What is wild‪.‬ Wild Northeast

Fallingwater; sibobi; It must be the brook / Can trust itself to go by contraries; In you is the argument of freedom; as free to come and go as the zephyr; We push through / the falling / silky weight; The river just showed through the trees; and the current will unlearn us; This stone tells the story of what happened here; They are always en route to / Their own nothingness; The tongues of water, creeping in, quietly; All streams flow to the sea; My soul has grown deep

Listen in on our conversation with climate scientist and journalist, Dr Godlstone from the Woodwell Research Center in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Pileated woodpeckers far off, ducks startled to flight; wingbeat of a great blue heron, squawking blue herons; sparrows chipping, orioles across; twig snap; territorial kingfishers, red squirrels; passing goldfinches; catbird mew, singing chickadees, blue-headed vireos; fish touching water surface, distant crows and cars; goldfinches in call and response; barking red-bellied woodpeckers, robin cuckoo, cardinals; insect chirr, and some unnamable bird calls.

Listen to Jenna Rozelle’s “Lay of the Land” from our forthcoming issue 01 / Summer 2021 print journal. Jenna is a wild foods educator, writer, and outdoor enthusiast. She offers guidance to people and businesses who want to safely and ethically incorporate wild foods into their lives. She lives in southwestern Maine, where she and her husband care for their homestead and plant nursery Thickery Pricket Farm. Find her at jennarozelle.com