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The Whalebeing manifesto
1. Frolic in nature
2. Notice little joys
3. Be inquisitive
4. Practice tolerance
5. Be kind to all creatures
6. Celebrate our bodies
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The ‘be outside more’ challenge – 7 different tasks to do in nature and how it could make your life better
We all know instinctively that nature does something good to our souls. After all – we’re animals: we are nature. But being the clever monkeys that we are, we realised at some point a few thousand years ago that building walls around ourselves kept us pleasantly distanced from things like sharp-toothed animals and weather. AndContinue reading “The ‘be outside more’ challenge – 7 different tasks to do in nature and how it could make your life better”
5 Tenuous connections between the keto diet and Hawaiian monk seals
The fun thing about having a blog that doesn’t make any money is that you can write about absolutely anything you want, which, as you can probably tell, is what is happening here. Up until about 15 minutes ago, I’d never even heard of the Hawaiian monk seal. This is probably because a) I’m notContinue reading “5 Tenuous connections between the keto diet and Hawaiian monk seals”
I wish I was a fearless Roman Goddess
Will I always feel like this? Like swamp mud Viscous, formless. I need warm, firm hands To sculpt me into something Recognisable Like a woman, or a tree. I wish I was a fearless Roman Goddess Or an African warrior with my Tits out. I would invite death To pierce my soft underside, And thenContinue reading “I wish I was a fearless Roman Goddess”
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How to measure the world in blue whales
My sister Emma and I have always had this theory that a blue whale is the ideal reference from which to measure the rest of the world. We’ve estimated all sorts of things using the blue whale as a starting point. Here’s a silly blog I wrote when I was made redundant (and had quite a lot of time on my hands) about five years ago.
