Nature Writing

There are these old stumps I come across walking in the woods. They are covered in life And yet a reminder Of the life that was, Long gone now. Cut years before I walked this spot. The loggers came and removed the forest Maybe, 30 years ago? …

Detaching oneself from structure — The sand it hot, burning my bare toes. I can feel the different grains, big, small, sharp shells with her toes’ senses. Quickly, information is processed in my mind, neurons shooting electrical signals through my body faster than the seagull tornadoes from the sky for bait in the ocean. A…

My favorite thing to do is walk. I know this may make me sound incredibly dull and I accept this, but it is just who I am. I don’t like amusement parks or going to the beach, nor any thrill-seeking activities, for no part of me has ever been allured…

the beauty of spring It’s beautiful — the Nature. Spring is the time which reminds me how beautiful it is. The white and grey of the winters is replaced by the colorful blooms and the bright green of leaves everywhere. The gloominess of the harsh cold winters is revived by…

How scientific naming gatekeeps everyday people from connecting with nature. And how to get around it. Hiking down one of the quieter paths of Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia, we come into a grove of tall, reaching trees, their crowns splayed open in mid-spring spearmint green. They command our attention. A…

While growing up if there was one writer I longed to meet, it was Ruskin Bond. His writing captured small-town India and celebrated India with all its inconsistencies: dirty roadside hotels serving lip-smacking jalebis and ‘tikkis’ that ‘hissed on the ‘Tawa’, large-hearted foodie friends, who with their regular market visits…

A vardhaku writing prompt — Trees star-song mysteries bridge from Earth to sky a promise kept or removed over time Sheltering worlds from a more potent sun * 2. Trees star-song mysteries a promise kept or abridged nature’s song to feel or to hear sheltering worlds: birds, bees and verdant streams