Passionate about public spaces. Central library has been encouraging of a pilot to teach lettering. Six weeks, once a week. Studying a modern and a traditional script. Currently looking at Neuland, developed by Rudolf Koch. Home made pens #intercity #capetown #lettering #calligraphy #libraries

Rain shawl over night light Wednesday night, summer passes to autumn in #capetown

Istanbul at sunset #SomethingBeautiful #Istanbul

Good lord this first tree is really coming for you! It's feels like it will move when you aren't watching it closely enough.

Elephant moon. Autumn jazz

Carol Ann Duffy is an acclaimed Scottish poet and playwright renowned for accessible, dramatic monologues exploring love, gender, identity, loss, and everyday spirituality. #CarolAnnDuffy #Prayer #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes Prayer po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/pray...

Tuesday moon in mardi gras sky Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell

Otome Inari Shrine, on the grounds of Nezu Shrine in Tokyo. #ToriiTuesday #Shinto #Japan

'Pacific Ocean, Boshu' from the third Souvenirs of Travel Series - Kawase Hasui, 1925. #ToriiTuesday #shinhanga #JapaneseArt

LOSS IN THE TIME OF TREES substack.com/home/post/p-...

Autumn, suddenly. Too busy Tuesday in #capetown.

In almost 30 years of living in and around Death Valley I have never seen the calthaleaf phacelia this dense and abundant, coating the barren rock hills with purple. They are having a banner year in this hyperarid part of the Mojave Desert

Moonrise coffee. Monday #CapeTown Things ain't cookin' in my kitchen Strange affliction wash over me Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire Couldn't conquer the blue sky - Neil & Tim Finn

What a fantastic story. 🐝 Chimay in Belgium does more than produce the world's best beer! 🍺 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The great Mark Lanegan, four years gone, with his take on the classic Joy Division song, "Love Will Tear You Apart." Fabulous! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIu3...

Crescent moon, rose water sky

Praying Mantis on lavender A flirtation of raindrops and the clouds disappear. The hour before Sunday's sunset in #capetown

Tree branches stroke the train window with a lovely sound, like wooden beads dropping into a metal bucket.

Hydration Rooibos mulch in the late afternoon sun, watering the garden of #smallbeauty. Smells like hope. #Gardening I said, "I had mother who could pray I had mother who could pray" If I die and my soul be lost Nobody's fault but mine - Nina Simone version

Just heard an unforgiveable version of this. The cost of education. #DiscoveringJoni youtu.be/wfZJ6sHeA6k?...

'Enormous protests' could take place if Israel were to play a football match in Dublin, Richard Boyd Barrett said. The People Before Profit leader was speaking at the start of the National March for Palestine in Dublin city centre today jrnl.ie/6964009

Manchester says no to hate 🤍 A Britain First demonstration in Manchester was met by a larger counter-protest of local residents and over 30 grassroots organisations opposing racism and division.

Sunday bookshelfies and the judgment of owls. I need a house. #dreams #despair #books #fairytales

This is so lovely. All the elements, the ease of good writing, the creation of beauty. Fireflies, nature, science, imagination, possibilities, youth, love. 🪄

A South African court dismissed Gabrielle Goliath's bid to be restored to representing the country at the Venice Biennale, after minister Gayton McKenzie called her work "divisive" for mourning a Gazan poet killed by Israel. The judge didn't give a reason & ordered her to pay respondents' costs

Slow moon in denim sky. A sultry Saturday evening. Late summer, #CapeTown. But you gave away the things you loved And one of them was me I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee and You're so vain You probably think this song is about you - Carly Simon

Nina Simone's birthday. Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter from It Is Finished (Live 1974). Drums/percussion on THIS though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h-0...

30 degrees celsius outside. Ofcourse I'm making soup.

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Reading really is resistance. 🤍

I went and stood before the blossomed almond trees and watched them open themselves to bees and drop their petals at their feet

Allegro po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/alle...

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

Commentator Stefan Renna on Swiss public broadcaster RTS sparked controversy during Israeli captain AJ Edelman’s second bobsleigh run at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, bringing up Edelman’s past social media posts supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza, including one calling it “the...

Some clarity before the calamity

Fascist attack on international judiciary must be resisted! www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...

Black cat's death glare of disdain. Monday omen, Wednesday mood Exterminate! - David Whitaker

A woman finally manages to stop laughing enough to explain to her friend that she just sent a message to her boss apologising for forgetting a task, and re-reading it has realised she’d written ‘Sorry, menopause Brian.’

Day 1328 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and even the ladybugs are now having meetings, asking how long it is until spring 🤗🐞🐞🐞❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters #365DaysWild

Margaret's writing on our duty to escape and on the value of fantasy fiction is pretty neat. margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-duty-t...

'Evening Sky at Suwa Shrine' - Kasamatsu Shiro, 1932. #ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

Monday evening coffee for Monday woes. 37 degree heat and narry a whisper of a breeze. Green leaves gone gold in the low summer sun. #capetown Yes, you got your spell on me, baby Turnin' my heart into stone I need you so bad, magic woman I can't leave you alone - Peter Green

#smallbeauty bouquet The hour before sunset. Colour, aromatherapy, jazz and a cold drink. Summer in #Capetown. #BloomSky #jazz #solitude Time after time, when I'm feelin' low Something inside of me, lets me know It's alright, love's on my side - Rod Temperton

Sunday glow, yellow bird Blue morning sky and sunshine, late summer perfection in #CapeTown

The Kurdish Musician by Mimi Khalvati www.divasofverse.com/2026/02/the-...

#SaturdayMotivation #SaturdayThoughts writingforwellbeing.co.uk

Frog prince with forked tongue. Tales of a misspent youth. Life really isn't what it seems, even at seventeen plus ten. Happy Valentine's, to them as do. #StupidLove