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Lughnasadh, first harvest. May your bread rise well, and your beer be tasty. Celebrate the grain, and your personal harvest. May it be bountiful. Art by Wendy Andrew, The Glittering Fox, and Danielle Barlow 🌞🥖🍞🍺🍻🌾🌻
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I wrote a little story about witches, and how not to deal with them. Buy me a cup of tea if you like, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-Hun...
The Hunter of Witches
Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band published a post on Ko-fi
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December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I wrote a little story about witches, and how not to deal with them. Buy me a cup of tea if you like, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-Hun...
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And this morning the Shed is a tower of glass, overlooking the ocean…
December 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
And this morning the Shed is a tower of glass, overlooking the ocean…
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Something beautiful for you.
• Linda Pastan •
• Linda Pastan •
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Something beautiful for you.
• Linda Pastan •
• Linda Pastan •
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A field report from the Ambridge Site of the SCP Foundation.
THREAD.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
December 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A field report from the Ambridge Site of the SCP Foundation.
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And this morning the Shed is a treehouse, looking down on frosty fields all blanketed with meadow mist...
December 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And this morning the Shed is a treehouse, looking down on frosty fields all blanketed with meadow mist...
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Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
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I wrote a Christmas story about two old ladies in a retirement home... ko-fi.com/post/Faith-a...
Faith and Hope and the Christmas Spirit.
Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band published a post on Ko-fi
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December 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wrote a Christmas story about two old ladies in a retirement home... ko-fi.com/post/Faith-a...
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And this morning the Shed is a quiet place by a fireside, with good books at hand, and a purring cat; and a big brown pot of piping hot tea, and a generous pile of cherry scones...
December 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
And this morning the Shed is a quiet place by a fireside, with good books at hand, and a purring cat; and a big brown pot of piping hot tea, and a generous pile of cherry scones...
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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Last door of #Shedvent: Outside the hall, your transport awaits to carry you back to hearth and home. But here, for a moment, pause in the snow; look up, and enjoy the brilliant night, the rising moon, and the wonderful silence of the stars...
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Last door of #Shedvent: Outside the hall, your transport awaits to carry you back to hearth and home. But here, for a moment, pause in the snow; look up, and enjoy the brilliant night, the rising moon, and the wonderful silence of the stars...
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No, I don't want to "quickly hop on a call with you". I want to bump into you at random on a rain-lashed heath, nod at you in silent mutual admiration as we watch a buzzard gliding smoothly over a dramatic chicane in the river, then get the fuck on with my day
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
No, I don't want to "quickly hop on a call with you". I want to bump into you at random on a rain-lashed heath, nod at you in silent mutual admiration as we watch a buzzard gliding smoothly over a dramatic chicane in the river, then get the fuck on with my day
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A SOLSTICE ANALEMMA: Italian photographer Paolo Bardelli stitched together 48 pictures spanning 12 months to reveal the analemma over Lake Varese. spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Door 22 of #Shedvent: Your second gift; in a wooden cup. A cheering draught of winters past; of summertime; of absent friends, and friends as yet unknown; all scented with nutmeg and cinnamon, and brandied apple, cherry, and cloves...
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Door 22 of #Shedvent: Your second gift; in a wooden cup. A cheering draught of winters past; of summertime; of absent friends, and friends as yet unknown; all scented with nutmeg and cinnamon, and brandied apple, cherry, and cloves...
Beautiful Yule Blessings, as we welcome the return of the sun 🌞 Art by Wendy Andrew, Lizzie Spikes, and Linda Ravenscroft
December 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Beautiful Yule Blessings, as we welcome the return of the sun 🌞 Art by Wendy Andrew, Lizzie Spikes, and Linda Ravenscroft
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There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve. #Storytime
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve. #Storytime
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Door 21 of Shedvent: the Winter King, in his crown of green oak and mistletoe and red holly berries; here to welcome you to his hall. He hands you a bottle the size of your thumb, closed with an acorn stopper. "Here, on the heels of the longest night, is a gift of light: use it well. And shine..."
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Door 21 of Shedvent: the Winter King, in his crown of green oak and mistletoe and red holly berries; here to welcome you to his hall. He hands you a bottle the size of your thumb, closed with an acorn stopper. "Here, on the heels of the longest night, is a gift of light: use it well. And shine..."
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I SCREAMED www.instagram.com/reel/DSaex-X...
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I SCREAMED www.instagram.com/reel/DSaex-X...
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My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
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Door 20 of #Shedvent: You follow the passage into a subterranean hall. Lanterns hang from the ceiling: woven rugs line the rocky floor. A great fir tree grows in the centre, laden with silver icicles and small, wrapped gifts tied with silver string...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Door 20 of #Shedvent: You follow the passage into a subterranean hall. Lanterns hang from the ceiling: woven rugs line the rocky floor. A great fir tree grows in the centre, laden with silver icicles and small, wrapped gifts tied with silver string...
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Bought this book for my two mates’ babies for Christmas and I’m dying.
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Bought this book for my two mates’ babies for Christmas and I’m dying.
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this is culturally a vital work of modern art
Bought this book for my two mates’ babies for Christmas and I’m dying.
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
this is culturally a vital work of modern art
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Door 19 of #Shedvent: Your see a small round building, half-buried in the undergrowth. An iron gate opens to reveal a spiral staircase, leading down to a broad stone passageway, lit by coloured lanterns...
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Door 19 of #Shedvent: Your see a small round building, half-buried in the undergrowth. An iron gate opens to reveal a spiral staircase, leading down to a broad stone passageway, lit by coloured lanterns...
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Tired: sorry darling, I have a headache
Wired: sorry darling, I'm not up to dick
Wired: sorry darling, I'm not up to dick
Ten archaic English slang phrases…
10. Got the morbs (sad)
9. Bumpsy (drunk)
8. Whittled as a penguin (very drunk)
8. Scandal water (tea)
7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea)
5. Sauce-box (mouth)
4. Cupid’s kettle drums (breasts)
3. Dash my wig (OMG)
2. Poked up (embarrassed)
1. Not up to dick (unwell)
10. Got the morbs (sad)
9. Bumpsy (drunk)
8. Whittled as a penguin (very drunk)
8. Scandal water (tea)
7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea)
5. Sauce-box (mouth)
4. Cupid’s kettle drums (breasts)
3. Dash my wig (OMG)
2. Poked up (embarrassed)
1. Not up to dick (unwell)
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Tired: sorry darling, I have a headache
Wired: sorry darling, I'm not up to dick
Wired: sorry darling, I'm not up to dick