Nature Writing

A dandelion pushes its head through a crack in the sidewalk … a yellow moon rises between downtown buildings ... seagulls swarm around ships in the harbour … cats howl in a narrow alleyway … Nature surrounds us, even in cities. During this course, we’ll look and listen to the sights and sounds of nature, opening our eyes and ears as we use the natural world as a starting point for stories, poems or songs. Perhaps there’s a special place you’d like to revisit, if only in your mind. We’ll discover hidden treasures as we explore the nature which surrounds us each day, and the places which live in our memories and in our imagination. What happens when the characters we invent get stuck in a snowstorm, or experience the awe of the northern lights, or take a stray dog home?