I wrote the following piece last weekend. Since then, the simmering embers of anti-immigrant violence have burst back into flame. For Black, brown, and migrant communities these flames are not a metaphor but a life-threatening reality. Homes and workplaces are being torched and families hide in their homes
Hello dear friends and earthy worms. This month I am sharing a couple of things I have been working on/composting. I am currently burrowing deep into the world of soil, and soil ecology/microbiology. Sometimes literally. In the works is a written piece called "Soil Punk, Or Composting
I have been thinking a lot about beetles. I have been, wherever possible, being a beetle. To be a beetle, in this day and age and place, is a bleak and hopeless thing. Your prospects for a successful and fulfilling life are not good. In fact, by the precise virtue
Hello dear friends and earthy worms, Just a short one today. A dear and wonderful friend of mine, Fatima, is crowdfunding for mutual aid. They are a neurodivergent queer refugee, have no financial support, and need help with living costs while they study for their masters. Please give if you
Hello and welcome to the November edition of The Radical Compost Heap. On the compost heap this month I am sharing a new project I have been working on called The Spoon Fairies on Strike! The Spoon Fairies on Strike! is a limited edition 12-page A6 political pamphlet written
This first piece is about seeds, their stewardship, and sowing them. It is also a metaphorical sowing of seeds, for you and I to tend to, or not. There is a glossary at the bottom of this page. The definitions of the words highlighted in bold can be found there.