My closest friend and I have been tracking phenology together for five years - when the first birds return, when certain flowers bloom, when leaves turn - but this year everything is off and happening at weird times, and instead of bringing us together like it used to, our nature observations are making us both anxious about climate change. We don't know how to hold both the beauty and the grief of what we're witnessing.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that bearing witness to environmental shifts together requires new emotional and spiritual resources.
“Where Are You with The farmer's calendar — seasonal wisdom?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.