Mossback Musings
searching for an ecology of love. stalked by stories. reading relatedness in the dirt.
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Thoughts on Wendell Berry and the Apocalypse. (opens the original)
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“Look Out”Come to the window, look out, and seethe valley turning green in remembranceof all springs past and to come, the woodsperfecting with immortal patiencethe leaves that are the work of all of time,the sycamore whose white limbs shedthe history of a man’s life with their old bark,the river quivering under the morning’s breathlike the touched skin of a horse, and you will seealso the shadow cast upon it by fire, the war<
Like A Mountain (opens the original)
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Dear Readers, I’ve had a difficult time writing in the past few months. As I work to find time and inspiration for my next series of essays on biopoetics, I’m sending out a piece from my book as an offering. Below is one of the essays from my book Mossback: Ecology, Emancipation, and Foraging for Hope in Painful Places. <a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image
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