Helen Baczkowska
@helenb92.bsky.social
My first book Twyford Rising, is a story of land and resistance. My second is on the many lives of Britain's common lands - the past and present lives, the tamed and the wild ones.
http://helenbaczkowska.com
http://helenbaczkowska.com
Indeed. My firewood all from coppice, pollards, siding up unsafe trees on footpaths or those growing over ponds etc. No trees actually killed off! We fight over who does the log splitting in my house!
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Indeed. My firewood all from coppice, pollards, siding up unsafe trees on footpaths or those growing over ponds etc. No trees actually killed off! We fight over who does the log splitting in my house!
Loving the gusting wind and grey drizzle today, justifies coffee in bed, then warming up be splitting some firewood and coming back in feeling satisfied and damp. Simple pleasures.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Loving the gusting wind and grey drizzle today, justifies coffee in bed, then warming up be splitting some firewood and coming back in feeling satisfied and damp. Simple pleasures.
I read his memoirs when was 14. How they have influenced my life.
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I read his memoirs when was 14. How they have influenced my life.
I read this today and Wilfred Owen's Futility, which says it all.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I read this today and Wilfred Owen's Futility, which says it all.
Looking forward to being on the discussion panel for this in Norwich on Nov 19th
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Looking forward to being on the discussion panel for this in Norwich on Nov 19th
So sorry to hear this - hope it heals quickly!
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So sorry to hear this - hope it heals quickly!