https://otherwise.dfos.com/ For a year, I am researching and curating one species of plant, animal, or natural phenomena per week. I am also building an “earthly book of hours” with reading and images across the day (link below). https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-32-dog-days-horace-heraclitus-h8h3chtn4cknvf3t7kt9va post_h8h3chtn4cknvf3t7kt9va Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:48:25 GMT Cover Image. Illustration of the Constellation Sirius, with text. From The Harley Aratus (c. 820-840). Rheims, France. From the British Library, Harley Collection. Waning Crescent Moon; 46 Days to... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-31-butterfly-weed-paul-muldoon-nathaniel-lord-britton-2dkn923znr642k3hedc627 post_2dkn923znr642k3hedc627 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:27:46 GMT Cover Image. William Clark, “Asclepias tuberosa. Tuberous Swallow-wort.” From Richard Morris, Flora Conspicua: A Selection of the Most Ornamental Flowering, Hardy, Exotic and Indigenous Trees,... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-30-blueberries-joseph-j-white-inc-alix-beeston-on-ellen-97a68tke9vz7f6efd7tntv post_97a68tke9vz7f6efd7tntv Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:51:02 GMT Cover Image. “Vaccinium corymbosum: Stanley.” J. Marion Shull, USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection. Waxing Gibbous Moon; 6 Days to August Cross-Quarter Day. Headnote Rounding out my quartet of... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-29-corn-haudenosaunee-storytellers-emily-pauline-johnso-668zc83r9782t37n78r682 post_668zc83r9782t37n78r682 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:35:21 GMT Cover Figure. Nasca artist(s), Corn Stalk-Shaped Vessel (c. 1-600 CE). Waxing Crescent Moon; 13 Days to August Cross-Quarter Headnote In my personal opinion, much resisted by the chatbots I... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-28-redcurrants-maud-grieve-the-ohio-agricultural-experi-hzk47ta2vdn8f2c8ff9n9e post_hzk47ta2vdn8f2c8ff9n9e Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:36:48 GMT Fig. 1. “Fay’s Prolific,” from Fruit Culture, Volume 2 (Scranton, Pennsylvania: International Textbook Company, 1913), Section 19. Waning Crescent Moon; 21 Days to August Cross-Quarter Day Headnote... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/this-week-curating-an-earthly-book-of-hours-3kzcfh8cz72a9ktacv6d26 post_3kzcfh8cz72a9ktacv6d26 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:28:47 GMT Taking a week away from the species to make some progress on a side project. I started this Lectio Terra project over the winter, after struggling to finish a short essay around the feelings that “we... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-27-serviceberry-robin-wall-kimmerer-km-wiegand-ztrzh6zn7c4zte4nn9tf99 post_ztrzh6zn7c4zte4nn9tf99 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:59:50 GMT Cover Image. “Amelanchier Canadensis,” Plate CXCIV from Charles Sprague Sargent, The Silva of North America, Vol. IV: Rosaceae-Saxifragaceae(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892), p. 133. Waning Gibbous... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-25-maculae-solares-galileo-galilei-feat-the-roman-inqui-thh697ztrr89a3c629ae94 post_thh697ztrr89a3c629ae94 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:43:09 GMT Cover Image. Richard William Seale, “The Course of the Solar Maculae over the Sun’s Disk” (n.d.). Waxing gibbous moon; summer solstice. Headnote A weather update from outer space: We are more than... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-24-wool-sower-wasp-ep-felt-francesco-redi-of-arezzo-8977hk7evdrcfcne3fdhvz post_8977hk7evdrcfcne3fdhvz Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:18:00 GMT Cover Image. “Oak Galls,” from Millett Taylor Thompson, An Illustrated Catalogue of American Insect Galls, ed. E.P. Felt (Nassau, New York: Rensselaer Co., 1915), p. 71.* Waxing Crescent Moon; 3 Days... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/welcome-ecdhzat9dazz82tnkatdd9 post_ecdhzat9dazz82tnkatdd9 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:55:08 GMT Welcome to my corner of the dark forest. I'm Ryan, an independent researcher and writer. Otherwise is my workshop for experimenting with old ideas, practices, and media forms. I'm interested in the... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/conversations-signs-of-summer-solstice-time-9h797934h4v4z9z84f6h4k post_9h797934h4v4z9z84f6h4k Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:47:35 GMT Cover Image. "Diagram of the Solstices and Equinoxes" (late 12th century). Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Thanks to everyone who responded to my question in the Conversations chat last... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-23-common-reed-rumi-ar-harwood-ha4ek4vf9zfa676effva7z post_ha4ek4vf9zfa676effva7z Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:14:10 GMT Cover Image. “Reed Swamp at the Margin of a Norfolk Broad,” from A.R. Horwood, A New British Flora: British Wild Flowers in Their Natural Haunts, Vol. IV (London: The Gresham Publishing Company,... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-22-mycobacterium-vaccae-jenifer-wightman-graham-aw-rook-743cv8rcf9dkz36kt67a73 post_743cv8rcf9dkz36kt67a73 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:51:54 GMT Cover Image. Mycobacterium vaccae, from Microbiology in Pictures, n.d. Waning gibbous moon; 21 days to summer solstice. This week goes long on history and biology—the latter not my forte. Bear with... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-21-common-lilac-amy-lowell-ronald-firbank-24c33vfh9t294dcvrk7t38 post_24c33vfh9t294dcvrk7t38 Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:11 GMT Cover Image. “Wills’s Cigarettes, Lilac” (1850), cigarette card from The George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library Digital Collections. First quarter moon; 29 days to summer solstice... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/tamarack-larch-in-spring-tn446hav3vcdrtd7c2ah97 post_tn446hav3vcdrtd7c2ah97 Thu, 21 May 2026 21:12:42 GMT I joined other wise to see if there was any relation to otherWise, a small online community using hylo. I am also beginning explorations of DFOS, so joining is a way of trying out what people are... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/introduction-laurentia-kitchen-83rcn8ehhcethtdt37fd38 post_83rcn8ehhcethtdt37fd38 Thu, 21 May 2026 15:00:05 GMT Cover Image. Level II Ecoregion 8.1: Mixed Plain Forests. This project began as a personal archive to organize experience--people, places, books, music, ideas--and got put on hold soon after I... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-19-sheet-moss-hildegard-von-bingen-michael-marder-f9ca9e9tt48hfkr4fv864a post_f9ca9e9tt48hfkr4fv864a Thu, 21 May 2026 14:52:56 GMT Cover Image. “Plate XXXIII. HYPNEAE (continued),” from F.E. Tripp, British Mosses: Their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses, Vol. II (London: George Bell and Sons, 1874). The month of May began with... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/week-20-cambridge-argillite-ludwig-wittgenstein-the-dana-bro-h644cnc4trv79c74tvztac post_h644cnc4trv79c74tvztac Thu, 21 May 2026 14:49:29 GMT Cover Image. “Structure discontinuities, Porter Square pilot tunnel,” from D.E. Thompson et al., Field Evaluation of Advanced Methods of Geotechnical Instrumentation for Transit Tunneling: Final... https://otherwise.dfos.com/post/introduction-9v69ztrtd32ttz476tc9ez post_9v69ztrtd32ttz476tc9ez Wed, 20 May 2026 16:29:45 GMT Welcome to my corner of the dark forest. I'm Ryan, an independent researcher and writer exploring new-old ways of connecting to nature, culture, and each other. This is my workshop for dissecting and...