Mair Rigby
@mairsrambles.bsky.social
Tea drinker, nature lover, big reader. Enjoys walking, cooking, music. Works in HE in Wales. Vol sector background. Interested in engagement, research, reflective practice & wellbeing. Views my own! 🏴 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/mairerigby
I had a lovely morning participating in the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'History, Memory, Resistance: Section 28 in Wales' event in Cardiff. I was quite nervous going in honestly, but it was a really warm and healing space.
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I had a lovely morning participating in the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'History, Memory, Resistance: Section 28 in Wales' event in Cardiff. I was quite nervous going in honestly, but it was a really warm and healing space.
Saw a good Sheela Na Gig in Church Stretton
September 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Saw a good Sheela Na Gig in Church Stretton
Back from a lovely little walking holiday in the Shropshire hills.
September 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Back from a lovely little walking holiday in the Shropshire hills.
Spotted a stunning red admiral butterfly in the park
September 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Spotted a stunning red admiral butterfly in the park
Reading this for next @doersandimprovers.bsky.social bookclub as I travel around for work this week.
September 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Reading this for next @doersandimprovers.bsky.social bookclub as I travel around for work this week.
Throwing Muses on 🔥 in Cardiff tonight.
August 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Throwing Muses on 🔥 in Cardiff tonight.
Beautiful small copper butterfly.
August 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Beautiful small copper butterfly.
Call for submissions: Unblock Magazine. 'Unblock is a new magazine with a focus on the voices and experiences of female academics of black and/or racially minoritised backgrounds. Deadline 15 September. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
August 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Call for submissions: Unblock Magazine. 'Unblock is a new magazine with a focus on the voices and experiences of female academics of black and/or racially minoritised backgrounds. Deadline 15 September. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
I love hornet mimic hoverflies.
"Grrr I'm a big scary hornet, yes I am".
"Grrr I'm a big scary hornet, yes I am".
July 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I love hornet mimic hoverflies.
"Grrr I'm a big scary hornet, yes I am".
"Grrr I'm a big scary hornet, yes I am".
Need to remember to put my feet on the grass every now and then.
July 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Need to remember to put my feet on the grass every now and then.
Absolute gem of a blue butterfly basking in Cathays Cemetery this morning.
July 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Absolute gem of a blue butterfly basking in Cathays Cemetery this morning.
Having a day off. Visited one of my favourite tree friends. This oak in Roath Park Wild Gardens
July 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Having a day off. Visited one of my favourite tree friends. This oak in Roath Park Wild Gardens
Really liked this collection of poems. Powerful, deeply personal and political, and all about being alive.
Joy Harjo, 'She Had Some Horses' (1983)
Joy Harjo, 'She Had Some Horses' (1983)
June 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Really liked this collection of poems. Powerful, deeply personal and political, and all about being alive.
Joy Harjo, 'She Had Some Horses' (1983)
Joy Harjo, 'She Had Some Horses' (1983)
Time to make the most of one of my favourite things, early summer morning walks.
June 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Time to make the most of one of my favourite things, early summer morning walks.
I made banana bread and it smells great.
June 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I made banana bread and it smells great.
Lots of bird activity in Cathays Cemetery this morning. Blackbirds and wrens singing. Goldcrests and tits in the trees. Flash of green woodpecker.
June 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Lots of bird activity in Cathays Cemetery this morning. Blackbirds and wrens singing. Goldcrests and tits in the trees. Flash of green woodpecker.
Gofod 3 the biggest voluntary sector event in Wales is taking place on 2 July gofod3.cymru
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Gofod 3 the biggest voluntary sector event in Wales is taking place on 2 July gofod3.cymru
Lovely new yarn shop in Cardiff, but slightly concerned I might never see Andie again!
June 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Lovely new yarn shop in Cardiff, but slightly concerned I might never see Andie again!
Roath Park swan family doing well. All 8 still accounted for if not the picture.
June 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Roath Park swan family doing well. All 8 still accounted for if not the picture.
Incredible gig from Throwing Muses in Bristol tonight @throwingmuses.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Incredible gig from Throwing Muses in Bristol tonight @throwingmuses.bsky.social
Three good things
- Nice, quiet day working at home
- Feeling relieved after a bit of good news which has reduced my stress levels
- Saw a swan at the park with 8 signets
- Nice, quiet day working at home
- Feeling relieved after a bit of good news which has reduced my stress levels
- Saw a swan at the park with 8 signets
May 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Three good things
- Nice, quiet day working at home
- Feeling relieved after a bit of good news which has reduced my stress levels
- Saw a swan at the park with 8 signets
- Nice, quiet day working at home
- Feeling relieved after a bit of good news which has reduced my stress levels
- Saw a swan at the park with 8 signets
Lots of goslings in Roath Park at the moment 😍. One pair have nine!
May 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Lots of goslings in Roath Park at the moment 😍. One pair have nine!