You can find journals at New Garden Friends Meeting, Glenwood Coffee and Books, Kathleen Clay Edwards Library, Sacred Garden Bookstore, and  this morning I’ll be dropping some off at Deep Roots.

Go find one!

Hello, friendly naturalists!

We’re gathering submissions for our summer issue and would love to hear from you. Please send us your summer-related writing and drawings. Deadline is May 15.

Artwork needs to be a 300 dpi or better jpg. We prefer line drawings to photographs.

If you would like to write something and want suggestions, message us and I’ll send you my wishlist for this issue. I have a few things I’m still looking for.

You can reach us at friendlynaturalist@gmail.com

cheers, Ivy

The spring issue is hot off the presses, and we’ll be handbinding them tonight at The Spartan Trader, from 7 to 9. 

Journals will be available around town; we’ll be delivering over the next week, so keep an eye out for locations. Or, you can print out and bind your own at home. Click here for the file and tutorial.

We are looking for writing and drawings for the spring issue. If you have spring-themed prose, meditations, invitations to adventure, or thoughts about the season in any form, please send them our way. Browse through our past issues to see the type of pieces we’re looking for.

Artwork is especially needed — think about the earth in spring, the soil warming up, the days gradually getting longer, and life beginning anew. I would love to see an unfurling fern on the front cover — send me your artwork either as a hi-res scan or photo (you can send us a link to Dropbox) or email me and we’ll make arrangements for me to pick up your hard copy.

Please contact me at friendlynaturalist@gmail.com if you have something you’d like to share. The deadline is February 1st.

—Ivy Rutledge, editor

The winter issue is available in these places — take one for yourself and pass one along to someone who would enjoy it.

Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library

—on the left as you enter the library (if there aren’t any, the person to ask is Melanie Buckingham: she’ll either get more out or let me know we need to restock)

Ed McKay’s used bookstore

—on the bottom shelf, at the right end of the checkout counter (near the Rhino Times and other weeklies)

Lake Brandt Marina office

—straight ahead when you enter the office

New Garden Friends Meeting

—in the foyer, on the right just past the connector hallway doors, in a basket on the table

The Sacred Garden Bookstore

Dear F/friends,
As of last Saturday, the winter issue is released to the public. This season, the Friendly Naturalist features witty letters, delicious cold-weather recipes, lovely photography and fantastic poetry by local writers and creative folk. Pick up your copy in the New Garden Friends’ Meeting foyer, or the front desk at Kathleen Clay Edwards Library off of New Garden Road. More locations are coming soon, so watch this space!
Now that the Winter Issue is done, our thoughts turn to next spring. If you have any suggestions or would like to submit a piece (we love new faces!), email us at FriendlyNaturalist@gmail.com or provide your contact information in our ask box. If you have any wintry thoughts or media you would like to share, we encouraged you to submit to our blog or to Facebook.com/thefriendlynaturalist.
Hope to see you soon!