Dale Townshend
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
Professor of Gothic literature mainly posting about books, cake, horses and my cat Dickens.
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a little girl in a pink jacket is sitting at a table with a pen .
ALT: a little girl in a pink jacket is sitting at a table with a pen .
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The unconscious is a strange and unfathomable place: last night I dreamed I owned a pair of hot pink Doc Martens and was fluent in Dutch. 🤷♂️
It’s one of my favourite Scott novels, actually.
🤣 🤣 You and your colon! 🤣
It’s lush, Mary! Quite rich, though. I need a lie-down.
Comfort-food Sunday: slow-braised lamb shanks in a rich tomato, shallot, cinnamon and star anise sauce, and roasted pumpkin. Served with creamy mashed potatoes.
Some photos that a friend of mine took in Malham, Yorkshire, today. I adore winter.
My best, C. Fire and good coffee make getting out of bed bearable.
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Did you have to shit in a bucket, too?
My worst 🔪
a little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush .
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PSA for Parents of young children 📣: not everyone finds your offspring quite as cute and endearing as you do.
Looks great, Mary.
I can confirm that David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ is a wonderful novel, and utterly deserving of the Booker Prize 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
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HAHAHAHAHAHA! Madman 🤣
You’re doing this to hurt me, aren’t you? Nasty piece of work.
So very sorry. It’s utterly heartbreaking 💔
That’s the Christmas cake baked. It’s made with the usual dried fruit, but with the addition of dried apricots, orange, stem ginger, almonds and lashings of Cointreau. I’ll feed it more Cointreau between now and Christmas Eve.