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Resources

This space serves as a collection of resources on a variety of topics related to the outdoors and the observance of life—human or not—that I have found useful or just simply enjoyed. Stay tuned for more entries…

Bird Guides

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

The Sibley Birder’s Life List & Field Diary, David Allen Sibley

Plant Guides

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers Eastern Region

Essays and Memoirs

The Book of Delights, Ross Gay

The Home Place, J. Drew Lanham

Small Wonders, Barbara Kingsolver

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Podcasts

On Being, “What Borders Are Really About, and What We Do With Them,” with Luis Alberto Urrea

On Being, “Listening to the World,” with Mary Oliver

Courses

Nature Journaling and Field Sketching, from the Cornell Lab Bird Academy

Illustration Techniques to Unlock Your Creativity, with Adolfo Serra, from Domestika

Billy Collins Teaches Reading and Writing Poetry, MasterClass

Recent Posts

  • May 12, 2020 Glover Archbold Haikus
  • Haikus for May 2020
  • How to See the Trees for the Forest
  • Bring The Outside In: For Those in Quarantine
  • Lessons Learned from Our First Season in a Community Garden

Categories

  • Bike Tales
  • Doing Our Part
  • Eating Like You Mean It
  • Fear Fighting (with Binoculars)
  • Home is Where the Cat Is
  • Out And About
  • Someone Get the Door
  • The Wild Wild Hood

Tags

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What I'm Reading

  • Anatomize Regan
  • ANS Conservation Blog
  • Rock Creek Conservancy
  • Sailing Totem
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