A Year In Beadnell

Melanie Ashby (@_traversing_) and Lisa Matthews (@Poetech3 / @txtblockcentral) make art inspired by the life and works of Rachel Carson (1907-64)

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

@aaditsh @elonmusk @Picaso_me screenshot this

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

@anaismitchell The peace and quiet of no notifications. Knowing where the ☎️ boxes were. The sound of the circular dial and dial tone. The party line button. No T & Cs or EUAs. No security issues and lost passwords. And the anonymity, oh the anonymity of there being no grid to be off.

[Kath 💙🙀🇪🇺✊🏾 @KathyBurke]

I was a poor kid growing up.
I always felt looked after not looked down upon.
And then came Thatcher.

#FreeSchoolMeals

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

@LancasterJane13 @SharkTrustUK @NCLDoveMarine @NEE_Naturalist I am sorry. Been thinking about you and how vital you are across the whole area - hope this is a temporary stay. I guess your value isn’t estimateable in the same way, as say, a historic building. Which is a failure of how we esteem.

[Dr. Sara Konrath @SaraKonrath]

Our research has found that red & blue US political maps create increased perceptions of polarization and more political stereotyping, compared to more accurate purple maps.
https://t.co/uIOBQBzqS2

Thanks to @geealbers for this new website: https://t.co/PtMT36CWqF

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

Admire you for dealing with the whole thing so positively. I was self-employed for 20 years and loved it. I have a feeling you’ll be a success no matter what you do. Good luck!!

[rangerJanebeachschool 🦉🦀🐠⚓️⛵️🐾🍄🌻🐚🌈🍰🐞🦋🐶 @LancasterJane13]

BIG NEWS
I have taken the decision after 10 years on the #Northumberland Coast as a National Trust Ranger to be made voluntarily redundant.

#COVID19 Resulted in 5 months #furlough 1 ranger job of 3 has been cut so I have volunteered to leave.

Self employment is the future.

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

I've just made a gift to @RESCUE_UK to support people in crisis. Donate today: https://t.co/AB8IGzNyg9 https://t.co/wd0f1D0Jb2

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

@LancasterJane13 I can’t click the heart on this. So sorry to hear this Jane

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

@taniahershman For a start you don’t have to wonder how much Saga insurance is anymore - you get quotes and their catalogues will arrive in the post!! Plus, you can legitimately be sage and wise. My big five-oh is the first birthday that bothered me, but that passed...happy birthday to you!

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

Stunning — how beautiful. Thanks for sharing these. We were there for sunrise on morning of the summer solstice; the 02:45 start was so worth it!

[Jeni Ling @LingJeni]

Social distance beach, Northumberland style!⁦@VisitNland⁩ ⁦@NTNorthd_Coast⁩ ⁦@ayearinbeadnell⁩

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

Firstly, the question is superb
Second, here’s my poem-response.

The opp of ham is a slice of evening sky; a mirror mah, a plan in jam, a herb but not marjoram because that doesn’t rhyme. The opp of ham is free and happy, because no living thing belongs in a tin.

[Mary Morris @Maryelmorris]

My son just asked me 'WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF HAM?' - can anyone help?

[Simon MacDonald #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🇬🇧🕷🎩 @SKMacDonald]

Citizens do you know why our lifeless rivers STANK in the 1970s? And why, after 40 years of environmentalism, they are mostly clean enough to bathe in once again? Our idiot PM today dismisses environmentalism as "newt-counting." Join the cheap laugh - while his chums get richer.

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

@BaitTheLines @writetoempower @Poetech3 @txtblockcentral @_traversing_ Thank you Jim, and hope you’re finding the way from your own garage door. It means a lot to me that you sent your thoughts, and thanks again to @writetoempower for sharing this.

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

#Haiku of the day
#HypocriteDom #HypocriteDom
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#DominicIsThePM #DominicIsThePM #DominicIsThePM #DominicIsThePM #HypocriteDom #HypocriteDom
#HypocriteDom #HypocriteDom
#DominicIsThePM #DominicIsThePM #DominicIsThePM #DominicIsThePM

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

READ ALL OF THIS:
Why does the Cummings story matter? And what does it obscure? The real story is the huge transfer of government assets to private companies that he is overseeing under cover of a pandemic while res…"

A thread from @carolecadwalla
https://t.co/gCCtwkm3DA

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

🚨 ‘The green knight’. One of my artworks that I will selling via @Teemillstore on my beloved #IsleOfWight, my 2nd home. Others will include my Dad’s original fine line drawings. Dad lives on the Island so it’s a no-brainier to use an ethical, local UK-based company 👀 🚨

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

One of three from my latest triptych ‘The firetrees of Northumberland’. [See them all over on my Insta accounts: poetech_poetech; textblockcentral & ayearinbeadnell] @WoodlandTrust @northcoastaonb @alnwickgazette @royal_forestry @ForestryComm @ForestryEngland

[A Year In Beadnell @ayearinbeadnell]

#Tories privatisation of the #NHS already well underway. How about *we* #ClapForOurCarers and you @MattHancock get on with UNDOING the damage already inflicted by @Conservatives health and social care policies? The #NHS should not be a cash cow for those rich enough to invest.

[Newcastle Hospitals @NewcastleHosps]

The Trans flag has been raised at the RVI & Freeman hospital to mark #TransDayOfVisibility. We take this moment to show our support for our trans staff, patients & carers and reiterate our commitment to care for everyone with dignity & respect #WeAreInclusive