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 early fall, the first week of the Winter Grain Planting Moon. It is the final week of the Sun in Virgo.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the fourth and final week of Late Summer, the third week of Sheep and Goat Breeding Moon. It is second full week of the Sun in Virgo.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the third week of Late Summer, the second week of the Sheep and Goat Breeding Moon. It is first full week of the Sun in Virgo.
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Poor Will’s Almanack for the sixth week of Deep Summer, the second week of the Tomato and Sweet Corn Moon. It is the second week of the Sun in Leo.
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In his essay, “The Temporality of the Landscape,” archeologist Tim Ingold states that “Ecosystems contain as many ‘times’ as they do objects, processes,... -
By the 100th day of the year, April 10th, the landscape has entered its most benign period, even in the coldest years. When the fields are dry enough,... -
In his Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, Jonathan White considers the theories that tides are the result of not only cosmic but of microcosmic... -
I have grown older with a house and garden in the same place for 40 years. I have outlasted shrubbery, trees, perennial plantings and neighbors. I have... -
In cultural and geographic attribution statements, people often recognize that the land they occupy has been taken away from other groups. The land on... -
Lately, much has been made of the concept of a tipping point. Simply put, such an idea refers to an accumulation of matter, events or thoughts that...
