Jun 6
All of the Plants
I have a small patch of woodland near my house which I've been going to regularly, ever since lockdown began. It's a beautiful space, and...
May 6
Tree Appreciation Month
Patrick and I were sitting drinking coffee in Queen's Park on a Friday morning back in January. We had brought our watercolours along,...
Oct 6, 2023
The Willow Tree
Here we are, nearing the end of Sukkot. It feels like the holidays have gone by so quickly. It was just early September, wandering...
Sep 28, 2023
The Apple Orchard
Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur have already passed, and October is just around the corner. I’m picking the last brambles from the branches,...
Sep 5, 2023
A Sweet New Year
We’re less than two weeks away from Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, and my desk (read: work-from-home kitchen table) is overflowing...
Jun 30, 2023
On Separation and Sanddunes
“…before that I loved the desert. It wasn’t particular things but the space between them, that abundance of absence, that is the desert’s...
Jul 28, 2022
On Plants and Places
I took an interesting train ride last Sunday. I got on in Sheffield, and the train ran up through seemingly every city in northern...
Apr 18, 2021
Wild Garlic Appreciation Post
There’s a plant that grows in abundance around creeks and glens in Scotland. It’s low, green and leafy, and could almost be confused for...
Nov 23, 2020
Of Near and Of Far
Routine is generally considered to be a pretty good thing for us. During the pandemic, when 90% of my life is unstructured time alone in...
Apr 14, 2020
A Time For Now
Time moves differently in quarantine. I sleep with my window open, letting in the light from the street. I wake up looking outside,...
