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DrNaturegirl
@drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk
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Poet, author, artist, baker, photographer. Keen gardner & veg grower, advocate for nature and the underdog. All year open water swimmer, thalassophile, indie book publisher. Social & environmental justice now! Not a naturist!

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This week’s post is a bit more upbeat, no less real. Grab a cuppa, grab a read.

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#joy #momentsofjoy #blog
Small Moments of Joy
Finding calm and happiness in our busy lives
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If you’re looking for #festive gifts, ‘The #Cookbook’ is a great stocking filler. It sends as large letter rather than than small parcel rate (in the UK) so a definite bonus for your pocket.

Currently on #offer for my last few copies. Can post with a message to your recipient.

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December 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Or even my #smallmomentsofjoy 🙄 I blame the lack of sleep!
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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I don’t tend to post here on a Sunday but if you’re remotely interested in my #smallmomentsifjoy for #advent yesterday’s was my train being 17 minutes late - had it been on time, I wouldn’t have caught it as my flight was delayed by and hour.
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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This week in The Book Bag, Make Up My Mind by Leia Butler brings all the colour in this hybrid visual poetry collection.

A marvel of a book with wit, humour and an exploration of self and society.

Also news, opps, the playlist, plus Mrs S picks a bonus favourite piece.

Take 5 minutes out...
The Book Bag: Make Up My Mind by Leia Butler
Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. Well, what an exciting week. The Christmas Gift List went live last Sunday. If you haven’t read it yet, you can here. Feedback has been highly positive, and it could return in 2026. Let me know what you think. I was so happy to welcome December’s Poetic Voice, Sophie Dumont, who is kindly sharing work from her profound collection Sculling. Read the first part of the feature here. Also, Sculling is one of my picks in the Christmas Gift List.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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The third recording in my #AdventPoem series is my #poem Come, first published by the brilliant @zoomburst.substack.com as part of his Sixty Odd Poets initiative (text in the thread below👇).
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #christmas #advent
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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THE HILL: Highland landscape folk album fundraiser www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/thehillalb...
THE HILL: Highland landscape folk album fundraiser
To produce an album of new folk music celebrating the hills of Strathspey and the Cairngorms, with accompanying folklore booklet.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.

Please let’s get the word out.

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Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
THE Palestine Action hunger strike is on track to become the largest since the 1981 Irish republican protest led by Bobby Sands, yet campaigners say it has faced a “mainstream media blackout.”So far, ...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Blackbird with a gobstopper! 😁
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶

You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... 😊❤️
Blackbird in a tree in the process of swallowing a red berry surrounded by red berries
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Did u know? If you accidentally dig up or uncover a pupa in your outside space (the appearance of this one suggests that it'll emerge as a moth or butterfly) just pop them back where you found them - in the same place, at the same depth....and wish them luck on their journey... 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🦋
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Sunrises may be very late on December mornings this far north, but they certainly have their moments.
Sunrise over still water.
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Good morning, Bluesky. Dodgy gut yesterday and travelling to have a Xmas meal with my Ma and Sis today. Short on time so my #advent small moment of joy is my #dog on the beach for the first time by her choice and it’s also my #photooftheday Apologies for hubby! 😂

Have a good day

#scotland
#beach
Beach with pale sky and stratad cloud. Thin line of hilly land on the horizon. Mid and foreground gold sand Centre a brown dog(Cocker Spaniel) looking at the camera a long black lead held by a man, partially off camera, wearing black puffa jacket black shorts and fluorescent orange beaney hat
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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This week’s post is a bit more upbeat, no less real. Grab a cuppa, grab a read.

drnaturegirl.substack.com/p/small-mome...

#joy #momentsofjoy #blog
Small Moments of Joy
Finding calm and happiness in our busy lives
drnaturegirl.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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I’ve a wee Christmas take in this bumper anthology. It’s not your average collection. Take a look and buy a copy here

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December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Rites & Trials: Coming of Age Poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk is doing marvellously well

- congratulations to @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk ‪@louisepoetical.bsky.social @rburrows.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
@johnadlam.bsky.social

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December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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This week’s post is a bit more upbeat, no less real. Grab a cuppa, grab a read.

drnaturegirl.substack.com/p/small-mome...

#joy #momentsofjoy #blog
Small Moments of Joy
Finding calm and happiness in our busy lives
drnaturegirl.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Today’s #PoemsAbout #Imp is inspired by this friendly neighbourhood imp that seemed to pause with many-a-impish thought a wee bit longer than its squirrelly self.
Thank you for reading! 🙏💫

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#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poetry
the other side of Moon — nutsquirly - C. Oulens “you gotta be nuttin’ me!” . . . . . . “the ‘other side’ don’t look that . . . different, dude!” An image showing a squirrel perched on the edge of a high concrete tiled pavement looking at the other side… the image does not show what is on the other side
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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#PoemsAbout #Imps #Resist @thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reel in the comments
YOU’RE A MEAN ONE, MR. TRUMP It was already Halloween everyday in the States, senile, sadistic dictator, Jerk O’Lantern painted face, hellfire glowing through his jealous eye holes, but now that it’s safe to say Merry Christmas again the stone cold crypto miser body snatches the Grinch, MAGA hatted anti-Santa strapping fake antlers on his little Johnson, whipping the bedraggled pet to pull his stolen sleigh, piled high with contraband, East wing rubble, twenty-eight Barbies, hungry children’s empty plates, stuffed soybean silos, broken families in separate cages, jobs, jobs reports, healthcare, ceasefires, issues nobody knew were so complicated, international trust, diplomas, nurses, vaccine syringes, cancer, loyalty oaths, habeas corpus, the rule of law, the rules of engagement, SSECRETARY Smegma’s fog of war, and good will toward women. Merry fucking Christmas, America.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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My contribution this week has stumbled out of my brain pre-rhymed.

Looking forward to reading your impish poetry later.

#poetrycomunity #poetry #PoemsAbout #imps #alttext
#photography #streetart

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NETHERSENT half past four, I need to roar beyond shadowy, elusive domes hands grasping ancient wing-like tomes kissed you twice then let you go one can't entice a soul who sews threading their fate to own, not change dreams turning gates twisted, deranged small hours, yet lost hope revealed unbound it settled — promised deals where heads keep turning they arose from nettles wild lust fueled this burning desire matching gaze like embers, lurking inside since late September a wish, a whisper and some signs glittering stars seemed to align when treachery reached peaks of sorrow, nobody owed me my tomorrow, yet creature comfort sought and found — writ(h)ing in darkness lacking sight or sound approaching dawn winds kissed and went — bewildered feelings nethersent Matthias Geh Graffiti, one is reading: Don't be cool Be warm
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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This #PoemsAbout #Imps is rooted in a particular history, but it speaks to anyone who's ever felt their truth diminished, distorted, or dismissed. It’s for those reclaiming what was reduced and remembering what was hidden. #Speirgorm @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Unshrinking the Leprechaun They made us feel small, a tidy colonial trick: shrink what unsettles you, dress it in whimsy, market it as charm. A whole inheritance flattened into fairytale. A grin nailed to a shameful story. But compression. brings a pressure that one day breaks the spell And then the hedgerows unlearn their taming, the smallness stirs splinters at the edges, height returning, anger breathing, a presence too large for the joke that tried to hold it. Refusing to stay small. Refusing their language. Refusing the lie. Gold is what we find beneath the bright disguise, when a history, long hidden, steps forward
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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They’re loose: #PoemsAbout #Imps is live.
From now ‘til Thursday, write your chaos.
Use Alt Text. Tag your post.
#TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché
Read, repost, reply to 3+.
Krampus is watching.
Inbox prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
A shadowy, menacing figure resembling Krampus stands with glowing white eyes and gnarled horns. The scene is low-lit and atmospheric. Top left: The Broken Spine logo. Top right: "@thebrokenspine.co.uk". Bottom right reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #IMPS".
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Morning Friday
here’s my little “throwaway” poem for
#PoemsAbout #Imp and this poem is about somebody’s nostrils
thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk have a great weekend everyone everywhere
#poems #poetry #nostrils 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Morning! I’m not sure what flu-fuelled babble I’m offering here - I hope it makes sense. My #PoemsAbout #Imps is about a child who used to apparently bring me up in hives. Sorry it’s nothing more cerebral! Best wishes @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry Happy Friday!
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Scared eyes
shining in the dark,
a shuffle in the shadows,
the malodorous stench
of fear.

I've got her,
I've got her...

#poemsabout #imps

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December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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For this week's tricky #PoemsAbout #Imps @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk with thanks to all. (Reposted with correct #!)
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Today’s #smallmomentofjoy for #advent is our wee dog, curled happily on my lap. Definitely up there on the scale.
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM