Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Heated blanket on, snow being appreciated from a warm distance. Rodney’s still not brave enough to go outside since we moved (aka I’m not ready to let him out into the scary world - there’s a Norwegian Forest Cat called Mahler who OWNS this patch) but he’s started to gaze through the window... 030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Change can be a different way of looking at the same thing or it can be throwing everything up in the air and noticing where it lands... My latest Substack is a simple observation on the joy of looking the other way. ow.ly/Wlvn50XRuSv #joy #nature #change #writing #noticing #wellbeing 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Change is a good thing - unless it isn’t. Latest Substack about the impact of an exploding appendix and the relentless nature of change. ow.ly/bqzi50XEwRs 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 20/11/2025In the darkness of winter, take time to commit some random acts of kindness and bring a moment of joy into someone’s life 📚💜 #MomentsOfJoy #StockingFiller #GiftIdea #Kindness #Journalling #Joy 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 13/11/2025In the darkness of winter, take time to commit some random acts of kindness and bring a moment of joy into someone’s life 📚💜 #MomentsOfJoy #StockingFiller #GiftIdea #Kindness #Journalling #Joy #WorldKindnessDay 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Remembrance Day 2025. A reworking of my piece written for VE Day. A sadness that I will probably be reworking this for many years. ow.ly/TvQG50Xi2B8 #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #WWII #WWI #MilitaryHistory #pacifism 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 10/11/2025‘on loving a soldier’ is dangerously close to being ready to release so AI offered to help. It’s now wishing it hadn’t. Latest Substack on writing, dystopias, and what it means to be human. ow.ly/Q5c550XeuSE #dystopia #poetry #AIFail #writing 030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Creativity is human. Gen AI can't enjoy creating or consuming the arts. It has no place stealing from those of us who need to create for an income, for our passion, for our sanity. Latest Substack - Human-made: Part 2 #GenAI #creativity #humanity #books #poetry ow.ly/kCZv50XetAs 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 28/10/2025AI isn’t the only future. Without humans, AI has no purpose. Latest Substack on the importance of being human in the creative process. ow.ly/F2I950XesTE #dystopian #GenAI #creativity #books CreativeConsent 020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Change is in the air. The chilly air. The clocks fell back, the month marches on. Packing boxes fill every room, half full of memories. Poems are tumbling leaves that defy my numb fingertips. #change #poetry #wintering #MovingOn #WritersWalk #Writing 020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Apparently, I will not be moving today. I’m allowed to have my laptop on my lap only if my feet are positioned appropriately for hugging duties. #caturday #WritersCat #Rodney #Writing 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 20/10/2025A dystopian life is closer than you think. My latest Substack about how I fell into a dystopia of my own making. #dystopia #WritingLife #change ow.ly/RZWC50X8GaB 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Moments of joy on a dull day courtesy of a neighbour, a generous allotment, and a change of plans (darn that facet joint). #VillageLife #Community #autumn #ouch #MomentsOfJoy #Joy #kindness 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Moments of joy are absolutely scattered through this exquisite album. Take your time, take a breath, close your eyes - enjoy. ow.ly/gm7850Xeswx #NewMusic #MomentsOfJoy #CreativesSupportingCreatives #AlbumReview 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Rodney supervised my packing with an iron paw because he objects to all trips. I’m not saying he’s smug but.. my plans changed abruptly. I stretched a mm too far and my inflamed facet joint flared (yes, I swore, loudly). Is it possible for a cat to smirk? #caturday 020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Thank you to the wonderful team at ELATT for inviting me to speak at the IWM Duxford. The students were a delight and it lifts my heart to know that young people are keeping alive the interest in WW2 and the people who sacrificed so much for us. #WW2 #AviationHistory #MilitaryHistory #Remembrance 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 14/10/2025A feather-proud turmeric latte at the community-conscious Mudlarks in Hertford. What’s not to love? #community #friends #autumn #MomentsOfJoy #wellbeing 020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Life on the left isn’t safe. Life on the right isn’t safe. Join me in the middle where all the best ideas live. Latest Substack about how the politics of today influences my writing - and my life. ow.ly/8ljH50X8px8 #dystopia #writing #books 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 12/10/2025On a day when the sky forgot to turn up for duty, the squirrel has a mission. She’s transporting walnuts & hazelnuts from one end of the paddock to her territory - a 6 acre round trip for one nut. Time to pull out my cosy socks #change #autumn 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2025There is a spider of such epic proportions hanging out in the hallway that I’ve requested it is assigned its own postcode. Until I am able to muster the courage to leap over the top of it, I will be drinking the dregs of my cold tea and quizzing Rodney on his failure to protect me from arachnids. 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 04/10/2025#WorldAnimalDay can only mean one thing - bonus Rodney content. #WritersCat #Caturday 030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 03/10/2025The surfeit of figs this year meant a liberal distribution of fruit to friends. Thank you, Dani! You transformed a bumper harvest into a treat for lunch today. 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Any campanologists out there who can name the peal? It sounded joyous even in a rainy Woodstock. 020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 02/07/2025It’s that fabulous time again - poetry and creative loveliness in the post! Thank you for this mood boost courtesy of the wonderful @hedgehogpress.co.uk 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Writing retreat over, sun going down on Eresou. The next sunrise is my call to a new writing life. #change 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Inspiration is always around us. This Substack literally fell from the sky (followed by a single clap of thunder!). open.substack.com/pub/tellings... #Dystopia #SpecFic #Writing #Books #Skies 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Rodney keeping watch. Not keeping anyone out, keeping me in. Writer on a deadline alert #Caturday 050
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025You're not invincible... new Substack about being a writer, being alive, being imperfect. tellingstoriesthatneedtobetold.substack.com/p/youre-not-... 000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 07/02/2025In summary, the trip north has provided material. In writer-speak this is not a compliment. It's rather like saying someone has a face for the radio. Talking of faces, this stag is toughing it out. Proud and haughty, but with a broken antler. Somewhat like the hotel. #WritingLife 030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I have found the redeeming feature of this hotel 😊 #MomentsOfJoy 040
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I'm now judging the aforementioned hotel by the 'soup of the moment'. It appears that moment was the transitory passing of a member of the poultry family to the afterlife. Yes, chicken soup. Particularly apposite as there have been 3 wakes in the bar since I've been here. 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I don't usually judge a hotel by it's wifi password but I'll make an exception in this case... Brace for the TripAdvisor review. #WriterOnTheRoad 2174
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 04/02/2025There's a lot going on here... not necessarily the combo I'd have gone with but apparently it's all the rage in Pontefract. #WritingInTheGaps #WritingLife #Motivation 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025A whole lot of Monday energy from Rodney. He’s left me researching the women ‘manning’ a Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun on Halying Island in 1941 while he has an extra 5 hours of sleep. #MilitaryHistory #WWII #HistoryIsMoreImortantThanEver 040
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Rodney’s flabbers have gasted, and his noodle has oodled in the face of this human madness 🙀 140
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I believe you have cheese. My cheese. #Caturday #WritersCat #RodneyRocks 060
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Rodney is working on being awake but #5amWritersClub is hard on his sleep needs: 050
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/01/2025One ear in the sunshine #Caturday #BeMoreRodney #WritersCat 060
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Frost so hard it transmogrifies into fur. #5amWritersClub #Winter #NippyOutThere 2120
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Reaching for the sunshine. I feel the yearning, Rodders… #chilly #WritersCat #5amWritersClub 060
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Christmas Day run at sunrise - the sun didn’t get the memo… 🌞 🤭 🎄 010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Favourite Christmas card 🥰 Hand made by the wonderful Betty (I’m writing her memoir!), using an iris folding technique. 99 yrs old and bringing joy to my life with her creativity and sparkle 😊 #ChristmasJoy 020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 23/12/2024'Twas a festive weekend, involving tea, cake, books, dogs (!!), and much merriment. Creative friends are the best. 📚✍️🫖🍰 #WritersLife #Tea #Cake #Friendship #Books #MomentsOfJoy #MomentsOfFriendship 100