@writeforwellbeing
Write your way to a more positive outlook on life! Guided writing activities to foster personal growth, increased mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing. Online anywhere, and in-person in North East England. writingforwellbeing.co.uk
Alnwick Castle library
“Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough.”
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest
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Hanging sculpture of King Wenceslas Riding an Upside-Down Horse in Prague
“There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.”
― Joy Harjo
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“Consciousness is the water we swim in.”
-Michael Pollan
During the pandemic, I had days when I felt I was by myself on a shore drained of the tide, dragging a stick across miles of wet sand. There were also days when I was a boy again, sliding down a snowy hill on a flattened cardboard box. And there were days when I remembered the teacher who made us memorize a poem each week, and when we asked why, she said we might one day find ourselves in a wreck at the side of the road and we would recite these poems to stay alive.
Rick Barot ♥️
A beautiful reminder of what poetry can do.
'My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.' (Maya Angelou)
#TuesdayThoughts
#TuesdayMotivation
#TuesdayTips #writing
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Blossoming trees at Dilston Physic Garden
5 places left
Let your Words Flow
Writing workshop
at Dilston Physic Garden
near Corbridge. Sunday 17 May, 10am-4pm. Feel-good creative writing to boost mood & release wonderful words & inspiration in a magical peaceful garden.
Only £65. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
A white horse with panniers of children's books strapped to her, visiting remote homes. Luna is eating some grass while a very excited child is running towards the books with his mother
Another in my series of libraries
Luna the Library Horse - mobile library in Indonesia!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Did they send it back?
Hi Tom The books arrived safely this morning, thank you. If you are looking for the top of your pen, I have it! Cheers, Diane
Wondering, instead of the standard procedure of including quotes by celebs and newspapers on the jacket of my next book, printing a selection of comments and reviews by readers on there instead. I think this one is an absolute must.
Just walked by a colleague's classroom after my class finished and he was talking about Elvis, getting blank stares and so he had to ask "Does anyone know who Elvis Presley is?"
It's rough out here on these teaching streets.
9 ducklings following mother duck
‘I don’t have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.’
~ Maeve Binchy
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Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire - mini library in a box on a post outdoors on a hill by a bench
Another in my series of libraries
Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire.
Small but beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Andrew Wyeth, Crescent Moon, 1979
W. H. Auden
‘A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.’
— W. H. Auden
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Was at the opening last night of Fisherwoman, Fisherwoman at @immaireland.bsky.social and despite seeing so much amazing art, what has stayed with me is that Camille Souter cut this out and kept it.
Let the music commence: it's the weekend!
#Weekend
BL Cotton MS Tiberius C VI, f.30v @blmedieval.bsky.social
Smiling participants sitting with cups of tea on porch of Herbology House where we do our writing workshops at Dilston Physic Garden
Let your Words Flow
Writing workshop
at Dilston Physic Garden
near Corbridge. Sunday 17 May, 10am-4pm. Feel-good creative writing to boost mood and release wonderful words and inspiration – in a magical peaceful garden.
Only £65. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
John Hopkins University Library - view of long open hall with balconied floors of books rising to either side, large window in ceiling
Another in my series of libraries
John Hopkins University Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Painting of room with full bookshelves, books stacked on table and floors, a woman standing looking at an open book, and a cat curled up on the quilt-covered sofa
‘Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.’
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Willoughby out of 'Sense & Sensibility' would’ve been too obvious for World Book Day’ so instead I'm going as Marianne Dashwood #WorldBookDay
Another in my series of libraries
Highclere Castle, secret door in library
[and yes, this is where Downton Abbey is filmed]
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #WorldBookDay
This 12th century Lewis Chessman piece depicts the berserker shield-biting practice of Viking warriors who gnawed on the edges of their shields in a rage-filled frenzy meant to terrorize their enemies.
📷from the British Museum's collection #WyrdWednesday
Artly diagonal photo of shelves with books with antique bindings
“Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Gando Library, Burkina Faso - elliptical shape, ceiling is made using locally crafted earthenware pots sawn in half, against which the concrete slab is cast
Another in my series of libraries
Gando Library, Burkina Faso
(and yes, it's just *before* they put the books on the shelves!)
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
The ‘Pilgrim Hare’ from St. Mary’s Church at Beverley in East Yorkshire. Dating to the mid-14th century, the hare is dressed as a pilgrim, hence the title. It is thought that the carving was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday #Beverley
Yes, that’s a great way to make a daily writing practice
Elephant in reds and pinks, with an ear that looks like a trefoil, attacked by blue dragon wrapped around it. Aberdeen Bestiary, University of Aberdeen, MS 24
Medieval elephant!
Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts
#SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky #elephants
Pomeranian dog with head out car window, wind blowing its hair back, and a look of joy on its face with mouth open in a big 'smile'
‘Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.’
— Albert Camus
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Sky with glowing full moon behind a bird of prey silhouetted on tree branch
“In this world things are beautiful only because they are not quite seen, or not perfectly understood. Poetry is precious chiefly because it suggests more than it declares.”
― Anthony Trollope
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Free Library of Philadelphia - very long room filled with bookshelves on two levels, coffered white ceiling, high windows
Another in my series of libraries
Free Library of Philadelphia
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky