New Blog Link
Anyone wondering why there are no new blog posts here: I now run my blog externally so that I can also send it out as a free newsletter. You can find the link in the menu above and here. I... Read More
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Helping Seagrass
Helping Seagrass – Petra van Cronenburg In my new NatureMatchCuts episode "When Gardeners Run Wild", among other things, I talk about the important role of seagrass for marine ecosystems, and for carbon sequestration. But we also hear about how climate... Read More
Close Encounters
Close Encounters – Petra van Cronenburg Yesterday I was able to walk again after a very long time. I was equipped with a Rübezahl walking stick so as not to slip. Luckily we had still snow, otherwise, I wouldn't have... Read More
How To Interview A Bat
How To Interview A Bat – Petra van Cronenburg It was born as a joke: my interviews of more-than-human living beings in my podcast NatureMatchcuts. Or how a bacteria blob once formulated: "these being beings". At first, I was afraid... Read More
I’m Back To Blogging
I'm Back To Blogging – Petra van Cronenburg You know, I'm a great Snoopy fan! And I do love Peppermint Patty since my childhood (we share the freckles and the thinking tree). For New Year, I wish us all some... Read More
These Aliens Love Rain
These Aliens Love Rain – Petra van Cronenburg As children, we thought it was an alien invasion. The "things" could somehow move around. We often found it on the patio. After a heavy rain, suddenly dark, very soft and wobbly... Read More
The Shift Of Magic
The Shift Of Magic – Petra van Cronenburg In the past, I often had the problem to find catching headlines because I liked writing about several perspectives in the same text. I quickly get bored with singled areas of knowledge... Read More
What About Myths?
What About Myths? – Petra van Cronenburg Yesterday, we had 40,000 lightnings in a few hours. In earlier times, myths and stories transported knowledge or subjective, cultural or religious perceptions over generations. Against thunderstorm fears, we children were told that... Read More
Snoopy Bilbo and Woodstock Kraechzel
My old blog still has stories that are just too nice to go down. I tell them here again in English, but (sorry) use Google Translate (only) for those archive articles (I admit I find it too boring to translate... Read More
Papillons – Collage et „Art Journals“ pour des Souvenirs de Beauté
10.06.2023 / 17.06.2023 à la Maison Rurale, Kutzenhausen. Pour le moment, il n'y a plus de dates fixes à la Maison Rurale. Mon agenda est cependant ouvert aux groupes qui me réservent un stage à la date de leur choix.... Read More
Empowerment
When did you read the following expressions for the last time on social media? "Mankind (will be doomed/is silly/destroys nature)" or "people (are silly/egocentric/don't pay attention to what I say)". I can understand, better comprehend the furor that lets you... Read More
Atelier Visible Mending: le mouvement mondial pour la réparation visible et créatif
prochain atelier: 15.06.2024 à la Maison Rurale, Kutzenhausen (la DNA a publié un article en 2023) Comment sauver mon pull préféré malgré les trous de mite ou mon jean déchiré ? Comment donner un style personnel à de vieux vêtements... Read More
Embroidered Treasures
Typical shape of golden lace reminiscent of cockles. Cap with rich gold work and a broad golden lace Silver lace with cockle forms The edges of 2 conical bonnets, one in gold bobbin lace, the other with a pleated ruffle.... Read More
The Giant Club
It took me weeks to get this crazily heavy branch into my garden. I named it "Poplar's Club", and it was not without danger to get hold of the good piece. The whole club - I had to pull it... Read More
Polyplurimetacrisis – where’s your brake?
Yesterday it had cooled down perfectly after the heat wave - I was finally able to walk the dog again during the day. On the field path, a majestic creature suddenly sailed above us, its calls reaching from afar. A... Read More