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Maudie
@maudiestokes.bsky.social
Mainly books, dogs, birds and gardens 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Clevedon/Bristol, UK
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Tuesday
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Monday
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Ah the 1970s.

Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
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Sunday reading
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Saturday reading
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Sunlight, blue sky...
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Books read in October #booksky
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Friday
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Thursday

(📷 30/10/2020)
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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New on the blog today, I've written about ten excellent novellas I highly recommend.

Featuring books by Anita Brookner, William Trevor. Muriel Spark and many more! #BookSky #Novellas #NovNov 💙📚

jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...
Ten excellent novellas I highly recommend
There’s something very satisfying about reading a whole book in one or two sittings on the same day, especially when time is tight. I’ve always been fond of novellas, which often offer the best of …
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Local Halloween stuff
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Repost this with you and your significant other
(not really)
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