The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: natural

  • This Earth Day, Consider Rewilding Your Yard

    Don’t constantly battle nature in order to maintain a lawn.

  • I Don’t Do Mow

    I can think of no bigger waste of time.

  • Bait

    Hooks in the mouth hurt.

  • De-Extinction

    It’s a tricky subject. What do you think?

  • Earthing

    One of the best things about the advent of spring is that I find more and more opportunities to walk barefoot. I love the feeling of grass under my feet and sand between my toes. I love feeling connected to the planet, especially after long months of raw, bitter, wet, isolating cold. In particular, I…

  • Unnatural Nature

    I just watched a squirrel run down a 40 foot pine tree head first, like it was nothing. And it was nothing, for him. He probably does it a hundred times a day. I tried to imagine doing it myself, even once, and the thought made me kind of queasy. There are a lot of…