"I close myself off from so much of the world"

“Dandelions remind me of the way I close myself off from so much of the world, either because it’s too painful to see or feel, or because when I am open to people, the ridicule comes.”

~ Dara McAnulty, “Diary of a Young Naturalist,” on the natural world around his home and on his autism

In 2020, “Diary of a Young Naturalist” won the Wainwright Prize, Britain’s biggest award for nature writing.

from The New York Times "Evening Briefing" email, July 8, 2021