mood board

Ancestry, Jamaican curries and lighter evenings...

Somatics, blue cheese and so much rain...

Hi friends, I’m Michelle from Opting Out, based in Brighton, UK.

The legacy of industry, yet more Knausgaard and threshold choirs

Special Betwixtmas Edition

Ulysses, River walks and winter rain

Queer folk, a Modernist love affair and 2010s nostalgia

Dropping your bundle, winter branches and a love of all things Norweigan...

New parks, new hair and pops of colour

Dramatic skies, poetry and the long dark ...

Early morning Devotions, rain and cacao...

Sunsets, cosy blankets and the lion-headed dakini

Vulvas, astrology and dzogchen

Hyperballad, katabasis and birdsong

Wintering preparations, vinyl and hidden scents

Harps, Funghi and Being Ish

Goblins, heated throws and Cerys

A sleepy soundtrack, the mirror of a good relationship, and slow knitting progress

New projects, a literary response to all the flag raising, and a book on dying

Just-back-from-California special edition!

Sitars, a memorial wall and looking forward to So-Cal

Folky memories, another Knausgaard in the bag and knitting for patience

Chickens, folk music and more!

Surrealists, Impermanence and Palestinian Bakewell Tart

Art dates, silent reading and discovering new poets