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May 19Liked by Katherine May

while i lie reading

post apocalyptic books

the tulips open

(both stray attention AND a haiku ;) i loved loved loved your haiku post, Bashō is an old literary friend)

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The combo!! Love it.

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May 19Liked by Katherine May

(books in question - The Ministry For the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson and Adherent, a graphic novel by Chris Kim)

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May 19Liked by Katherine May

I’ve been collecting odds and ends when I can with a years long view to trying to do something artsy/craftsy, so I have all this STUFF but don’t do anything with it besides shuttle it from place to place. Well… this was the week. I pencilled in two hours on Tuesday and started teaching myself some hand stitching basics! I felt really good about that! That, such as it is, isn’t very ‘wild’, but I’m considering it a big breakthrough to the actual DO-ing.

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Oh wow! That sounds brilliant.

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My garden has been capturing my attention. I love this time of year because as soon as one favourite flowering plant starts to fade another takes its place. Bulb season is pretty much gone, only the alliums are still in their glory, but the roses have just started. They signal and will take us through the summer.

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I’ve been the same - I’m obsessed with how much everything grows each day.

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May 19Liked by Katherine May

I started Benjamin Myers’ The Offing this morning and it feels like the perfect read for this almost-summer time of year.

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Oh, it’s an absolute joy. Can also recommend Cuddy, though it’s darker in places. Nobody gets Northerners, and North-East Northerners particularly, like Ben Myers

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Cuddy is on my to be read pile! I recently enjoyed The Perfect Golden Circle and have pre-ordered his new novel Rare Singles. I’m a Northerner, but t’other side of the Pennines!

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May 19Liked by Katherine May

I'm in to "tree mood" lately, reading "The Forest Unseen" by David George Haskell. Next in line is "Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree", but I try to spent also a lot of time outdoors with actual trees :)

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Lovely!

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As a plant enthusiast, I especially enjoy reading Nature's Messanger by Patrick Dean, which is about the life and times of Mark Catesby and his adventures in the new world.

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founding

You go, girl!

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browsed magazines at Tesco

you can have anything you like

so long as it’s about Taylor Swift

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I've been reading Cacophony of Bone by kerri ní dochartaigh, but after starting it early this year on audio(which was gorgeous), I purchased a hardcover copy, realizing it might be better to savour it throughout the year and be able to mark pages, so I keep it at my bedside and have been reading the daily entry corresponding with today's date, before switching to a collection of Mary Oliver poems before I get up and start my day. It's the loveliest thing.

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the peonies are blooming! skinny stems and wild sensuous flowers that refuse to allow one to pass them by without stopping for a sniff. admire their forthrightness.

unabashed peony

weighted by its own aroma

kisses the earth

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Penguin do a lovely little Basho anthology which is very soothing to browse just before bed

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So pleased to hear that we’ll have the change to hear the conversation with Catherine Coldstream. And yay, Futurama. I have very happy memories of watching it with my son and we still quote it to each other after all these years. Take that, you lousy dimension!

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We’re heading in to cold weather here, so crocheting scarves and blankets from the mountain of vibrant coloured wool I’ve accumulated. Watching old episodes of bake off or listening to podcasts as I crochet. Reading Lauren Groff Fates and furies. The Sydney writers festival has begun so heading to see Charlotte wood (stone yard devotional) Paul Lynch (prophet song) and a few others. Excited for new releases, Sarah Perry’s “Enlightenment” and Miranda Julys “All Fours”.

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Oh, I'm so glad you are enjoying Happily!

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The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

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Thinking about visual storytelling after attending a brilliant Create+Engage virtual workshop hosted by Anna Brones (Creative Fuel) and featuring artists Tessa Hulls and Janelle Washington. At the end of the session, Anna invited participants to share our work/thoughts. That’s how I “met” the textile artist Sarah C Swett and fell down the rabbit hole of her creative life via her Substack, The Gusset. You never know when or how inspiration will strike! All four of these women struck a match.

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