My family loves biking in the Lake District. Imagine our delight when we discover some new technology that allows us to show our love; a smartphone app from Strava that...
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Lantern Festival Light has never been so heavy, companionship never so weightless. It started with one man, with one lantern, in one fishing town, somewhere in Japanese...
Bed of the Lake
Cashmere Coniston
Family memory foam
dreams of wild swimming
Christmas is not what it used to be. As I was buying up a selection of Amazon and i-Tunes gift vouchers to give to family and friends, it struck me that these gifts...
I didn’t find out there was an International #PillowFightDay until it was almost over. But it wasn’t too late. So I woke the kids up for some moonlight...
Gacha City Inside brittle shell of urban gacha gacha lies Kitty city. Our kids love Japan’s gacha gacha balls. These plastic shells with tiny toys inside are available...
Can a computer produce a blog? This poem imagines the moment where the machine replaces the human in the world of blogging and social media. It was inspired by parent...
Android Love Cuddle an android and you may end up making baby telenoid. The Japanese know the future is robots. You can meet androids in Tokyo, not on the streets (yet)...
The Joining In Dance This dance is only for dancing, not for watching. It’s how life should be? For 32 nights a year, the town of Gujo Hajiman in central Japan dances...
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Kirstie Pelling
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
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