Back in March 2020, I published a review of Kelly Brenner’s then recently released book “Nature Obscura; a City’s Hidden Natural World.” It is a work by which I was – and still very much remain – much impressed by its overall concept, its content, and its writing style; which is why it continues to be one of the books I still commonly recommend to all seeking a book in which to loose themselves in the wonders of the natural world.
As so many of us have now merged into the ultra-slow lane of life, and are spending greatly increased amounts of time meditatively getting to know both the domestic as well as natural worlds around our respective domiciles to a level of detail far more exhaustive and refined that we ever previously contemplated, I’ve been trying to bring attention to new and forthcoming books that might best fit with such revisions to our lives.
There are few nights of my life that I can recall when I have been more scared than I was the night I took up Kelly Brenner’s Nature Obscura. Reports of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreading throughout the world had suddenly reached fever pitch with case numbers of COVID-19 being reported as skyrocketing where only a […]
For many years I have followed the natural history observations Kelly Brenner regularly posts to her Twitter feed. Her ability not only to notice but to absolutely revel in the small details of nature that many others would easily overlook is uncanny. So when I learned that she was writing a book, needless to say I was eager for it finally to be published so I could discover more about her remarkable perceptions of the natural world.