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Wordsmith and poet, Indie author, Tolkien nerd, kiwi in the Inner Hebrides, she/they. River Daughter (meander phase) Relationship status: single [malt] 馃 #RingsofPower #Tolkien #LOTR #Poetry #Poem #IsleofMull https://mybook.to/OnWildAir

A tabby-and-white tomcat sprawled on the grass next to a deckchair and a pair of (human) legs
Painted stones I'll hide around Tobermory, Isle of Mull for kids to find and rehide. A bumblebee on an orange stone and another on a red stone, a dragon flying over mountains, a small orange octopus, a little sailboat on a wavy sea, a brilliant blue dragonfly
Abundant wildflowers on a roadside verge in Isle of Mull, Scotland. Lots of yellow rattle.
A 40 second video taken out my front door across a small suburban garden. It's dark and raining heavily, and the sky is lit brightly by successive flashes of sheet lightning. It is thundering almost continually
Happy bumblebees foraging on big blue flowers of hardy geranium in a Scottish garden. Listen for the buzz.
A tabby-and-white tomcat with large green eyes is standing on a colourful rug next to a dining chair, making mute but steady eye-contact with the viewer
A screenshot of my status with Middle-earth Labeller on Bluesky (I am a Ranger of the North with a strength 30+ Dragon Helm)
A long stretch of roadside verge in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. The grasses are flowering and in between are a wealth of colourful wildflowers
Northern Marsh orchid: many deep purple flowers in a small inflorescence
The Gaia exhibition at Trinity College Library, Dublin. Above the ranks of ancient wooden bookcases (the books are now stored in a special climate-controlled building) a giant earth globe hangs suspended above the heads of visitors
A page of my hand-written journal, writing out The Lord of the Rings in full, and reflecting on the work as I go. Today I'm 1/4 through The Fellowship of the Ring, and the hobbits have at last left the Shire. The FotR journals are bound in dark green, and the edition I'm working with is the 2005 Harper Collins hardback
A view through a window (it's a ground floor bedroom in the Catholic House of Prayer on the Isle of Iona in western Scotland). Across a bright green field, two stone houses with slate roofs stand beside a vibrant blue sea, choppy with small waves. In the distance, across the Sound of Iona, the Isle of Mull lies under a cool blue sky
A view out the window of a farm caf茅. Inside, a flat-white coffee in a smooth round pottery cup and a cheese scone sit on top of a partly completed newspaper crossword. Out the large window two people stand beside an old rusty tractor. In the distance, across fields of cows, a mountain gleams in sunlight as thunderclouds build towards the next heavy shower. This is the Isle of Mull in Scotland and it is early summer.
A roadside bank full of wildflowers in Isle of Mull, Scotland
Text from Bluesky game Middle-earth Quest: I am now a Ranger of the North with a Dragon-helm of ancient make
Text from Middle-earth Labeller on Bluesky, in which I roll a 1 and lose my only possession, an Elven Rope of Hithlain
A copy of The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, beside an almost completely filled handwritten journal, both lying on a large wooden table. A box labelled 'The One Ring starter set' is visible in the top right corner of the picture
A happy bumblebee with its head stuck in a cherry flower and its bum sticking out
In a room full of books, a large tabby-and-white cat is seated on a chair in front of a computer and some paperwork. The cat is making eye contact with the viewer and yowling.
A view of Tobermory Harbour, Isle of Mull, with a cruise liner and an array of commercial, fishing, and leisure craft on the water
Blank bingo sheet for Rings of Power season 3 first teaser trailer
A Rings of Power season 3 first teaser trailer "bingo sheet". The nine guesses are: Sauron's wig Elros (Rob squared) Kemenantics Gandalf's hat Arondir elfiest-elf action sequence Gerda and Gamli Durin's Ring Fallohides Nazg没l with faces
A sample of Tolkien's writing from The Fellowship of the Ring, with three exclamation marks in only nine sentences
Screenshot of the Samsung phone text keyboard showing the comma replaced by the question mark
The Fellowship of the Ring chapter 3: "The thought that he would so soon have to part from his young friends weighed on his heart."
A still from Rings of Power featuring the Uruk leader, Adar, and a comment that Orcs were tormented slaves deprived of the right to choose their own path
Handwritten transcription from chapter 2 of The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, detailing Gandalf and Aragorn's search for the creature Gollum, long after the events of The Hobbit, but before the tale of The Lord of the Ring commences.
Waterfalls run down cliffs at the edge of a Scottish sea loch. The view is framed by a yellow garbage truck on the right and a white pub building on the left. I'm waiting to catch the Corran open-deck car ferry
Bilbo Baggins esquire, protagonist of The Hobbit, as drawn by a primary-aged child for Tolkien Reading Day, 25 March 2026
Cover of 'The Essential Patricia McKillip', 2025. A young dark-haired woman in an old fashioned gown with low cleavage leans on the side of an ornate bed. A black horse is entering the picture from the left. The girl has golden leaves in her hair, and her eyes are closed in sleep or dream. The author Leigh Bardugo provides the cover quote: "Reading McKillip is the closest you will come to entering a waking dream."
A handwritten (by the poster) sample of Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, featuring the fiery letters that appear on the One Ring in the fire at Bag End Ash nazg durbatul没k Ash nazg gimbatul Ash nazg thrakatul没k Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
Tobermory Harbour, Isle of Mull, under blue skies on 20 March 2026. The tide is low, with boats grounded next to the small river outlet and yachts at anchor out on the blue.
A cat with wide eyes is peeping out of a large blue cloth bag. He is making eye contact with the viewer
Page 37 of The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, and a handwritten version of the same. Bilbo has written witty and often sarcastic messages to the people to whom he has left gifts.
Barren strawberry, spring 2026 in Isle of Mull. Tiny white 5-petalled flowers with yellow centres. Unlike the later wild strawberries, they don't bear edible fruit
A short video of a tiny windblown clump of primroses, on a bitterly windy spring day in Isle of Mull, Scotland
A celandine flower: bright as a little sun in the long grass
Part of a handwritten facsimile of page 34 of JRR Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, together with the printed page
A tiny red female Hazel flower (Corylus avellana) above the hanging panicles of male catkins
A still from The Two Towers (LOTR) showing Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli running across rough country on the marches of Rohan
A clump of tiny daffodils (tete-a-tete) in full flower despite the bulbs being fully exposed to the air
A page from The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, in which he is describing the feast at his one hundred and eleventh birthday party
Excerpt from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien, describing the fireworks at Bilbo's party
Page 27 of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2005 hardback edition) along with page 66 of my handwritten transcript "Hobbits give presents to other people on their own birthdays"
A large tabby-and-white cat, cradled in a woman's arms, is making direct eye contact with the viewer. He is lying on his back with his legs in the air, looking relaxed and nonchalant
A small clump of snowdrops with white buds growing in leafy humus under a small tree
A tarot spread for myself, looking at my current situation and how I can face the future. An extraordinarily generous spread of pentacles and cups Core: 10 of pentacles Amended by: Knight of pentacles Future: 7 of cups Past: 9 of cups Guidance: 9 of pentacles There is abundance. Deep connection to the past is not lost. Make quiet space for the future to arise. Take strength from the patterns of all I've made. My creativity is not lost, but awaiting my calm acceptance. Celebrate my work, and all that makes me myself
Handwritten text from The Fellowship of the Ring, prologue 4: Of the Finding of the Ring
A robin in the bare branches of a winter tree, singing in response to more distant birds
A comment from the start of my handwritten journal transcribing and illustrating The Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien
A verse from To the Valley Quail, by Ursula Le Guin in Always Coming Home "By running directly and neatly, and flying up loudly not very far, by staying together and talking, by delicate accurate markings, by plumpness, round eyes, and a topknot"
A handwritten excerpt from Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring: Concerning Hobbits. It concerns the three Elven towers on the Tower Hills, west of the Shire
The blank cover of a dark green A5 writing journal