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A Year of Rewilding – Coda
On March 20th, 2023, I completed the year of rewilding. Several months have passed since my last post. As the seasons returned the external world back to the womb of Earth, so too my rewilding journey arched inward. As rewilding co-researchers went to sleep, internal...
The Offering
It begins with offering Corn to Squirrels. Otherwise, they pillage things not meant for them. Crows, Blue Jays, and Blackbirds arrive Their impossibly iridescent feathers reflecting morning sunshine and joy. Just outside my bedroom door, under the ancient Black...
Five Months of Becoming Wild
This past week marked five months of rewilding. Almost half the year has slipped into the deep time of history at timescales raging from the flap of a Hummingbird’s wings to the lethargic flow of a sludgy River. Generally, these past five months seem fleeting, not...
100 Days – Rewilding Land and self
Tuesday marked 100 days of rewilding. For the past six weeks or so, writing duties nagged at the back of my mind – I should be writing a blog post and working on dissertation research – but the draw of the outdoors proved irresistible. As the world started to awaken...
Three months of rewilding and lessons in humility from Virginia Creeper and Bumblebee
For the past six weeks or so, writing duties nag at the back of my mind – I should be writing a blog post and working on dissertation research – but the draw of the outdoors has proven irresistible. As the world started to awaken and burst forth with the exuberance of...
One Month of Rewilding – A typical day in the life
Today marks the completion of an entire month of rewilding. Many people have asked me questions about the practical aspects of this project, such as: What do you eat? What do you actually do every day? What about toilet paper? etc. So, I have decided to take a break...
Rewilding Challenges and Reflections – Week 1
The first week of rewilding has come and gone, with many challenges and discoveries. Daily Rituals In rejecting the One-World World (Escobar, 2016) or “a world allegedly made up of a single Word, and that has arrogated for itself to be ‘the’ world, subjecting all...
It Begins – Day One, Spring Equinox 2022
“But when night had fallen, the sorrow of the worshippers was turned to joy. For suddenly a light shone in the darkness: the tomb was opened: the god had risen from the dead; and the priest touched the lips of the weeping mourners with balm, he softly whispered in the...