fall is here, and stuff is falling. Look down. Although this site is called. Sometimes and to some people, to look around is too tall an order. So look down. It’s easier. Down is just past the margins of our smartphones. And down is the quickest place to see signs of the seasons. Welcome to Sidewalk Nature. Today’s nature is ginkgo “fruit.”*. Where the sidewalk stinks. Collected in a dog-poop bag. Bi-lobe...
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Joanna Brichetto – Look Around (Nearby Nature)
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Look Around (Nearby Nature). IN THE YARD, THE WOODS, THE PARKING LOT. Goes for hackberry leaves. Continue reading “Hackberry Jam”. January 20, 2017. January 28, 2017. Native flowers are blooming right now in Nashville at least, until the sun hits them: frostflowers. Frostflowers happen when air temperature drops below freezing and warmer groundwater rises to extrude itself through the convenient conduit of a real flower stem, especially if that stem is a white crownbeard (. December 11, 2016. 8220;a jour...
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