new poetry collection proof approved!

I always try and make sure January is a time of gentle, quiet rest and introspection but in taking that time to hibernate a little, I also find rich opportunity to invest time in creative projects and it's often at this time of year that I find time to collate a year's worth of poems, edit, whittle, select, illustrate and finally self publish. ​

This time last year I had just moved on from six years in the residential community of the buddhist retreat centre Taraloka and I needed even more rest and rejuvenation time than usual, so I allowed myself a fallow year as I gathered my energies for what was to come... and what a year was to come! Navigating a leaving process, and arriving into a new domestic project were not least of the opportunities that unfurled for me in 2024, I also became officially self employed for the first time, started a new business and facilitated the end of my mother's life. Busy as I was, there was plenty in there to inspire new poems and so this year, feeling back on form, I've had plenty to choose from! I was completely delighted today that the first proof of my new collection arrived through the door a week earlier than expected and happily, there were no further edits needed! I'll be sending off an order for the first batch in the next week or two and they will soon be available for sale  but in the meantime, I'm very excited to share these images of my new collection: A Year of Death and Life in the Tanat Valley!

And if that wasn't exciting enough, this isthe first post to our new blog on  the brand new, earthheart.co.uk, the other little January project I've been nibbling away at! You'll still be able to find all 2024's posts; recipes, musings, updates and (old) news at  glittermouse.co.uk  for the time being, but watch this space for all the new news and updates for Earth Heart through 2025 and beyond! Xx