Sonia Overall
@soniaoverall.bsky.social
writer, psychogeographer, walking artist, educator, performer; lover of the weird and folkloric
It's #DistanceDrift time! To mark Lammastide (loaf mass) let's take a stroll to celebrate the grain. Seek out loaves and cakes, cereals and corn sheaves, and any other bounty of this first fruits harvest festival. Interpret freely; share finds as you go or at the end.
Morning! As today's #DistanceDrift will be subject to the whims of folk festival signal and programme commitments, I'll be posting a prompt for a creative wander a little earlier than usual. My own finds will be pretty haphazard too... Watch this space!
Morning! It's the first Sunday in July and time for a SLOOOWW #DistanceDrift. Wherever you choose to wander, slow right down. Wander ponderously. Take time to examine tiny details in your environment. Pause; dwell; meditate. Rest. Be aimless.
Morning! Heads up for an easy Sunday #distancedrift at 10am or thereafter, for anyone who fancies it.
Morning! Moving books around at home I rediscovered this title by Jacqueline Simpson on the etymology of pub names. Inspired by this, today's #DistanceDrift invites you to take a psychogeographical pub crawl...
A little reminder that it's the first Sunday of the month and time for another #DistanceDrift. If you fancy a creative wander, I'll be posting a prompt here at 10am. #walking #psychogeography
Evidence of Maytime Milkmaids and Maypoles on today's #DistanceDrift in gorgeous Sandwich. Enjoy the rest of your long weekend - merry May!
It's #DistanceDrift time, and as we're still in the midst of May weekend, today's prompt celebrates some iconic symbols of the season: maypoles and milkmaids. Wherever you wander, seek out evidence of them lurking in the environment... Interpret freely, as ever; share finds as you go or at the end.
In case there's anyone still here who joins in, a heads up for #DistanceDrift this morning. Prompt live at 10 (ish) if you fancy a creative wander.
Rabbits! It's the first Sunday in March, and today's #DistanceDrift takes its cue from the saw that saying (and seeing) rabbits on the 1st of this month will bring good luck. Wherever you wander, seek the leporid, build a bunny, hare about - you get the idea. Share finds as you go or at the end.
Rules are meant to be broken #terminalia thank you @soniaoverall.bsky.social #walk #rock
Thanks to @threadandword.bsky.social for the virtual company on today's rock paper scissors #terminalia wander. Despite several losing scissors and drawing rocks, I managed to wrap my papery self around plenty of rocky spots in the environment.
Prep for Terminalia Festival with @soniaoverall.bsky.social we have a rock-solid plan ( see attached images) The theme is Rock I'm bringing a climbing rope to engage with the, well, rocks. See you Monday Happy Terminalia! #walkingartistsnetwork #rock #terminalia #psychogeography #Monday
Yay! #TheFeministArtOfWalking @plutopress.bsky.social is on the road again, please join me: This Fri 20.2 @bookmarksbookshop.bsky.social 6.30pm free: tinyurl.com/n6frwt27 Sat 21.2 Faversham @favlit.org with @soniaoverall.bsky.social 5pm tinyurl.com/4nuprv25 #psychogeography #walkcreate #booktour
Morning! As today's #DistanceDrift falls upon St Brigid's Day, Imbolc and Candlemastide, let's wander seeking signs of the tip from winter into spring... Staying home? Time for some seasonal indoor adjustments, tiny spring cleans or maybe, make a Brigid's cross to hang inside your door.
As well as this weekend's Candlemas #folkwalks there's time tomorrow (Sunday) to squeeze in February's #DistanceDrift. Walking prompt posted here at 10am if you fancy joining me.
guests: Alisa Oleva, Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social Cathy Turner, Clare Qualmann @cqualmann.bsky.social, Dee Heddon @deeheddon.bsky.social Elspeth Penfold @threadandword.bsky.social Helen Stratford, Keira Chapman, Sarah Benjamins,Saffron Swansborough Sonia Overall @soniaoverall.bsky.social
Footage of this year's #Hoodening and #Wassail Orchard Walk in Sandwich. Big thanks to everyone who came along. See you next January!
The Hoodeners@hoodening.org.uk · 7mo agoHorses for courses - a looong procession this year for the Sandwich #wassail, with various #hoodening beasts and others.
Post #DistanceDrift treat - trying out a shiny new cafe. Especially welcome after packing up last night's #hoodening and #wassail event!
Shiny and new #DistanceDrift: shiny shop window, ducks breaking a new pond on a sunny spot in the frozen river, bright new future for an empty shop?
It's the first #DistanceDrift of the year, and today's wander invites you to seek out the shiny and new. Wrap up warm or saunter in your slippers; interpret freely; share finds as you go or at the end.
It's a bright and crisp morning for a #DistanceDrift. I'll be blowing the cobwebs away with a wander from 10am, if you fancy joining me wherever you are.
Cosy #DistanceDrift continued: Inglenook advert; Christmas candles in the church tower shadow; the irresistible call of coffee and cake.
Cosy #DistanceDrift: sheltered leaf nest; fireside promise; cheering wreath; cosiness in a glass dome at the excellent @creepymoonclub window...
It's chucking it down out there again. Time for the Big Socks... Inspired by the seasonal weather, today's #DistanceDrift invites you to get cosy. Wherever you wander, indoors or out, seek that which comforts. Give yourself a hygge hug. Share finds as you go or at the end.
What's this? Feet up for a few minutes on the train? Never fear, I'll be squeezing in this month's #DistanceDrift tomorrow (Sunday) at 10am... Join me for a virtual seasonal wander then, or any time thereafter, using the hashtag.
Anyone up for a welly walk? Todays #DistanceDrift is a seasonal invitation for Allhallowstide: walk in search of ghost traces in the environment, seeking signs of the lost and erased. Interpret freely; share finds as and when you wish. Wander at home in your slippers if the outdoors isn't calling.
