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Chip Blake

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Writing instructor, book coach, publishing consultant, freelance editor, lifetime naturalist, obsessive birder. Former editor-in-chief of Orion Magazine and Milkweed Editions. www.chipblake.com

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Speaking of Marlins, do you think we'll ever hear about Sixto Sanchez again?

16.01.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
CLASSES β€” CHIP BLAKE Classes and workshops taught by Chip Blake focusing on nature writing, birds, the natural world.

My class about writing about birds is always a hill of fun, and there are two spaces left in the one I’m about to teach (starts 4/24). If you’re interested, learn more at www.chipblake.com/classes, or email me at chip@chipblake.com.

05.04.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not great when you wake up and see that it's 8 degrees and think "Wow I'm going to be able to do something outside today."

25.01.2025 17:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

6 degrees and blue skies in Red Hook, NY. The cat, eying the cat carrier sitting next to the front door, looks anxious.

22.12.2024 17:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

31 degrees and snow flurries in Great Barrington, Mass. The sight of a leashed dog wearing red neoprene boots leads me to remember that dogs evolved from wolves.

21.12.2024 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is why we need writers.

08.12.2024 21:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

31Β° and partly sunny in Red Hook, NY. My morning resolution to lose weight is immediately followed up with a big glass of eggnog. #fail

07.12.2024 17:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

35 degrees and 4 inches of fresh snow in Red Hook, NY. As we watch a harrier and a red-tail fly over the field, SFR remarks that it's like watching the athletic kid and the nonathletic kid run across the playground.

05.12.2024 15:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People really need to read or re-read On Immunity by Eula Biss, myself included.

04.12.2024 01:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

According to eBird I am the 2,716th best birdwatcher in the world.

04.12.2024 04:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Study Environmental Writing at UNCW - David Gessner

Excited to hear about this new MFA in environmental writing program, which aims to launch next fall and be headed up by my friend David Gessner. davidgessner.net/study-enviro...

02.12.2024 21:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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39Β° and blue skies in Plymouth, Mass. SUSC WWSC BLSC HOGR LTDU RTLO COLO and all is right with the world.

30.11.2024 17:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My desires are pretty simple: to be alone, with someone to write to.

30.11.2024 13:56 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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36Β° and snowing in Red Hook, NY, and someone isn't happy about it.

28.11.2024 14:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stated at dinner (Tivoli, NY): "I was fabulously glamorous until a year ago."

28.11.2024 00:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

37Β° and partly sunny in Lenox, Mass. The birders on our regular Wednesday bird walk are a little less in a trauma state than they were three weeks ago, but not by much.

27.11.2024 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Say hello to Jonathan he was born in 1832 & is 192 years old

26.11.2024 05:05 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6

37Β° and raining in Pittsfield, Mass. "Well done," I say to the young man who has just drawn my blood. "I know," he responds.

26.11.2024 14:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe next time.

26.11.2024 02:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

38 degrees with blue skies in Red Hook, NY. The crown of snow on the summit of Kaaterskill High Peak looks like a yarmulke.

25.11.2024 15:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0