Self-care can also look like rootling around in skips for beautiful discarded things. All of these maps came from the same skip. I flipping love maps.
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Self-care can also look like rootling around in skips for beautiful discarded things. All of these maps came from the same skip. I flipping love maps.
I’ve been rummaging in owl pellets again! All of these bones - and a tonne of compressed fur - in just three pellets.
In our first Animal Sanctuary workshop, we raised enough - with the support of a generous donation from a participant - to buy a hedgehog incubator! I'm running the workshop again on March 28th, 10-12.30, to raise money for a second incubator. Details below.🦔
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/animal-san...
Inside Iran the government has just announced they will shoot on sight any one they believe to be in disagreement with them. The people need you to be their voice. You owe it to them".
- from my Iranian family member who has given me permission to share.
barbaric regime. It’s complicated. It’s complex. It’s both/and. Listen and stand in solidarity with the people of Iran who have been tortured and executed for 47 years fighting for their freedom.
"If you’re joining a Stop the War rally this Saturday (which you should), then with every breath you have please ALSO speak up, denounce and fight the fascist and murderous government of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the same time. Every time you say Stop the War also demand the end for this
Inside Iran the government has just announced they will shoot on sight any one they believe to be in disagreement with them. The people need you to be their voice. You owe it to them".
- from my Iranian family member who has given me permission to share.
barbaric regime. It’s complicated. It’s complex. It’s both/and. Listen and stand in solidarity with the people of Iran who have been tortured and executed for 47 years fighting for their freedom.
"If you’re joining a Stop the War rally this Saturday (which you should), then with every breath you have please ALSO speak up, denounce and fight the fascist and murderous government of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the same time. Every time you say Stop the War also demand the end for this
It's MARCH! February is GONE! I've seen a curlew and heard a lapwing! I'm launching a new substack collaboration on bogs, moors and marshy places with Anna Chilvers!
You’re so welcome. And back at ya xx
I'm stupidly excited to launch of this new collaboration - eight monthly workshops exploring what bogs and moors and deep ecology can teach us about writing — please book a place and share the excitement!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo...
THIS SUNDAY, from 10am-12.30, join me for an online workshop in aid of Full of Joy animal sanctuary. We’ll reimagine our relationships with the creatures who surround and enrich us, and blur the boundaries between human and more-than-human.
Tickets still available⬇️
animalsanctuary.eventbrite.co.uk
The £750 will be distributed as we see fit.
The amazing Jackie/Jax wanted the cash to support a creative community project that would take place in the north-west (or online).
Please share and like this post. No leaflet this year, so we're relying on social media to get the word out.❤️
The ‘We’ll be Reet’ Jax Hagan Award is back!
£750 AVAILABLE
Tell us about a creative thing and your chosen people/community, and why you’re the right person to do this lovely thing. Keep to one side of A4 and paste into an email, or email a BSL message.
Send to cathnichols@outlook.com by 31st MARCH
I spent St Brigid’s Day up at the Bridestones mapping gulleys and peat hags with Bridestones Rewilded. In the dusk I walked in the woods. The bulbs are through and Spring is on its way.
To mark the end of Writing Hours, Kim Moore cooked a delicious meal, Niamh and I made millionaire shortbread, I got thrashed at Uno, and we did a Tiffany dance tutorial.
31 days of poetry workshops – it’s always hard work, always rewarding, and I feel deep-down lucky to work with my best friend.
In case anyone needs reminding of the exquisite beauty of the wonky, imperfect and discarded.
So excited to be reading about bogs, moss and foxgloves at Wardle Library on 3rd February, alongside Zaffir Kunial and local poets Seamus Kelly and Elizabeth White. Sammy Weaver is hosting what will be a fabulous event, and there are a few free tickets left.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spoken-wor...
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Love poetry? Love animals? Join me on the morning of 22nd February for a fun, generative workshop exploring and celebrating the more-than-human.
50% of proceeds will support Full of Joy’s amazing work.
Scan the QR code, or follow the link, to book your place.
www.eventbrite.com/e/animal-san...
Since January Writing Hours began on the 1st, hundreds of people have met online every day to read and write poetry together, inspired by the magic of words and community.
New people join us every day. Weekly tickets £25, Pay-what-you options available.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...
The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
Perfect day.
Oh, I love this!
I love quiet days of sunshine and bitter cold. I love mince pies and morning mist. I love snow, dark mornings, blackbirds and robins. I love new books and detective programmes. I love dusk in the late afternoon, long evenings. I love January.
I cannot overstate how much I LOVE Ursula Le Guin.
In December’s subscriber-exclusive interview, Anna Chilvers & @clareshawpoet.bsky.social — editors of 'The Book of Bogs' — speak to Tallulah about bogs as living presences, the need to restore our visceral connection with the land, and the suck and ooze of the peat steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
Over on Shaw and Moore, we’re experimenting with putting on an event each month for our paid subscribers. So we thought this month that we’d host an Online Open Mic night with you as the stars of the show! Please join us on December 21st at 7.30pm.
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