Ysella
@ysella.bsky.social
Based near Exeter, Devon in the UK. Writer, mostly about connection, to each other and the natural world, and always on the lookout for reasons for optimism amongst *all this*
Join me at https://ysella.substack.com/
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@ysella.bsky.social
· Jan 25
‘… the oaks, once part of ancient hedgerows — wavy lines of hawthorn, oak and dog rose — have been set adrift again, floating islands on a furrowed sea.’
So happy ‘Even the Trees are Lonely’ is up on @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social today amidst all the glorious #naturewriting
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Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
July 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
Pick a side – hate or Pride
June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...
action.goodlawproject.org
May 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
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The best boss and mentor you could ever hope to have. The best of the BBC. BBC arts broadcaster Alan Yentob dies aged 78 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Alan Yentob: BBC arts broadcaster dies aged 78
He interviewed a raft of important cultural and creative figures over a lengthy career at the BBC.
www.bbc.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The best boss and mentor you could ever hope to have. The best of the BBC. BBC arts broadcaster Alan Yentob dies aged 78 www.bbc.com/news/article...
🧵 1/Listening to writers @sophiepavs.bsky.social, Poppy Okotcha + climate activist and creative educator @emmadesaram.bsky.social at Bookbag Exeter's latest Writing Nature event it was easy to feel that we still have hope.
May 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🧵 1/Listening to writers @sophiepavs.bsky.social, Poppy Okotcha + climate activist and creative educator @emmadesaram.bsky.social at Bookbag Exeter's latest Writing Nature event it was easy to feel that we still have hope.
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And @righttoroam.bsky.social has
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
Today we find out if we lose our right to wild camp on Dartmoor - the last place in England where it’s still legal without permission.
We will share updates, verdict news and rally plans soon.
Live coverage of the verdict available on Sky News. More details can also be found here supremecourt.uk
We will share updates, verdict news and rally plans soon.
Live coverage of the verdict available on Sky News. More details can also be found here supremecourt.uk
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
supremecourt.uk
May 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
And @righttoroam.bsky.social has
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
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Gardening in drought - emergency tips for the continued dry spell www.wildway.info/p/gardening-...
Gardening in drought
Emergency tips for the continued dry spell
www.wildway.info
May 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gardening in drought - emergency tips for the continued dry spell www.wildway.info/p/gardening-...
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Road Song Books (UK) is looking for novellas and narrative non-fiction (between 10,000 -12,000 words).
Visit roadsongbooks.com/contact-us/
Visit roadsongbooks.com/contact-us/
May 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Road Song Books (UK) is looking for novellas and narrative non-fiction (between 10,000 -12,000 words).
Visit roadsongbooks.com/contact-us/
Visit roadsongbooks.com/contact-us/
Pleasing lines on my #dailywalk in mid Devon this morning.
May 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Pleasing lines on my #dailywalk in mid Devon this morning.
The cow parsley is in full froth and looks so beautiful with the afternoon sun filtering through it. The blackbird song is joyful too. 🐦⬛ 🎶
#gardening #wildgarden #nature
#gardening #wildgarden #nature
April 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The cow parsley is in full froth and looks so beautiful with the afternoon sun filtering through it. The blackbird song is joyful too. 🐦⬛ 🎶
#gardening #wildgarden #nature
#gardening #wildgarden #nature
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April 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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"An exotic zoo of poems... they come at you with arms flung open and invite you in."
Thanks Alchemy Spoon for your great review of Mingle by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social in the new Issue 15 www.alchemyspoon.org
Dive into Mingle at a delicious sale price of £7.99 ninearchespress.com/publications...
Thanks Alchemy Spoon for your great review of Mingle by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social in the new Issue 15 www.alchemyspoon.org
Dive into Mingle at a delicious sale price of £7.99 ninearchespress.com/publications...
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"An exotic zoo of poems... they come at you with arms flung open and invite you in."
Thanks Alchemy Spoon for your great review of Mingle by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social in the new Issue 15 www.alchemyspoon.org
Dive into Mingle at a delicious sale price of £7.99 ninearchespress.com/publications...
Thanks Alchemy Spoon for your great review of Mingle by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social in the new Issue 15 www.alchemyspoon.org
Dive into Mingle at a delicious sale price of £7.99 ninearchespress.com/publications...
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SWIFTS NEED US! Join swift campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor in Bridport on the 9th May.
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code for more info.
@hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
#BookSky
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code for more info.
@hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
#BookSky
April 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
SWIFTS NEED US! Join swift campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor in Bridport on the 9th May.
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code for more info.
@hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
#BookSky
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code for more info.
@hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
#BookSky
🌍 Writing for Earth Day - what if keeping it all together isn’t the point? What if the point is delighting in discovery, in all life’s small moments, about living in noticing and with uncertainty?
📖 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ysella/p...
#naturewriting #earthday #creativeessay #slowwriting
📖 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ysella/p...
#naturewriting #earthday #creativeessay #slowwriting
Paper Chain
A reflection for Earth Day on our connection to each other and the natural world, with inspiration from writers on keeping faith, noticing, and living with uncertainty.
ysella.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🌍 Writing for Earth Day - what if keeping it all together isn’t the point? What if the point is delighting in discovery, in all life’s small moments, about living in noticing and with uncertainty?
📖 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ysella/p...
#naturewriting #earthday #creativeessay #slowwriting
📖 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ysella/p...
#naturewriting #earthday #creativeessay #slowwriting
🧵 1./ I've started exploring my Indian heritage and was excited but nervous to share what I've begun to discover at a live performance event, KARST x SOAK, featuring Bharatanatyam dance, historic sound archives, spoken word and music at KARST gallery in Plymouth.
April 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🧵 1./ I've started exploring my Indian heritage and was excited but nervous to share what I've begun to discover at a live performance event, KARST x SOAK, featuring Bharatanatyam dance, historic sound archives, spoken word and music at KARST gallery in Plymouth.
It’s cold here this morning in mid Devon - yesterday there was ice on the hen’s water - but these forget me nots are bringing spring to the fringes of my veg plot. They’ve nested amongst velvety stachys, aquilegia, muscari and foxgloves. Sound up for the birdsong - such clarity.
#gardening #nature
#gardening #nature
April 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It’s cold here this morning in mid Devon - yesterday there was ice on the hen’s water - but these forget me nots are bringing spring to the fringes of my veg plot. They’ve nested amongst velvety stachys, aquilegia, muscari and foxgloves. Sound up for the birdsong - such clarity.
#gardening #nature
#gardening #nature
Magnolias looking resplendent in the spring light at our little local arboretum yesterday.
#nature #gardening
#nature #gardening
April 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Magnolias looking resplendent in the spring light at our little local arboretum yesterday.
#nature #gardening
#nature #gardening
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It's back! The government have announced that the GCSE in Natural History is going ahead!
March 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is the most beautiful way to spend 59 minutes. Irish Ornithologist Sean Ronyane is on a mission to record the birdsong of all Ireland’s bird species. The production, pacing and storytelling are spot on. Plus Sean is a bloody hero.
#birdsong #nature #Ireland
#birdsong #nature #Ireland
Birdsong
Film following Irish ornithologist Seán Ronayne’s mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland – that's nearly 200 birds.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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The government’s Land Use consultation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to intervene in this critical issue. Here’s my response to it. Please feel free to borrow / copy & paste as much as you want. It’s crucial that we engage. www.monbiot.com/2025/03/23/f...
1/3 🧵
1/3 🧵
First Sight of Land
For the first time, the government is consulting on a Land Use Framework for England. It’s an important step, but there’s a long way to go.
www.monbiot.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The government’s Land Use consultation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to intervene in this critical issue. Here’s my response to it. Please feel free to borrow / copy & paste as much as you want. It’s crucial that we engage. www.monbiot.com/2025/03/23/f...
1/3 🧵
1/3 🧵
We’ve made it! I’m celebrating the #springequinox by putting my hands in the dirt and planting some seeds - cosmos and beans - and thinking of the days to come, moments of watching, growing and delighting 🌱
#gardening
#gardening
March 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We’ve made it! I’m celebrating the #springequinox by putting my hands in the dirt and planting some seeds - cosmos and beans - and thinking of the days to come, moments of watching, growing and delighting 🌱
#gardening
#gardening
🇮🇳🪷 These images are of my relatives from Tamilnadu in the early 1900s & I’d like to understand what the way they are dressed can tell me about them and their lives. Can anybody help or point me towards a resource that might be able to? Thanks!
#India #tamilnadu #ancestry #HeritageAndProgress
#India #tamilnadu #ancestry #HeritageAndProgress
March 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🇮🇳🪷 These images are of my relatives from Tamilnadu in the early 1900s & I’d like to understand what the way they are dressed can tell me about them and their lives. Can anybody help or point me towards a resource that might be able to? Thanks!
#India #tamilnadu #ancestry #HeritageAndProgress
#India #tamilnadu #ancestry #HeritageAndProgress
Greta keeps track of the earth’s hearbeat the same way that some people track weather patterns. But is the year the swallows won’t return? Is there time to bring nature back from the brink?
📻 An audio short story set in rural Devon from @exetercityoflit.bsky.social
#fiction #nature #climate
📻 An audio short story set in rural Devon from @exetercityoflit.bsky.social
#fiction #nature #climate
The Last Swallow - a story of spring and uncertainty
The Last Swallow is a story about finding hope during the climate crisis. Set in mid Devon it centres on Greta who keeps track of the earth's heartbeat the same way that some people attempt to track w
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March 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Greta keeps track of the earth’s hearbeat the same way that some people track weather patterns. But is the year the swallows won’t return? Is there time to bring nature back from the brink?
📻 An audio short story set in rural Devon from @exetercityoflit.bsky.social
#fiction #nature #climate
📻 An audio short story set in rural Devon from @exetercityoflit.bsky.social
#fiction #nature #climate
Loved Astronomer Royal for Scotland Prof Catherine Heymans’ poetic explanation of this morning’s blood moon as a ‘reflection of light from all the sunrises and sunsets around the entire globe.’ How beautiful is that? 🌏
#weareallconnected #lunareclipse #bloodmoon
Photo credit Luke Pinker
#weareallconnected #lunareclipse #bloodmoon
Photo credit Luke Pinker
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Loved Astronomer Royal for Scotland Prof Catherine Heymans’ poetic explanation of this morning’s blood moon as a ‘reflection of light from all the sunrises and sunsets around the entire globe.’ How beautiful is that? 🌏
#weareallconnected #lunareclipse #bloodmoon
Photo credit Luke Pinker
#weareallconnected #lunareclipse #bloodmoon
Photo credit Luke Pinker
1./ Late Light, a short 🧵
I recently heard Michael Malay talk about Late Light, his 2024 @wainwrightprize.bsky.social winning book at @thebookery.bsky.social - a memoir laced with natural history, a rich exploration of belonging, migration + extinction.
#naturewriting #booksky
I recently heard Michael Malay talk about Late Light, his 2024 @wainwrightprize.bsky.social winning book at @thebookery.bsky.social - a memoir laced with natural history, a rich exploration of belonging, migration + extinction.
#naturewriting #booksky
March 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
1./ Late Light, a short 🧵
I recently heard Michael Malay talk about Late Light, his 2024 @wainwrightprize.bsky.social winning book at @thebookery.bsky.social - a memoir laced with natural history, a rich exploration of belonging, migration + extinction.
#naturewriting #booksky
I recently heard Michael Malay talk about Late Light, his 2024 @wainwrightprize.bsky.social winning book at @thebookery.bsky.social - a memoir laced with natural history, a rich exploration of belonging, migration + extinction.
#naturewriting #booksky