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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

Tag: creative writing

The creek runs through a crystal palace

Posted on March 13, 2019October 20, 2021 by Van Waffle

A crystal spectacle invites separate reflections in photography and language.

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Finding the soul in a place

Posted on December 27, 2018March 15, 2022 by Van Waffle

This is a restrospective review on my favourite book of 2019. The Soul of Place (2015) by Linda Lappin has transformed the way I experience and write about nature.

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Latest Articles

  • Information box: Where We Spin
    Handspinning Seminar will nourish your soul
    May 24, 2022
  • Discover wilderness in a small urban creek
    Apr 6, 2022
  • A photo of a great blue heron taking flight is not part of my memory of the encounter
    Improve memory and take great photos
    Mar 30, 2022
  • Mud: a poetic meditation on early spring
    Mar 23, 2022
  • A calendula in my garden on a rainy day appears to emanate its own light from within.
    Check my new photo albums
    Mar 16, 2022
  • Three beech trunks to the left on the left show white fluff indicating the onset of beech bark disease.
    Two diseases invade Ontario beech forests
    Mar 9, 2022
  • Enchanter’s nightshade
    Jul 10, 2019
  • Cottage vignettes: flora and fauna around the dock
    Jul 5, 2019

Van on Flickr

  • Ice sculpture
  • Eramosa River, January afternoon
  • En plein air
  • RF 16mm lens 2025, Image 46/100: Trillium grandiflorum
  • RF 16mm lens 2025, Image 45/100: Fallen from
  • RF 16mm lens 2025, Image 44/100: Entrance to Huron Natural Area
  • Heron pair on nest
  • Solitary sandpiper
Genius Loci: The Spirit of a Place is a Flickr group curated by Van with 250 members and growing, exploring how places influence our lives.

Genius Loci

  • Daphne
  • Ratwalk
  • The Seine
  • follow me
  • The Black Friars Chapel in Valetta, Malta.
  • la platanthère à fleurs verdâtres 8 mai 2025 16h11min41s
  • Jebel Kelti
  • Chorro las Mozas [1:47 mins]

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