Clare Bonetree
@blooyonder.bsky.social
Poetry, trees, active hope, fairness, equality, Herefordshire; also: mental health, rheumatoid arthritis, disability, anarchism, radical hope
Bringing together #StandingStoneSunday with #SelfEsteemSunday (is that a thing? It is now) here's a pic from September trip to Avebury, the furthest I had driven to date
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Bringing together #StandingStoneSunday with #SelfEsteemSunday (is that a thing? It is now) here's a pic from September trip to Avebury, the furthest I had driven to date
Practical Support for Palestinian-led Projects, online conference October 23 @ 18:30h Palestine time / 17:30h CET / 16:30h UK time. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Practical Support for Palestinian-led Projects, online conference October 23 @ 18:30h Palestine time / 17:30h CET / 16:30h UK time. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Some friends have been involved in co-ordinating this - a chance to hear from Palestinian folks organising on the ground about the support they need: bit.ly/48BX371
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some friends have been involved in co-ordinating this - a chance to hear from Palestinian folks organising on the ground about the support they need: bit.ly/48BX371
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Quite depressed by lefty friends talking about need to understand people who just want change but aren't racist (but somehow ended up on a racist march organised by a convicted racist). No. You can hold space [for dialogue] and have hard boundaries. c.f. the abhaya mudra. Aka the No Pasaran mudra
September 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Quite depressed by lefty friends talking about need to understand people who just want change but aren't racist (but somehow ended up on a racist march organised by a convicted racist). No. You can hold space [for dialogue] and have hard boundaries. c.f. the abhaya mudra. Aka the No Pasaran mudra
Herefordshire poets: come along to this open mic and fundraiser next month 10th October at Leominster Library, bring a poem & sign up on the night. £6, dm me to book a tkt :-)
September 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Herefordshire poets: come along to this open mic and fundraiser next month 10th October at Leominster Library, bring a poem & sign up on the night. £6, dm me to book a tkt :-)
Just to point out that one of these was planning for a disabled child's future, and one of these has spent the week trying to persuade a foreign government to apply economic pressure on his own country
September 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just to point out that one of these was planning for a disabled child's future, and one of these has spent the week trying to persuade a foreign government to apply economic pressure on his own country
This makes it look like the named party is effectively dictating government policy.
August 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This makes it look like the named party is effectively dictating government policy.
However it does seem to have emboldened local haters. And a warm community response in return...
August 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
However it does seem to have emboldened local haters. And a warm community response in return...
I confess to a kind of morbid fascination with these celebrity family feud stories (Beckhams, royal family, etc) - I just wish I could get rich of my own family's dysfunction(s)!
August 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I confess to a kind of morbid fascination with these celebrity family feud stories (Beckhams, royal family, etc) - I just wish I could get rich of my own family's dysfunction(s)!
Number crunching: Monthly cut to universal credit for newly sick and disabled claimants from 2026
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social out now.
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social out now.
August 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Number crunching: Monthly cut to universal credit for newly sick and disabled claimants from 2026
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social out now.
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social out now.
either there's something wrong with their assessments, or they are misreading the assessments, because this is bs
August 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
either there's something wrong with their assessments, or they are misreading the assessments, because this is bs
I haven't read it, but a quirky YA of my acquaintance recommends this
August 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I haven't read it, but a quirky YA of my acquaintance recommends this
I highly recommend this (and don't let it put you off a trip to Leominster)
June 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I highly recommend this (and don't let it put you off a trip to Leominster)
What better way to mark the Solstice in the Welsh Marches than with an open air acoustic open mic celebrating the region's lovely river systems. All welcome, bring a poem / song / story about rivers (or river-related) and a picnic blanket & water, sunscreen. 21st June, 3-5pm, at the standing stones
June 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What better way to mark the Solstice in the Welsh Marches than with an open air acoustic open mic celebrating the region's lovely river systems. All welcome, bring a poem / song / story about rivers (or river-related) and a picnic blanket & water, sunscreen. 21st June, 3-5pm, at the standing stones
What better way to mark the Solstice in the Welsh Marches than with an open air acoustic open mic celebrating the region's lovely river systems... All welcome, bring a poem / song / story about rivers (or river-related) and a picnic blanket & water + sunscreen :-)
June 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What better way to mark the Solstice in the Welsh Marches than with an open air acoustic open mic celebrating the region's lovely river systems... All welcome, bring a poem / song / story about rivers (or river-related) and a picnic blanket & water + sunscreen :-)
Reading 'Is A River Alive' @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social before Leominster Eisteddfod next Saturday - an open air open mic on the banks of the Lugg, celebrating the rivers of the Marches, including of course the Wye. Thinking to open with Robert M's Riversong... Suggestions for more river poems pls?
June 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reading 'Is A River Alive' @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social before Leominster Eisteddfod next Saturday - an open air open mic on the banks of the Lugg, celebrating the rivers of the Marches, including of course the Wye. Thinking to open with Robert M's Riversong... Suggestions for more river poems pls?
Does anyone know why Grange Court Towers in Leeds are labelled right to left instead of L to R? i.e backwards
June 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Does anyone know why Grange Court Towers in Leeds are labelled right to left instead of L to R? i.e backwards
Thanks to St James hospital in Leeds and Psychologies magazine for this invaluable information. Clearly a movement is underway, and I intend to join forthwith
June 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Thanks to St James hospital in Leeds and Psychologies magazine for this invaluable information. Clearly a movement is underway, and I intend to join forthwith
Ah this picture takes me back 20 years... was that the intention @theguardian.com ?
June 4, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Ah this picture takes me back 20 years... was that the intention @theguardian.com ?
I do love Old Trafford
May 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I do love Old Trafford
If you can, get to London for the Mass Lobby against Disability Benefits Cuts on 21st May, to lobby your MP against the cuts. @disrightsuk.bsky.social and @inclusionlondon.bsky.social for more information #MassLobbyAgainstDisabilityCuts
May 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you can, get to London for the Mass Lobby against Disability Benefits Cuts on 21st May, to lobby your MP against the cuts. @disrightsuk.bsky.social and @inclusionlondon.bsky.social for more information #MassLobbyAgainstDisabilityCuts
Is it just me or do these contrails look pink white and blue to you too?!
May 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is it just me or do these contrails look pink white and blue to you too?!
The Bookish Type in Leeds has some - and coincidentally it's Independent Bookshop day, so no better time to order yours!
April 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Bookish Type in Leeds has some - and coincidentally it's Independent Bookshop day, so no better time to order yours!
Also in today's Post, because although wearing badges is not enough, it's a good place to start #transally #transrights
April 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Also in today's Post, because although wearing badges is not enough, it's a good place to start #transally #transrights