Tag Archives: nature

The Admonishing Stars

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Lee

Imagine if the stars came out only once every thousand years, says Ralph Waldo Emerson. How people would gather to see them, and preserve the memory of them, passing down the story of the stars from generation to generation. (Imagine … Continue reading →

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Tree Spirits in The Golden Bough

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Lee

In spring, early summer, or midsummer the villagers would go out into the woods to cut down a tree. They’d bring it back to the village and set it up there (“amid general rejoicings”); or, in other villages, they would … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Significant Other by Isabel Galleymore

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Lee

Isabel Galleymore’s Significant Other is about the modern human being and her relationship to nature. When the poet is “walking with the ocean below” she is walking with the ocean. She asks the ocean questions, to which “the ocean blinked” … Continue reading →

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