Talks and workshops for 2026 (online and in person) for your group How can creativity connect people, stories, and nature in unexpected ways? You are in the right place if this question interests you. I provide interactive talks and workshops to in person and online. Youth and adult groups are…

A new haiku inspired by the editing process: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/12/01/d... #creativewriting #poetry #poems #writing #Ireland

Thanks to the folks who sent me nets for an #art project in 2025. Much appreciated! I'm not collecting any more to #upcycle. For Winter, I've a LOT of material to work with. Art gifts have been sent in exchange to 15 people. Read more about my work here: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/11/09/f... #ocean

Do you work in Ireland's creative sector? Check out these FREE creative therapies. I work with this brilliant organisation (not as a therapist), and highly recommend the services. We need and deserve this. Enjoy! #wellbeing #visualartists #music #dance #drama #Ireland #music #freetherapy

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 🌊🐢🎨

Day of the turtle. Watercolour and pen on paper. It's 80% complete now. A4 size approx. kathrynmcrowley.com/art #ocean #sealife #originalart #handpaintedart

"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."

NYU Abu Dhabi is recruiting a 3-year Postdoctoral Associate for a Computational Social Science project on the coevolution of ingroup bias and group boundaries. For more details and to apply, please visit: apply.interfolio.com/173544.

The conversation about the book “The Reinvention of Science” that will take place on Tuesday the 28th (18:30 UK time) will be broadcasted. Get free tickets in go.uv.es/S9LaQ1j to receive the link for streaming. More about the book, including a booktrailer www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook... 🧪🔭⚛️

My fibromyalgia book is slowly coming together, yippee! It has taken 3 years to get this far. If you'd like to read an excerpt, please get in touch via my website. Here's some background info: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/09/15/f... #invisibledisability #fibromyalgia #mentalhealth #selfcare #writing🥗🧪🫁📝

Thanks to everyone who sent me more nets! The upcycling continues. I'm reusing plastic nets that are (still, sadly) found on fruit and vegetables. I'm also reading /learning about micro plastics and neuroscience. Read more here: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/07/10/f... #plastic #oceans #upcycling ♻️🧪🍂#art

Samhain is approaching, and I was thinking about the celtic wheel on the beach as I gathered materials the other day. A little apple came in on a wave, which was a lovely surprise. #Samhain #landart #nature

'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

The Autumn Slide. New blog post: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/18/t... #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #sleep #wellbeing #Autumn 🧪🍂

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 🎨☘️🍁♻️🖌️✏️📚

Fibromyalgia is tough to endure. It affects women more than men, and I've set up Fibro Wise Women to offer information and tips. The website and Facebook group are free to access. The site will be updated again on October 21st, 2025. Here's the link: fibrowisewomen.com 🧪 #fibromyalgia #health #women

A few writing and poetry events in Ireland and online: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/14/w... #writing #poetry #festivals @sourcearts.bsky.social @waterfordlibraries.bsky.social #Waterford #Tipperary #Limerick #Kerry @brianbilston.bsky.social

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 🎭 🎨 ✍️

After being on the road, it's lovely to rest up and read for a few days. I'm editing my own book too, and pondering titles. 'Fibromyalgia: a journey to recovery'? Boring. 'Fibromyalgia. A pain in the f#cking arse' isn't quite right either, but I'm getting closer. #writing #fibromyalgia🖋️🧪 #health

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

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.

Art in times of grief. Ten years on, here is my reflection: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/03/v... #visualart #poetry #writing #artisticprocess #symbolism #neuroarts 🧪 🎨 🖋️

Jane Goodall. What a woman, and what a meaningful life lived! Here's an obituary: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Over 150 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in September 2025. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

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 ☘️