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Yvonne 💍 is writing (please interrupt me)
@alayanabeth.bsky.social
Wordsmith and poet, Indie author, Tolkien nerd, kiwi in the Inner Hebrides, she/they. River Daughter (meander phase)
Relationship status: single [malt] 🥃

#RingsofPower #Tolkien #LOTR
#Poetry #Poem #IsleofMull

https://mybook.to/OnWildAir
Pinned
I'm going to hang my shingle out properly by 'fessing that I've been reading Tolkien, and about Tolkien, for over half a century, and I'm currently obsessed with Rings of Power

Mother of Uruks
River Daughter
Stone-singer in Training

She/they

I play DnD/BG3 & recommend Vampire Therapist
Smug. Smug. My name is Smug

See this face 😁

Lego Rivendell finally complete, almost exactly 2 years and 10 months from purchase, with major family and health problems including a life-changing thumb injury intervening

Elrond is finally in possession of his home

Hmm. Nice Ring... 🤔🌩😬
January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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I hear that if you aren't finding time to read the books on your desk and nightstand that you already desperately want to read ... it will make you feel better if you simply buy other ones.

You're welcome.
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
It's a weird odd little world

I woke this morning from a complex dream, at the heart of which was that my enemy could change the past by reading out a different version from a book, and no-one but me remembered how it was

Just now I discovered a new author whose Feb debut may use a similar idea
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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"Caught Being Faithful"
Coming in Summer 2026!*

Featuring 14 of the most talented artists in #TROP Fandom!

With all profits going to the lovely Mary's Meals charity.

More details, and participating artists, to be revealed soon!

*(subject to change)

#NumenorPinupCalendar #NumenorFaithfulCalendar
January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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🧙‍♂️ Celebrating author J.R.R. Tolkien on #TolkienTrewsday...

What does #Tolkien mean to you?
🧙‍♂️ #TolkienTrewsday
📆 Week 150 (06/01/26): “JRR Tolkien”

Celebrating the birthday (3 January 1892) and life of J.R.R. Tolkien. We also hit the 150th milestone of Tolkien Trewsday this week!

#TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
January 6, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 132678:
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Drove down to my daughter's flat (currently empty) to check all was well, and paused at the peak to pacify my soul - I mean, stopped at the roadside to capture our current snowy landscape. Beautiful, but the wind cuts like a knife
January 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I've lost count of the number of times I've had to open the front door and then the back door so Jareth can stare at the snow and twitch his tail before deciding not to go out 🤷🏻‍♀️
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Happy Birthday to JRR Tolkien! To the Professor! 🍻 #TolkienBirthdayToast #art
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I've looked forward so much to recreating this scene in lego Rivendell

It's such a shame that once it's emplaced and the display box goes on, this tableau will be hidden at the back of the model

A quiet, out-of-the-way place, rarely visited. In keeping, I guess. And I'll know it's there
🗡🤍
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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This is the energy I'm bringing into 2026
January 2, 2026 at 12:17 PM
In 2025 on Bluesky I wrote 268 posts and 977 replies. I received 6,350 likes, 201 from my most popular post (a post about Jareth, naturally 🤣), and apparently I love saying 🤣! www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
alayanabeth.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out alayanabeth.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
www.madebyolof.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
January 1, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Not long now until #NewYearPlantHunt starts!
Everything you need is here:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Spotter sheets, Top Tips for successful hunting, info about group hunts, guidance on taking photos for #WildFlowerID, links to the #BSBIRecordingApp for uploading your finds & info on how to get help.
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt is now underway and the first records are already pinging in!
Take a look at the Results map:
nyph.bsbi.org/results.php
There are going to be a lot more markers pinging in as the day goes on, each one showing where a plant or list of plants has been recorded. Let's go!
January 1, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Jareth says, "Happy 2026, Everyone, and I hope you find someone who can scratch behind your ears just the way you like it."
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Wishing you all the best 2026 possible. Don't stop creating with your human imagination, don't stop sharing, don't stop loving, don't stop enjoying, caring and respecting nature, don't stop learning, don't stop fighting for those who need our help🖤

Never forget we can reach Mount Doom together🌋🎇
December 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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D1) again, this is difficult to pull off at longer lengths. But you don't get good at a thing by not doing it.

E) YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT done is better than perfect. Don't worry so much about "practicing right" just practice. You can adjust as you need as you go on.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Yesterday in the Ice Age I was the girl who went to bed in my hat

Today, the outside temp came up, the ice melted, and my big heater is pumping out so much heat I've exceeded my daily power allowance by 60%

What is going on? I think my first footer might need to be am electrician 🤷🏻‍♀️❄️🔥
December 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I want to open up a new bag of bricks for lego Rivendell. I'm so close to completing it

But...

I really have had quite a lot of cider. Quite a lot. I might be making a foolish decision

What say you, Bluesky? Should I be sensible this last night of 2025, or throw caution to the winds?
December 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Start singing right now, doesn't matter if you use intelligible words or not, or even random sounds, as long as it's making music with your mouth.
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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If you’d like to embrace a Hobbit’s perspective going into this new year, here are ten ideas to help you begin your journey. These aren’t exactly New Years Resolutions, but suggestions that can be put into practice no matter the time of year.

Watch here:

youtu.be/x1Jce-P8x8I
Becoming a Hobbit at Heart 2026 | Embrace the Spirit of the Shire
YouTube video by Tea with Tolkien
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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lol never thought about this before - "Adjective (↑Lat. adiectivum “an added [word]”)"

grammar terms sound so official and then you learn they literally mean things like "a word thrown in there"
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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“I remember well the splendour of their banners ... It recalled to me the glory of the Elder Days ... so many great princes and captains were assembled. And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken, and the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever, and it was not so."
December 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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‘Snow Moon’ by Louise Warren.

‘as you wish yourself well this Christmas Eve’ ❄️ 🍷

www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
@louisewarrenpoet.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM