Things to Do When You’re Bored Part 2—Take a MasterClass & More Naturalist & Nature Journaling Sources

Last week I wrote a post on Things to Do When You’re Bored Part 1 with links to watch wildlife cams and videos. In this post, I’ll share links to the popular MasterClass series and more naturalist and nature journaling sources you might enjoy.

MasterClass

MasterClass features hundreds of lessons from the best instructors in their fields who share over 80 classes and hundreds of lessons from the best instructors in their fields. The categories are: 

• Film & TV
• Music & Entertainment
• Culinary Arts
• Writing
• Business Politics & Society
• Sports & Games
• Design, Photography & Fashion
• Lifestyle
• Science & Technology 

I’ve been going through the writing category, and my favorite lessons were from Neil Gaiman and R L Stine. Who doesn’t love listening to Neil Gaiman read a story? Here’s a trailer showing what he talks about in his lessons.

Neil Gaiman Teaches The Art of Storytelling | Official Trailer | MasterClass

The Art of Home Cooking lessons by Alice Waters is something more people may be interested in now that they are spending more time at home. She shows you how to pick out food from the farmer’s market and then how to cook it.

When you go to the farmer’s market, be sure and take along the My Organic Farmer’s Market Journal with you to record what you purchased, and how you cooked it.

Alice Waters Teaches The Art of Home Cooking | Official Trailer | MasterClass

More Nature Journaling Sources

Texas Parks and Wildlife Distance Learning Programs. You may need to email them to see what future programs they will plan for this year.

Wilderness Awareness School. I took the Kamana course years ago and learned a lot about sit spots, awareness, and bird language. You can find the Kamana books on Amazon here:

• Kamana One: 8 Shields Edition
• OR get the full Kamana One ProgramPack here. We used this in our homeschooling naturalist studies.

• Path of the Naturalist: Kamana Two (Kamana Naturalist Training Program, II)

• Kamana For Kids Book One: Awareness

• SEEING THROUGH NATIVE EYES Understanding the Language of Nature is an Audio CD set that will inspire you to see with native eyes in your surroundings. I love listening to these for the fundamental teachings of nature awareness.

Texas Master Naturalist Statewide Curriculum (Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service Series) is in hardcover or Kindle.

Tristan Gooley’s The Natural Navigator website is focused on reading nature’s signs for navigation. He challenges you with pictures he takes in nature and asks you “What way am I looking?” I love his books. They are packed with a ton of information on reading nature.

• How to Read Nature: Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors You’ve Never Noticed 
• The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills (Natural Navigation) 
• How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

Jan Blencowe teaches nature journaling on her website.

Marley Peifer has a YouTube channel on nature journaling.

Herbal Academy has lots of articles and different courses in all price ranges, to help you learn about herbs and how to become an herbalist. Some of the courses are currently 50% off for a short time.

Chelsea Green Publishing has tons of books and articles on nature topics, gardening and homesteading.

And the last one. Watch It is a new channel on YouTube that will have relaxation nature videos to watch for several hours at a time. Subscribe and click the notification bell to be notified when he uploads new ones.

Stay connected to nature!

Shanna

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