The very first blog I kept was called “The Slow Knitter”. It was 2006, I’d learned to knit a couple of years before and I got hooked on all the crafting blogs popping up like wildflowers on the internet, especially the ones with free patterns. The “Slow” in the title had a double meaning. IContinue reading “Beginning with The Slow Knitter”
Category Archives: (re)storying nature
Why Violence against Women and Children is an Environmental Issue
There are many reasons why violence against women and children is an environmental issue. The one I have in mind tonight, however, has to do with access to “wild” spaces. I’m not going to get into the whole debate over what is “wild” and whether “wilderness” actually exists anymore. What I want to focus onContinue reading “Why Violence against Women and Children is an Environmental Issue”
ExtInked Ecological Art and Tattoos at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Just got home from an afternoon of storytelling at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, with the lovely and talented Claire Druett. We told stories about trees and conservation to a bunch of clued-in under-eights and their parents. After the session, a dad came up to us and asked us if we knew Shel Silverstein’s TheContinue reading “ExtInked Ecological Art and Tattoos at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh”
Restorying the Earth 