Bill Felker
Bill Felker has been writing nature columns and almanacs for regional and national publications since 1984. His Poor Will’s Almanack has appeared as an annual publication since 2003. His organization of weather patterns and phenology (what happens when in nature) offers a unique structure for understanding the repeating rhythms of the year.
Exploring everything from animal husbandry to phenology, Felker has become well known to farmers as well as urban readers throughout the country. He is an occasional speaker on the environment at nature centers, churches and universities, and he has presented papers related to almanacking at academic conferences, as well. Felker has received three awards for his almanac writing from the Ohio Newspaper Association. "Better writing cannot be found in America's biggest papers," stated the judge on the occasion of Felker’s award in 2000.
Currently, Bill Felker lives with his wife in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He has two daughters, Jeni, who is a psychologist in Portland, Oregon, and Neysa, a photographer in Spoleto, Italy.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the Second Week of Deep Winter, the Fourth Week of the Stell Moon (when livestock owners often need to provide stells or shelters for their animals), the third week of the Sun in Capricorn.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the first week of Early Winter, the final week of the Manger Moon. It is the fourth week of the Sun in wintery Sagittarius.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the transition week to Early Winter, the third week of the Manger Moon. It is the third week of the Sun in wintery Sagittarius.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the fourth week of late fall, the second week of the Manger Moon. It is the second week of the Sun in wintery Sagittarius.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the second week of late fall, the transition week to the Manger Moon – the moon under which pasture growth slows and livestock owners take up the slack with hay. It is the fourth week of the Sun in Scorpio.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the first week of late fall, the fourth week of the Corn and Soybean Harvest Moon. It is the third week of the Sun in Scorpio.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the second week of middle fall, the transition week to the Corn and Soybean Planting Moon. It is the fourth week of the Sun in Libra.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the first week of Middle Fall, the final week of the Winter Grain Planting Moon. It is the third week of the Sun in Libra.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the fourth week of early fall, the third week of the Winter Grain Planting Moon. It is the second week of the Sun in Libra.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the third week of early fall, the second week of the Winter Grain Planting Moon. It is the first week of the Sun in Libra.