I need quiet the way an alcoholic needs a drink. By “quiet” I don’t mean absolute silence, the kind that can only be found in an anechoic chamber. My version of quiet is free from man-made noise, anthropophony, in Bernie Krause’s terms. No machines, no screaming and yelling, no loud music. Sometimes I really crave […]
Seeking a little quiet Read More »
Although my blog contains a lot of silly stories and some interesting sounds, the underlying theme is to induce people to listen to the environment around them. I focus on natural sounds, both because I like them and because I think we are losing not only the sounds, but our ability to hear them. Our
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Soundscapes are constantly changing, from moment to moment, season to season. In the temperate zones, winters are much quieter than summers, as many of the birds have disappeared to their wintering areas and the insects have stopped singing. The leaves of the deciduous trees have fallen off, quieting the ever-present rustling that we don’t even
It’s an odd spot for a windmill – up in a wooded canyon, rather than out in the open. It’s fan barely reaches above the nearby junipers and oaks. I don’t know how long it’s been there; the storage tank is rusty and leaky; even the watering tank is starting to leak, although it still
