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Breccia by Ruth Allen

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What rocks can teach us & other things [Breccia: a rock composed of fragments] Journal pieces from my life alongside rock and animal kin, and the embodied writing process. Vignettes, brief contemplations, essays, prose sketchbook and travel dispatches.

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About Ruth Allen

Author: Weathering (2024, Ebury Penguin) & Grounded (2021, Hachette). Outdoor Psychotherapist & Embodied Writing Mentor ('Writing from the Inner Grounds') Former geologist. Movement practitioner. Epilithic. Bison soul. ๐ŸŠ tick

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