Our Vital Earth
Words and images by Tim Holt-Wilson
Thursday, 17 March 2022
In memory of a friend
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Grief comes as a surprise, like a sudden shower in May, and I remember you. I never imagined this day would come - you, strong as a horse,...
Monday, 14 February 2022
Carstone and Chalk
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'Carstone I will mention in order to abuse it" (Jacquetta Hawkes ('A Land', 1951). Why not? This orangey-coloured Norfolk...
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Insatiable
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About five years ago I came across the painting 'Insatiable' by Theodore Bolha and Chris Davis. It graces the cover of ' Clima...
Sunday, 10 May 2020
Ferment
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The garden is - as ever - a wealth of life: a ferment of greenery and flies, birds and song, sunlight patterns on leaves: myriad changes in ...
Monday, 4 May 2020
Clinging On
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As the human world reels under the malign influence of Coronavirus , my thoughts turn to Cretaceous barnacles. This sudden interest in e...
Saturday, 4 April 2020
A Blackthorn Spring
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Cold winds easterly have been blowing across East Anglia for the past week, though temperatures are set to rise this weekend. Blackthorn bl...
Sunday, 5 August 2018
Islay
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4th June 2018 I'm back from staying with my uncle on the Isle of Islay. This is the most southerly large island of the Inner Hebrides....
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