tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257733803235675833.post1169104978863236316..comments2023-07-27T16:47:19.479+01:00Comments on Today I Saw: ReadingJill Wignallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495231799449325245noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257733803235675833.post-17024022484045892772012-05-06T00:53:59.340+01:002012-05-06T00:53:59.340+01:00your picture's are very very beautiful!your picture's are very very beautiful!syoyuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03430065018611551832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257733803235675833.post-64420047796773778642012-03-19T21:16:12.969+00:002012-03-19T21:16:12.969+00:00I'm sorry I don't have any book to recomme...I'm sorry I don't have any book to recommend. Chris read this one not long ago but it's in French & hasn't been translated yet ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dans-forêts-Sibérie-Sylvain-Tesson/dp/207012925X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332191649&sr=1-3 ) You can read a review at the bottom of the page.<br />xoxoSonia / COZY MEMORIEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442300389429354564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257733803235675833.post-962064694981765682012-03-17T15:19:47.980+00:002012-03-17T15:19:47.980+00:00Hi Jill,
I've been loving your blog for a lon...Hi Jill,<br /><br />I've been loving your blog for a long while and never think to comment- I think we lived in the same bit of London for a while- it was fun spotting local things.<br />Nature writing is a great genre which I've steeped myself in for the past couple of years- so much it's spurred me to leave my job (yesterday!) and spend the rest of the year travelling the British Isles.<br />Some books I've loved are-<br />Wildwood bt Rodger Deakin- his last finished just before he got ill- the tales of his trip to the walnut forest of central asia are amazing<br />Deep Country by I'm sorry I forget who- Neil Someone, an account of living in a remote Welsh cottage alone for 5 years and getting into birdwatching<br />Nature Cure by Richard Mabey (actually anything by Richard Mabey) another friend of Rodger Deakin, this book is a story of his recovery from depression in the landscape of East anglia- not a landscape I love but this shows it through new eyes<br />The Unofficial Countryside- another Mabey, one of his first books, I read at a low point with London, he describes the nature to be found in unexpected places in the city- an old book, written in the 70s he describes the land round the Lea and the now olympic park as wasteland and forgotten- very interesting!<br />Further afield, I love Barbara Kingsolver- her fiction, but especially her book Animal, Vegetable , Miracle- which details her family's year of eating only local seasonal food in the Appalacian mountains of Virginia- I love her political yet poetic style.<br />Another wonderful woman's account of nature is Wild by Jay Griffiths- a bit of a heavier and at times dense going reading- it is an amazing exuberant anthropological journey across the world, finding herself, and telling the tale of indigenous cultures from the Arctic to the Amazon- I loved it as it starts with her 'crying in her flat in Hackney' before she gets the chance to travel to the Amazon- I think I related deeply at the time.<br /><br />Sure there are a few others I can think of. It strikes me that you would very much appreciate Farmer Boy- one of the little house on the prarie books- although about the agricultural upbringing of Laura Ingalls Wilder's husband. A fantastic childrens book going through the rhythms of the farming year.<br /><br />That's more than enough probably- I also wonder if you've heard of or been to visit Organiclea? A workers coop and food growing project in North Chingford they are an inspiring bunch of people- with monthly open days right beside Epping Forest.<br /><br />Thank you Jill for inspiring me with your creativity over the last couple of years. What an odd place the internet is where we watch others but do not engage- glad I have now,<br /><br />take care,<br />marthaMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662637771520417649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257733803235675833.post-71155463116039103862012-03-17T13:16:49.340+00:002012-03-17T13:16:49.340+00:00http://www.amazon.ca/Desert-Solitaire-Edward-Abbey...http://www.amazon.ca/Desert-Solitaire-Edward-Abbey/dp/0345326490/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331989980&sr=1-14<br />and http://www.amazon.ca/Arctic-Dreams-Barry-Lopez/dp/0375727485/ref=pd_sim_b_13<br />are two favorites<br />beautiful writing and insight into two very different landscapesMargie Oomenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459762796958425287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257733803235675833.post-83816242988554413112012-03-17T07:35:20.811+00:002012-03-17T07:35:20.811+00:00I love reading Roger Deakin's books: I went to...I love reading Roger Deakin's books: I went to a talk by Robert MacFarlane once ~ he was a good friend of Roger's: he told that Roger had he lived within a large fireplace of his house while the rest of it was being renovated: he had many outbuildings and sheds that he would use for his writing spaces at various times of the year: how cool is that!<br />enjoy your journey into books Jill ☯chocolategirl64https://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com