Art, stories, photographs, and experiences about connecting to nature by disabled people, for disabled people. Learn more about the Disabled in Nature project here.
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“A forest can be unruly and messy and also a robust community that helps all species in it to thrive. Nature could not care less about our labels and structure, even as we try and label it. A maple tree root is not worried about your freshly laid sidewalk. The deer were not on the e-mail chain that designated your garden as human food only.”
By anonymous What do I notice now that I must move slow, or now that I must stay in place? Life moves slower, yes, but in certain moments, its resolution increases. What grows underfoot – what stems, …
every year the juneberries are sweetest
on the trees growing in the lowes parking lot, bursting with bright flavor heralding the taste of the sweet, seedy rosehip of fall,
and even when i can barely move my limbs
i need to taste them, juicy and sun-warm
When a perfect ray of sunlight hits
a row of five cedar trees,
when a big thunderstorm rolls over
a forest filled with tall oak trees.
When nature’s particles experience
unusual shakes,
it opens up its door to me.
As somebody who often needs to sit and rest during their outdoor adventures, tide pools have served as endless sources of fascination for me as I sit by the ocean. Last year, I began taking time-lapse …
After I got sick, I embarked on learning a skill I’ve wanted to learn since I was little: illustration. Art offered me a way to maintain my connection to nature after it became more difficult to …
by Elana Neil The jar with the punctured lid is home to a charming breathing companion species. They partially breathe through gills even though they live on land, which means in my jar. Mesmerizing beings I …
Whenever I move to a new place, one of my favorite things to do is get my hands on a good field guide. Learning the names and natural histories of the plants and animals in my …
Along roadsides, in parks, in neighborhoods, and on long, country drives, spring, summer, and fall in the Great Plains can be surprisingly colorful if you know where to look. Though from a distance tallgrass prairies may …