Sharing My Archive

Cover Image. From Francis Macbride. Autumn Flowers and Fruits (Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1924). 103.

A Look Back#

I hate to miss a beat in the weekly species studies, but sometimes other parts of life overtake one's writing practice. So the final piece of my cucurbits trio, on Watermelons, will have to wait a few more days.

In the meantime, I was able to import the Otherwise archive into DFOS and do some cleanup in the space. So, from another perspective, this week includes 9+ posts instead of just one!

Here is an overview of the imported archive.

Lectio Terra (can also be explored on the Calendar)#

I started my weekly species studies in late February of this year, approximately 10 weeks after the winter solstice. This means that I'm right around the halfway point of my year-long project. The lunar/solar notes for each post got slightly skewed after importing and arranging; eventually, I hope to refine things into a recurring annual cycle, adjusted for subsequent years. Methodology TBD.

• Week 10: Witch Hazel, Friedrich Nietzsche, William Hamilton Gibson
• Week 11: American Robin, Emily Dickinson, Robert Ridgway
• Week 12: Sugar Maple, Annika Hansteen-Izora, Walter H. Crockett
• Week 13: Paper Birch, Robert Frost, Gifford Pinchot
• Week 14: Nimbostratus praecipitatio, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jenny Odell
• Week 15: Dutch Crocus, Guillaume Barth, William Herbert
• Week 16: Ostrich Fern, Martin Heidegger, Douglas Houghton Campbell
• Week 17: Eastern Cottontail , Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Thompson Seton
• Week 18: Great Mullein, Ashia Ajani, Hildegard von Bingen

Laurentia Kitchen (circa 2022-2025)#

This was my intermittent scrapbook/zine related to food, cooking, and bioregional thinking. It transformed from a few typical recipes and food blogging posts into a more experimental, textual endeavor. A few highlights from later in the project include:

• "A violent particularity of exclusivity"
• Which kind of avant-garde are you?
• 5 Food Trends for the New Year
• “I’m curious about the foodways of other regions”
• Food, Statistics*: A Collation

Charles Goodwin. Shaker Sugar Jar (1941). National Gallery of Art.