For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 11, my photograph of a trio of bloodroot blooms, Sanguinaria canadensis. This is one of the earliest blooming wildflowers in the Eastern US.

For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 10, from my nature journal: one of the Southeastern US’s native trilliums, purple toadshade, Trillium cuneatum, sketched in ink and colored pencils.

For Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar, some of my wildlife photography. American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, basking in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Yep, I used a telephoto lens.

For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 8: my photograph of kudzu flowers. This introduced plant has a mythic, negative reputation due to its aggressive growth in the southern US, but artists make beautiful baskets and handmade paper from it. The flowers have an intense, grape-like fragrance and brilliant color.

For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 7: My ink and watercolor drawing of dimpled trout lilies, Erythronium umbilicatum, native to the Southern Appalachians. These bloom from February to April.

listen little sister angels make their hope here in these hills -bell hooks from her collection Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6: This is my ink and watercolor drawing of some ghost pipes, Monotropa uniflora, seen along the Appalachian Trail. Usually ghost pipes are white; I'd love to know what gave these their pale magenta coloring.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5: Here is my watercolor from last night’s @wildwonder.bsky.social workshop with @expedart.bsky.social on how to quickly capture winter landscapes in a nature journal. (Reposted to correct hashtag)

For day four of #ArtAdventCalendar my drawing of a juvenile red-shouldered hawk, done with black and sepia inks. I made the reference photo from far away with a telephoto lens; the parents were teaching this baby to hunt, and he/she was crouching by my back fence, complaining loudly.

For the next few days of #ArtAdventCalendar I’ll share some pages from my nature journal. I love this art practice for many reasons, but especially because anyone can do it, regardless of skill level, location, income, etc. For Day Three, here is my watercolor of a Southern magnolia:

For day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar here is my watercolor of a red wolf, Canis rufus, a critically endangered species.

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As of right now, Cloudflare's outage is affecting the Georgia Secretary of State's website: sos.ga.gov During some state elections, today, by the way.

Y’all—northern lights down south, a few minutes ago.

Excellent thread, superb use of alt text.

Attention, voters in Georgia House District 23: georgiarecorder.com/2025/11/10/t...

I leaned in to smell a way-too-early jessamine bloom and nearly inhaled this small mantis.

GEORGIANS! During COVID, Georgia Power received $35 million in Federal funds to help people with utility bills. They spent less than 1% of those funds to help customers avoid disconnection; much of that funding went to executive bonuses. The GA PSC didn’t question that. VOTE FOR ALICIA AND PETER!

“This is already on track to be one of the most expensive gas-fired power plants in history, and the health and environmental impacts will reach millions.” - Eddy Moore, @CleanEnergyOrg https://selc.link/4oaufDj

Ghada Amer, 'We are the granddaughters of the witches that you could not burn' ♀ #womensart

Nearly a month into the federal government shutdown, logging is ongoing in the country’s national forests. Some advocates worry that the unusual circumstances could mean less oversight over logging in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. www.bpr.org/politics-gov...

Although Georgia has had some ridiculous tax surpluses the past few years, the state may double the fees it charges to use our own public lands. Anyway, here's a tip, Georgians: some public libraries have free park passes you can check out. Excellent article, by the way. Follow @georgiarecorder.com

"The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is—it’s to imagine what is possible." ~ bell hooks

Ghost pipes in a Southern Appalachian forest—usually these are a glassy-white, but this magenta color was eye-catching. #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

Yes, I’ve seen a few HUNDRED of these just on our property. We’ve stumbled through their webs so often I think they’re now learning to place them above human height along our pathways.

Thinking this morning about the importance of writing, reading, creative practice. Not only do the stories we tell have political power, writing allows us to reconnect with parts of ourselves and subverts the noise we've all gotten so used to. Wishing everyone a quiet moment this weekend.

“Our heedless and destructive acts enter the vast cycles of the earth and in time return to bring hazard to ourselves." #OnThisDay, 27 Sept 1962, Rachel Carson's influential book 'Silent Spring' is published, documenting the environmental impact of pesticides. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM 🗃️ 1/2

Despite ongoing debates about hybridization, science is clear: Red Wolves are a distinct species. "Phenotype, genotype, evolutionary history – all of that already distinguishes Red Wolves from coyotes,” says WCC Research Associate, Sunny Murphy. Read more: bit.ly/3VAHhgL

I celebrated the equinox early with a Sunday hike among the clouds on Black Balsam Knob in NC, one of the highest Appalachian balds.

Report reveals Georgia Medicaid program has spent more on admin than care

We are thrilled to welcome our newborn zine: Your Quick Start Guide to Nature Journaling a Garden! In this FREE new zine, learn how and why to nature journal a garden—it helps you slow down, notice more, and sparks JOY and curiosity. wildwonder.org/garden

Beautyberry, soon to be bird buffet 🐦‍⬛

I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.

"Nature writing has long had a problem with the way it presents illness. Nature writing only wants to admit illness into its pages if it is to show nature performing a miraculous cure." @pollyrowena.bsky.social at @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/nature-is-no...

!!! georgiarecorder.com/2025/08/26/l...

The 19th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1920, barring voting discrimination based on sex. But for women of color, the right to vote wasn’t fully realized until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 105 years later, we're still fighting for equal ballot access for all.

I feel seen.

This thread shows why we need to protect our children—and ourselves—from Meta’s products in particular and chatbots in general:

Heads up, #UglyDogs :

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, when I was age 8.

This is such a good idea:

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

Our tumultuous times have presented us with a simple choice. buff.ly/RnmCduA

Despite the bleak title, I appreciate the honest, accurate, “big picture” assessment of where we are, how we got here, and possible scenarios for our future.

Been stung twice in the last year; still waiting for my superpower(s) to show up.

royalty free, exactly

Before any of this, there were plants, and the women who knew how to use them. Kea Krause reaches back in time to show us how women turned to nature to find effective abortifacients and preventatives throughout history, all around the world.