This shouldn’t happen. @JackieMorrisArt’s visual work is an equal part of the beautiful #LostWords as Robert Macfarlane’s words. It’s not the same, but as a District Cllr & in other roles I’ve experienced my work & ideas being put under a man’s name with no credit 😒 makes me mad

Easter meditation 2023 A.D.. Virgin birth, miraculous healings, bodily resurrection. These (for me) are a wonder tale that reveal deep truths of heart beyond the head. But if you’d like to see why Christianity is *hated* by the powerful, and gaslit to the crowd, read Alison’s🧵

In Caught by the River -- fragments of thought and stuff I’m trying to work out, including lines, cycles, identity, politics, Bronze Age sky discs, and seeing the light and intertwindness of things, rather than neat categories and divisions👇

I find some ‘nature writing’ books brilliant & necessary. And some frustrating & dull. “…the genre is mired in cliché. Not linguistic cliché…but clichéd ideas, views, values, a hackneyed aesthetic, ways of thinking which have become stultifyingly familiar…”👇

Thank you Emily 😊💚

That’s Dartmoor below 😍👇 plus some words of mine in Caught by the River

I really really believe we should and can produce food in ways that deliver more nature, way more of it But even more important than that is feeding everyone in a socially just way - can we please stop taking food production for granted it’s literally a life and death issue

Thank you @SimsYsella, how kind 😊 I loved seeing your words there recently too. @MagazineSpelt is always full of beauty and reality, care & affection, and people paying attention 🧡

I have some words in this publication from Caught by the River and Stone Club alongside some brilliant writers 🤩

Our The Rural Writing Institute friend Michelle Werrett wrote a book - ‘Song of the Streams’ - published in Autumn 🎉 Michelle knows #Exmoor, & #rivers, & #ecology. Her words enchant and invite the reader in ✨ With worsening state of UK rivers & nature, her insight is vital (& beautiful)🐟📚

I enjoyed thinking about approaches to public decision-making for Plough Quarterly inspired in part by my own experiences -- and by a medieval poem too👇📝

Thank you, Rachel 🙏

Really enjoyed this important book by Rebecca Smith - and it was brilliant to hear her talk about it FieldworkBookClub last night. Baby enjoyed listening in too.

‘The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper’ - WB Yeats Being up for sunrise at this time of year: one of the magic things about having a newborn #devon #sunrise

Budgeting with Piers the Plowman "The limits we face are not just financial. Often, they’re limits of understanding, vision, and belief in our own ability to effect change." Elizabeth Wainwright plough.com/en/topics/life…

Grey and gold in Dorset last week 🌾

Libraries are world-expanding & community-building. And rural library services are vital - many folk don’t have access to cars or public transport or internet So it’s short-sighted of Devon County Council’s cabinet to vote to end its mobile library service Petition: change.org/p/save-our-mob…

Today I need to sell 133 books to pay the bills due on Monday. Any and all help, purchases and RTs hugely appreciated! 📚❤️ Book-ish.co.uk

Hello 👋 I'm doing some personal writing again, via my regular publication 'RedLands'. Here's my latest post -- it's about babies, humanity, development, love: Stages of development open.substack.com/pub/elizabethw…

Beautiful Resurgence Trust 🌎 I’ve a piece in this latest issue — you can read it here: resurgence.org/magazine/artic…