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Burrito Van on Selsley Common: Stories and Pictures by Jeff Gill

Welcome to Jeff Gill’s collection of stories, poems and illustrations. A burrito van appears on Selsley Common in Gloucestershire and changes everything, for a while. A pangolin sells podcasts. A jug of milk tells the truth. A little silver fish leaves the sea for a grand adventure. Children blow things up. Thag and Grok invent misogyny. Two friends spend an afternoon on the Moon. There’s some weird stuff too.

TREE and FIELD GUIDE

You grow a life with a series of small daily habits. TREE is the happy little morning habit that feeds your daily growth. We publish TREE every Monday to Thursday. It’s short. You can read it in about a minute. It’s a great way to not start your day with social media or the news.

Skyler Cail is collecting interesting stories of everyday people and telling them on Fridays in FIELD GUIDE. It’s all about piquing your curiosity and expanding your empathy. FIELD GUIDE is a little longer than TREE. 

TREE and FIELD GUIDE are completely free. People who want to support their publication and growth can become paying subscribers. They get some cool extra stuff as a thank you.

‘I enjoy starting my day with something positive that also helps me look at ways I can grow. TREE has helped me reframe so many negative perspectives that it’s honestly too much to list.’

TERESA ROBERTS, ARTIST

‘TREE is a daily reminder of the power of my tiny incremental steps in a long journey. This morning replacement of my usual doom scrolling through pay per click articles disguised as news has unquestionably improved my life and kicks in the creative juices first thing.’

STEVEN LEE TRACY, MUSIC PRODUCER