I first read The Summer Book by Tove Jansson about five or six years ago. It is a delightful story centred around an elderly artist and her grandmother who are holidaying on a Finnish island. I occasionally reread it throughout the seasons and especially in winter, when I am wishing for summer. I recently tunedContinue reading “Reflecting on Tove Jansson documentary ‘Haru, Island of the Solitary’”
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Retreat in Pozancos: Learning how to breathe
I first published this blog in 2014 following a yoga retreat in Pozancos in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. It is not nature writing per say, but it contains elements of nature and I consider this to be my first piece writing that incorporates elements of nature. The first thing we do is breathe. We don’t haveContinue reading “Retreat in Pozancos: Learning how to breathe”
Hike to Cerro San Pedro
I hiked in Spain for about three years. Apart from this blog, I never bothered to write up the walks afterwards and I rarely took photographs. I was determined not to be one of those people that experiences everything through a camera lens – but in reality I wish I had taken more. After passingContinue reading “Hike to Cerro San Pedro”
Review of “Ammonite”
4/5 **** Working class palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) falls in love with upper class married woman Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan) in 1840s Lyme Regis. I made it my mission to notice all the aspects of nature that Francis Lee included and recorded them in the table below. An upper class man comes into MaryContinue reading “Review of “Ammonite””