Rachael Smart
@SilkOctavia_
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Understand that people will be drawn to it. Remind them about observing space.
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Create a valley of coals then place your wood across the valley.
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So here I am with a box of Swan Vestas and I am lighting this tiny lilac / blue flame and it is going to illuminate the life of every human who touches me very kindly, but it will also melt what treats me with a hint of toxicity. You know what they say about fires:
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Follow your fires, she said. But, first, make sure that they are blazing.
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Went for taper candles in a new shop in Devon. Owner said they had been open 4 weeks, never been happier, however hard it was getting here. I said I had been thinking about the pursuit of happiness, how we stop making choices in pain.
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This weekend, why not pencil in some reading time and take a look at our latest article? Link below. 👇 https://t.co/IRoomZKw2L
theletters.page
Letters are important to our latest contributor, Rachael Smart. So much so, that she will send them even when she’s unsure whether they will ever reach their intended addressee. When I ask wh…
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I had an interview with The Letters Page, my favourite publisher.
Are you Team Blunt Pencil or Team Sharp Pencil? ✏️ In our latest article, writer @SilkOctavia_ talks tools of the trade (and reveals how to write a thank you letter to a sheep). Interview by @naomicatriona
https://t.co/IRoomZKw2L
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Flower pressing is an act of amnesty. Age 8, I pressed roses for my cloth dolls, lilies, then, at 21, for the daughter I never met. These days I press do-not-pick-me wildflowers every time legal systems fail me; a quiet, vengeful protest.
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Today, I have paid off my extortionate library fines. The possibilities. The range. The whoosh sound of my brain and heart fattening in dimensions. An attic that will house bold, wry, tender, plaintive, dark poetic myth.
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I require a book list of cutting edge literature to buy. Havent been able to buy either new memoir or fiction for years as I have been in livid poverty. All recommendations are massively appreciated.
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Here, where my still small self finds its length. Where even the fish are playful + lemon top runs down my wrists + a marbled white wears monochromatic = the age before the hauntings came.
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I wrote a letter to The Letters Page and they published it. ♡♡
Good things come to those who write. ✍️ Many thanks to everyone who has written to us for Vol. 8. We look forward to hearing from even more of you across Vol. 9! As ever, we are at: The Letters Page School of English The University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD
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It is jolly well exciting to be on a long list. I am thankful ♡♡ https://t.co/7GTGc35TOX
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