Mice in the Mug

This memoir gathers together quotations about time and nature, meteorological commentary made up from my lengthy obsession with tracking the weather, extensive notes about common events in nature, syntheses of these events and astronomical information based on my years of writing almanacs. Although I have organized my writing on a scaffolding of backyard natural history…

April 30th The 120th Day of the Year And so vast is Spring you can’t…Read more n The post Phenology Daybook: April 30, 2020 appeared first on Poor Will’s Almanack by Bill Felker. n]]>

November 15th The 319th Day of the Year   If you are afflicted with melancholy…Read more n The post Phenology Daybook: November 15, 2020 appeared first on Poor Will’s Almanack by Bill Felker. n]]>

April 9th The 99th Day of the Year The grass of spring covers the prairies,…Read more n The post Phenology Daybook: April 9, 2020 appeared first on Poor Will’s Almanack by Bill Felker. n]]>

This wonderful collection of thoughtful, lyrical essays entwines Felker (Home Is the Prime Meridian) and…Read more n The post Review of Bill Felker’s Deep Time Is in the Garden appeared first on Poor Will’s Almanack by Bill Felker. n]]>

A Memoir in Nature and a Handbook for the Month, Being a Personal Narrative and Synthesis of Common Events in Nature between 1981 and 2023 in Southwestern Ohio, with Applications for the Lower Midwest and Middle Atlantic Region, Containing Weather Guidelines and a Variety of Natural Calendars, Reflections by the Author and Seasonal Quotations from…