A Mormon literary backcountry where words and place come together.

 

 

 

 

Field Notes #9: How I celebrated winter solstice

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Warning!  Warning!  Long post.
Dec. 21st, a.m.  As I started out, temperatures bumped around in the low 20s.  A ragged ceiling of waxy yellow clouds sometimes let through bright sunlight.  Mostly, though, the cloud cover took the polish off the snow.  An unexpectedly cold breeze chilled the denim of my jeans and cut through my gloves, [...]

Filed under: Field Notes, Nature literature | 23 Comments »

Field Notes #7, pt. one

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

This is the first part in a two-part Field Notes entry written by two authors.  I’ll take the first part, my son Saul the second.  It wasn’t my intention to put up Field Notes again so soon, but this story is just too good to wait for.
July 11, 2009.  As I take Coyote Way into [...]

Filed under: Children and nature, Field Notes, Mormon nature literature, Nature literature, Stewardship, animal encounters | 1 Comment »