Our Vital Earth

 Prof Bill Sutherland visited the Bungalow recently and became interested in the ant hills there. So I explained their story to him as part ...

As the human world reels under the malign influence of  Coronavirus , my thoughts turn to Cretaceous barnacles.  This sudden interest in e...

9-12-16 My friend Julia B and I met yesterday at Great Hockham for a wilderness expedition. Julia is researching a book on Doggerla...

Dreams are strange things - such spontaneous flights of invention which I could hardly conceive in my daytime life. This morning, just bef...

Out on the heath, low September sunlight and a warm, southerly wind over close-cropped turf and bristly gorse bushes. There are paths ...

Today I found a nest of wool and leaves containing six baby mice; they fell out of a box when I was emptying out my shed. If I were a dog or...

Spider life continues at the Bungalow, and so does my ongoing campaign to keep it under control. I first realised I had problem in August 2...

18th August 2014 Today I took the opportunity to do some desk work out of doors, sitting on the terrace by the front door and proof-readin...