• Landscape Writing,  Mountain Writing,  Writing

    Emotional Mountains

    I’m not one of those folk who ascribe motives or emotions to mountains.  A mountain, whether Kinder or K2, is just a lump of rock, maybe covered with slippery and/or squelchy bits.  Any treachery, cruelty, intimidation, or indeed welcoming friendliness,…

  • Nature Writing

    Petrichor

    Petrichor; derived from Greek petra, “stone” &  īchōr, “divine fluid”: that uniquely fresh, rich aroma of rain falling upon parched earth after days then weeks of hot dry weather. Early summer, the driest on our modern record.  The birchwood copse,…

  • Writing

    To a possible reader…

    just a spacer A note to a possible reader. On prose, specifically mine, often the purple variety.  I make no apology, for none is needed. I love words. I cherish them. I love their variety. I love that old words…