Top Quotes from Wild Wonder 2024

I was at every class, keynote, and discussion panel on the schedule for the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference and here are some of the best quotes that I was […]
Let’s “Junk” Your Nature Journal

Are you ever afraid of messing up your journal? Do you spend hours watching videos about nature journaling before putting pen to paper? What if there was a way that […]
Phenology Wheel: Avoid these Mistakes

A phenology wheel can be a fun, beautiful, and fulfilling addition to your nature journal. It can also be a project from hell. Avoid the mistakes that I made and […]
Your rejuvenating alternative

It’s a dark first week of December, you are stressed about the holidays. Icy rain falls outside. It’s cold, it’s bleak. You are still recovering from Thanksgiving. Sheesh, you are […]
Nature Journaling in the Páramo

Nature journaling in the Páramo is like nature journaling inside an ecosystem invented by Dr Seuss. Maybe that is why I like it. What is the Páramo? The Páramo is […]
Why I like Nature Journaling in the Cloud Forest

First, the good parts. Nature journaling in the cloud forest is especially fun and exciting because of the mind-boggling diversity of colors, textures, plants, and creatures. I can think of […]
Nature Journal in the Amazon?

We sketch piranhas in a canoe while blue and yellow macaws fly overhead. Red howler monkeys roar and prehistoric-looking hoatzin birds watch us drift by. You already have three types […]
This is NOT nature journaling but that’s ok

Cool nature journal page right? Actually, I have something to admit. This is not nature journaling. I did the page above while looking at a variety of photos online. That […]
Nature Journaling in Your Neighborhood

Why is nature journaling in your neighborhood harder to imagine than going someplace “special?” Do you really have to go to a forest, a lake, or a park to nature […]
Nature Journaling Birds or Plants?

I sometimes struggle deciding between nature journaling birds or plants. Focusing can be hard in nature. Sometimes, I tell myself I am going to go to a certain spot to […]