Great post, and a great music rec! I’ve been on a Telepopmusik kick, which has a similar optimism, before the “uncorking of the long dark”, as you put it so well. Thanks!
I had never heard of a cicada killer before, and since here in Australia we have lots of cicadas, I did a little research and found we do have one. It is a different species; Exeirus lateritius, the sole member of the genus Exeirus, is a large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory wasp. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, Sphecius. In Australia, E. lateritius hunts over 200 species of cicada and acts in the same manner that you describe in your Field Notes. I look forward to your newsletter. All the best
I so enjoy your essays and keep hoping to read another novel by you.
I am current reading Goodman’s novel and it is wonderful. I wish I was more comfortable outdoors; bugs and strange/feral critters tend to freak me out. Someday I hope to meet someone here in Michigan help me feel less threatened by the wild.
Great post, and a great music rec! I’ve been on a Telepopmusik kick, which has a similar optimism, before the “uncorking of the long dark”, as you put it so well. Thanks!
Thanks! Now I will have to check out Télépopmusik—they look cool 🇫🇷👨🏻🎨🎹🤍
I had never heard of a cicada killer before, and since here in Australia we have lots of cicadas, I did a little research and found we do have one. It is a different species; Exeirus lateritius, the sole member of the genus Exeirus, is a large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory wasp. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, Sphecius. In Australia, E. lateritius hunts over 200 species of cicada and acts in the same manner that you describe in your Field Notes. I look forward to your newsletter. All the best
Very cool! I really want to come visit Australia, and am hopeful the work will afford me an opportunity to do so. Thanks for reading 🙏
Thank you so much for the shoutout! So appreciate the pitch for Plover, a newsletter about Piping Plovers
& our work with NYC Plover Project.
I so enjoy your essays and keep hoping to read another novel by you.
I am current reading Goodman’s novel and it is wonderful. I wish I was more comfortable outdoors; bugs and strange/feral critters tend to freak me out. Someday I hope to meet someone here in Michigan help me feel less threatened by the wild.
Thank you so much! I’m delighted to hear you are enjoying Makenna’s book. And I do hope to keep writing novels, too, but it may be a couple of years.