Month: Jun 2023
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23 June: A Tree’s Diary Entry
Day 23. Write a diary entry from the perspective of a tree, chronicling its experiences and the changes it witnesses over the course of a year. 23-day-old moon in its fifth cycle: My ancient heart is awake again, young as a morning smile. Condolences to winter and its barren days. I prayed like a whisper…
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22 June: Aimlessly Green #thewildness
Day 22. Describe the most fascinating insect you have encountered during your challenge. Aimlessly Green A white rose leaned,meek as if asleep. Petals folded deep in silence,leaves flung wide in defiance. And there stood a rose chafer,green like jelly, lime flavour. And then upon seeing me,it opened its wings, fleeing with a sharp, short buzz,and…
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22 June: A Thursday Door
Bushboy (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love doors of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my holiday snaps and found a few to share. A door photo taken in Haworth, Yorkshire, home of the Brontë sisters. This is…
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21 June: On The Beach #thewildness
21. Write a short story about friends who embark on an unforgettable camping trip in the wilderness. On The Beach It was the four of us, two couples who hadn’t yet coupled, best friends more like, and we drove to the coast. The car was packed with camping gear. Just a small hike through a…
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20 June: On A Collage
Day 20: Imagine you are a nature-inspired artist using materials found in the great outdoors. On a Collage In this secret chamber wood,my knobby walking stick did break. In these cloistered thick-thatched trees,where light of day does rarely reach, my walking stick,though just a stick, caught in a hole, a hare’s perhaps,quite near a dry…
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19 June: Or Water #thewildness
Day 19: Write a poem inspired by the soothing sounds of a flowing stream. Or Water In this place, or moment,or water,in this full cup of bliss,there is an echowithin me. In this place, or time,I am a creek, swift withyoung water.Brimming over. I am thin waterover smooth stones. I hold tiny-bone fish, and I…
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18 June: There’s a Squirrel in the Birdbath
Day 18: Create a observation log of a specific species of bird that you have been monitoring throughout the challenge. There’s a Squirrel in the Birdbath A robin flies into the window,makes a sound.It’s nowhere to be seen. When a pigeon does that,there’s flapping and crashing,you’d think an assassin got at it. There’s a nest…
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17 June: Cuckoo
Cuckoo It’s been decades since I hearda cuckoo’s voice here,here in this pine grove withtrees long as telegraph poles. Can you smell that? It’s the scent of pine pitch,it awakens my childhood.Those summers were so hot,pine needles crunching underfoot. I believed fairytales were born here. Once upon a time.All stories start that way.All except for…
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17 June: It’s Pronounced [bi″fid-o-bak-tēr´e-um]
![17 June: It’s Pronounced [bi″fid-o-bak-tēr´e-um]](https://misky.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/goodbacteriablue.jpg?w=1024)
Day 17. Write a letter to future generations, urging them to cherish the natural world. To my darling grandchildren, I know your mum loves her sprays, the antibacterial and anti-fungal, floral scented and nose-pinching, but to kill bad bacteria is to kill them all. In your gut. On your skin. In the sink and down…
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16 June: The Stars Fall Sideways
Day 16. Describe a special moment when you felt truly connected to nature. When the Stars Fall Sideways It’s not the poetic fillof a challis-filled lake betweenthe rising foothills of the Alps, orthe memory of season’s change,or Orion’s star-embellished belt,or autumn walnuts roasting orthe first snowflake falling orthe look back over my shoulderat the moon,…
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