54 years younger than today. If you see this, quote it with a picture of young you.

Goliath's Curse is a call to action. Here's the last page.

Where am I?

This is an extremely erudite study of the rise and fall of civilisations.

She uses recycled copper and silver, even tin cans, sea glass, etc.

Raise you. Monbiot deals exclusively with the latest incarnation of Goliath. Luke Kemp puts it into historical context.

I'm currently reading Goliath's Curse by Luke Kemp. It explains so much, from a historical/anthropological viewpoint. On pages 145 & 146 it lays out exactly why small authoritarian government is prone to collapse.

I made two quarts of green tomato pickle this afternoon

How elections work:

I've just started reading this. Training in what I've called Active Listening is vital for members of Citizens Assemblies so I'm excited to see what she says!

My 3 go-to books

This was one of four fresh new Peacock butterflies

Went to Longshaw today. Saw a few butterflies including this Small Skipper

Caturday

Second try at septle

Settle. My first attempt.

That diagram is wrong!

I've been attending art classes for a couple of years, now. I'm a slow learner, building from almost zero skill. But the piece I'm doing at the moment feels like a bit of a breakthrough. Bear in mind it's unfinished:

Please go as far and as fast as you can, away from government, and preferably from this country.

These are the three books that have influenced me the most over the last year.

How about a message to all fossil fuel CEOs, all CEOs of companies spreading toxic chemicals, all water company CEOs, all farms allowing agricultural run-off to poison our waterways; their pollution is way more deadly than that of fly-tippers. But they can buy their way out of Mr Starmer's bad books

The sparkling Rivelin (pretty low for late April).

Managed a pic of a Comma whilst on a walk in the Rivelin Valley in Sheffield

And a Small Tortoiseshell, same place.

Beautiful Peacock Butterfly this afternoon by the Sheaf on Millhouses Park, Sheffield

Today's book. Day 3

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2

This is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It applies to every human on the planet. In this respect, we're all the same. The beauty is that within this framework of sameness there is enormous variety. Not a single one of those differences warrants a lack of acknowledgement of our sameness.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 1

Sunset clouds where I am