Posts – stayingafloat

Fungi

Mark Hartswood / February 19, 2023

It’s as if we have an unhealthy interest in treesOur threads pierce your rootsAnd those of your daughters and neighbours […]

This essay pays homage to the elements. Not the one hundred and eighteen chemical elements in the periodic table, but

To me, humans have many faces Some entertained, as they gaze through their living room portal into my splendid realm

From starlight and C02 – to treeTo sawmill – to pulp – to paper – to cupPlastic dipped, stacked, transportedSeparated

Who am I? I wondered if you might have guessed. My name is Life. I am your mother. I brought

Mark Hartswood / February 28, 2021

The fly After an urgent noisy flight the housefly perched craftily on my desk and started to clean itself. It

Priscilla, whole and sentient, sensed bubbles of self-awareness within her. The consciousness of the whole had ignited within in the

You’d think that collectively We humans By now We’d know what to do We have millennia of spiritual wisdom Centuries

Elon Musk, head of Tesla and SpaceX, started out as an Internet entrepreneur pioneering online banking services such as PayPal.

Sailing has its paradoxes and polarities. Even the shortest trip can switch between restful tranquility and anxiety provoking squalls. No

Like many people I have conflicting feelings about zoos. I adore the animals, but find it disturbing to see them