Category: nature
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Lizard’s Locomotion, Turbulence, Plant Motion, Snail’s Pace, Gray Whales, and More
Splashes (photo by John Williams) Whales, snails, plants, waves and other nature entities moving—see how people watch, draw, photograph, and write about the world in motion, in this spring issue “Movement” of Salish Magazine, which you can find at https://salishmagazine.org/issue-19/. Useful fact: Salish Magazine has a search function. To learn about Salish Sea flowers, trees,…
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Flower power: color in the winter
photo by John Williams in the article “The Dandy Dandelion,” from the fall issue of Salish Magazine Do you need some wintertime color? How about the common dandelion? They’re not out now, but dandelions and other flowers in the Pacific Northwest have been captured in exquisite pictures and knowledgeable prose (and poetry) for the fall…
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Messy in Nature
It’s messy sometimes, writing while in nature. I’ve sand on my shorts and sand on the bike bag that I’m using as a writing surface. Rain drizzle smears the lines on wide-ruled notebook paper as my pen attempts to scribble this morning’s thoughts. Words don’t appear on wet paper, so I skip a few lines…