Welcome back to The Earth Sea Love Podcast. We are so pleased to be back with you for another episode release, within a week of the last one. We are trying to keep to our word! This episode, 075, in our 7th season is with our wonderful Sista Dal Kular. We are such a fan of Dal. Talking with your host, Dr Sheree Mack, in this episode you will hear, Dal talking about: * Situating the self in the present moment of recording * How has this season been treating Dal                                                   * The long recovery from head injury* Walking in winter - practice and confidence and joy * Disrupting this hard season of grief and loss* Changes after a head injury adjustments  - * Rest and planning time as part of being human* Learning how to be with a head injury and manage health and wellbeing * Challenging ableist constructs, the interview, the exam * Black Nature In Residence programme with identity on tyne * Gusset wisdom shared* Creatives learning, freedom to create* Creating a giant journal as part of a residency* Quiet disruptions and dislodging colonial narratives * Cheap travelling to remote places* Deepen strength and honing in on creative practices * The future of nature writing  * Embracing the extraordinaryness of the everyday   Bio: Dal Kular (she/her) is a writer, maker, zinester and facilitator of creative and nature-allied arts for healing, liberation and joy. She left school at 16 years old with 3 O-levels having been told she could never be a writer – returning to the power of words in her late forties – as an act of radical care and healing. Her debut poetry book (un)interrupted tongues, published by Fly on The Wall Press, emerged from a zine she created during her masters dissertation about the therapeutic and healing powers of zine-making. She loves making zines and handmade books. Dal’s latest zine is called ‘Dear Nature…’ and created during her writing residency with Peaks of Colour. She lives in Sheffield.  You can read more of her work here.