Josie George is a non-fiction writer, columnist and well-being influencer with 42k Twitter followers. She lives in the West Midlands. She wrote the highly acclaimed memoir A Still Life . She's a columnist for The Guardian Country Diary, sharing a different view of nature from her urban neighbourhood, often from her mobility scooter. Josie spends her days finding doorways into remarkable places right where she is (even if that's in bed). The ordinary world has something to say and she's determined to listen. Imagine me as a great-aunt you didn't know you had, a little strange, but warm like porridge and sunshine, who makes you feel exactly right as you are. I grow things, make things .

I know the names of the birds and the weeds. I laugh a great deal, but I am well-acquainted with darkness. My body and my mind work differently to most, and so I must live and move around differently, too. I am full of surprises.