About

Hello all, I’m Laura. I created The Ginger Feather as a place to come when you’re tired of the constant rumblings of the news, the internet and of navigating daily life. I write about quiet things and thoughts, usually fuelled by tea and cake and accompanied by one mad cat and occasional guinea pigs. I spent a few decades lost, and now I’m in my 40’s, am starting to finally settle into myself. This blog is a little space where I write about that process, via lots of overthinking, but very much free from algorithms, social media and adverts. I’m really glad you’ve found this little space, and hope you continue to visit.

I live in the UK with various assorted 4-legged friends (and usually some 6 and 8-legged ones too), in an old jumbly stone cottage with an unkempt garden, voles in the undergrowth and bees in the attic. The door is always open here and there is a comfy spot on an overstuffed sofa, tea brewing on the stove, and a warm blanket or two to wrap yourself in. It’s a little oasis amongst the noise for those who love to quietly ponder.

I love paddling in the freezing sea, wandering about in rainstorms, getting excited by creepy crawlies in our overgrown wild garden or lying back with a book and losing myself for a few hours. I like to plod along and think, make friends with trees and tread the pathways of those that have come before. The seasons pull me along, with all the things that live alongside me.

When the internet gets too loud, there is a very occasional newsletter that is full of crumbs and cat hair and may appear in your inbox a few times a year, if you like that sort of thing. If not, this space is always here to sidle in out of the hustle and bustle and just exist for a while.

The Ginger Feather is a way to share all of the things that feed my soul these days, and that may be food for yours too. I hope it is a blog of sea mist and thunderclouds, of wild roses and campfires, of old pages and steaming tea.

-Laura-