Bev Stevens
@bevstev.bsky.social
Worker in words. Kiwi creative nonfiction writer / web editor. designit.co.nz
Happiness is a path with grass down the middle.
Happiness is a path with grass down the middle.
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"I knew that what I had was saggy and bloated, not sufficiently coherent or compelling to be publishable. The main problem, I thought, was how to structure and organise the pieces. I started borrowing memoirs from the library." ~ Beverley Stevens brevity.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/a...
A River Runs Through My Memoir-in-Essays
By Beverley Stevens I have at last found a book—actually two books—that are close to what I envisage for the memoir I’m working on. Finding these models feels like a validation and fuels my not-so-…
brevity.wordpress.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"I knew that what I had was saggy and bloated, not sufficiently coherent or compelling to be publishable. The main problem, I thought, was how to structure and organise the pieces. I started borrowing memoirs from the library." ~ Beverley Stevens brevity.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/a...
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Sending support to TEU members at the University of Waikato in this morning's strike action: teu.ac.nz/news/teu-mem...
Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa | TEU members to strike at University of Waikato
<p data-block-key="wuu4h">TEU members will strike at The University of Waikato on Friday, following eight months of negotiations, and a mediation session, that have yielded little movement from the em...
teu.ac.nz
May 23, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Sending support to TEU members at the University of Waikato in this morning's strike action: teu.ac.nz/news/teu-mem...
Thrilled to have this article published on the Brevity Blog about how much I'm willing to reveal and publish about family dramas and difficult relationships in my writing. Not Telling It All ift.tt/QGrAPvh
March 10, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Thrilled to have this article published on the Brevity Blog about how much I'm willing to reveal and publish about family dramas and difficult relationships in my writing. Not Telling It All ift.tt/QGrAPvh
Today’s #RāmereShorts words were:
magic, sliced, dusty, nylon, wooden, sugar
Wooden spoon stirs dark chocolate
Nylon sieve shakes dusty icing sugar
On sliced strawberries
As hands work their magic
For Zac’s first Xmas
magic, sliced, dusty, nylon, wooden, sugar
Wooden spoon stirs dark chocolate
Nylon sieve shakes dusty icing sugar
On sliced strawberries
As hands work their magic
For Zac’s first Xmas
December 1, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Today’s #RāmereShorts words were:
magic, sliced, dusty, nylon, wooden, sugar
Wooden spoon stirs dark chocolate
Nylon sieve shakes dusty icing sugar
On sliced strawberries
As hands work their magic
For Zac’s first Xmas
magic, sliced, dusty, nylon, wooden, sugar
Wooden spoon stirs dark chocolate
Nylon sieve shakes dusty icing sugar
On sliced strawberries
As hands work their magic
For Zac’s first Xmas
Today’s #RāmereShorts words were: lightly, carry, stirring, long, grass, five, us.
The five of us sit
A little apart
Amidst long grass
Sighing lightly as the packs we carry
Are cast aside
In favour of stirring views
And lunch
#AkaroaWalk
The five of us sit
A little apart
Amidst long grass
Sighing lightly as the packs we carry
Are cast aside
In favour of stirring views
And lunch
#AkaroaWalk
November 16, 2023 at 10:00 PM
Today’s #RāmereShorts words were: lightly, carry, stirring, long, grass, five, us.
The five of us sit
A little apart
Amidst long grass
Sighing lightly as the packs we carry
Are cast aside
In favour of stirring views
And lunch
#AkaroaWalk
The five of us sit
A little apart
Amidst long grass
Sighing lightly as the packs we carry
Are cast aside
In favour of stirring views
And lunch
#AkaroaWalk
Today's words in the #RāmereShorts game over on the other side are: dry, light, birds, chip, scent, trucks
The light fades & birds trill
Drying grass & burning wood chips scent the night
The quiet of a perfect evening
Undisturbed
Til trucks rattle by
#RāmereShorts #suburbia
The light fades & birds trill
Drying grass & burning wood chips scent the night
The quiet of a perfect evening
Undisturbed
Til trucks rattle by
#RāmereShorts #suburbia
November 9, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Today's words in the #RāmereShorts game over on the other side are: dry, light, birds, chip, scent, trucks
The light fades & birds trill
Drying grass & burning wood chips scent the night
The quiet of a perfect evening
Undisturbed
Til trucks rattle by
#RāmereShorts #suburbia
The light fades & birds trill
Drying grass & burning wood chips scent the night
The quiet of a perfect evening
Undisturbed
Til trucks rattle by
#RāmereShorts #suburbia
Reposted by Bev Stevens
Reposted by Bev Stevens
One of my favourite Scots words is tartle, which describes that moment of hesitation or panic while you're desperately trying to remember someone's name (when greeting or introducing them). I especially like it because it always makes me think of this brilliant Edward Steed drawing...
October 18, 2023 at 1:36 PM
One of my favourite Scots words is tartle, which describes that moment of hesitation or panic while you're desperately trying to remember someone's name (when greeting or introducing them). I especially like it because it always makes me think of this brilliant Edward Steed drawing...
Today's words in Read NZ Te Pou Muramura's #RāmereShorts game are eyelashes, weekend, consistency, muse, scent, basket.
An editor muses
It’s eyelashes, not eye lashes
At the weekend, not on
Scent, not perfume
Don’t put it in the too-hard basket
Consistency is all
#RāmereShorts
An editor muses
It’s eyelashes, not eye lashes
At the weekend, not on
Scent, not perfume
Don’t put it in the too-hard basket
Consistency is all
#RāmereShorts
October 26, 2023 at 10:17 PM
Today's words in Read NZ Te Pou Muramura's #RāmereShorts game are eyelashes, weekend, consistency, muse, scent, basket.
An editor muses
It’s eyelashes, not eye lashes
At the weekend, not on
Scent, not perfume
Don’t put it in the too-hard basket
Consistency is all
#RāmereShorts
An editor muses
It’s eyelashes, not eye lashes
At the weekend, not on
Scent, not perfume
Don’t put it in the too-hard basket
Consistency is all
#RāmereShorts
The one reason I haven’t fully eXited: the Friday game from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. The challenge: to write something in 140 characters including the day's six words. Today's were: fourteen, confession, properly, examine, sticky, coffee. #RāmereShorts
October 13, 2023 at 1:43 AM
The one reason I haven’t fully eXited: the Friday game from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. The challenge: to write something in 140 characters including the day's six words. Today's were: fourteen, confession, properly, examine, sticky, coffee. #RāmereShorts
Fourteen properly made sticky toffees
Went missing before coffee was served
No confession forthcoming
No evidence to examine
The mystery remains
#RāmereShorts
Went missing before coffee was served
No confession forthcoming
No evidence to examine
The mystery remains
#RāmereShorts
October 13, 2023 at 12:08 AM
Fourteen properly made sticky toffees
Went missing before coffee was served
No confession forthcoming
No evidence to examine
The mystery remains
#RāmereShorts
Went missing before coffee was served
No confession forthcoming
No evidence to examine
The mystery remains
#RāmereShorts
Wordle 846 2/6*
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
It's going to be a good day.
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
It's going to be a good day.
October 12, 2023 at 11:10 AM
Wordle 846 2/6*
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
It's going to be a good day.
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
It's going to be a good day.
Voted today in the bellwether seat of Hutt South; hope the rest of the flock decide to follow me.
October 11, 2023 at 6:53 AM
Voted today in the bellwether seat of Hutt South; hope the rest of the flock decide to follow me.
So disappointing on a cold night to jump into bed and find the electric blanket was set to 1, not 3.
October 11, 2023 at 1:01 AM
So disappointing on a cold night to jump into bed and find the electric blanket was set to 1, not 3.
Winston could be deputy PM. Trump could be US House speaker. What's the world coming to, I can't help exclaiming.
October 5, 2023 at 5:27 AM
Winston could be deputy PM. Trump could be US House speaker. What's the world coming to, I can't help exclaiming.
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I'll try not to get addicted to MAFS UK, but I don't rate my chances.
October 2, 2023 at 7:05 AM
I'll try not to get addicted to MAFS UK, but I don't rate my chances.
Tree in 'fullest, richest bloom' in 2018. It's not there yet this year
September 30, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Tree in 'fullest, richest bloom' in 2018. It's not there yet this year
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I'm turning into one of those people who eat peanut butter straight from the jar. (I blame work stress.)
September 28, 2023 at 4:53 AM
I'm turning into one of those people who eat peanut butter straight from the jar. (I blame work stress.)
Best most enjoyable political debate I've seen for a long time last night.
September 27, 2023 at 11:58 PM
Best most enjoyable political debate I've seen for a long time last night.
Hello. I've arrived. Thanks to the code-sharers.
September 27, 2023 at 8:41 AM
Hello. I've arrived. Thanks to the code-sharers.