Author Archive: Bill Felker

Bill Felker has been writing nature columns and almanacs for regional and national publications since 1984. His Poor Will’s Almanack appeared as an annual publication every year between 2003 and 2012, and his weekly radio essays are broadcast on National Public Radio’s WYSO from Yellow Springs, Ohio. His organization of weather patterns and phenology (what happens when in nature) offers a unique structure for understanding the repeating rhythms of the year. Exploring everything from animal husbandry to phenology, Felker has become well known to farmers as well as urban readers throughout the country. He is an occasional speaker on the environment at nature centers, churches and universities, and he has presented papers related to almanacking at academic conferences, as well. Felker has received three awards for his almanac writing from the Ohio Newspaper Association. "Better writing cannot be found in America's biggest papers," stated the judge on the occasion of Felker’s award in 2000. Currently, Bill Felker lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He has two daughters, Jeni, who is a psychologist in Portland, Oregon, and Neysa, a photographer in Spoleto, Italy.