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May 7, 2020
Homegrown National Park
In “Nature’s Best Hope,” entomologist and author, Doug Tallamy brings one of conservation’s best new ideas alive: to connect isolated land reserves via biological or wildlife corridors. And it’s something we can all practice in our front and back yards. Through much of the 20th century, the dominant idea in conservation was to protect land … Continue reading "Homegrown National Park"
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April 20, 2020
In the Time of Coronavirus: an International Poetry Circle
A cool thing has been going on on Twitter for the last month. On March 15, poet Tara Skurtu (@TaraSkurtu) tweeted: “This unprecedented time of social distancing is a very lonely one. We need each other. People often turn to poetry in tough times, so I’m starting Poetry Circle—a growing thread of people reading their poems … Continue reading "In the Time of Coronavirus: an International Poetry Circle"
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January 20, 2020
The Work That Reconnects
On Saturday I went down to Rhode Island to participate in a 4-hour workshop on “The Work that Reconnects,” inspired by the work of Joanna Macy. It was described as “a perspective-changing, life-affirming workshop designed to help us face and feel our deepest, most healing responses to the world’s crises within a supportive group context.” … Continue reading "The Work That Reconnects"
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December 26, 2019
Coming Soon: Little Books and Solos
I found a terrific little template that allows a short story to be printed onto a single page and then folded up into an eight-page book. The first prototypes look great! Soon I’ll be taking orders so that you can have your own pocket book for whenever you want a quick story fix. I also … Continue reading "Coming Soon: Little Books and Solos"
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November 27, 2019
Lost Species Day Nature Walk and Reading
Here’s the notice from Anne-Marie Lambert, who leads poetry-themed nature walks in Belmont, MA She writes: I invite you to join me for a guided walk through Rock Meadow in Belmont on Saturday November 30, 2019, 10:00-noon, with special guest Daniel Hudon, who will read stories from his book of stories, Brief Eulogies for Lost Animals: … Continue reading "Lost Species Day Nature Walk and Reading"
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October 6, 2019
The Mass Book Awards
Some recent good news is that my book, “Brief Eulogies for Lost Animals: An Extinction Reader” was named as a “Must Read” in this year’s Mass Book Awards (pub date 2017). A nice celebration was held in mid-September for all the honored books, with short readings and speeches about the long history of literacy and … Continue reading "The Mass Book Awards"
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April 7, 2019
The Pianist Plays for the Melting Glacier
I loved the video that Greenpeace produced a couple of years ago to bring attention to climate change in the arctic. Pianist Ludovico Einaudi plays his own composition, Elegy for the Arctic, on a barge while around him the glacier ice melts. I wrote a poem about the video and published it in the Amsterdam … Continue reading "The Pianist Plays for the Melting Glacier"
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February 13, 2019
Climbing Brandon
Have you been on any good hikes lately? Last year, I stumbled on Mount Brandon, on Ireland’s Dingle peninsula, an area rich with Celtic and early Christian ruins. The Smart Set just published an essay I wrote about my experiences: It begins: I wound up hiking Mt. Brandon by accident. But it is an accident … Continue reading "Climbing Brandon"
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October 25, 2018
An Extinction Cabaret
What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret So sings Liza Manelli’s character in the film version of the 1966 Broadway hit, Cabaret, an homage to Weimar Berlin where the artform flourished before being shut down by the Nazis in … Continue reading "An Extinction Cabaret"
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October 9, 2018
A Visit to the Great Auk
What do extinct species have to tell us? A short hike along the coast out of Joe Batt’s Arm on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, stands a five-foot tall bronze sculpture of the Great Auk. The sculpture was created by artist Todd McGrain for his Lost Bird Project in which larger-than-life sculptures for extinct North American birds … Continue reading "A Visit to the Great Auk"
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