🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

The land was arid and hot that afternoon: the wheat and the barley bristling dry in the dusty earth, pale sand-gold tides on the very edge of harvest, dazzling against the blue cloudless sky. There was no-one around, not in the village, nor in the lanes. Wilting a little but in

The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in #Gaza. Among them are 1 million children. Lift the siege: allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

People can’t find food in #Gaza to feed their families. The current distribution of food by the Israeli-American so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Fund” does not work. During the ceasefire, the UN including UNRWA proved it can provide food safely and at scale across the Gaza Strip.

“ 'I’ve been searching for something to feed my children but there is nothing.' Daily 🆘 messages are coming in from our starving UNRWA colleagues, every day. How can one respond to such messages of despair? Shames me & doubles the sense of helplessness. All man made, in

The noble hare I meet of a morning on my walks – master of disguise, guardian of the corn fields!

The Mouse was waiting in a long line for rice. She was crying. She thought it might run out before she reached the front. No-one left even a grain behind from their portions. The sun was relentless and her feet hurt. Dizzying, fevered thoughts flowered and faded like Damask roses

#UK Government’s decision to label ‘Palestine Action’ a terrorist group raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism legislation is being applied to a group that is not terrorist in nature & risks hindering the legitimate exercise of fundamental freedoms. The decision could

We have learnt nothing from the past hundred years. Our world needs to be remade again, a world which permits this overt, undisguised, intimately recorded genocide is a world devoid of humanity, of anything other than the simplest mechanisms of hate and territorial lust.

If you like my stories, then please consider supporting me either on Kofi or by joining my patreon. I still can't work full-time because of my current cancer treatment, which causes extreme fatigue amongst other symptoms, so ongoing support really, really helps!

Anne's tales are not always nice/hopeful, although they mostly are, but they are *always* caring. That's a rare thing in these evil days. Today is a good day to subscribe. Loving and hopeful outnumber those not. In her Patreon, some have recipes. Today is a good day to subscribe

For thoughtful, sometimes pointed, and always compassionate, caring tales of a world touched by old magic, and dotted with delicious recipes, do check out Anne Louise Avery's Patreon.

It's my wonderful son Indy's 15th birthday today. He is truly one of the most eloquent, powerful, brave, compassionate, funny and moral people I have ever known; a great photographer and film-maker and a passionate friend of Ukraine. I am so honoured to be his mother. 💫