a camellia tree creating dappled light with a zine in the branches

We’re going on a low-carbon adventure

1 September, 2026

Adventures to make you want to run, take the bus, paddle a kayak and appreciate the view from the train window

BY SHANTI

a table full of painted zines

I made a zine about biking around Türkiye

25 August, 2026

Contains: 1 cat, 2 lizards, 3 poppies and at least a dozen ancient objects

BY SHANTI

shining mountains across the canterbury plains

frosty running in the port hills: a photo essay

14 August, 2026

breathless, tingling, learning to love winter

BY SHANTI

a woman in the ocean in togs and a veil whipping in the wind

Wedding sewing

23 July, 2026

Should you sew multiple things for your own wedding? YES!!!!!

BY SHANTI

the covers of Spinning silver (fantasy fairytale) Five Ways to Forgiveness (blue sci fi) and The Corner That Held Them (ladies dancing historical fiction)

Half-year reading report, 2026

21 July, 2026

Microloans, Neanderthals, Moby-Dick, forgiveness, medieval nuns, the Prague Spring and MORE

BY SHANTI