Shona Ray

I keep accidentally writing haikus during mindfulness meditations: A thought on Twitter Passes on, quick as storm clouds Bringing in the rain Does writing a poem count as doing or being? #haiku #poetry #amwriting #mindfulness #being #doing

Some biologists have discovered this strange tree in New Zealand. According to experts, it is heading to Isengard to destroy Saruman.

“I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.” — Franz Kafka

"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand—and melting like a snowflake." ~ Francis Bacon Rays of Light in the Forest 🎨 Igor Sakharov

Please, read books. Not just captions, or carousel posts, or what made it to the top of your feed. Read books. Long ones. Complex ones. You cannot build a mind with weight on the back of social media ephemerals. Intellectual depth demands patience.

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." - C.S. Lewis (art: Natalya Mosyagina)

Ed Perkins

"Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." - Elizabeth Lawrence

Cecil Kennedy 🖌 Christmas Roses {detail}

Björn Bernström (Swedish Artist, born 1966) "Creek", 2024. Watercolor Painting .

@Clare_Draycott @franquinn 🤣🤣🤣

@Clare_Draycott @franquinn Loads of fake accounts starting to join there now... my bot follower count has sky-rocketed (pun not intended but pleasantly surprising 😄)

@ReaRhine_ Well if you don't feel Christmassy before then, you certainly will after!

Just booked my ticket for the sing-along screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol at the Prince Charles Cinema on Christmas Eve! 🙌🎅

Genuine question: what are assessors looking for in diversity writing opportunities? Quality of writing? Potential? Greatest need? Greatest commitment? A story about the diversity characteristic? A combination? The criteria are never set out in detail #WritingCommunity #writers

@kpbooksnstuff I know the feeling! It's like the less time I have the more I squeeze in

My O/H's away for the weekend. Perfect time to get on with my #writing, right? So far, I've binge-watched Netflix's The Perfect Couple, watched Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, & last night started stunning period drama Hotel Portofino (3 series, 18 episodes). So, yeah...😅 #notwriting

Art Nouveau doesn't get the attention it truly deserves. So here are 18 masterpieces that show its beauty, glamor and prestige... 🧵 1. Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, Mexico City (1899)

Thankful for my fellow writers, creatives, dreamers, for those of you who look challenging writing days in the face and say, “I’m not giving up. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.” Thankful for those of you with fighting spirits and warrior souls, laptops and big dreams. Write on

2013 temporary crochet installation by textile artist Carol Hummel #WomensArt

@AliceNebularis Ha! I did wonder about the scale!

@ShonaRayWrites It’s bigger than you think. facebook.com/share/v/14wEbF…

You walk through the woods and you find this structure. What are your thoughts?

@BexBookaholic Used to love those! We lived near the Cadbury factory in Bourneville so went quite a lot 😋

Top tier purchase made yesterday. If anyone needs me, I'll be in my library...