Archive - Severnland

Shooting in the Dark

Embrace the dark, find the light?

Nov 21, 2024 •

June 2024

The Objectness of memory

Jun 11, 2024 •

May 2024

The green blade riseth like a rapidly inflating bouncy castle.

May 12, 2024 •

A wisteria-wrapped memory of kites over a chalk field.

May 1, 2024 •

March 2021

February 2021

I have been reading Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald. It is a collection of nature essays exploring the relationship between humans and the natural…

Feb 24, 2021 •

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…

Feb 17, 2021 •

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…

Feb 14, 2021 •

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…

Feb 10, 2021 •

- 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…

Feb 7, 2021 •

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