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Karen (Harman) Gray

@kcrgray.bsky.social

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Arts, ageing, social care, dementia, methods, policy, values, evaluation | Researcher @ University of Bristol | ConnectED project | Hoppiness. She/her.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I love how the cats rush to join me whenever I take 5 minutes in the sun, away from my desk. As if being outside is contagious. #AcademicsWithCats

A persons legs in blue jeans and with stripy colourful socks, stretched out on a patio slab, surrounded by gravel. A tortoisehell cat sits beside the legs looking out onto a garden.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Wonderful to be out in the sunshine with @alivegardening.bsky.social this morning, ‘breaking the ground’ for the next iteration of #Hoppiness. More details to follow!

A beermat in bright yellow and green colours leans against a can of beer. ‘Hoppiness’ is written on the beermat.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

✅ Walk in the sun ticked off the to do list 😊.

Handwritten entry on a to do list saying ‘Walk in the sun’ with a tick in the box next to it.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Morning!

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Trying to input an ethics application to the university system. It crashed and I now can’t get back in. Could Zorro have pushed the wrong button? 😩 #AcademicsWithCats

A small tortoiseshell cat with a distinctive ginger blaze on her forehead is sitting half on a computer keyboard. She is looking directly at the camera.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Grey walk yesterday, turned golden by the sunset.

A single bare winter tree in the centre of the picture is bathed in golden light. Set against a row of other trees, grass in a field and a grey sky behind.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Well, @fatfreddysdrop.bsky.social at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social last night were a tonic! Booked on a whim at the start of the year as part of a resolution to get to More and Different music. Absolutely loved it. Incentive to make same resolution this year.

Band on stage. Keyboards, mixing desk, guitar, brass section. Pink flower and leaf design on backdrop. Blue lighting. Crowd.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Supersum, the agency I do a lot of my freelance #evaluation with, decorated a tree at #Treefeat #StMaryRedcliffe #Bristol. Used pictures from projects and stars made from copies of our Reflection Tool. Came out OK, I think 🎄😊

Christmas tree decorated with handmade decorations and twinkling lights.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Advent bookcase. Still use the scrappy brown paper ‘envelopes’ the kids and I made together over 10 years ago.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Oh dear…

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This weekend’s Too Good To Go haul. £4.

Fruit and vegetables on a kitchen counter.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Got a huge and rather daunting £4 veg bag through Too Good to Go yesterday. Took advantage of clock change to make a start on it. Soup cooking in the slow cooker. Coleslaw in fridge. Pickled cabbage and chillis. Mint cordial.

Lots of vegetables on kitchen counter including onions, carrots, potatoes, squash, aubergines, peppers, chillis, cabbage and broccoli. Fresh mint in jars.

Two small bottles of dark green liquid. Small jars containing chillis and cabbage.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

I‘m loving working with Amguedffa Cymru - Museums Wales on the evaluation of their Museums Inspiring #Memories programme. Moving visit this morning with their Caffi Mine group to the National Mining Memorial at Senghenydd for a service to mark anniversary of the country’s worst colliery disaster.

Bronze statue. Rescue worker with miners lamp helping injured miner.

Wooden carved sculpture. Girl looking into distance, holding baby.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Tipping Point by Luke Jerram #Bristol

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Today on #Hoppiness Brewing in Care Homes project we were harvesting the hops ready for the brew. All hands around the table, conversation, stories, laughter, bringing the outside in.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Had the most fabulous overnight stay in the bunkhouse on Orford Ness. All its strange wildness to ourselves for 24 hours. Shingle, ruins, seals, deer, owls, clear skies. What a treat.

Rustiing metal object, shingle paths, black tower on horizon.

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Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Is there a BlueSky #AcademicsWithCats? This is Zorro. She’d like to say that she’s seen it all before and she has Things To Say.

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