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Allyson Shaw

05 Feb 2023 — 1 min read

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A digital collage of a wildflower garden, a frog, full moon and amethyst crystals

FERTILE BATTLEGROUNDS

—a June Round Up 🐸— In this missive: Pondering: Why my garden is not a metaphor Reading: Uprooting by Marchell Farrell & reviews of revolting perfumes Watching: Jacques Demy's Donkeyskin from 1970. Celebrating: a win for all living things in Scotland, or the recent defeat of the obscenity that

18 Jun 2025
A digital collage of a full moon, skull, swords and an old photo of the Hungerford Bridge, with a gold River Thames over all like a mended seam

LUMINARY-ESTUARY-OSSUARY

--a full circle offering at the full moon-- This post was originally written twenty years ago for my Livejournal blog. The Hungerford Bridge is a liminal space over the 'longest archeological site in the UK'–the river Thames.* This is part of an ongoing series on ossuaries of

11 Jun 2025
A digital collage of a night seascape with a disoball moon and owl saying "let's party"

Midnight Sun Outlier Hour

--& you're invited!-- Come to the Solstice Outlier Hour! Become a paid subscriber if you are not one already and join in this wee meeting of the minds. Come as you are--no need to have your video on if you're not up for it--just

03 Jun 2025

Eyries of the (Other) World

—ossuaries I have known, an ongoing series— PART II of The Tomb of the Eagles This post continues my exploration of the Tomb of the Eagles in Orkney.  Become a paid subscriber and read the first instalment here. “Satisfied [the skeleton] contemplated the Milky Way, the army of bones that

27 May 2025
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