There is a quiet, shifting threshold that occurs just as Summer begins to hold its breath. You can smell it before you see it: the heavy, sweet-sharp scent of fermenting windfalls in the grass, the sudden drop in evening temperatures, and the way the shadows beneath the trees seem to lengthen, turning a deep indigo. […]
I looked around the kitchen and immediately chose to go out to the porch and spend some time writing. Housework can wait, I told myself. Outside, my porch offers the perfect sanctuary. As I sit with my laptop, I am surrounded by a vibrant, living canvas: bird baths bustling with activity, bees and butterflies dancing […]
An Interview with Author and Celebrant Veronika Sophia Robinson on her latest title, Under The Starflower: A Book of Blessings © 2026 [Veronika Sophia Robinson]. All rights reserved. This interview first appeared in the Starflower Press journal. Interview by Joe McLean Veronika, after writing over 30 books, what was the specific moment or encounter […]
This piece came from a prompt at Penrith Writers’ Group as part of Great Big Green Week: Together For Good.It made me reflect on the community in my garden. Compost Companions© Veronika Sophia Robinson Deep in the dark,the compost heap rumbles with busyness. The surrounding airrich with the scentof sweet earth, fermenting fruit and promises. […]
This piece came from the prompt given at Penrith Writers’ Group: Waiting. Waiting Around To Die© Veronika Sophia Robinson Trapped in this windowless roomSomeone snatches the air I breathe.A prison of predictions:“Your mother’s dying,” they tell me. I long to hold her in my arms, to say “it’s going to be okay”But, maybe, what I […]
This piece came from a writing prompt on ‘heritage’, and weaves in my Australian childhood, German ancestry, and life as a funeral celebrant in Cumbria. The Bloodline of the Threshold© Veronika Sophia Robinson Year upon year has been spent walking the wind-eroded borders of other people’s grief.A weaver of word medicine standing in the silent […]
This piece is about the suspended, amber stillness of a midsummer dawn and the ten different birds I can hear. Sounds of the Summer Solstice © Veronika Sophia Robinson The shortest night dissolves, slipping away before it has fully begun, leaving me suspended in the amber stillness of the Summer Solstice. I […]
This piece explores the intense, almost haunting relationship between a writer and the late-night creative spark that refuses to let them sleep. This is called My Midnight Muse. The Midnight Muse © Veronika Sophia Robinson She comes in the silent and velvety dark,Slipping in softly to kindle the spark,Weaving her words where the shadows grow […]
This piece begins in the quiet sanctuary of an Eden Valley night, though as you’ll see, the peace doesn’t last long. The Midnight Circus© Veronika Sophia Robinson A cool breeze flows steadily through the open window, cutting through the vast, rural stillness of the Eden Valley. It washes over my skin, clearing the lingering warmth […]
This piece is called Gardening in the Rain, and it explores the strange, beautiful balm of nurturing new life during a Cumbrian downpour. Gardening In The Rain © Veronika Sophia Robinson The heavy Cumbrian sky breaks wide,drenching the ancient wall.Beyond, the meadow blurs,where wild fells watch and secrets wait. Yet here I stand, deep in […]
