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Impressions

Emily Lawrence — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:00:43 +0000

Impressions of nature: Southsea Rose Garden was quiet; people speckled Southsea Common like dandelions in a meadow, springing up everywhere. Plumes of smoke rose from disposable barbeques, flimsy flutterings, the city’s version of pheasants scattering from fields. It was the warmest it had been all year, and people sunned themselves...

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Becoming Wildwood

Emily Lawrence — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:57:44 +0000

5th May 2018, Creech Woods, 50°53’47.2″N 1°04’44.2″W The noise spindles the air, tumbling through the leaves to my ears. My insides lighten hearing it, like they are drifting above me, mixing with the current of wind and song. I stop, slow my breathing, tune my ears, listen to the voices....

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Cornwall

Emily Lawrence — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:00:32 +0000

The gift of labour is rest; there is nothing better than for us to enjoy our work, because this is all we have. I love how close either side is, how thin the land is, how close sea to sea is. I could flit from one side to the other...

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Kingley Vale50º53’28.3ºN 0º49’41.4″W

Emily Lawrence — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 08:00:56 +0000

Slap, slap, slap. Feet hit earth behind me like the sound of washing whipping on a line. “What are you doing?” “This is maximum stride,” he said as he strode past, legs straddled outward and feet flicking with every metre-wide step disappearing into an ancient tree line below. He was...

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Sometimes

Emily Lawrence — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 08:00:34 +0000

Sometimes things feel just out of our reach. Today I felt like that. Where the world gave me all these ideas, like waking up in a morning to sunshine, daisy fields, and oodles of free time for it to quickly cast over, rain, and for the hours to slip away...

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Silence

Emily Lawrence — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 08:00:05 +0000

One of my favourite things to do is to steal a morning, steal a light that others sleep through, to see a part of the day that only those who dare to roll out of bed see. Getting up early is not a novel activity, but it is certainly one...

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