I wrote a thing about grief and failing to resuscitate my sourdough.
27.01.2026 09:08
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I wrote a thing about grief and failing to resuscitate my sourdough.
Come through!
"I wonder if there might not be another idea of human order than repression, another notion of human virtue than self-control, another kind of human self than one based on dissociation of inside and outside. Or indeed, another human essence than self."
Anne Carson, "The Gender of Sound"
Had the enormous honour of being a part of this series, in some incredible company.
The front cover of a scientific journal titled Ornithologist, dated 1 April 2025. The main headline reads: “BIRDS: DECODED - Groundbreaking New Science.” Below that, a subheading says: “What are the UK’s birds really saying? Pioneering new research provides the answers.”
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
Ten degrees in Glasgow and the kids are *sunbathing*
My dreams are getting super meta these days. The other night I actually dreamt that I couldn’t sleep.
There’s also Kalewater Cottage in the Borders, and @arvonfoundation.bsky.social down south.
@covepark.bsky.social and Moniack Mhor. Both in Scotland. Both beyond nourishing.
Likewise! x
Hard agree! x
I’ve lived several lifetimes this week and it’s only Tuesday.
Pisces season, dreams: teeth popping out, anthropomorphic holly branches, waters breaking, and, in a meta twist, not being able to sleep.
We obviously needed another hour. 🌳
A "potential" 0.43% increase in GDP *by 2050* - in return for torching the UK's climate leadership and adding vast amounts of carbon to the atmosphere - is simply not worth it.
No third runway. Grow the green economy, not airports.
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Happy birthday! 🎂🥂
Today I returned my children's woefully overdue library books. Naturally, I thought of Grace Paley and @rodgeglass.bsky.social. (hashtag: sycamores)
So glad you enjoyed it! A team effort for sure. 📚✨🏴
This is such an important point.
“It might be true that all human cultures tell inventive stories, but that isn’t enough to claim that there is a single definition of ‘fiction’ that can be applied transculturally.”
photo of a grey windowshade backlit by sunlight to make a moon shape, with the shadow of a vine across.
Meanwhile, this weird miracle of winter light.
For me, it was the drum corps guy (choir director’s son) and the “knee pit erogenous zone.”
Turns out, my kids think the words are “tender and wild” and that just about tracks.
Back on my bullshit, in the bleak midwinter. Merry happy all the things, my dears.
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Personally, I feel like Eartha Kitt forgot a verse.
Do we think Santa can do book deals for Christmas?
I clearly need to up my game. 🎅🏻
Theatre baby, on the roof: Smith College, Albright House. Loved a carabiner back then.
A wee blue tit in the dog rose.
My kid took it upon himself to decorate this tree. Yes, that is a garden glove (found on the pavement somewhere), and all his lil magpie treasures.