Old faithful mug announcing the opposite: joy to be back in the writing seat this morning. Still recovering but well enough to do this, this way. #earlymorning #writing #dowhatyoucan #dowhatyouvalue #adrenalinsufficiency

Curved stone wall of a dam built in segments, with a green metal sloping wall in long sections going down to dark blue water with white wind and wave lines on it, white clouds low down and blue sky. It looks still and windilly dynamic at once.

Winscar Reservoir. Next ‘step’ up into the watershed source of the Don. What is the rhythm of a place? How can we write it/with/thro it? #river #riverwriting #naturewriting #placewriting #poetry #fieldtrip #phenomenology #dowhatyouvalue #dowhatyoucan #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice #donriver #don

Brownish orange river water in a small stream falling over a step about two feet wide in a cascade of whitish spills.

Totally treacle source of the Don (well, where it’s first named on the map). Is it possible to write about this without comparison? Without imposing? #river #riverwriting #fieldtrip #poetry #naturewriting #placewriting #phenomenology #dowhatyouvalue #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice #donriver #don

Off to clown with friends in the park. Today’s prop: a ball. Today’s topic: how to help your clown friends fail. #clown #clowning #vulnerability #dowhatyouvalue #joy #funwithouttryingtobefunny