#into the wilderness

[thingswereadtoday]

Gripping, suspenseful action-packed ‘what if’ story about the Beatles’ plane crashing in Alaska. Truly an exciting read.

[her-penetrating-soul]

"Nothing is more peaceful than nature , solitude, life, and silence."

~Dharitri Mallick

[embersoftheforest]

Newleaf 1 - Moon 1

Chapters set during this moon: 1 (Rusty) - 11 (Shadepaw)

A gathering was attended by all four Clans - it can be read in chapter eleven!

RiverClan

Mosspelt, Whiteclaw, Greenflower, and Silverstream were made warriors!

Mallowtail moved to the nursery.

ShadowClan

Badgerkit was born to Fernshade and Wolfstep.

The following apprentices were made: Volepaw to Brokenstar, Dawncloud to Blackfoot, Brownpaw to Stumpytail, Wetpaw to Clawface, Littlepaw to Boulder, Hailpaw to Nutwhisker, and Thistlepaw to Blackfoot.

Mosspaw was accidentally killed by Brownpaw and Wetpaw.

Dawncloud was made a queen and moved back to the nursery.

ShadowClan engaged in a border skirmish with WindClan after denying trespassing on WindClan territory.

ThunderClan

Goldenflower gave birth to Lynxkit and Swiftkit who were fathered by Patchpelt and Tigerclaw respectively.

Firepaw was apprenticed to Bluestar, Greypaw was apprenticed to Lionheart.

WindClan

WindClan engaged in a border skirmish with ShadowClan over ShadowClan trespassing on their territory

[heartbranches]

Hey

How's the writing going?

I'm not saying. But I might be saying.

Expect an update tomorrow.

[vietsoul]

Jake Wilder aka. Campbell Stevens Naked Neighbor, 2014 - Men

[nature-hiking]

Sunset on the mountains - Alpine Haute Route, June 2021

photo by: nature-hiking

[miamaimania]

Whispers in the Wild 🌳꩜ by Antti Laitinen (2019)

[sillyfroggremlin]

watching/rewatching a show when you already have an established favorite character is great because every time they come on screen it's like

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[greraden]

[bitstitchbitch]

my family is lucky enough to own a 26 acre mountain property, log cabin and all. Most people would go up there and think that it is fairly pristine nature. There’s the cabin, and a few dirt roads for 4-wheelers, but the surrounding woods look untouched.

But we actually carefully maintain that nature. We cut down the deadfall. We pull invasive plants. We trim the elderberry bushes. We get more animals than almost anywhere else on the mountain because we put up salt licks and water troughs.

some of these same things are true of national parks. A lot of places that you think of as “untouched wilderness” are influenced heavily by human care and maintenance. And this isn’t a bad thing. We are animals too. In many ways, our ecosystems depend on us to keep them healthy. Many “wild” plants that are useful for food or building materials are actually semi-domesticated because indigenous groups cared for them and encouraged their growth so they do better with human care.

we have a place in nature. We just need to be conscious of our actions.

EDIT: since this post took off, I thought I should add some sources

Also a disclaimer that I am not indigenous or an ecologist. I am putting time and effort into learning, but I am not an expert.

[riverlarking]

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) — dir. Mel Brooks

[drfaustusmd]

[uwhe-arts]

. . . | uwhe-arts

[kylebonallo]

by Kyle Bonallo (ig: @kylebonallo)

[heartbranches]

Merry Christmas!

It's a new work set in the Into The Wilderverse by yours truly (it's a thing! That I just made up!)

Nick and Dylan get stuck at Kaitlyn's apartment during a New York City blizzard right around Christmastime. They get super bored and decide that Emma shouldn't be the only one with social media clout in the group. What follows is a series of increasingly unhinged cooking videos.

Check back tomorrow and Sunday for chapters two and three!

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