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Janey Colbourne

@janeycog.bsky.social
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Peer support facilitator Brain Health Breakthrough CIC | Nonfiction Writer | Performance Poet | Embroidery Hobbyist | Gender Nonconforming | AuDHD | she/her www.clippings.me/users/jlcolbourne

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We weren't born for For the 24hr news cycle, or To process endless tragedy And division on the eternal Scroll of doom. But you were made To encounter golden fells of gorse, The feel of the north wind, The thorn pierce of bramble, And the wing song Of returning winter geese. #DailyNature #poetry
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Belated #wildflowerhour purple #toadflax Linaria purpurea by Entwistle reservoir. At first I thought I’d typed belated but it came out as elated, which is, of course, the proper response to meeting wildflowers 😊
Purple Toadflax plant in the evening sun, growing behind a bench. It is partly in flower, with two-lipped, five-lobed pinky-purple flowers, growing in clusters. The lower part of the flower spike has green seed pods. It has grey-green slender leaves below the flowers. Behind it are more flowers and beyond that a track, hedge and traffic cone, all out of focus. There are a few other plants among the toadflax, with brown stems and umbels of flower heads gone to seed.In the foreground is a stone wall, behind which are some tall trees on the left, with the evening sun shining through their branches. Beyond the trees is mown grass and a small slope leading up to a reservoir. The water is mostly blue, at one end reflecting the sun. At the far side of the lake is a conifer woodland, growing close to the water’s edge. The sky is blue, with some white clouds.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Can’t be there in person but sending love and solidarity #transally #londontrans+pride
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Corrective for a broken heart www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/27/c...
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Corrective for a Broken Heart
“Life will break you,” Louise Erdrich wrote in her passionate insistence that “you are here to risk your heart.” It can happen with a shattering, or with a thousand small fi…
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Been thinking a lot about #mitochondria Mine have been struggling since getting #longcovid When I feel up to it, I do some #freemotionmachineembroidery & meditate on how mitochondria support each other. Two can fuse to become one, or ‘kiss’ to align & organise their inner membranes (called cristae)
A green plastic embroidery hoop of size 220 mm by 195 mm framing free-motion stitched mitochondria in red thread, showing the outer and inner membranes in cross-section, inspired by electron micrograph images. In the centre is a recently fused mitochondrion: it has a peanut shell shape, narrower in the middle where the two mitochondria first joined. Two of the mitochondria are kissing: where their outer membranes are touching, the folds of their inner membranes, called cristae, are neatly aligned with each other.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
Book cover with title ‘The Mind of a Bee’ by Lars Chittka, in white text on a black background. A close-up photograph of an iridescent bee is the centre image.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #moss #bryophytes
The cover of the book ‘Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The cover shows an illustration of moss, and a quote by Robert MacFarlane which says, ‘Grounding, calming and quietly revolutionary’
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Happy #WorldEmbroideryDay ☺️ Some pieces from my embroidery journey 2021-2025 (the last one is still unfinished)
A compilation of 12 photos of my embroidery pieces. Some are stitched words or line drawings in backstitch. Some are thread paintings. 

Ex There is one rectangular redwork piece in a frame, which is a stitched poem entitled ‘redwork’ and one piece that is a simple house design stitched on a mini canvas. The other ten are all in circular embroidery hoops. 

There are positive messages in the pieces with words. For example, the first piece in the top left, an embroidery piece in a hoop, with freehand words stitched in red. In the centre is a heart, around which is the phrase ‘create & chat’. All the words begin with the letter C. There are some flowers stitched with daisy chain stitch, and heart motifs. The stitched words are: contentment, conversation, calm, cherish, cozy, cheer, connect, craft, companions, comfortable.

The bottom left piece is an embroidery ‘thread painting’ in an orange hoop. The scene is a pond in the woods. A tiny figure in the centre stands on a hillock just beyond the water. There are patches of ground stitched in orange and russet, where there is a carpet of fallen larch tree needles.

The last piece, at the bottom right, is an unfinished embroidery in a detailed thread painting style, of a woodland scene, framed in a green embroidery hoop. The large central tree is growing on rock. In the foreground, the purples in the rock strata have been accentuated.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Incredibly slow progress on my #HandEmbroidery #ThreadPainting #WIPWednesday
Hand embroidered ‘thread painting’ work in progress, depicting a woodland scene, with a central tree growing on rock, and framed in a green hoop.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The article that got #RebeccaSolnit FB account disabled. They are also taking it down if anyone else shares it.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Today I’d like to #LiftToTheSky @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for starting #LiftToTheSky an absolutely joyful, positive, community-building concept. Thank you 🥰
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Bluesky is an "echo chamber" but Twitter is some kind of what, salon? An egalitarian agora where ideas are respectfully exchanged? Twitter is a smoking Cybertruck with a greasy dude reeking of Axe Body Spray offering Circus Peanuts out of the back seat. I have no interest in getting into that ride.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
My personal embroidery has taken a bit of a backseat as I’m working on a community textile project with our #LongCovidSupport group at #BrainHealthBreakthroughCIC Some beautiful contributions from our group members #CommunityArts #LongCovidBanner #crochet #embroidery #CrossStitch #WIP #TextileArt
Two fabric pieces in the shape of ginkgo leaves, in two shades of green. The dark green leaf has the words resilience and strength embroidered on it. The bright green leaf has the words hope and endurance embroidered in it.A selection of textile pieces laid out on a bright green background as part of a banner work in progress, including a cross stitch piece that reads ‘Brain Health Breakthrough’ circled by crocheted hands that are linked together. There are crochet sunflowers and a heart, and two pink Suffolk puffs in the shape of hearts.Various leaf shapes in three shades of green cotton fabric, laid out on a coffee table.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“When the Amazon is in flood - deep enough to submerge well-grown trees entirely, over an area not far short of England - the fish feed on fruit & river dolphins race through the upper branches of what should be the canopy” Colin Tudge The Secret Life of Trees #naturewriting #thesecretlifeoftrees
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Adrienne Asher @asheradrienne.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Harriet McBryde Johnson: disabled people take conditions that people would never ask for and make beautiful, thriving lives out of them. We have to remind ourselves that there will always be disabled people living thriving lives. There will always be moments of beauty and joy. #LongCovid #ME/CFS
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I’ve solved the overheating problem #mytitsarehot #titsonfire #mastitis #longcovidsymptomsareweird #cabbagebra
Series of six images, five of which are screenshots from an IT Crowd episode. First three images are of Jen in a meeting. The captions say:
‘my tits’
‘Oh, my tits are hot’
‘My tits are on fire’
Fourth image is Moss holding a burning bra.
The fifth image is of me, Janey Colbourne, wearing two cabbage leaves as a bra.
The sixth image is of the main characters in IT crowd, with the caption ‘It’s a living bra’
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Quill Kukla 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @quillkukla.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Just spent another proud day managing to be autistic without uncontrollably performing Nazi salutes
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Long Covid UK @longcoviduk.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
📣 Share your voice! Contribute to our Long Covid Support Banner, a collective tapestry representing those living with #LongCovid & their caregivers. This banner will be the centrepiece of our Long Covid Awareness Day campaign on March 15th. See more exciting details here: tinyurl.com/LCSBanner
Sky blue background with white text: "SHARE YOUR VOICE. Click the link to learn more..." Small Long Covid support logo in bottom left corner.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My piece for this week’s #WIPWednesday is for @longcovidsupport.bsky.social Long Covid Banner. Those numbers are my lowest & highest recorded heart rates since I started wearing an armband monitor this year. A slightly rushed freehand piece because of the deadline. I’m using coton a broder thread
A black linen fabric piece 30cm by 6cm. Two felt pink hearts are pinned onto it, with the numbers 41 and 211 stitched on them in red. In the centre of the piece is some unfinished stitched lettering and a needle and thread.A black linen fabric piece 30cm by 6cm on a table. Two felt pink hearts are pinned onto it, with the numbers 41 and 211 stitched on them in red. In the centre of the piece is some unfinished stitched lettering and a needle and thread. Also in the table are sewing accessories and embroidery threads in different colours
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Beautiful 💕
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
How is it #WIPWednesday again already? Did a bit more on my woodland #embroidery ‘Life Force’ at the weekend but I’ve ground to a halt again. I’ll come back to it.
Embroidery work in progress portraying a woodland scene with a central tree trunk growing on rock. Unbleached cotton fabric in a green embroidery hoop.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
My current work in progress is very slow progress, but that’s ok. The embroidery style is known as thread painting, stitched with single strands of embroidery floss to build up layers of detail. It can take hours to do a very small area. #WIPWednesday #embroidery #threadpainting #textileart
Embroidery hoop with unfinished embroidery of a large tree trunk standing on rock in the woods. Other trees are silhouetted in the background. The tree trunk has shades of dusty pink, green and grey and the rock has shades of pink, purple and blue. There is still a lot of blank space as the work is less than halfway finished.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/12/2024
UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Lovely to see @earthpathways.bsky.social is on here 💚 #naturewriting
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
It’s a beautiful morning
Clouds lit by sunrise, in orange and pink, looking almost like rolling flames in the sky. Telegraph wires cross the scene
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
That’s me! 😊
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Dandelions are amazing. Beautiful, strong and important. They are great for tired bumblebee rescues. This photo is from a few summers ago @dandelionappre1.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
A rescued bumblebee is nestled in a dandelion flower on an outdoor table.A rescued bumblebee is nestled in a dandelion flower on an outdoor table, with one leg outstretched, grasping the flower
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Honouring all those who were killed because of anti-trans hate & violence. Let’s work to make a safer world for the living #transgenderdayofremembrance
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John Horgan @jhorganism.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I just posted a column deploring Scientific American's loss of its courageous, progressive editor, Laura Helmuth. This is a sad day for science journalism. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...
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Scientific American Loses Its Bold Leader — John Horgan (The Science Writer)
HOBOKEN, NOVEMBER 15, 2024. Well before Scientific American ’s editor vented her despair over the election, social in justice warriors were bashing the magazine for its political views. Critics in...
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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
How to take part in Wildflower Hour which is EVERY Sunday 8-9pm. During the week find an open flower (wild or naturalised, not planted) from anywhere across Britain & Ireland & share on Sunday evening using #wildflowerhour! Fancy an extra challenge? See if you can find ten blooms for #thewinter10!
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Delighted to see @wildflowerhour.bsky.social has migrated here. It’s an absolute joy to have your feed filled with flowers every Sunday evening, or indeed at anytime To take part, share your wildflower images with the tag #wildflowerhour Here’s a common spotted orchid (not a recent pic)
Photo of a common spotted orchid in a meadow
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hi everyone, good to be here. Liking the vibe 💚 So far I’ve found lots of writers & scientists which is right up my street. I also love textile art. Here’s one of my pieces-Stitching Myself Back Together. There’s a whole story behind it but that’s for another day. Photo by British Textile Biennial
Photo of a seven inch orange embroidery hoop with an embroidery in the thread painting style, depicting a woodland scene. There’s a pool emptying into a stream, surrounded by mossy banks. Across the back of the scene are trees of various species going into the distance. There are patches of orange stitching to represent fallen leaves and larch tree needles. In the centre standing by the pool is a tiny figure with blond hair in a turquoise coat.
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