I archived several of my notebooks at the end of June and beginning of July. It’s always incredibly satisfying to close up a notebook for the last time and call it “done”, because it signifies the end of a season, a project or a chapter, but with the knowledge that it’s been well documented so I can revisit it another…
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On my daily little wander through my one flowerbed and assortment of containers today, I took my camera to document what’s happening this mid-summer day … Dill gone to seed. My hostas are late to bloom but the flowers are going to be enormous. A good handful of cherry tomatoes on most days. This is one of the perennials I…
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It’s been challenging for me to articulate why climate change has become something I care about. Enough to volunteer my time to help create a book about it. As I was researching material for The Carbon Almanac, I came across the name Katharine Hayhoe a few times, and am truly inspired by what she’s achieved on behalf of our planet….
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I’ve been loving this little sketchbook I made recently, and thought I’d give you a peek into how I’m using it. It’s a nice amount of space to fill when I have just a little bit of time and I’m looking for a creative outlet. I’ve been very inspired by a few different artists lately: Meg at megjournals Eva at…
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She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages of expensive notebooks. Sometimes, when it’s going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationery. David Nicholls, One Day Typed on DIY coffee-dyed printer…
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