Realms of Gold
@petergknight.bsky.social
Completely normal, me.
Writer. Landscape. Poetry. Glaciers. Two cats and a collie.
Retired UK Geography lecturer. Around 53N, 2.7W.
Writer. Landscape. Poetry. Glaciers. Two cats and a collie.
Retired UK Geography lecturer. Around 53N, 2.7W.
From my bed,
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
From my bed,
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
Delighted to say that one of my poems is in this new charity book of pet poems! amzn.to/46yNzn9
Poetry for Pets
Poetry for Pets is a collection of donated poems by a diverse group of animal-loving poets. Each poem is written about a beloved animal. Some of the poetry shares the grief of losing a pet, and some s...
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February 18, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Delighted to say that one of my poems is in this new charity book of pet poems! amzn.to/46yNzn9
Traditional birthday breakfast.
February 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Traditional birthday breakfast.
Happy Birthday to me.
February 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Happy Birthday to me.
My phone seems inadvertently to have given this photo an appropriate title: “saturation”. And yes, I would like to adjust it. #ukweather The view up our lane from my neighbour’s kitchen. #rain #Cheshire
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
My phone seems inadvertently to have given this photo an appropriate title: “saturation”. And yes, I would like to adjust it. #ukweather The view up our lane from my neighbour’s kitchen. #rain #Cheshire
Turned down page corners
And worn patches on the stairs.
The passage of time.
#haikuchallenge "passage" @bleuowl.bsky.social
And worn patches on the stairs.
The passage of time.
#haikuchallenge "passage" @bleuowl.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Turned down page corners
And worn patches on the stairs.
The passage of time.
#haikuchallenge "passage" @bleuowl.bsky.social
And worn patches on the stairs.
The passage of time.
#haikuchallenge "passage" @bleuowl.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I wonder, do cats curl the other way round in the southern hemisphere? Here are my two curled up in front of the fire. #coriolis #cats #geography
January 25, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I wonder, do cats curl the other way round in the southern hemisphere? Here are my two curled up in front of the fire. #coriolis #cats #geography
I went for a routine scan the other day and the medic said I was completely normal. So, that's officially my current status: "completely normal".
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I went for a routine scan the other day and the medic said I was completely normal. So, that's officially my current status: "completely normal".
Fast falls the eventide. Good afternoon from Marbury.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Fast falls the eventide. Good afternoon from Marbury.
Sunday morning selfie. You know it’s cold in the house when I’m wearing my Ecuador hat! This is my go-to indoor hat. Good morning from Marbury.
January 18, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Sunday morning selfie. You know it’s cold in the house when I’m wearing my Ecuador hat! This is my go-to indoor hat. Good morning from Marbury.
January 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
50-words-exactly #writingprompt (apple)
I told myself one bite could do no harm, and so I bit. God knows, I didn’t mean to cause the trouble that I did. It was a stupid place to plant a tree. I know that you agree, because you took a bite as well when you saw me.
I told myself one bite could do no harm, and so I bit. God knows, I didn’t mean to cause the trouble that I did. It was a stupid place to plant a tree. I know that you agree, because you took a bite as well when you saw me.
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
50-words-exactly #writingprompt (apple)
I told myself one bite could do no harm, and so I bit. God knows, I didn’t mean to cause the trouble that I did. It was a stupid place to plant a tree. I know that you agree, because you took a bite as well when you saw me.
I told myself one bite could do no harm, and so I bit. God knows, I didn’t mean to cause the trouble that I did. It was a stupid place to plant a tree. I know that you agree, because you took a bite as well when you saw me.
From my bed,
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
From my bed,
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
If I leave the curtains open
I can see the stars,
Or, in the day time, Jackdaws
Doing cartwheels in the narrow strip of sky
Above the house.
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I don't know how I missed it previously, but I just found a 2017 paper about glacier microbiology that I think wins the prize for the paper citing the greatest number of my publications (11)! And for some of them it was not just to say they were wrong! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #glaciers
Basal ice microbiology at the margin of the Greenland ice sheet | Annals of Glaciology | Cambridge Core
Basal ice microbiology at the margin of the Greenland ice sheet - Volume 51 Issue 56
www.cambridge.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I don't know how I missed it previously, but I just found a 2017 paper about glacier microbiology that I think wins the prize for the paper citing the greatest number of my publications (11)! And for some of them it was not just to say they were wrong! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #glaciers
January 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The TV news seems to be tracking my adventures from the 1980's. I was in Ukraine and Russia in 1981, in Venezuela (briefly) in 1986, and in Greenland and Denmark many times from 1984 onwards. I was also in the USA many times, but have no plans to go back!
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The TV news seems to be tracking my adventures from the 1980's. I was in Ukraine and Russia in 1981, in Venezuela (briefly) in 1986, and in Greenland and Denmark many times from 1984 onwards. I was also in the USA many times, but have no plans to go back!
Around the village today…
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Around the village today…
I’m struggling so I made a to-do list; it’s my usual strategy. This is my first list of the new year. It has only one item on it. I’m giving myself until Monday. #NewYear #timemanagement
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I’m struggling so I made a to-do list; it’s my usual strategy. This is my first list of the new year. It has only one item on it. I’m giving myself until Monday. #NewYear #timemanagement
So, it’s a new year. If nobody had told me I don’t think I would have known. I didn’t make any resolutions but I know what they would have been if I had, and I would have already broken all of them.
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
So, it’s a new year. If nobody had told me I don’t think I would have known. I didn’t make any resolutions but I know what they would have been if I had, and I would have already broken all of them.
For the last #DailyNature day of the month, a photo of the view out of my living room and into the garden, across the pot plants and into the Great Outdoors. Thank you for the encouragement and the reminder to keep our eyes and ears open and to notice what we are lucky to have around us.
December 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For the last #DailyNature day of the month, a photo of the view out of my living room and into the garden, across the pot plants and into the Great Outdoors. Thank you for the encouragement and the reminder to keep our eyes and ears open and to notice what we are lucky to have around us.