Childhood encounters with funnel-web spiders and bull ants reveal how pain, memory, and enforced boundaries shaped a lifelong respect for insects and the ground they inhabit.
Author Archives: Earthly Comforts
Volunteer Plants in Gardening
Volunteer plants appear naturally in gardens and can signal soil health, support wildlife, or become a nuisance. Learn how to identify, manage, and work with them.
Understanding the Grass Snake
A calm, informative guide to grass snakes in the UK, exploring their behaviour, habitats, swimming ability, and importance in healthy wetland ecosystems.
When Fear Gets the Click
A quiet reflection on how social newspapers frame AI through fear, and why work, purpose, and human contribution are far more resilient than headlines suggest.
Things I Didn’t Notice at First
Things I Didn’t Notice at First is a reflective essay series about attention, familiarity, and the quiet moments when ordinary places, work, and habits reveal themselves differently.
Earthly Comforts 