New connections and why community is important
Thank you all for your lovely messages about the launch…I’m really glad it has created so many connections.
Here’s one of the poems from the collection:
And here is an essay about the poem, but also about the launch and my thinking around community and why it matters.
… Read more‘Ultimately, I think it is connection that
Can you make yourself invisible (and then very visible)
Last week I was out just after dawn and at the top of a hill, where I always stand for a moment of gratitude (at the view, but also that I can still get up the hill!), I saw a fox.
It was at the bottom of the field, running diagonally across it in the … Read more
Book launch 2nd April
Morning,
Just a quick email to let you know/remind you that Farmotherlands is launching on 2nd April at The Holroyd Community Theatre, off Station Road, Weston Rhyn SY10 7SZ.
Doors open 6:15pm and the talk starts at 7pm. Tickets cost £18 from Booka (and include the book as well as the evening’s entertainment). You can … Read more
A study of a blackbird washing
Zen and the art of bricks
I don’t remember much of Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance, but once bit that stuck with me is when someone is struggling to write because they don’t know where to start. The mentor guides the would-be writer’s attention to zoom in from the whole view, to … Read more
Otters, words and buy a share of Babbinswood Farm
Otter
I found a dead otter by the side of the road the other day. It looked peaceful. Its front legs were crossed gently as if relaxing. It had a face like a dog. It didn’t seem crushed or injured so I’m not convinced it had been hit by a car, but they why was … Read more
25 years with my apple tree
I have been inundated with cooking apples this year. Last year plumbs, this year apples. It has been hard to keep up with stewing, pies, crumbles…I’ve even felt a bit resentful of all the extra work it has taken.
I have shared apples with neighbours, friends, my yoga group and still they keep coming.
And … Read more