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It struck me then that perhaps the bareness and wrongness of the world was an illusion; that things might still be real, and right, and beautiful, even if I could not see them - that if I stood in the...

Helen Macdonald

It struck me then that perhaps the bareness and wrongness of the world was an illusion; that things might still be real, and right, and beautiful, even if I could not see them - that if I stood in the...

Tags: inspirational life

Being a novice is safe. When you are learning how to do something, you do not have to worry about whether or not you are good at it. But when you have done something, have learned how to do it, you ar...

Helen Macdonald

Being a novice is safe. When you are learning how to do something, you do not have to worry about whether or not you are good at it. But when you have done something, have learned how to do it, you ar...

Tags: learning

About Author
Helen MacDonald may refer to:

Helen MacDonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1947), member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 2000–2007
Helen MacDonald of Glenaladale (died ca 1803), estate manager on Prince Edward Island
Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician), Canadian politician, former leader of the New Democrats
Helen Macdonald (writer), British author, winner of 2014 Costa Book Awards

On the way home I felt a great and simple sadness. I missed my dad. I missed him very much.

Helen Macdonald

On the way home I felt a great and simple sadness. I missed my dad. I missed him very much.

Tags: grief

Gos was still out there in the forest, the dark forest to which all things lost must go. I'd wanted to slip across the borders of this world into that wood and bring back the hawk White lost. Some par...

Helen Macdonald

Gos was still out there in the forest, the dark forest to which all things lost must go. I'd wanted to slip across the borders of this world into that wood and bring back the hawk White lost. Some par...

Tags: death, grief

...that when you wanted to see something very badly,sometimes you had to stay still,stay in the same place, remember how much you wanted to see it,and be patient.If you want to see hawks you have to b...

Helen Macdonald

...that when you wanted to see something very badly,sometimes you had to stay still,stay in the same place, remember how much you wanted to see it,and be patient.If you want to see hawks you have to b...

Tags: patience

Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all affliction,’ wrote John Muir. ‘Earth hath no sorrows that earth cannot heal.’ Now I knew this for what it was: a beguiling but dangerous lie....

Helen Macdonald

Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all affliction,’ wrote John Muir. ‘Earth hath no sorrows that earth cannot heal.’ Now I knew this for what it was: a beguiling but dangerous lie....

Tags: healing, nature

The Once and Future King. By T. H. White,

Helen Macdonald

The Once and Future King. By T. H. White,

Tony is waiting outside, his eyes crinkled into a smile. 'Come inside the house,' he says. He knows what I am feeling. And in I go, where the dogs lie flat on the kitchen floor, tails wagging, and the...

Helen Macdonald

Tony is waiting outside, his eyes crinkled into a smile. 'Come inside the house,' he says. He knows what I am feeling. And in I go, where the dogs lie flat on the kitchen floor, tails wagging, and the...