Show Notes
"In a time of fracturing seasons, when everything's going awry, there are still cycles that we can set our hearts by."
It's Kirsten Bradley of Milkwood [https://www.milkwood.net/]! She's writing a new book about the moon, penning love letters to parsley and currawongs on Substack, and here to share all about her daily rhythms in lutruwita, Tasmania. Oh, what a lovely conversation!
Within 🌙
AI or not to AI
Morning routines! Morning stargazing!
Tea choices
Moving to lutruwita/Tassie
Fish farm woes and responses
How to make decisions about where to move
When the body says no
Slow activism
"You can rest. The problems will be there when you get up again. And the solutions."
Perimenopause rearrangements
Coming back to creativity after burnout
Wrapping knowledge in story
Learning injuries
Writing as a welcome
Cultural astronomies
Should we follow our interests?
What does activism look like for Kirsten now?
The Common Book of the Moon
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS
Kirsten on Substack [https://kirstenbradley.substack.com/]
Kirsten + Milkwood [https://www.milkwood.net/]
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