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Sophie Nicholls's avatar

Love this so much, Mel. It reminds me of the word solastalgia, coined by Glenn Albrecht to describe our feelings of grief and homesickness for places that are lost to us forever because of climate change. I'm just writing about this now so thank you for introducing me to this word. 💜

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Mel Parks's avatar

Also - sorry, I can't make your writing workshop later. I had it in my diary but something has come up - will catch the replay and try again next month!

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Sophie Nicholls's avatar

No pressure, Mel. 💜 Have a lovely weekend.

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Mel Parks's avatar

Oh wow - I did not know that word - such an interesting idea - off to Google... :)

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