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The Objectness of memory
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David Abbott
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May 2024

Verb
The green blade riseth like a rapidly inflating bouncy castle.
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David Abbott
Sunday service
A wisteria-wrapped memory of kites over a chalk field.
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David Abbott
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March 2021

February 2021

Loss
I have been reading Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald. It is a collection of nature essays exploring the relationship between humans and the natural…
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David Abbott
Sense
Watching wildlife is a mixture of jizz and the specific. One might turn up for the general sense of wonder/wander and leave with a specific list of…
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David Abbott
Wind
The world as we know it seems like it’s losing some of its resilience. I haven't seen a redwing for a couple of weeks and wonder if they've set off on…
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David Abbott
Value
I trudge over when the kestrel eventually flies off. The air is thick and potent, full of invisible leftovers. It feels like a moment of value, but what…
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David Abbott
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Days
- In the early hours of the morning, the taste of toothpaste still in my mouth, we woke to the teeth jangling sound of a vixen calling for a mate from…
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David Abbott
Kestrel
The kestrel that haunts the patch of ash and hawthorn is a cartoon kestrel. He's not like the real thing, more a child's drawing of a falcon. He is…
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David Abbott
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