HeyJaredWitness Marks by Melissa Harrison
A monthly postcard from the English countryside: nature, the rural year, and a village newsletter. Book news and other personal updates at the top.
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Bounty in autumn (opens the original)
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Hi, how are you doing?The long dry spell is over and we’ve had some rain at last. Weeds are sprouting everywhere (including all over my garden, which is great news for wildlife), and the meadows, pastures and field margins have re-greened. It feels so relieving – even if much of the damage the drought has done (and is still doing) is invisible and goes far beyond the brown grass the news has been fixated on, something which is entirely normal and happens nearly every year. Still, it’s good to kn
Straw like tame lightnings (opens the original)
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Hi, how are you doing?Welcome to the August edition of Witness Marks. If you’re a new subscriber you might want to start by reading this post here, which gives you a tour of the Suffolk village I write about and its surrounding area. Or you could just dive right in. If you missed it, you can catch up on my recent piece about taking action for nature hyperlocally below. I
A little patch of ground (opens the original)
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I wait for it at every book event, at every talk and signing, and I’m almost never disappointed: a question, usually towards the end of the evening, about hope: ‘Is there any hope?’ or ‘Where do you find hope?’ or ‘How can we remain hopeful?’ someone in the audience will say. I’m sure everyone who writes or talks about nature is asked this, or something like it. Given what we are currently living through it makes total sense to want something positive to take home. And yet over the yea
The Given World: original soundtrack (opens the original)
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Good morning,I am very proud to announce that today is release day for this gorgeous, haunted, haunting thing. Made by the utterly brilliant musicians/artists/magicians Peter Rogers and Laura Cannell, it’s a portal into the (other)world of the novel: an invitation to explore the Welm Valley with Alan and Aelflōd, Connor and Clare. As of today you can stream it from the usual platforms, but I’d like to encourage you to buy the CD or purchase the download from Bandcamp
The weedlap of summer rivers (opens the original)
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Hi, how are you doing?In parts of Suffolk the wheat harvest is underway and the barley, peas and rapeseed are likely to follow soon after. Harvest began earlier this year than last, but at about the same time as in 2022, and not as early as in 2018. If
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