‘I really like it. It looks beautiful, the colours are lush and it’s a refreshing perspective on the world. I love the idea of excellent dates engaging with Pliny’s figs and mushrooms, your thought provoking note on innocence, and the concept of the songs of men deep in the heart of grape buds’ – Nicki
Lift us from our troubled minds
Next time your mind is roiling, look outside and see if you can spot any birds, and then watch them. Their capacity to survive, their resilience and resourcefulness, and their sheer uncomplaining chirpiness can often air-lift us out of anxiety. Or at least provide a...
To shout with grass
Isn't that exhilarating, the land shouting with grass? And due to successive years of dousing rain, it feels lush and burstingly, verdantly abundant.   There would be five or six wet and wonderful years when there might be nineteen to twenty-five inches of rain, and...
The colour of poppies
A searching definition for the precise shade of California poppies, as recalled in Steinbeck's East of Eden. Not orange, you understand, but golden cream.And mixed with these were splashes of California poppies. These too are of a burning color - not orange, not...
The smell of the seasons
A powerful recall of childhood memories regarding the names of plants, the homes of toads, the awakening of birds and the smell of both seasons and...
Of mathematical timelessness
Yes, I have a lifelong attraction to the 'timeless', namely, things which retain our admiration or affection over centuries or millennia, due to an...
Every journey starts somewhere
James Rebanks had a childhood awakening when accompanying his grandfather on a tractor, making the connection between his family, their farm, and...
The virtue of living quietly
Beware the gilded cage, although I don't believe that living a life on the land need contradict individualism. In the sense that you may develop a...
Our land is a poem
A lovely description of a landscape as poetry in motion, slow sedimentary layers added by successive generations. Maybe recent layers showing...
An amazing day
James Rebanks describes a touching element during a class visit to his farm, where one little boy finds solace in simply gathering some eggs or...
A father’s wish
James Rebanks describes a nuannaarpoq moment with his daughter, watching a white owl hunt. And he wishes her all a loving parent could wish a child...
More please
As many who dip into some social media realms may have noticed, there's plenty of absolutes, extremes and anger out there. Peace. Breathe. ...
Slow mo long term
I love the slowness of timber growth and durability. Years ago my brother introduced me to the notion of tempering timber to make it more...
Ode to an orange
Elizabeth Bowen's mouth-watering description of eating a Sicilian orange in Rome deserves a place at the Nuannaarpoq table. And I read it a few...
A singing sense
This enigmatic statement by Elizabeth Bowen caught my eye, even though I'm not sure what it means. Only that some roads invite you to follow them? ...
Man has a long time to go
Some wise words from Aaron Copland to a young Leonard Bernstein. They maintained a close friendship and correspondence for decades, and I like the...
Finding peace
An interesting piece of aunt-like advice from Martha Gellhorn to Leonard Bernstein.  She emphasises the importance of not only finding a nugget of...
The tricky business of simple living
An interesting character in Goncharov's 1859 novel Oblomov is Andrey, close friend of the eponymous hero. He starts out as an exuberant, feisty boy...
Nuannaarpoq Awards – Nominee 003
Our third nominee for a Nuannaarpoq Award is: Mary Delany (1700-1788) Parameters:Â 18th century, British, real, human, female, now living elsewhere...
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