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A Covid-19 Escape Hike — Inspiration from Nature’s Curiosities

May 4, 2020 in Land Trust of North Alabama, Nature's Inspiration /by Steve Jones

I published a previous Post (including one of my poems) based upon my March 21, 2020 Covid-19 hike at nearby Rainbow Mountain Preserve: https://stevejonesgbh.com/2020/03/24/resurrection-fern-a-metaphor-in-verse-for-natures-simplicity/ I focused that Post on the wondrous nature of resurrection fern. I subsequently issued a Post on spring wildflowers I encountered on that same spring equinox hike: https://stevejonesgbh.com/2020/04/27/a-covid-19-escape-hike-wildflower-lift/ A lot more […]

A Covid-19 Escape Hike — Wildflower Lift

April 27, 2020 in Land Trust of North Alabama, Nature's Inspiration /by Steve Jones

Covid-19 Escape March 21, 2020, in the midst of our societal Covid-19-induced social distancing, I hiked nearby Rainbow Mountain Preserve. I posted March 24 about the spectacular resurrection fern profusion that afternoon at the Preserve just three miles from my front door: https://stevejonesgbh.com/2020/03/24/resurrection-fern-a-metaphor-in-verse-for-natures-simplicity/ I saw enough beauty, magic, wonder, and awe to distill to two […]

Easter Storms — A Covid-19 Corollary

April 20, 2020 in and Greenways, Explorations of Nature with Poetry, Nature's Inspiration /by Steve Jones

Covid-19 Context I wrote these words the Wednesday after Easter, a day when Covid-19 deaths in the US were at approximately 30,000 (42,000 today), with confirmed cases at 614,000 (787,000 today). We remain under what I term Covid-19 House Arrest. A dire situation, yet I see signs of hope. The new case and hospitalization […]

Fifty Shades of Green

April 15, 2020 in Explorations of Nature with Poetry, Nature's Inspiration /by Steve Jones

I see cruel irony that as Covid-19 frees time to read, ponder, write, and create, it’s the virus that too often dominates my mind. I sat recently in my doctor’s office parking lot waiting to be summoned to the appointment (a Covid-blessing — no crowded waiting room torment in these days of physical-distancing). A wet […]

Correcting My Blog Post Distribution Snag

April 10, 2020 in Explorations of Nature with Poetry, Nature's Inspiration, Updates /by Steve Jones

Hello to all, including those of you who disappeared via an error in my automatic Blog Post distribution system. Welcome… and welcome back! I publish these Posts weekly, offering reflections and lots of my photos on Nature-Inspired Life and Living. All 210 (or so) that I’ve posted since January 2017 are accessible at: https://stevejonesgbh.com/blog/ My […]

Cloud Verse

April 7, 2020 in Explorations of Nature with Poetry, Nature's Inspiration, Spirituality in Nature /by Steve Jones

I’ve published more than 200 Posts in these pages over the past three years. I use a format of photos, reflections, and lessons drawn from places visited in Nature’s realm… here locally and even internationally. Seldom have I ventured beyond simple prose. But now I’ve completed a poetry writing class at the University of Alabama […]

Land Trust Mushroom Hike on Rainbow Mountain

April 1, 2020 in Land Trust of North Alabama, Nature's Inspiration /by Steve Jones

Covid-19 Context We’re now more than two weeks beyond the call to distance safely from our circle of friends, family, and associates. Judy and I speak of being under Covid-19 house-arrest. We continue our twice-daily neighborhood walks. I’m escaping as often as I can to local hiking trails and greenway bike riding. We are in […]

Nature Pauses Not for a Human/Viral Pandemic

March 28, 2020 in Explorations of Nature with Poetry, Nature's Inspiration, Updates /by Steve Jones

As I write and publish this brief Post March 28, 2020, our air is thick with pollen — ’tis the season! Six-year-old grandson Sam spent an hour outdoors with us today — social-distancing and all that. I couldn’t help but share a few photos and write a bit of verse about the paradox of […]

Resurrection Fern — A Metaphor in Verse for Nature’s Simplicity

March 24, 2020 in Explorations of Nature with Poetry, Land Trust of North Alabama /by Steve Jones

11 Photos An Exemplar for Simplicity in a World of Expanding Complexity I will mention but not dwell upon the fact that Covid-19 house-arrest spurs reflecting, creating, and writing… and encourages me to flourish in Nature whenever I can. March 21, 2020 I drove the short three miles to Rainbow Mountain Nature Preserve to hike […]

Lyrical Expressions in Forest Pathogens… Under a Covid-19 Cloud

March 19, 2020 in Explorations of Nature with Poetry, Nature's Inspiration /by Steve Jones

I write these words March 18, 2020, sheltered in-place in the midst of uncertainty as we face the Corvid-19 pandemic. As a forester (1973 BS) and applied ecologist (1987 PhD), my passion in semi-retirement is Nature, especially trees and forests. With all of my speaking, teaching, and consulting gigs on Covid-hold, I allocate my time […]

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