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the broken shower didn’t dampen my writing retreat | writing diaries #2

March 26, 2025 nesskingsley

The shower ran ALL night.

Tagged book-review, books, fiction, reading, short stories, the road, travel, writing, writing diaries, writing retreat2 Comments
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poetry

the poet for the stars: a responsibility to awe by rebecca elson

March 3, 2025January 1, 2025 nesskingsley

Her life was cut far too short but we can find her in her quietly profound poetry that's just bursting with this love and wonder at our world.

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ness talks about life

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February 3, 2025January 12, 2025 nesskingsley

Being a woman of quick decisions and dedicated carry-through, I've now disabled YouTube on my phone.

Tagged consumption, creativity, doomscroll, instagram, phones, scrolling, social media, writing, youtube2 Comments
undertones of war by Edmund blunden
books misc, ness talks books, reading log

the god of small DNFs | reading log #4

January 28, 2025December 6, 2025 nesskingsley

I've been reading nearly all my life, saving those few years when I was impossibly lazy and also under the age of four.

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books misc, ness rambles

unconscious planetary suicide: losing eden by lucy jones

January 6, 2025January 1, 2025 nesskingsley

The politicisation of taking care of the world we live in is a great tragedy; it should be a natural priority to us. Taking care of it, takes care of us.

Tagged environment, losing eden, Lucy jones, natural world, nature, reading1 Comment

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