Fernwood Journal

Slow writing about wild places

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The Understory in November

Field notes · 9 min read

When the canopy thins, the forest floor gets its one long look at the sky. A season of mosses, late fungi, and the patient work of decay.

Listening for Wrens

Essay · 6 min read

The smallest bird in the hedge has the loudest voice. On learning a landscape by ear before you learn it by name.

A Fern That Outlived the Dinosaurs

Natural history · 12 min read

Horsetails and royal ferns have survived three mass extinctions. What their stubbornness says about resilience, and about us.

The Sunday Letter

One essay, one field sketch, every Sunday morning. No noise.