Tamsin L Grainger
@walknodonkey.bsky.social
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She/her walker author artist & Shiatsu giver. Edinburgh, Scotland https://www.tamsingrainger.com/ https://walkingwithoutadonkey.com/
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Happy Bookshop Day! Edinburgh Community Bkshop, Barcelona, Bethany, Topping (maybe) #bookshops
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Trad Autumn colours from 3 Oct walk as on the train today with unseasonal ones! #distancedrift
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community we got to be part of, so that when they were old enough to walk alone without me, they knew the safe places, the people who worked in them that they could call on in need, and how to negotiate any possible challenges. Literally becoming Street Wise.
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... follow, and close-read them. Inside their essays are gems like this by Helen Mort, writing on Melissa Febos and also on Annie Dillard (whose weasel writing I have spent many hours with, dredging for the ways she manages to engage me that viscerally.) 🙏
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"And I admire writers who are unafraid to show their own confusions, how their impressions and feelings often unsettle or undercut their deeply held beliefs."
I've decided that what you must do if you can't afford a Masters in Creative Writing, is to seek out the 'teachers',...
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The rather cool Ingleby Gallery #edinburgh with artwork just now by Aubrey Levinthal & Mia Kokkoni - both worth seeing #artexhibition #edinburghartfestival #miakokkoni #aubreylevinthal @inglebygallery.bsky.social
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Bees pulling their moves on oh-so-fragrant (you'll have to take my word for it) late roses
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@theskinnymag.bsky.social v much liking your Guide to Edinburgh but you forgot to mention free soundwalks on the Edinburgh cycle paths: No Birds Land in the Trinity Tunnel & Peace and Biscuits on the Chancelot Path!
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Dancing lillies in Edinburgh hot sun (honest). It was the wiggling stamens that got me!
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Sharing the Summer Solstice reel Walking an Orbit on the Longest and Shortest Day (10 walking artists) curated by @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social Mine's Widdershins, a Witch's Walk youtu.be/_VdvMdMgRlY?...
Solstice June 2025 • Walking an Orbit on the Longest and Shortest day
YouTube video by Kel Arrowsmith
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On a morning that was disturbed by the terrible sound of machines mowing down grasses & flowers that have grown up for 2 months undisturbed, turning to Ethel & her quiet effective way of protecting nature. Wd that I cd do the same w/ similar success. Thanks @helenmort.bsky.social #ethel #helenmort
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Swirls of dessicated fabric, interlocking wire spirals and intricate thread sworls in pink detritus, Granton beach, Edinburgh #distancedrift
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Unfortunately this item came after the survey in the Edinburgh Minute so I had already filled it in. I agree with your comments /amendments. I almost always have to attach my bike to a railing or post, but I didn't notice this is the small type 😕
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Yes to Carla - beautifully put. That is what we want and how we want our councillors to treat us / behave
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Walked (that is hobbled due to knee injury) afterwards, recalling weekly drifting in good company at the start of first ever forays into #psychogeography. So grateful to @soniaoverall.bsky.social
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5th anniversary #DistanceDrift to the sea - ever reflective physically and mentally. I dipped through the surface breaking the mirror, shattering the warmth #wardiebay #edinburgh
Photo of Wardie Bay in Edinburgh, the corner between breakwater, beach and ocean with seaweed lying and seagulls flying