Through The Woods by H.E Bates Through the Woods by H.E Bates. When he was a child the writer Herbert Bates wanted to be a painter. He describes the paintings that he enthusiastically produced as being of ‘horrific badness’. So the introduction to this book, written by Laura Beatty tells us. I am so glad…

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Nature poetry

Nature and Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver poet and maker of magic inside words. Many poets take inspiration from nature. I made my discovery of Mary Oliver’s poetry when I began to take a daily walk in a local woodland and found a peace and sense of fulfillment that had been missing from my very hectic…

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