Fiona
@bibliodufi.bsky.social
Bookworm, nature lover, rock hound & dog geek, ex public librarian. Happily ensconced in Sedbergh, England's Book Town. Come and say hello on Substack @FionaWrites 💚📚 ✒️
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Later this month, Jo Bell joins us to discuss Boater: A Life on England's Waterways - the debut memoir written by the UK’s inaugural Canal & River Trust poet laureate.
Book your spot: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
Book your spot: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
July 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Later this month, Jo Bell joins us to discuss Boater: A Life on England's Waterways - the debut memoir written by the UK’s inaugural Canal & River Trust poet laureate.
Book your spot: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
Book your spot: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
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I've received a quite fascinating email.
This person claims they've singlehandedly blocked 33 sales of my books.
Any chance I can get 34 books sold off this to annoy them?
Please RT!
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=sophia+m...
or
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=sophia+m...
This person claims they've singlehandedly blocked 33 sales of my books.
Any chance I can get 34 books sold off this to annoy them?
Please RT!
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=sophia+m...
or
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=sophia+m...
July 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I've received a quite fascinating email.
This person claims they've singlehandedly blocked 33 sales of my books.
Any chance I can get 34 books sold off this to annoy them?
Please RT!
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=sophia+m...
or
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=sophia+m...
This person claims they've singlehandedly blocked 33 sales of my books.
Any chance I can get 34 books sold off this to annoy them?
Please RT!
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=sophia+m...
or
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=sophia+m...
Beautiful sunny view over Ullswater in the Lake District yesterday.
July 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Beautiful sunny view over Ullswater in the Lake District yesterday.
Enjoy this 30 second slice of peace, beauty and beck (and a bit with a dog!) on this glorious summer afternoon 💚
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Enjoy this 30 second slice of peace, beauty and beck (and a bit with a dog!) on this glorious summer afternoon 💚
MmmmmMeadowsweet Meadow Bliss 💚
July 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
MmmmmMeadowsweet Meadow Bliss 💚
It's the time of year when trees cast off the fruit they know won't make it, to save their energy for the ones that will.
I have found these over the past couple of days; a horse chestnut with tiny, soft spikes, a crab apple and a cultivated apple from Zreče, our twin town.
I have found these over the past couple of days; a horse chestnut with tiny, soft spikes, a crab apple and a cultivated apple from Zreče, our twin town.
July 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's the time of year when trees cast off the fruit they know won't make it, to save their energy for the ones that will.
I have found these over the past couple of days; a horse chestnut with tiny, soft spikes, a crab apple and a cultivated apple from Zreče, our twin town.
I have found these over the past couple of days; a horse chestnut with tiny, soft spikes, a crab apple and a cultivated apple from Zreče, our twin town.
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‘A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth.’
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #poetry
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #poetry
July 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
‘A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth.’
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #poetry
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #poetry
What delicious, unexpected delight for my poor bruised heart.
The sweetest raspberry I have tasted in a long time - we left plenty for the birds 💚
The sweetest raspberry I have tasted in a long time - we left plenty for the birds 💚
July 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What delicious, unexpected delight for my poor bruised heart.
The sweetest raspberry I have tasted in a long time - we left plenty for the birds 💚
The sweetest raspberry I have tasted in a long time - we left plenty for the birds 💚
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Here is a #meditation for the #Solstice – the moment when the sun stands still
You don’t have to do this at the exact moment of stillness: it’s the connection that counts, re-affirming our connection to the web of life
accidentalgods.life/solstice-med
#SummerSolstice2025
#Accidentalgofds #podcast
You don’t have to do this at the exact moment of stillness: it’s the connection that counts, re-affirming our connection to the web of life
accidentalgods.life/solstice-med
#SummerSolstice2025
#Accidentalgofds #podcast
Solstice Meditation 2025 - Sun Stands Still - by Manda Scott
Here is a meditation for the shortest night of the year - the time when the sun stands still. It doesn't have to be at the moment of the solstice, it's the connection that counts, the marking of the d...
accidentalgods.life
June 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Here is a #meditation for the #Solstice – the moment when the sun stands still
You don’t have to do this at the exact moment of stillness: it’s the connection that counts, re-affirming our connection to the web of life
accidentalgods.life/solstice-med
#SummerSolstice2025
#Accidentalgofds #podcast
You don’t have to do this at the exact moment of stillness: it’s the connection that counts, re-affirming our connection to the web of life
accidentalgods.life/solstice-med
#SummerSolstice2025
#Accidentalgofds #podcast
Merry Solstice, whichever side of the wheel you find yourself on today
June 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Merry Solstice, whichever side of the wheel you find yourself on today
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An 11 mile walk following in the steps of the early Quakers in the Sedbergh area. #Quakers #landscape #YorkshireDales #Cumbria
June 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
An 11 mile walk following in the steps of the early Quakers in the Sedbergh area. #Quakers #landscape #YorkshireDales #Cumbria
None of my pre-adult writing exists & I mourn that lost connection with my younger self.
Today, this intention in my 14 yr old hand showed me nothing has changed.
Except now, braver & wiser about my fears of creating & sharing, I get to take that girl by the hand & create what she always dreamt of.
Today, this intention in my 14 yr old hand showed me nothing has changed.
Except now, braver & wiser about my fears of creating & sharing, I get to take that girl by the hand & create what she always dreamt of.
June 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
None of my pre-adult writing exists & I mourn that lost connection with my younger self.
Today, this intention in my 14 yr old hand showed me nothing has changed.
Except now, braver & wiser about my fears of creating & sharing, I get to take that girl by the hand & create what she always dreamt of.
Today, this intention in my 14 yr old hand showed me nothing has changed.
Except now, braver & wiser about my fears of creating & sharing, I get to take that girl by the hand & create what she always dreamt of.
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It's the Gargrave Book Fair on Saturday 7th June at the Village Hall, West Street BD23 3RD ~ around 18 dealers with secondhand & collectable books & ephemera ~ with an excellent café and nearby car parking.
Please see North West Book Fairs for further information.
#volumesofvolumes
Please see North West Book Fairs for further information.
#volumesofvolumes
June 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
It's the Gargrave Book Fair on Saturday 7th June at the Village Hall, West Street BD23 3RD ~ around 18 dealers with secondhand & collectable books & ephemera ~ with an excellent café and nearby car parking.
Please see North West Book Fairs for further information.
#volumesofvolumes
Please see North West Book Fairs for further information.
#volumesofvolumes
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June 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This sheep (adopted from the Lake District), used to sit on my car's parcel shelf to remind me that there were green hills out there in the days when I used to sit in commuter traffic jams. She's happily retired now, and today I found her cuddled up with a new friend.
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This sheep (adopted from the Lake District), used to sit on my car's parcel shelf to remind me that there were green hills out there in the days when I used to sit in commuter traffic jams. She's happily retired now, and today I found her cuddled up with a new friend.
It can all feel a bit much sometimes, can't it?
If it all feels a bit much for you right now, this is for you.
The minute it took me to make this helped me, I hope it helps you too.
Sound on 💚
If it all feels a bit much for you right now, this is for you.
The minute it took me to make this helped me, I hope it helps you too.
Sound on 💚
May 31, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It can all feel a bit much sometimes, can't it?
If it all feels a bit much for you right now, this is for you.
The minute it took me to make this helped me, I hope it helps you too.
Sound on 💚
If it all feels a bit much for you right now, this is for you.
The minute it took me to make this helped me, I hope it helps you too.
Sound on 💚
The sun before the storm.
Shortly after this I got completely soaked, but it was so worth it for the powerful scent of petrichor.
It truly felt like summer rain and it was so overwhelmingly delicious I could practically see those ions.
Shortly after this I got completely soaked, but it was so worth it for the powerful scent of petrichor.
It truly felt like summer rain and it was so overwhelmingly delicious I could practically see those ions.
May 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The sun before the storm.
Shortly after this I got completely soaked, but it was so worth it for the powerful scent of petrichor.
It truly felt like summer rain and it was so overwhelmingly delicious I could practically see those ions.
Shortly after this I got completely soaked, but it was so worth it for the powerful scent of petrichor.
It truly felt like summer rain and it was so overwhelmingly delicious I could practically see those ions.
Went into @westwoodbooks.bsky.social for a birthday card and this was crying out for a re-read!
May 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Went into @westwoodbooks.bsky.social for a birthday card and this was crying out for a re-read!
A little something for the bibiophiles and the procrastinators....
A library of weeds:
on herding cats and hiding on the bookshelves
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A little something for the bibiophiles and the procrastinators....
Just back from a trip to Glastonbury.
Always enlightening, endlessly fascinating, unique and, at this time of year, beautifully a-froth with apple, holy thorn and hawthorn blossom.
Always enlightening, endlessly fascinating, unique and, at this time of year, beautifully a-froth with apple, holy thorn and hawthorn blossom.
May 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just back from a trip to Glastonbury.
Always enlightening, endlessly fascinating, unique and, at this time of year, beautifully a-froth with apple, holy thorn and hawthorn blossom.
Always enlightening, endlessly fascinating, unique and, at this time of year, beautifully a-froth with apple, holy thorn and hawthorn blossom.
Happy Easter/Ostara!
Whatever you call it or whether or not you celebrate anything other than spring itself, it's a wonderful time to be alive 💚🐾
#bluebells #woodanemone #horsechestnut #primula #wildgarlic #ramsom #appleblossom
Whatever you call it or whether or not you celebrate anything other than spring itself, it's a wonderful time to be alive 💚🐾
#bluebells #woodanemone #horsechestnut #primula #wildgarlic #ramsom #appleblossom
April 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Happy Easter/Ostara!
Whatever you call it or whether or not you celebrate anything other than spring itself, it's a wonderful time to be alive 💚🐾
#bluebells #woodanemone #horsechestnut #primula #wildgarlic #ramsom #appleblossom
Whatever you call it or whether or not you celebrate anything other than spring itself, it's a wonderful time to be alive 💚🐾
#bluebells #woodanemone #horsechestnut #primula #wildgarlic #ramsom #appleblossom
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Happy Ēostre 💚
May the warmth of the sun, nurture you;
The cool waters, cleanse you;
Nature's bounty, replenish you;
The song of the trees, comfort you;
The knowledge of the bees, guide you.
~ Druid Blessing by Stephen G. Rae
May the warmth of the sun, nurture you;
The cool waters, cleanse you;
Nature's bounty, replenish you;
The song of the trees, comfort you;
The knowledge of the bees, guide you.
~ Druid Blessing by Stephen G. Rae
April 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Happy Ēostre 💚
May the warmth of the sun, nurture you;
The cool waters, cleanse you;
Nature's bounty, replenish you;
The song of the trees, comfort you;
The knowledge of the bees, guide you.
~ Druid Blessing by Stephen G. Rae
May the warmth of the sun, nurture you;
The cool waters, cleanse you;
Nature's bounty, replenish you;
The song of the trees, comfort you;
The knowledge of the bees, guide you.
~ Druid Blessing by Stephen G. Rae
Spring River Gifts: Birdsong, stars and home in the palm of your hand.
Spring River Gifts
Birdsong, stars and home in the palm of your hand.
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April 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Spring River Gifts: Birdsong, stars and home in the palm of your hand.
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This coming weekend is the LONGRIDGE BOOK FAIR on Saturday, 19th April at the Civic Hall PR3 3HJ.
Around 14 stalls with secondhand, antiquarian & collectable books ~ café and a large car park.
See North West Book Fairs for details plus a calendar of events throughout the year.
#volumesofvolumes
Around 14 stalls with secondhand, antiquarian & collectable books ~ café and a large car park.
See North West Book Fairs for details plus a calendar of events throughout the year.
#volumesofvolumes
April 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This coming weekend is the LONGRIDGE BOOK FAIR on Saturday, 19th April at the Civic Hall PR3 3HJ.
Around 14 stalls with secondhand, antiquarian & collectable books ~ café and a large car park.
See North West Book Fairs for details plus a calendar of events throughout the year.
#volumesofvolumes
Around 14 stalls with secondhand, antiquarian & collectable books ~ café and a large car park.
See North West Book Fairs for details plus a calendar of events throughout the year.
#volumesofvolumes