One of the few books I have managed to read and really enjoy in recent months is Sally Jane Smith's delightful Unpacking for Greece. A personal journey about resilience and adventure. The wonder of travel and the way it always makes us stronger, better people. Personal, funny and insightful, Sally and her experiences are easy ..read more

Okay, so I have been really slack lately, the start of the semester is always a busy time work-wise and I have rashly decided to add to my workload by enrolling in two units in environmental studies. Just wanted to formalise and consolidate my learning in this area. While only enrolled part-time and as an ..read more

Just want to share some of the latest links to Nature reads for the Gaia challenge. Margaret @ From Pyrenees to Pennines reviewed The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole a fascinating look at temperate rainforests in the UK. Hard to believe that temperate rainforests now only cover 1% of the earth's surface. They ..read more

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am. - Terry Pratchett Will update the Gaia challenge and share some links later but for today just A quick non-nature post. I purchased the Terry Pratchett biography: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography ..read more

Just catching up on Gaia/nature reading challenge posts. If you have read anything for the challenge and I have missed it please let me know and I will post a link. Two posts that I have not yet shared are May at Brizzy May's Books and Bruchetta who posted on the lovely children's book Tippy ..read more

And a Christmas read When did we stop seeing the sacred in trees? When did they become nothing more than a commodity, or worse sometimes just an inconvenience? Woke up this morning thinking about trees. They seem to be haunting my subconscious at the moment. The clearing of old-growth koala habitat has been a bit ..read more

Gaia/nature reading challenge update, with the end of the year rapidly approaching this will be one of the last 2022 updates, but will continue into 2023 with the new Gaia/nature challenge. I recently read a delightful account of Scottish wildlife in the remote Ardnamurchan region and an absolutely brilliant eco novel that I expect may ..read more