- Jun 6
All of the Plants
I have a small patch of woodland near my house which I've been going to regularly, ever since lockdown began. It's a beautiful space, and...
- May 6
Tree Appreciation Month
Patrick and I were sitting drinking coffee in Queen's Park on a Friday morning back in January. We had brought our watercolours along,...
- Oct 6, 2023
The Willow Tree
Here we are, nearing the end of Sukkot. It feels like the holidays have gone by so quickly. It was just early September, wandering...
- Sep 28, 2023
The Apple Orchard
Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur have already passed, and October is just around the corner. I’m picking the last brambles from the branches,...
- Sep 5, 2023
A Sweet New Year
We’re less than two weeks away from Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, and my desk (read: work-from-home kitchen table) is overflowing...
- Jun 30, 2023
On Separation and Sanddunes
“…before that I loved the desert. It wasn’t particular things but the space between them, that abundance of absence, that is the desert’s...
- Jul 28, 2022
On Plants and Places
I took an interesting train ride last Sunday. I got on in Sheffield, and the train ran up through seemingly every city in northern...
- Apr 18, 2021
Wild Garlic Appreciation Post
There’s a plant that grows in abundance around creeks and glens in Scotland. It’s low, green and leafy, and could almost be confused for...
- Nov 24, 2020
Of Near and Of Far
Routine is generally considered to be a pretty good thing for us. During the pandemic, when 90% of my life is unstructured time alone in...
- Apr 14, 2020
A Time For Now
Time moves differently in quarantine. I sleep with my window open, letting in the light from the street. I wake up looking outside,...
