Tag: writers

• “Not All That is Imperilled”

  

  “Not all that is imperilled is lost.” JRR Tolkien Its afternoon on a Wednesday, a mid-week day that for whatever reason seems as though it should be Thursday. That has been so all week, so I wonder how tomorrow will feel when it is actually Thursday. Here in New England the drought drags on, with…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 17, 2025

  Arts, autumn, Climate Change, creativity, Cycles, denial, Drought, gratitude, Grief and Fear, Landscape, Nature, self care, Stories

  Arts, autumn, climate change, extinction, flowers, garden, gardening, healing, loss and grief, Margaret Renkle, nature, stories, violence, writers, writing writers

• Reading Jean Hersey

  

  A bright, sunny day now that the fog has lifted. The fields and verges are a range of August browns, tans, and russets. Joe-Pye weed is everywhere while we await the blooming of the New England Asters, the flower kingdom’s celebration of autumn. We finally had rain Wednesday and were treated to the grass turning…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 22, 2025

  Arts, autumn, Climate Change, creativity, Cycles, denial, Drought, family, gardening, gratitude, Grief and Fear, Healing, Landscape, Nature, self care, Stories, Summer, writing writers

  Arts, autumn, climate change, Connecticut, Illinois, Jean Hersey, nature, seasons, Summer, weather, writers