Salvador Dali in the Backrooms, Reality Dissolving and… tins of Spam! I just wanted to share a new project that I’ve created!

An explanation of the madness!

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Pssst. Hey. Hey you. You lookin for a cat? I got watchu need.

Jean Jacques Rousseau was right (and I do not consent) YouTube video by Sarah Horne

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Epstein and the banality of evil "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." (Edmund Burke, 1770.)

My new post on Substack. It comes with a deep dive into darkness and evil, and horrendous things which were hidden from us for too long, and as such, it has a trigger warning.
But there is light at the end of the darkness. Always. 🙏

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On Love❤️ : Valentine’s Day and love in other languages, from reheated cabbage to potato flowers! “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep.

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When the world seems broken, remember you are love and God is within I think one key thing to remember from the shockwaves unleashed upon us at the moment, might be this: Love and kindness is everything!

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Darinka (@darinkamaja) Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr's personal diary, examined after his death, contains this entry about his meeting with Anandamayi Ma: “Met an Indian holy woman today. She asked me to explain...

Hold onto your hats, folks! February could be quite the month.🦋🔥
Last year was a 9 year, completing old cycles, unwinding anything which no longer serves in a very gentle way. This year just basically kicks everything up the arse and then sets it on fire!

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..good bye January✨

#photography #January #2026 #ocean

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

A photo showing tall grasses in the foreground, shifting from gold to green, with a line of mountains rising in the distance. Taken in the wetlands in California.

“The wild is not the opposite of cultivated; it is the opposite of the controlled.” — Wendell Berry

With a mouthful of green stuff to chew on, this young Mule Deer rests in the dappled light with one side of her face shaded while looking right into your soul...in black and white this time.

Our job is to record,
each in his own way,
this world of light
and shadow
and time
that will never
come again
exactly
as it is today.
~Edward Abbey

#Scape 🏞️
#StunDay 🌿
#ClassicMono 🖤
#Monochrome 🤍
#Mammals 🦌
#EastCoastKin ☮️
#ImageAndVerse 📖
#Photography 📸
#LookingAtYou 🫶
#SundayVibes 🕉️

Red tailed hawk on ground standing with wings up had folded

Hawk pants

Red-tailed Hawk 📷🌿🪶

Good morning my friends. Off to morning walkies 🐾🐾

A pair of American Tree Sparrows snack on dock plant seeds.

"Poisonous Leaves" 🍃🍂 🦇 From 'Leaves, Their Place in Life and Legend' by Vernon Quinn, 1937 🎨 #Illustration by Marie Abrams Lawson

The etymology of the feminine word "Hag" suggests its earlier meaning meant "diviner or soothsayer". In N. European paganism *Hægtesse may have meant a "magic woman with prophetic & oracular power".

🪄 * hagatusjon, Hexe, haghetisse, & hagzusa.

🎨 Marie Abrams Lawson, ca 1937
#Witchsky #myth #pagan

🦢 “Swan Lake” 🦢
12” x 20” acrylic and oil on watercolor paper and wood panel

Inspired by the many tales of transformation, particularly of the swan variety.

✨ Prints available ✨

Over 100 free and ticketed writing events and activities are waiting for you in Bournemouth 24-26 April 2026.

Will you be joining us - write by the sea?!

See the full programme and buy tickets here: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk

In bed, sipping chamomile tea and listening to the rain outside, and the occasional creak of the wooden shutters. Feels like I’m on a galleon a million miles from land.

For Alex Pretti Because his last words were for a woman; because he asked, are you okay, are you okay; because he had learned to say it by standing each night beside the dying; because sometimes he held their hands; because he had lived only as long as the scent of childhood in an album; because he was a son; because he sang once; because of all of it, because of all of it, because of all of it, tell it, tell the story: a breath has left; a country is dying; and a man laid his face on its pavement today as though he were listening to a patient's heart— even then, even at the ending— to do what he was there to do: heal. —Joseph Fasano

for Alex Pretti

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

A Eastern Gray Squirrel that looks like he/she just finished eating. Judging by the leftover bits it looks like the meal was an acorn. These squirrels bury thousands of nuts in the fall and use their excellent sense of smell to help find them later.

Appropriating Gods like ordering pizza: quick-fix solutions within New-Age spirituality “We are not here to escape the dark, we are here to walk through it.” — Freya Williams

My new post on Substack!
On New-Age spirituality, the dangers of seeking quick fixes and how avoiding the darkness, might also serve to avoid the most beautiful gifts:

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Red berries, brown trees, and white snow. 📷 Dreamcatcher

Nature's still life...

LIFER ALERT 🚨 Who wants to help me find the Long-eared Owls? You Ready? Let’s GO!!! 📷👐🏾🫶🏾🪶🦉

Happy New Year: musings on life, loss (and a bit of cake you left in your handbag!)😊💖🍀🍰 It’s misty here, today.

Happy New Year! 😊💖🌟

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A river running between snow-covered banks. Two trees have fallen across the river. There is some reflection of trees in the water. The light brown tree trunks are in the distance. 📷 Dreamcatcher

For when you need to breathe...

On AI, consciousness and the song of your soul AI in the modern world, and how to find your creativity and hope in the darkness

My latest post on Substack.
(It's about finding pathways back to our humanity, creativity and love, amidst the enchantment of Al and robots.) 💖🤖

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The story of Jesus, and an act of love as a sacred dance through matter A dance that can lead us into mysticism, holiness and grace.

My latest post on Substack. Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas and very Happy New Year. 🙏💖

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Glorious! 😊💖

"The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen."
~ G.K. Chesterton

Golden Light (1883)
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw