New Years 2023
Just finished reading my last book of the year. As always, it’s time for the top-five roundup! This was last minute and hard to choose. Maybe one day I’ll actually explain why they were my favorites. Until next year!
Alabama, USA and Better Living through Birding
Cicadas compete with mockingbirds in the south and, largely, they win. Or do I not hear cicadas at all? Mockingbirds mock, after all, and who’s to say our bird-friends aren’t hidden by the hundreds in branches, crouched low, green eyes alight, and letting out ZZZZZT-ZZZZT-ZZZZZTs of insectoid mimicry? It’s too hot and humid to care.…
Hallerbos, Belgium and Gossip from the Forest
With billions of people on the planet, there is no longer such a thing as a hidden gem. The earth’s only realms left untouched are the inhospitable deepness of the ocean or the exalted heights of mountain peaks. Any landscape that doesn’t tell of immediate death is saturated with humanity in one way or another.…
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