Highly recommend reading a new book called The Return of the Grey Partridge by Roger Morgan-Grenville — will make you feel hopeful about the future of the planet
This was so what I needed to read this morning! I would recommend the book An Irish Atlantic Rainforest by Eoghan Daltun An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey Into the Magic of Rewilding https://g.co/kgs/TemER15
Fantastic, thanks for the rec. I've just ordered it, as well as Guy Shrubsole's book The Lost Rainforests of Britain. Should be a nice pair. Thanks again
Ach, I know. I've just ordered Guy Shrubsole's book The Lost Rainforests of Britain because now I have to know everything about these magnificent remnants and how they might be reconnected.
Such a beautiful list, thank you. Ecological restoration is also one of my love languages hehe 🤭 In Nov 22 after reading Guy Shrubsole's The Lost Rainforests of Britain my husband, dog and I took a van pilgrimage around lesser known parts of the NW Highlands of Scotland to find them :) I think I wrote a post somewhere. In anyncase, I recommend making the trip one day!! :) xx
Okay, so the website I linked to in this compilation and some of the photos I used were Guy Shrubsole's, but even after digging around in his website, it wasn't immediately obvious that he'd written a book on the topic. Talk about nature writers being ... umm ... 'less good' at self-promotion. Ha. Well, now I'm right in the rabbit hole, have ordered his book, and am scheming a trip to the British Isles to see these rainforest remnants for myself! ;) If it's easy for you to link to your post on your trip there, would you mind, but only if it's no trouble. I would love to read it, and I know others would love to revisit it. I can probably google around and find it too. <3
I'm so glad you found it! Even more hilariously he won the national Wainwright Prize for Conservation writing. I mean...🤭🤷🏼♀️ I think I'm bad at promo but I love got it nailed in comparison by the sounds of things! Let me find the post...
Lovely, Rebecca. My favorite stories of hope are also those of the Earth recovering when we give her space and time to do so...and those stories lovely, loving souls who take it upon themselves to replant lost jungles and forests, sometimes faithfully working on their own in obscurity for many years. I also rejected religion for similar reasons, and find my sense of the sacred in the living Earth herself. xo
I love that you share. You provide us with factual resources, to dig deeper if we’re so inclined. Not only do you share your own thoughtful and creative writing, you have extended a hand to other writers . Helping to create a community of readers and writers who know they can not thrive without nature. If only just to witness beauty were enough. Nor can the wonders of nature and all of it’s beings , thrive without our help. Sad to say, we must find a way to repair , what we have destroyed.
If you don’t mind, I would like to add you to your own list.
Oh, Lor, that is so kind. I do my little part, but the writers in this list are definitely in a class of their own. Thank you so much for dropping in here, and I am so happy to share the things I find.
Beautiful, and indeed here in the UK I suspect that very few people know about the Celtic rainforests, though as you’ve found there are people writing about them and raising awareness of the little pockets left. I visited the Ballachuan hazelwood on the Scottish isle of Seil last April and it was truly a magical place - full of lichens, mossy rocks, wildflowers and the hush of being in an ancient place.
This is a nice, but also a good thought. To balance out destruction, create something positive and of benefit for someone human or nonhuman. I try to follow this dictum.
And, although I am no means Christian, I do find the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth of great benefit. I have read the NT and find that he wants us to be good stewards of the Earth and to enjoy its beauty and all that is contained within.
I am fairly certain Jesus would be surprised at what goes for modern Christianity today. And I do love Celtic mythology and music. I used to listen to Loreena McKennitt and I must get back to it. Her Lady of Shalott is hauntinly beautiful.
Highly recommend reading a new book called The Return of the Grey Partridge by Roger Morgan-Grenville — will make you feel hopeful about the future of the planet
I will take that recommendation! I've just ordered a copy. <3 <3
Beautiful, Rebecca. Makes me feel like I've just been amongst the song leaves might make in soft rain, and mist.
I love that -- that's just how I would want my work to feel for readers. Thank you for saying so.
Rebecca, you have a wonderful spirit- broad, deep, bright, and loving. And your newsletter reflects it. So fortunate we are to be subscribers.
And we are fortunate, those of us you read, that you share your thoughts so kindly. You are most appreciated.
This was so what I needed to read this morning! I would recommend the book An Irish Atlantic Rainforest by Eoghan Daltun An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey Into the Magic of Rewilding https://g.co/kgs/TemER15
Fantastic, thanks for the rec. I've just ordered it, as well as Guy Shrubsole's book The Lost Rainforests of Britain. Should be a nice pair. Thanks again
Great! If you think about it, let me your thoughts after you read it.
Will do.
The lost rainforest maps are making me very sad this morning ... what a loss
Ach, I know. I've just ordered Guy Shrubsole's book The Lost Rainforests of Britain because now I have to know everything about these magnificent remnants and how they might be reconnected.
Thanks, Rebecca.
You're so welcome.
Beautiful, Rebecca. Thank you for this diversity of wonders.
You got it. And thanks for all you bring us. :)
Such a beautiful list, thank you. Ecological restoration is also one of my love languages hehe 🤭 In Nov 22 after reading Guy Shrubsole's The Lost Rainforests of Britain my husband, dog and I took a van pilgrimage around lesser known parts of the NW Highlands of Scotland to find them :) I think I wrote a post somewhere. In anyncase, I recommend making the trip one day!! :) xx
Okay, so the website I linked to in this compilation and some of the photos I used were Guy Shrubsole's, but even after digging around in his website, it wasn't immediately obvious that he'd written a book on the topic. Talk about nature writers being ... umm ... 'less good' at self-promotion. Ha. Well, now I'm right in the rabbit hole, have ordered his book, and am scheming a trip to the British Isles to see these rainforest remnants for myself! ;) If it's easy for you to link to your post on your trip there, would you mind, but only if it's no trouble. I would love to read it, and I know others would love to revisit it. I can probably google around and find it too. <3
I'm so glad you found it! Even more hilariously he won the national Wainwright Prize for Conservation writing. I mean...🤭🤷🏼♀️ I think I'm bad at promo but I love got it nailed in comparison by the sounds of things! Let me find the post...
Oh, I think I’ve found it. I am looking forward to reading it in the morning. :)
Lovely, Rebecca. My favorite stories of hope are also those of the Earth recovering when we give her space and time to do so...and those stories lovely, loving souls who take it upon themselves to replant lost jungles and forests, sometimes faithfully working on their own in obscurity for many years. I also rejected religion for similar reasons, and find my sense of the sacred in the living Earth herself. xo
I love that, Carmine. So beautifully stated.
I am enjoying your writing so much!!
I love that you share. You provide us with factual resources, to dig deeper if we’re so inclined. Not only do you share your own thoughtful and creative writing, you have extended a hand to other writers . Helping to create a community of readers and writers who know they can not thrive without nature. If only just to witness beauty were enough. Nor can the wonders of nature and all of it’s beings , thrive without our help. Sad to say, we must find a way to repair , what we have destroyed.
If you don’t mind, I would like to add you to your own list.
Because sharing , really is a
beautiful thing.
Oh, Lor, that is so kind. I do my little part, but the writers in this list are definitely in a class of their own. Thank you so much for dropping in here, and I am so happy to share the things I find.
Beautiful, and indeed here in the UK I suspect that very few people know about the Celtic rainforests, though as you’ve found there are people writing about them and raising awareness of the little pockets left. I visited the Ballachuan hazelwood on the Scottish isle of Seil last April and it was truly a magical place - full of lichens, mossy rocks, wildflowers and the hush of being in an ancient place.
This is a nice, but also a good thought. To balance out destruction, create something positive and of benefit for someone human or nonhuman. I try to follow this dictum.
And, although I am no means Christian, I do find the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth of great benefit. I have read the NT and find that he wants us to be good stewards of the Earth and to enjoy its beauty and all that is contained within.
I am fairly certain Jesus would be surprised at what goes for modern Christianity today. And I do love Celtic mythology and music. I used to listen to Loreena McKennitt and I must get back to it. Her Lady of Shalott is hauntinly beautiful.