Windows and Wells' is open to writers in any country. People who are new to writing, and those with experience, are welcome to take part. Read more: kathrynmcrowley.com/2026/01/22/w... #opencall #poetry #flashfiction #creativewriting

Poetry for all! A lovely collaboration. I enjoyed curating this. Read more: kathrynmcrowley.com/2026/01/22/p... #poetry #Ireland #poems

'Windows and Wells' is open to writers in any country. Read about the project at www . Kathryn M Crowley . com and send an email if you have any questions. People who are new to writing, and those with experience, are welcome to take part. #opencall #writing #prose #memoir #poems #flashfiction

Coming across this made me laugh. Glad I took a photo. It's inspiring some new writing. ✨Caption it if you like! #foundobjects #beachart #dollstory #creativity #poetry

Write. Paws. Edit. Pause. Repeat! For writing / art news, writing open calls, workshops and projects, check out my website: kathrynmcrowley.com Photo shows Mini as a kitten, relaxing in a sunny spot, sprawled out on some notebooks. This is one of my favourite photos (2022). #writing ✍️ #poetry

All are welcome to join me in Newcastle West library on January 24th. Listen to poems, or bring one to share. Read more: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/12/17/s... Presented in association with Poetry Ireland. #poetry #peoplepoetry #hiphoplyrics #WestLimerick #January2026 @poetryireland.bsky.social

A green sea turtle washed up on Ireland’s Emerald Isle shoreline 3,000 km from home, and survived thanks to a rescue effort. This is my favourite story of 2025: kathrynmcrowley.com/2022/05/30/g... #poetry #art #greenseaturtlerescue #environment #oceanlife #marinebiology #Ireland #recovery #visualart

What has dipping a stick in ink and roses got to do with colonial oppression? Art-making led to a haiku, then my mind wanted to explore some history: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/02/24/r... #poetry #poems #colonialism #Ireland #roses #creativeprocesss #selfexpression #musichistory #socialhistory

I've been looking back at my poetry from 2023-2025. Here are two for Palestine: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/09/09/p... #Poetry #Palestine #Gaza #poems

For writers living in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, or England, this may be of interest: flightofthedragonfly.com/flight-of-th... #NorthernIreland #Scotland #Wales #England #opencall #Brighton #writing #creativewriting

A Green sea #turtle ended up in Ireland, thousands of kilometres from home and shivering her tail off, last Winter. Here's her story, my new art, and a #poem that I wrote from the perspective of a turtle back in 2022: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/11/24/t... #art #ocean #sea #Ireland #Canaryislands 🌊🐢🎨

"In the 1940s, while most women of her social class were hosting tea parties and serving on charity boards, Frances Glessner Lee was hunched over a workbench with tweezers, constructing perfect miniature murder scenes."

'Uisce', instigated by @erikahanna.bsky.social, was a great triad! I enjoyed a talk on the historical impact of rain in #Ireland and much more besides today (Erika Hanna), foklore and history snippets (Tom Dillon) and a biodiversity walk by the river Feale (Barry O'Donoghue). #history #biodiversity

Love colour? I post prints of my nature art to buyers worldwide, plus small, personalised gifts and mixed media paintings. Prices range from €30-€600. I'll be adding more to my website in the coming days: kathrynmcrowley.com/shop/ #art #landart #paintings 🎨☘️🍁♻️🖌️✏️📚

Creativity and craic at the weekend. Thanks to Liam McCarthy @limetreetheatre.bsky.social for inviting me to a fun, hybrid event in Limerick. Here's a blog post about the arty shenanigans: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/13/s... #theatre #art #culture #Limerick #Ireland 🎭 🎨 ✍️

The gift of water. Photos and thoughts after my trip to Ireland’s sunny South-East: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/06/i... #water #Ireland #conservation #pollution #waterways

A seedling, blown to this location by a zephyr & accompanied by a little bit of water (from the sky), plus an abundance of sunshine produced this. So yeah, I believe in magic/miracles. Botany, biology, & science too. I’m weird like that.🙂 #photography #PhonePhoto #wildflower🌻 #bloomscrolling

I just asked the European Commission whether they would ask for the €50,000 back in this case, as it has clearly been used to develop a military product now contracted to be supplied to the IDF, in breach of Horizon rules. No comment on the specific case "have to look into it", spokesman says.

Thanks very much to the Poetry Book Society for recommending The Hare's Corner- illustrated poetry & prose inspired by individuals & groups all over Ireland making space for nature. @newislandbooks.bsky.social & @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/the...

Oh yes, we open for submissions on Oct 1 with our new (rolling) publication schedule. Looking forward to seeing new odd time stories and getting to know folks though their works. #fiction #micro #prose #poetry indeed. Check the lines that guide here: dogthroat.com/guidelines

See 🧵☝️ The maximum fine that can be handed down for getting rich by pouring shit into rivers is £20,000. Last year, in occupied Northern Ireland, there were more than 4,000 spills, but just 63 fines. Just six of those fines were over £5,000 - most were closer to £200. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An update about my Foinse project. It's all about water, and upcycling packaging that would otherwise cause more plastic to enter the sea. Here's a short blog post: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/09/30/u... #microplastics #oceans #water #conservation #upcycling #visualart #Ireland #environment 🌊🐟 ♻️

Sunset bliss on the Blackwater. Such beauty in Fermoy! I enjoyed the sights and sounds all around before taking a photo. Rivulets of sadness and anger also moved through me. In August, a chemical spill killed up to 32,000 fish. Who poisoned the river? #Blackwater #Fermoy #righsofnature

A mandala for Autumn Equinox. #natureart #Ireland #balance #equinox

No A.I. or digital drawing tools here. I painted the page, now it's time to add a whale. This one will be an orca, aka killer whale. The orca is actually a dolphin. What fecker decided to call it a killer just for having a big appetite? Sure thousands of sea creatures kill to feed. #whales 🌊🐋 #art

Three poems for Palestine (and oppressed people everywhere) : kathryncrowley.eu/2025/09/09/p... #poetry #stopgenocide #stopallwars #hope #children

Fergal the frog. Or is it Finola? Here's a new blog post: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/09/10/f... #gardening #frogs #biodiversity #nature #Ireland #photography

Fair play to the academics. They're under pressure to accept A.I. but refuse. "We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent." Thanks Clare for sharing the open letter.

Walk in memory of the children of Gaza. Keeping Palestine in our hearts and minds. With all respect to the person who designed the flyer, the children of Gaza were murdered, not killed. Obliterated. Victims of genocide. #Palestine #Tralee #Kerry

Good signs, upcycling, and the winners of my August art raffle. A new blog post (no ads): kathryncrowley.eu/2025/08/27/p...

Clamps are making things much easier! 🐟🦭Read about my Foinse art (painting and upcycling) project here: kathryncrowley.eu/foinse/ #upcycling #artprocess 🎨 #recycle #oceans #sea

Make a donation to UNICEF for Gaza and bring home a piece of art. www.theewe.com?fbclid=IwY2x... #Gaza #Palestine

HOPE. It's possible to feel horror and upset while also appreciating beauty and taking action. I took this photo in Tralee, Ireland.

'WAITING' is a peace poem. I don't use AI to generate poems or images. You can read the poem here: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/08/08/w... #Palestine #Gaza #genocide #deathtotheIDF #poetry

It's been an enjoyable Lughnasadh; writing in good company, time on the beach, and a willow workshop. I love the little fish that I made. PS: no genius weaving here: the basket in the photo is one that I bought years ago! #willow #Lughnasadh #naturalmaterils #fish #Ireland

A poem about a mother and baby in Gaza, plus August events happening in Ireland, the UK, and beyond: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/28/p... #genocide #famine

The 'Writing for Peace' project was online for one month as promised, and it has now been removed. See August events happening all over Ireland and beyond, here: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/28/p... #Palestine #famine #genocide #oetry

Thanks to everyone who has posted me nets for my art project. Let's keep this stuff out of the sea, and out of landfill. I'm sharing art gifts in exchange through monthly raffles, and will collect nets until May 2026. Read more: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/08/a... #upcycling #oceans #plastic 🐬 🌊 🎨

Pencil sketch on paper. I'm planning who to add to a painting. 👙🏊🌊🐚🐟🧜🦭#swimmers #drawing #visualart

Painting over one of my creations from 20 years ago. I've been having fun, and it's at the final stage now. The easel is outside: I love days like this, painting in the sun. ☀️ ✍️ 🎨

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Anyone know where I could get an “end over end” butter churn repaired? Ideally in north Cork.

What a surprise. I was watching two beautiful hares this morning. It's my first time ever seeing two together. I had to go to work eventually, and they dashed out the gate and across the fields. #hares ☘️

How much water do Britain's data centres use? Bafflingly, there is no official figure. So here's my best estimate after weeks of reporting: circa 10 billion litres of water a year. And that's before any big UK AI boom. Story in @thetimes.com 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Hundreds of beautiful moon jellyfish were on the beach at high tide. I'm researching ocean creatures and sea mythology for my 'Foinse' series. If you've read any good books on these topics, please let me know. Read about Foinse here: kathryncrowley.eu/visual-art/ 🌊🎐🐠🦈🐟🦀🐚🦭

PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...

On the road! Adventure, beauty, and history. ☘️ See more: kathryncrowley.eu/blog/ #Ireland #WestCork

I've whales on my mind, but here's something lovely to for #writers in Wales! 📢 CALLING ASPIRING WRITERS Lights, Camera, Cymru are looking for three aspiring writers based in Wales to join their writers’ room /contribute to the creation of a script: www.screenalliancewales.com/vacancies ✍️

As a break from my main project, I've been painting some cats. Oils on canvas. A slow process, and a fun one too. I also wrote a blog post about their whiskers, and what it means to describe something as 'the cat's whiskers', here: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/05/23/t... 🎨 🐈 #cats #oilpainting

Israel exports a lot. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) website states that "The Israeli barcode starts with the numbers 729. However, it doesn’t necessarily appear on all Israeli products." Be vigilant. My new blog post: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/05/11/a... #solidarity #peace #art 🎨🕊️