Clare Lavery
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Clare Lavery
@clerotto.bsky.social
Creative writer, content creator ,Linguist ,trainer, activist
Human Rights campaigner, Against all forms of violence against women & children
Interested in systems reform & healing from trauma & adversity in education & communities
Language Matters
Reposted by Clare Lavery
Paul Evans
Winter Solstice (2022)
Ink and acrylic
24 x 22 in
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Advent 21 #TraLeDecorazioni

..the charm of a Victorian cottage fire with the heady scent of Vanilla from a Milanese Panettone 💛

Life is all about combining & compromise
Create moments you will remember wherever you find yourself

Life is Combinations
youtu.be/vpTlDXbvdbo?...
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Frost & Snow metaphors abound

21 December #WinterSolstice

“when the earth begins to waken under the kiss of light, when new hopes rise in frozen hearts”.

From darkness to Light
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#WinterSolstice

Watching this Story I hear echoes of battles with misogynistic narratives created by State powers in 🇮🇹
the cowardly judiciary & Police in🇬🇧 unable to openly challenge absurdities & human rights abuses
@dradriennebarnett.bsky.social @unsrvaw.bsky.social
@sheraresearch.bsky.social
Writing Wrongs
Righting Wrongs

Solidarity today with all women imprisoned in false narratives of the State and deprived of contact with their children

Hard watch today
Drama based on story of Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#VentagliInLibertà
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Writing Wrongs
Righting Wrongs

Solidarity today with all women imprisoned in false narratives of the State and deprived of contact with their children

Hard watch today
Drama based on story of Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#VentagliInLibertà
December 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Each Solstice we bring in
Nature’s Light
What once seemed dead
Brought back to Life
The Oranges dried
Holly cut
Berries red
The hedgerows come alive

Today I start my decorations
My way

#WinterSolstice
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Digging out candles
Finding those fairy lights
The longest night is here
So light every room
As the Irish say ☘️
Put a Candle in every window
Light the Way 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯

#TraLeDecorazioni #WinterSolstice
December 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Lady Grey Solstice Tea

Thinking how handy my lemons are for making tea & for making table decorations

Bring light into your house for Others

#TraLeDecorazioni #WinterSolstice
December 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My 25 year old hand painted pine cone reminds me every Solstice that time is circular
All things do pass 💫
We are better climbers than we give ourselves credit for

La Sera dei Miracoli
youtu.be/ZlZEo7AYNq0?...

Highland climbers
Alpine Decorations
#TraLeDecorazioni nasce Luce
Image
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
On the darkest night
Make a pact
With the Light
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's all Invisible
Anything we assume?
It's a projection
Writers keep their motivations
Invisible
#VentagliInLibertà

Maybe they are Running up that Hill
Running up that building
Do you want to feel how it feels?

Kate Bush
youtu.be/shDwvhYfvcE?...
December 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#VentagliInLibertà @VentagliP

Feel FREE to be Invisible
Walk free
In an endless sky.......

'We went to the top of the highest hill
and stopped STILL
it was just so beautiful'

Kate Bush
youtu.be/U2ALPRaRhn0?...

Piemonte Advent in an endless sky of Honey
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#VentagliInLibertà @VentagliP

Feel FREE to be Invisible
Feel it in your step
Take a pinch of Keyhole
Invisible is a benefit
Embrace the gift

'Is that the wind from the desert song?
Is that the autumn leaf falling?
Or is that you walking home?'
Kate Bush
youtu.be/IPPlV-J_598?...
December 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
There's always one
drawn to a different path
December 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Advent 20 Connections

‘and if ever i touched a life that life knows
that i know that touching was & still is and will always be the true
revolution’

Nikki Giovanni

At this time of year it’s even more important to value connection

Reach Out & Touch
youtu.be/tCsSP33g75s?...
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reposted by Clare Lavery
“This is not a blog to debate whether or not survivors of #CSA within the family should cut off contact with their families. It’s a post to acknowledge that neither decision is easy. Both come with challenges - mainly a huge amount of sadness or grief”

www.theflyingchild.com/post/dear-su...

#csa
Dear Survivor at Christmas: A Survivor's Take on Surviving Christmas
This is not a blog to debate whether or not survivors of CSA within the family should or shouldn't cut off all contact with their families. It’s a post to acknowledge that neither decision is an easy ...
www.theflyingchild.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our Advent Angel today from the Aosta Valley

View of Mont Blanc from Courmayer - gave seminars for teachers here. Many times up the mountain too
Time for a return visit

Hear the Angels sing
youtu.be/dgGc5r6cSuk?...

Ottaviano Nelli 1375 Angel
December 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Butterfly Effect Thread 🧵

Beauty in a Wing Beat
Inspiring Art & Literature

The Beating of Her Wings
youtu.be/CCiJqPsDxL4?...

Alpine Museum Usseglio
Le Farfalle di Guido Gozzano
December 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Advent Day 19 We had a butterfly day

Butterfly pages fly in formation, like angels on the wing.
Words revealed, words hidden, concealed
sentences light with purpose, weightless as parchment
May this season bring joy in reading
Inspiring creativity

Write and release

Tree made from proof pages
December 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Clare Lavery
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Reposted by Clare Lavery
When a man says he hears angels singing,
he hears angels singing.

~Mary Oliver
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This is so true. Reclaiming your peace is the best gift you can give yourself & your children. Dealing with the drama & continued chaos created by a man whose childhood was chaotic & unsettling is a minefield. You need a man and adult collaborator, not a man-child
An abuser will create chaos, watch you try to fix it, and then use your reaction against you.

They’ll focus on the smoke you couldn’t contain and ignore the fire they started. 🔥🚩

#DomesticAbuse
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
'these people are remarkable-
they have magnets inside their heads,
they go where they have to.

They know the glow of the snow
on the water, the sea as a glimmer,
the mountains as blades in the sky'

Clare Shaw
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
For all who gather apples
Have a joyful few days if you can
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM