No children’s book author is more revered than Beatrix Potter.
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Illustration of Cortinarius torvus by Beatrix Potter
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The wonderful world of ditches
Some weeks ago I attended a gathering of nature writers on Martha’s Vineyard. On the first morning, we took time to introduce ourselves and say a bit about how we came to be interested in the natural world.
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What makes your place special? Take a look
“As time went by, I realized that the particular place I’d chosen was less important than the fact that I’d chosen a place and focused my life around it.”
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15,000 years or so in the life of Scratch Flat
On this day exactly 200 years ago Gilbert White, the vicar of Selborne village in England, wrote this in his naturalist’s journal: “Made black currant-jelly. Finished cutting the tall hedges. Gathered some lavender.”
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Women claim a place in the wild
Back in the early ’70s I had a student named Kathleen B. who went to live in the woods. She moved out of the college dormitory and set up a tent in a forested part of the campus, in a clearing under white pines. Alone.
18th C. engraving of Selborne village (Public Domain)
The world of Gilbert White
Exactly 200 years ago on this date [April 21, 1786], Gilbert White heard the voice of the cuckoo in the woods above Selborne village. Gilbert White was the curate of Selborne, a tiny village nested in a quiet dale about 40 miles southwest of London. The village has changed little since White’s day, and has become a place of pilgrimage for all who love nature.