Tagged: nature

Tom Gallant was inspired to write his novel "The Lord God Bird" after he heard about the reported sighting of an Ivory Billed Woodpecker several years ago in an Arkansas forest. Since this majestic species of woodpecker has been presumed to be extinct this news thrilled many bird lovers.  Unfortunately, it probably wasn't an Ivory Bill and the birds are likely to be gone forever now.

In ""The Lord God Bird" Gallant has written a plain spoken homage to the wonder of our natural world. The main characters here are "the man" who is not named, and a woodpecker. This man lives gently upon the land. The woodpecker and his mate have flown from Florida into the Arkansas woods where they encounter this man. The woodpecker decides that the man is worthy of contact.

Full episode of WYSO Weekend for January 8, 2012 containing the following stories:

-Jerry Kenney previews the Muse Machine's upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz

-Poor Will's Almanack: January 3 - 9, 2012, by Bill Felker

-This week's PoliticsOhio: New Redistricting Map Shakes Things Up In The Miami Valley, by Emily McCord

Full episode of WYSO Weekend for July 24th, 2011 containing the following stories:

-An interview in Cornad's Corner with Yellow Springs poet Janeal Ravndal

-Commentator Julie Zickefoose reflects on nature and social media in My Enormous Egg

-StateImpact Ohio's Ida Lieszkovszky reports on school vouchers.

-This week's PoliticsOhio: Ballot Issue Order Announced, Wording May Spark Debate by Emily McCord

The observation of natural history, says Eliades Quintana, is a simple and powerful form of meditation. In it we find that the chanting of the katydids and crickets and watching the approach of August are no less magical than the songs of monks or the mantras of gurus.