In “Noticing” a short story by Sara Barkat, two travelers and sewists at the end of the world remember extinct birds and fairy tales.

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By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abandoned, Articles, Birds, Cities, Climate, Earth as Metaphor, Ecological Grief, Ecopoetics, Fairy Tales, Gratitude, Hope, Nature Stories, Philosophy, Short Stories, The Shivering Ground, Transcendence
In “Noticing” a short story by Sara Barkat, two travelers and sewists at the end of the world remember extinct birds and fairy tales.
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Beauty, Being a Poet, Childhood Memories, Climate, Ecological Grief, Ecopoetics, Education, Fairy Tales, Home, Hope, Impact, In Our Lives, Nature Stories, Ocean, Philosophy, Plants, Plastic, Sea, Short Stories, The Shivering Ground, Transcendence, Water, Wisdom
House on a hill. River down below. And the rains speckling the grass, dots of cold, salt-ocean.
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Awe, Climate, Earth as Metaphor, Earth Care, Ecological Grief, Ecopoetics, Philosophy, Short Stories, The Shivering Ground
The Frankenstein question of life—which this story handles in an intriguing new way—persists today, as much as it ever did. Hidden within the answers are philosophies that impact how we interact with earth, its climate, and its creatures.
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