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The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. from Openings: Poems (1968)

My dad used to tell my siblings and me that his favorite sound was silence. I get it now. In the midst of the chaos, in the midst of the turmoil of life in this world and in this head, I sometimes need to remind myself to actively seek silence, and the sounds it lets in.

⭐️ Competition time!! ⭐️

World Book Day is all about getting EVERYONE reading - so comment & tell us about your favourite hedgehoggy book & we'll pick a winner at random to receive a copy of Let's Explore Hedgehogs 🦔
📚️ 🦔 📚️

This prize has been kindly donated by @siskikalla.bsky.social 💚

its simply beautiful

silhouette of an oak in front of setting sun and blue sky

just in time for #thicktrunktuesday - reacquainting with a favourite oak, surrounded by spring birdsong. Bliss.

EVENT: New evidence-based guidelines are being launched to support the implementation of sustained wellbeing support for healthcare staff.

🗓 Monday 23 March 2026 | 1:00 – 2:00pm
📍 Online webinar
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wonderful! taking my ears out for a walk later in hope of chiffchaffing!

Glorious yellow 💛 hand picked daffodils in a water jug in a kitchen

🌿☕ Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus☕🌿

St David (Dewi Sant) is the patron saint of Wales, celebrated on March 1st

He was known as Dewi Ddyfrwr (David the Water Drinker) for his ascetic, teetotal & vegetarian lifestyle

A key figure in the Welsh Age of Saints, preaching widely, including SW England & Brittany🌿

large alder tree with catkins over a canal with a blue sky

alder by the #ItchenNavigation #treesky

To All Who Read this post:

You All have bone spurs..

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

the sandy head of a chihuahua poking out from under a red duvet

mawning, haff a great day #chihuahua #saturdayvibes

If only government policy
all over the world
hadn't been bought
from corrupt politicians
by greedy billionaires
there might be different priorities
like eradicating poverty,
ending wars,
tackling climate change ...

meme via Democratic Socialism Now

Graphic banner featuring the title “Two Worlds of Clinical Trials: Academic and Industry Sponsored Studies” in bold dark text on a light background. A stylised medical syringe illustration appears on the left. On the right is a portrait photograph of Dr Peter Connelly, an older white male with short grey hair and glasses, smiling and wearing a dark jumper. The Dementia Researcher logo appears in the lower section. The design uses muted tones and a professional layout consistent with research blog branding.

Academic trials often ask different questions to commercial ones. Both matter. Both bring challenges. Dr Peter Connelly talks about the key differences in his latest blog.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-two-wor...

it's an 'own goal' for Starmer....he won't learn...

'Birdbrain' benefits: How being an expert birdwatcher may boost cognition New research shows that seasoned birders — including older adults — had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to attention and perception.

For all you #birders out there (including me) -
'Birdbrain' benefits: new research shows that seasoned birders had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to working memory, spatial awareness & object recognition. #BirdBrain

Link for more information: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

YouTube video by Emanuil Ivanov Bill Evans - Peace Piece (Emanuil Ivanov)

I'm listening to Bill Evans.

youtu.be/niZEyBTcO0g?...

I hope you all find a piece of peace this evening 💙

love this - one of my favourite piano pieces - just transcendent...

Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

The migration doom loop at work: does anyone in government seriously think that a strategy designed to keep out skilled workers and students makes either economic or political sense?

://www.ft.com/content/7408ad00-e4eb-41c7-8849-36061bc0eac1

For every human being in need of a hug, i sent two. Join us Thursdays at #humansOfBlueSky and Broadcast this so more people join Show photos candid or portraits feed at▶️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:75olwwdd7syhlxbwzr55tpnf/feed/aaabnxswjrqra #storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #BAS #cityscape #photography #portrait #argentina

For every human being in need of a hug, i sent two.
Join us Thursdays at #humansOfBlueSky and Broadcast this so more people join Show photos candid or portraits
feed at▶️
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #BAS #cityscape #photography #portrait #argentina

joyful!

Hannah and Zack in a park

Green Menaces - let’s go. 💚

Huge huge thanks to everyone who’s backed this campaign and shown it so much love.

Now we leave nothing on the pitch. Let’s get this over the line.

Vote Green.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

Labour know if they can't win, they'd rather Reform win.
Why? Because they'd rather have the odious Goodwin in WM than a sharp, articulate working class woman like Hannah Spencer.

Hannah reminds them of what they once were - the voice of the working class.
That voice has been silenced by Starmer.

defo getting a t-shirt with 'beware the green menace' on...it sounds so...menacing...🤪

OpenSAFELY news: you can apply to do non-COVID research, from today! | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science We are delighted to announce that - from today - you can submit applications to the OpenSAFELY service for non-COVID-19 studies.

OpenSAFELY is open from today! Huge thanks to all who supported this vast collaboration: whole population GP data; in a productive platform; innovative privacy protections; unprecedented support from professions, privacy campaigners; &c

Now it's over to users!

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...

A tree-held pool of rainwater gathered in the crook of mossy branches, its still surface reflecting bare limbs and an intensely blue sky. The hollow becomes a small suspended mirror, cradled within the living architecture of the tree.

A hollow that remembers rain.

Held in the tree’s crook, a dendrotelm — a temporary sky resting within wood. Bare branches repeated in still water, the lucid blue of a reflected sky briefly detained.

Not emptiness, but quiet habitation.
Stillness, alive with process.

#HiddenNature #Dendrotelm

A stripy Hoverfly on a very bright orange Pot Marigold flower.

A cluster of bright orange Pot Marigold flowers with their bright green leaves as background. There are a few red Nasturtium Alaska flowers in amongst the leaves.

How about a plant that attracts and feeds Bees, Butterflies,
Hoverflies, Moths and Bats, (sort of 😉), has medicinal uses, edible petals and really zings and stands out in your garden?
🐝🦋🦇🌱
Pot Marigold, (Calendula officinalis) 🧡
Seeds available from www.jemimasgarden.co.uk
#MHHSBD

If you are looking for something to do, make sure you join the @togetheralliance.bsky.social march on 28 March in London if you possibly can, and tell all your friends and neighbours. We need a show of numbers to counter the far right.

@frankiesoton.bsky.social

Thanks to those who took part in our Delphi survey on training needs of carers who support people with intellectual disabilites with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulites. Round 2 is now open , see opportunity to take part: