There was a nature writing workshop today at the library and I went along. It was great – run by a local poet and afterwards, I bought his book as I'd had to miss his launch a few weeks ago.

We talked about verse, meter and the importance of punctuation (or a lack of it) in poetry. Then we had some writing time and I managed to get some words down. It was a good feeling.

I really want to prioritise creative practice but also, that well feels so shallow at the moment – even reading! Reading is hard work, let alone the kind of reading I want to do to. I need an energy for this that I somehow just do not have right now...

It leaves me feeling very thick in the head – I don't mean in a derogatory, insulting sense, I just mean my head feels thick, wooden, full of density and no space. And definitely not the right words, even if I can think of any words at all

#writing #tired #NatureWriting #CreativeWork

Dear chum from bookshop visited me last night and brought hugs, and more hospital reading. Scottish scribe Cal Flyn's upcoming The Savage Landscape (pub May, HarperCollins).

Engrossing. Explores changing human attitudes to wilderness across history & cultures, also exploring what we mean by wilderness.

Will be recommending to my Rob MacFarlane readers when back at the bookshop.

#book #livres #CalFlyn #TheSavageLandscape #AmReading #NatureWriting #Nature #Wilderness #bookstodon

Consider the Greenland Shark (2020)

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n09/katherine-rundell/consider-the-greenland-shark

#HackerNews #GreenlandShark #KatherineRundell #MarineLife #OceanConservation #NatureWriting

One of the best things you’ll read this year.

This is the final post in a three-part series on the hidden system that keeps civilization running—starting with insects along a river in Costa Rica.

https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/neotropics/rio-guayabo.html

#biodiversity #naturewriting #longreads #costarica

Beautiful Nature Poetry by John Grey!

I am delighted to have John Grey join me again to share some of his outstanding poetry!

https://www.diamantelavendar.com/blog/2026/3/17/beautiful-nature-poetry-by-john-grey

#poetry #poetsofMastodon #poet #blog #blogpost #nature #naturewriting
#poem #creative #inspiration #guestpost #beauty #peace

"Her research popularised the idea of the #woodWideWeb, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the #forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with #nature." Suzanne Simard and her newest book / interview: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/my-ideas-are-a-little-revolutionary-ecologist-suzanne-simard-on-intelligent-forests-the-climate-and-her-critics

#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #ecology #science #trees #ecologist #natureWriting #womenInSTEM #climateCrisis #bookstodon #book #SuzanneSimard

“The more time you spend here in the Highlands, the more you recognise and realise and come to feel yourself part of the different layers of the land [… people] see it as wild and untameable, when in actual fact it is very much a human landscape”

—Annie Worsley recommends her best five books on the Scottish Highlands

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #naturewriting #memoir #NanShepherd #NormanMacCaig #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #books