Life on the Edge
@jtbostock.bsky.social
Living in #StLeonards on sea, interested in #Ceramics, #Art, #Photography, #History, #Literature, #Music and all things under the sun.
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I’ve been writing Haiku for a year now, but still consider myself to be a novice in that regard. You can imagine then that I am over the moon to have two of my #haiku published by British Haiku Society, first in the autumn edition of Blithe Spirit and also in an anthology on the theme of hope.
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’ve been writing Haiku for a year now, but still consider myself to be a novice in that regard. You can imagine then that I am over the moon to have two of my #haiku published by British Haiku Society, first in the autumn edition of Blithe Spirit and also in an anthology on the theme of hope.
I captured a Speckled Wood butterfly on our our Pyrocantha bush. It’s as though they were made for each other.
#speckledwood #pyrocantha #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe ##stleonardsonsea #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #naturephotos #naturephotography
#speckledwood #pyrocantha #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe ##stleonardsonsea #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #naturephotos #naturephotography
May 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I captured a Speckled Wood butterfly on our our Pyrocantha bush. It’s as though they were made for each other.
#speckledwood #pyrocantha #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe ##stleonardsonsea #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #naturephotos #naturephotography
#speckledwood #pyrocantha #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe ##stleonardsonsea #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #naturephotos #naturephotography
This is the story of a buried treasure trove of collective memory, a place called Doggerland, with a meaning and resonance for us today, in our age of anxiety and man made climate breakdown, a metaphor for loss and perhaps hope.
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Doggerland in the Age of Anxiety
This is the story of a buried treasure trove of collective memory, a place called Doggerland, its resonance for us today in this age of anxiety and man made climate breakdown, and a metaphor for lo…
life-on-the-edge.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is the story of a buried treasure trove of collective memory, a place called Doggerland, with a meaning and resonance for us today, in our age of anxiety and man made climate breakdown, a metaphor for loss and perhaps hope.
life-on-the-edge.org/2025/05/29/d...
life-on-the-edge.org/2025/05/29/d...
One of my favourite views and a haiku in these dark times:
menacing skies / tranquil sea / a thin line of hope
#stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #beachyhead #stleonardsonsea
menacing skies / tranquil sea / a thin line of hope
#stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #beachyhead #stleonardsonsea
April 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One of my favourite views and a haiku in these dark times:
menacing skies / tranquil sea / a thin line of hope
#stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #beachyhead #stleonardsonsea
menacing skies / tranquil sea / a thin line of hope
#stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #beachyhead #stleonardsonsea
In spite of everything there’s always snowdrops 🙏
out of the dead earth
a carpet of snowdrops
dancing maidens
snowdrops surging
signalling spring
serendipity
#haiku #haikupoetry #snowdrops #spring #serendipity #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe
out of the dead earth
a carpet of snowdrops
dancing maidens
snowdrops surging
signalling spring
serendipity
#haiku #haikupoetry #snowdrops #spring #serendipity #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe
February 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
In spite of everything there’s always snowdrops 🙏
out of the dead earth
a carpet of snowdrops
dancing maidens
snowdrops surging
signalling spring
serendipity
#haiku #haikupoetry #snowdrops #spring #serendipity #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe
out of the dead earth
a carpet of snowdrops
dancing maidens
snowdrops surging
signalling spring
serendipity
#haiku #haikupoetry #snowdrops #spring #serendipity #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe
January 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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flat ocean surface
the unknown depths
of your mind
#dailyhaikuprompt - ocean
#haiku
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poem
#writing
#writingcommunity
January 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
flat ocean surface
the unknown depths
of your mind
#dailyhaikuprompt - ocean
#haiku
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poem
#writing
#writingcommunity
Inauguration Haiku:
“Two crows feeding
In the liminal space,
Harbingers of doom”
Crows have long been seen in folklore as heralds of doom and devastation.
#haiku #haikupoetry #crows #folklore
“Two crows feeding
In the liminal space,
Harbingers of doom”
Crows have long been seen in folklore as heralds of doom and devastation.
#haiku #haikupoetry #crows #folklore
January 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Inauguration Haiku:
“Two crows feeding
In the liminal space,
Harbingers of doom”
Crows have long been seen in folklore as heralds of doom and devastation.
#haiku #haikupoetry #crows #folklore
“Two crows feeding
In the liminal space,
Harbingers of doom”
Crows have long been seen in folklore as heralds of doom and devastation.
#haiku #haikupoetry #crows #folklore
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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January 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
‘Waiting for the Dinosaurs’. Very low tide at Eastbourne, looking like a prehistoric landscape.
#eastbourne #lowtide #eastbourneseafront
#eastbourne #lowtide #eastbourneseafront
January 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
‘Waiting for the Dinosaurs’. Very low tide at Eastbourne, looking like a prehistoric landscape.
#eastbourne #lowtide #eastbourneseafront
#eastbourne #lowtide #eastbourneseafront
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I visit graveyards,
libraries of lives checked out.
Hushed peace and quiet.
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#peace
#haiku
libraries of lives checked out.
Hushed peace and quiet.
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#peace
#haiku
January 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I visit graveyards,
libraries of lives checked out.
Hushed peace and quiet.
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#peace
#haiku
libraries of lives checked out.
Hushed peace and quiet.
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#peace
#haiku
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Another day, another sunset in St Leonards. Taken last Friday, before the storms.
#sunset #beachyhead #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #stleonards
#sunset #beachyhead #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #stleonards
January 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Another day, another sunset in St Leonards. Taken last Friday, before the storms.
#sunset #beachyhead #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #stleonards
#sunset #beachyhead #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea #stleonards
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©️Robynne Limoges from the series ‘Tango Dancers’.
Place des Vosges, Paris (triptych)
Place des Vosges, Paris (triptych)
January 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
©️Robynne Limoges from the series ‘Tango Dancers’.
Place des Vosges, Paris (triptych)
Place des Vosges, Paris (triptych)
“Hellebore, survivor,
Outliving cold January,
A winter blessing”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hellebore #lentenrose #januaryfrost #january #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea
Outliving cold January,
A winter blessing”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hellebore #lentenrose #januaryfrost #january #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea
January 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“Hellebore, survivor,
Outliving cold January,
A winter blessing”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hellebore #lentenrose #januaryfrost #january #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea
Outliving cold January,
A winter blessing”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hellebore #lentenrose #januaryfrost #january #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #lifeontheedgestleonardsonsea
“Freezing winter,
Deserted and desolate funfair,
The ghosts of small children”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hastingsoldtown #hastingsandstleonards
Deserted and desolate funfair,
The ghosts of small children”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hastingsoldtown #hastingsandstleonards
January 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Freezing winter,
Deserted and desolate funfair,
The ghosts of small children”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hastingsoldtown #hastingsandstleonards
Deserted and desolate funfair,
The ghosts of small children”
#haiku #haikupoetry #hastingsoldtown #hastingsandstleonards
Crescent moon and Venus over the Pyramids. I wish 😂 it’s just over a neighbour’s roof.
#crescentmoon #venus #stleonsrds
#crescentmoon #venus #stleonsrds
January 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Crescent moon and Venus over the Pyramids. I wish 😂 it’s just over a neighbour’s roof.
#crescentmoon #venus #stleonsrds
#crescentmoon #venus #stleonsrds
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©️Robynne Limoges ‘Winter Path’
January 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
©️Robynne Limoges ‘Winter Path’
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New Year's Eve aftermath, Grand Central Station, NYC by Leonard Freed (1969)
January 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
New Year's Eve aftermath, Grand Central Station, NYC by Leonard Freed (1969)
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I don’t just mourn for Jimmy Carter. I grieve for an America that at least claimed to value truth over tricks, bravery over bravado, conscience over conflict.
RIP JC, and all you stood for..
RIP JC, and all you stood for..
Archibald: Mourn Jimmy Carter, and grieve for America, too
That man lived with a depth and breadth today’s politicians will never match.
www.al.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:02 PM
I don’t just mourn for Jimmy Carter. I grieve for an America that at least claimed to value truth over tricks, bravery over bravado, conscience over conflict.
RIP JC, and all you stood for..
RIP JC, and all you stood for..
The lovely Plymbridge woods near Plymouth. During the spring, during the breeding season, Peregrine falcons can be seen nesting on the quarry face.
#nationaltrustsouthwest #plymbridgewoods
#nationaltrustsouthwest #plymbridgewoods
December 29, 2024 at 5:52 PM
The lovely Plymbridge woods near Plymouth. During the spring, during the breeding season, Peregrine falcons can be seen nesting on the quarry face.
#nationaltrustsouthwest #plymbridgewoods
#nationaltrustsouthwest #plymbridgewoods
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black schism —
all the wild cosmos
hung on winter branches
.
#vss365 (schism) #haiku #poetry #writing #naturewriting
📸 - valkenberg_photography
black schism —
all the wild cosmos
hung on winter branches
.
#vss365 (schism) #haiku #poetry #writing #naturewriting
📸 - valkenberg_photography
December 28, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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black schism —
all the wild cosmos
hung on winter branches
.
#vss365 (schism) #haiku #poetry #writing #naturewriting
📸 - valkenberg_photography
black schism —
all the wild cosmos
hung on winter branches
.
#vss365 (schism) #haiku #poetry #writing #naturewriting
📸 - valkenberg_photography