For example, Matthiessen wrote about Moby Dick: “The strong-willed individuals who seized the land and gutted the forests and built the railroads were no longer troubled by Ahab’s obsessive sense of evil, since theology had receded even farther into their backgrounds. But their drives were as...
in mind, the bottle is produced at the nearest glass manufacturer in Mexico, the labels are made from cotton by-products of the textile industry and are affixed by hand in Cuba, and the intricately engraved bottle stopper is made of sustainable cork and wood coming from FSC forests. ...
You will find that those wide, magnificent, fir boards bear witness to the richness of the original forests that used to cover the land. I wrote more about the prevalence of wood here. From the most stately of castles and manor houses, down to your average farm kitchen, those floors are...
for it’s intended purpose or I could repurpose it.I decided to hang it verticallyso that the names of the week run down the right side of the calendar in a column. Each space that would normally have a number indicating the day of the week, will now have a color, whatever color I...
And luckily I am very used to working with my freelance project clients remotely, so that hasn’t changed much although of course many people no longer have the finances to buy art or hire a designer or illustrator to work on their projects, so I am VERY grateful for the people Icurrentl...
There are also signs giving names of places of battles, and casualties of both North and South units. While everything there is quite sobering, the area is beautiful now. The redbuds were just starting to bloom and there are a lot of birds there as well. We saw MANY people walking vari...
The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause ...
I long for forests of emerald trees, waving to the sapphire sky above. I long for the call of a seagull, calling me home to the ocean. I long for a place to call my home, where I actually feel like I belong. I long for the day when my boyfriend and I can finally get married....
Unbelievably their names are… Debs & Rose. 11 January 2023 Just One Tree We’re delighted to launch a new initiative to help do our bit for the planet. We are offering to plant 100 trees for every project we design – with the help of at the charity organisation Just One Tree. They...
Soggy streets, bland houses, and terrified citizens fill Rivertown, Virginia. Dark, gloomy weather has been rampaging since the death of a freshman at Rivertown High School, six months ago. The leafy, emerald pines that make up the forests of this small city, have been dulled by the rain...