Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac can help you connect to Nature and Her Rhythms wherever you are! A new publication from Utne magazine founder Eric Utne, thisis an urban version of the old farmer's almanacs, like Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. It includes a daily calendar and organizer, a guide to the night sky, weather predictions for most of North America, a field guide to urban flora and fauna, Rudolf Steiner's "Calendar of the Soul," a dream journal, and more.
LOOK UP!
An Ephemeris of the motions of the Sun and Moon, and where to look for each of the planets; plus, Doc Weather's Pretty Good Weather Predictions. We'll bet Doc's predictions are more accurate than any of the other longrange prognosticators out there.
LOOK OUT!A monthbymonth Field Guide to Urban Flora and Fauna where you livewhat's budding, or blooming or fruiting, what's mating or birthing or hibernating now, in your neighborhood? Learn the scientific facts and legendary lore of common urban critters, like pigeons, rats, coyotes, and more....
LOOK IN!Tune your soul to the rhythms of nature. We offer meditations and practices from Western and Eastern contemplative traditions. Every week of the year includes a meditation from the Rudolf Steiner's Calendar of the Soul, a tool you can use to harmonize with the rhythms of the year and the world of nature.
PLUS! Living Urban Treasures, Urban Sanctuaries, Essential Places, Urban Survival Strategies, Civilizing Ideas Writing from Barbara Kingsolver, Gary Snyder, and John McPhee. Seasonal poems: enter the soul mood of each week with poetry by Rumi, Mary Oliver, Robert Frost, Thich Nhat Hanh, and others. Quotes: Proverbs, famous sayings, and doggereltimeless wit and wisdom. Plus: the story behind various holidays, festivals, historic events, birth and death dates of famous people, proclamations, seasonal poems, songs, recipes, astronomical eventsall chosen to deepen your sense of the living year. About the Author
Eric Utne is founder and editorinchief of Utne Reader magazine. He spent more than five years away from Utne, mostly as a parent, volunteer, and 7th and 8th grade class teacher at an urban elementary Waldorf school. He considers himself completely clueless about nature, and figured there must be others who could use an updated, 21st century, urban almanac. He is the author of Y2K: A Citizen's Action Guide.
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