Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
article: Winter Visitor: Rough-legged Hawk (Loren Merrill/The Outside Story/Northern Woodlands) “Researchers think that rough-legged hawks (and kestrels) have a special ability that helps them find prey: they can see the urine trails left behind by small mammals. This unusual superpower is a product of two factors: the hawks (like most birds) have a fourth color-related cone in their eyes that allows them to see UV light (in addition to the red-blue-green cones we have), and small-mammal urine reflects UV light. When rough-legged hawks survey a field, the vole urine creates little UV arrows pointing to the grass tunnels that the small mammals frequent.”
list: Attending To Self: 20 ways to start feeling a little bit better right now (Pip Lincolne/Meet Me At Mikes) A good list. An observing-nature walk, doing something novel, applying water, taking mini-breaks, pottering, or perhaps searching ‘narrowboat‘ on YouTube and watching a video of someone who lives on a canal.
article: Forget fast cars and shiny Rolexes – rich people used to show off their wealth with pineapples and celery (Lauren Alex O’Hagan/The Conversation) I sure love celery. Hilarious dangling modifier, too: “Like the pineapple, the upper classes were hesitant to consume celery ….”
article: Building a House with Oyster Shells: Oyster Shell Houses of Guangdong (Kaushik Patpwary/Amusing Planet)
essay: A call in the dark (Freya Rohn/The Ariadne Archive) Thoughts on darkness, November, the call to howl, sacrifice.
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