HeyJaredHelen Baczkowska
Writer, common right holder, naturalist and activist for the wild places of the Earth. Writing about extinction, the unpinning of life from its once familiar seasons and the hope to be found among people and nature.
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Between the stones and the sky (opens the original)
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Writing on a cool evening in September, I’ve almost forgotten how much my mid-August journey to Moscar Moor scared me. All through the heatwave of May and June and July, the clay soils of my home ground held on to a few drops moisture, helping the oak trees behind my house to keep their dark leaves despite the drought. After the hay was baled and removed, the grass on the common grew back, with a weak but hopeful sheen of green. My journey took me through west Norfolk, out across the Lincolnshir
Whispers of better things (opens the original)
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The evening air was still hot as I walked towards Sheep’s Green. It felt only slightly cooler than the relentless sun of the day, and the people around me still wore shorts, t-shirts and the lightest of dresses. When I reached the Green, a small dog was running in circles, two children chased each other over the dry, brown grass and small groups sat in the shade of the trees.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<form class
A common land year, June (opens the original)
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The year tilts in the days and weeks that follow the summer solstice. I’ve noticed already how the season of growing and blossoming has tipped towards one of harvest. In the past week, I have filled my freezer with gooseberries and beans, and my hung drying herbs in my kitchen – rosemary, thyme and sage to flavour cooking, comfrey for making salves and mint for tea through the winter. On the common, tiny red berries are forming on the hawthorn bushes and soon there will be blackberries, rosehips
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