There's a Storm Brewing Above the Tangled Teepee This is the view from my tent door in all its splendid glory. I live amongst nature & love it, but really would like a more stable home. The Wild & Windy Western Woods I live in is old & derelict. And…

Helios left the tent bright & early on Thursday morning. He gave me no clue as to any disturbing thoughts in his head. But I guess they must have been there. Lurking in the darkest recesses. This isn’t the first incidents of this kind. …

You’ve probably noticed, dear readers, how I haven’t been very present with my writing lately. There seems to always be something preventing my consistency. This time it was a combination of Helios’s PTSD and Mother Nature that proclaimed “ Rhoda you shall write no more!” Helios’s PTSD was antagonised by…

The long overdue construction of our new tent & spring cleaning were unavoidable! — How dee all, It’s been more than a week since I’ve put pen to paper or a single finger on my drunken delinquent keyboard. This is just how things pan out at the Tangled Teepee. It’s not for a lack of planning or ideas or writer’s block but, because of…

When Homelessness is used to spin the proverbial windmill of legal obligations! — There’s been a new advert circulating the UK Radio waves. I don’t know the exact script but it goes something like this: No Home … No Address … No Address … No Bank Account No Bank account … No Job … No Job … No Home No Home … No…

Are You Celebrating Today? — Just wanted to say a quick hello and check in with you all & find out if you’re celebrating Earth Day today (April 22nd 2022). Earth day originally started way back in 1970. Inspired by the ecologically aware protestors of the 1960’s, it began as a way of spotlighting environmental…

A hopeful reminder that your passions are not selfish — they are your freedom! — Significant meanings The Cherry (or ‘Sakura’ in Japanese) traditionally marks the official end of winter. Its sweet scent wafting in the breeze reminds us of the fortunes to come over the summer. But it also reminds us that these fortunes and life itself are short and fleeting. Its bright pink blossom only…

No, it’s just my neighbour … Red the squirrel. — At The beginning of October 2019 we set up the Tangled Teepee in a little derelict patch of woodland (with permission from the landowner, of course). It’s cold and frosty in the Wild & Windy Western Wood (W&W-WW). Being in between two bodies of water it holds the winter chill…