Penelope Friday
@penthewriter.bsky.social
Novelist (Bella Books & Nine Star Press) and Regency Period writer.
This is my happy place.
Find photos of cats & Cornwall, good news, funny things, updates of writing, and always ALT TEXT! #writersky
No alt text, no follow.
http://penelopefriday.com
This is my happy place.
Find photos of cats & Cornwall, good news, funny things, updates of writing, and always ALT TEXT! #writersky
No alt text, no follow.
http://penelopefriday.com
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Penelope Friday
@penthewriter.bsky.social
· Feb 14
Sisterhood, The – eBook
www.bellabooks.com
Honestly, I think I’m proudest of my novel “The Sisterhood”. It’s cool (to me) because it’s focused around a real historical truth which gets little publicity: the way women fought to abolish slavery in the 18th and 19th C; but is also a lesbian romance.
www.bellabooks.com/product/9781...
www.bellabooks.com/product/9781...
Would people be interested if I started offering random useless snippets of Regency information on a regular basis?
It might encourage me to keep writing the introductions to different sections of my book on the topic and/or contact publishers with proposals about it.
It might encourage me to keep writing the introductions to different sections of my book on the topic and/or contact publishers with proposals about it.
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Would people be interested if I started offering random useless snippets of Regency information on a regular basis?
It might encourage me to keep writing the introductions to different sections of my book on the topic and/or contact publishers with proposals about it.
It might encourage me to keep writing the introductions to different sections of my book on the topic and/or contact publishers with proposals about it.
Reposted by Penelope Friday
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO SHAPE
Let’s be bold
and rewild & restore our lands, forests, oceans.
Let’s be clever
and rethink & reshape our global economic & political systems.
Let’s be defiant
and refuse to be complicit
in the idiocies of warmongers, oligarchs & wannabe kings.
#photography #rainbow
Let’s be bold
and rewild & restore our lands, forests, oceans.
Let’s be clever
and rethink & reshape our global economic & political systems.
Let’s be defiant
and refuse to be complicit
in the idiocies of warmongers, oligarchs & wannabe kings.
#photography #rainbow
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO SHAPE
Let’s be bold
and rewild & restore our lands, forests, oceans.
Let’s be clever
and rethink & reshape our global economic & political systems.
Let’s be defiant
and refuse to be complicit
in the idiocies of warmongers, oligarchs & wannabe kings.
#photography #rainbow
Let’s be bold
and rewild & restore our lands, forests, oceans.
Let’s be clever
and rethink & reshape our global economic & political systems.
Let’s be defiant
and refuse to be complicit
in the idiocies of warmongers, oligarchs & wannabe kings.
#photography #rainbow
What’s this? Is it @penthewriter.bsky.social a day late for #Caturday again? Perhaps that’s why Ares is looking at me so susiciously in this picture, suddenly alert as if he thinks I’m Up To Something…
#cats
#CatPhotos
#photography
#cats
#CatPhotos
#photography
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What’s this? Is it @penthewriter.bsky.social a day late for #Caturday again? Perhaps that’s why Ares is looking at me so susiciously in this picture, suddenly alert as if he thinks I’m Up To Something…
#cats
#CatPhotos
#photography
#cats
#CatPhotos
#photography
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In the same vein,
“I would follow you back, but you don’t use alt text, or you repost a lot of people who don’t.”
I check the TL of everyone who follows me, and if they post at all, I follow them back… AS LONG AS THEIR POSTS HAVE ALT TEXT.
“I would follow you back, but you don’t use alt text, or you repost a lot of people who don’t.”
I check the TL of everyone who follows me, and if they post at all, I follow them back… AS LONG AS THEIR POSTS HAVE ALT TEXT.
I see people saying
“I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!”
Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that.
- Go to Settings
- Then Accessibility
- Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting.
Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.
“I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!”
Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that.
- Go to Settings
- Then Accessibility
- Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting.
Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.
August 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In the same vein,
“I would follow you back, but you don’t use alt text, or you repost a lot of people who don’t.”
I check the TL of everyone who follows me, and if they post at all, I follow them back… AS LONG AS THEIR POSTS HAVE ALT TEXT.
“I would follow you back, but you don’t use alt text, or you repost a lot of people who don’t.”
I check the TL of everyone who follows me, and if they post at all, I follow them back… AS LONG AS THEIR POSTS HAVE ALT TEXT.
I wanted to make this view of #Penzance look as much like a postcard as I could. Do you think I succeeded?
#CornwallPhotos
#photography
#Cornwall
#CornwallPhotos
#photography
#Cornwall
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I wanted to make this view of #Penzance look as much like a postcard as I could. Do you think I succeeded?
#CornwallPhotos
#photography
#Cornwall
#CornwallPhotos
#photography
#Cornwall
Reposted by Penelope Friday
stop thinking right now
October 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
stop thinking right now
This is another rather nice story. Read about the fish doorbell, if you missed it back in March.
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
Fish Doorbell: the underwater livestream saving fish in the Netherlands | Discover Wildlife
A canal lock in the Dutch city of Utrecht has been making a splash with its underwater livestream. But what is the Fish Doorbell and how is it helping local wildlife?
www.discoverwildlife.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is another rather nice story. Read about the fish doorbell, if you missed it back in March.
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
And another really positive story. They increased life expectancy by 75%, so people lived 4 years at each stage of illness they’d expect to spend 1 at.
September 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And another really positive story. They increased life expectancy by 75%, so people lived 4 years at each stage of illness they’d expect to spend 1 at.
Wow.
Every day after sunset during summer + fall hundreds of thousands of bats leave the their roost near Sacramento, CA to feed
A family of Swainson's hawks waits for them for their own dinner.
Due to the light they're hard to photograph.
Last night one caught a bat less than 30 feet in front of me 🪶
A family of Swainson's hawks waits for them for their own dinner.
Due to the light they're hard to photograph.
Last night one caught a bat less than 30 feet in front of me 🪶
September 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Wow.
And while we’re here for good news, have this fantastic story about transgender rights in Kenya. A judge not only ruled in favour of a trans woman but ruled that there needs to be trans protective legislation in place.
qnews.com.au/kenya-transg...
qnews.com.au/kenya-transg...
Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
September 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
And while we’re here for good news, have this fantastic story about transgender rights in Kenya. A judge not only ruled in favour of a trans woman but ruled that there needs to be trans protective legislation in place.
qnews.com.au/kenya-transg...
qnews.com.au/kenya-transg...
Hey everyone, have a positive story about the recovery of the Kelp forest “cathedrals of the sea” in California, to be reminded not everything is bad news :)
archive.ph/Qj6PH
archive.ph/Qj6PH
archive.ph
September 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Hey everyone, have a positive story about the recovery of the Kelp forest “cathedrals of the sea” in California, to be reminded not everything is bad news :)
archive.ph/Qj6PH
archive.ph/Qj6PH
If you want to read a book by someone with severe ME and you’re interested in lesbian historical novels, then I’ve written a couple here:
www.bellabooks.com/category/bel...
Or if gay contemporary ménage erotica is more your thing, I’ve written that too:
ninestarpress.com/authors/p-a-...
www.bellabooks.com/category/bel...
Or if gay contemporary ménage erotica is more your thing, I’ve written that too:
ninestarpress.com/authors/p-a-...
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you want to read a book by someone with severe ME and you’re interested in lesbian historical novels, then I’ve written a couple here:
www.bellabooks.com/category/bel...
Or if gay contemporary ménage erotica is more your thing, I’ve written that too:
ninestarpress.com/authors/p-a-...
www.bellabooks.com/category/bel...
Or if gay contemporary ménage erotica is more your thing, I’ve written that too:
ninestarpress.com/authors/p-a-...
My spouse bought me flowers the other day, just because. They make me happy.
#bloomscrolling
#FlowerSky
#FlowerPhotos
#photography
#BadPhotography
#bloomscrolling
#FlowerSky
#FlowerPhotos
#photography
#BadPhotography
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My spouse bought me flowers the other day, just because. They make me happy.
#bloomscrolling
#FlowerSky
#FlowerPhotos
#photography
#BadPhotography
#bloomscrolling
#FlowerSky
#FlowerPhotos
#photography
#BadPhotography
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Remember the “narco terrorist” boat that Trump bombed? Venezuela reports all 11 killed were civilians. 0 gang members.
If you think they’re lying, then USA could prove it by showing the evidence used to verify the 11 were terrorists.
They’ve offered 0 evidence. This was a criminal act. Murder.
If you think they’re lying, then USA could prove it by showing the evidence used to verify the 11 were terrorists.
They’ve offered 0 evidence. This was a criminal act. Murder.
September 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Remember the “narco terrorist” boat that Trump bombed? Venezuela reports all 11 killed were civilians. 0 gang members.
If you think they’re lying, then USA could prove it by showing the evidence used to verify the 11 were terrorists.
They’ve offered 0 evidence. This was a criminal act. Murder.
If you think they’re lying, then USA could prove it by showing the evidence used to verify the 11 were terrorists.
They’ve offered 0 evidence. This was a criminal act. Murder.
Battling doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. stroking/cuddling a cat
2. finally succeeding at a level of a game
3. making a baby or small child giggle
4. reading a really good book/fanfic you don’t want to finish because you could read it forever
5. hugging someone you love
1. stroking/cuddling a cat
2. finally succeeding at a level of a game
3. making a baby or small child giggle
4. reading a really good book/fanfic you don’t want to finish because you could read it forever
5. hugging someone you love
Battling doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. learning a new skill from someone
2. teaching someone a new skill
3. cool breezes
4. visiting the library
5. when the grocery store overhead music is good
1. learning a new skill from someone
2. teaching someone a new skill
3. cool breezes
4. visiting the library
5. when the grocery store overhead music is good
1. Scalding hot soup dumplings
2. Clear sky days where I can see Mount Hood from my living room couch
3. Showering and then immediately climbing into clean sheets
4. That feeling when you make a baby laugh
5. Singing
2. Clear sky days where I can see Mount Hood from my living room couch
3. Showering and then immediately climbing into clean sheets
4. That feeling when you make a baby laugh
5. Singing
September 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Battling doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. stroking/cuddling a cat
2. finally succeeding at a level of a game
3. making a baby or small child giggle
4. reading a really good book/fanfic you don’t want to finish because you could read it forever
5. hugging someone you love
1. stroking/cuddling a cat
2. finally succeeding at a level of a game
3. making a baby or small child giggle
4. reading a really good book/fanfic you don’t want to finish because you could read it forever
5. hugging someone you love
Apropos my last post (which was one), if you want something to entertain you (and you’re interested in finding out what other people find memorable/hilarious/brilliant) then I do recommend this link to people offering their favourite tumblr posts of all time:
bsky.app/profile/wwxw...
bsky.app/profile/wwxw...
✨timeline cleanse✨ quote this with your favorite tumblr post
September 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Apropos my last post (which was one), if you want something to entertain you (and you’re interested in finding out what other people find memorable/hilarious/brilliant) then I do recommend this link to people offering their favourite tumblr posts of all time:
bsky.app/profile/wwxw...
bsky.app/profile/wwxw...
I like this post, if you want to know the size of animals (or aminals, as my son called them until he was about five… he could say anemone correctly, though!)
It always gets me how accurate it is.
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I like this post, if you want to know the size of animals (or aminals, as my son called them until he was about five… he could say anemone correctly, though!)
Hello and welcome to new followers. If you post/repost things with alt text, I will follow you back (though it may take a week or so).
Unfortunately, as a disabled person, I don’t feel able to follow people who regularly post things to their TL which don’t have alt text attached. Sorry!
Unfortunately, as a disabled person, I don’t feel able to follow people who regularly post things to their TL which don’t have alt text attached. Sorry!
Just a reminder that you can make sure that you never forget to add alt text to your images by going to:
Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting
(If I haven’t followed you back, it’s because you don’t post alt text, or you regularly reskeet others who don’t.)
Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting
(If I haven’t followed you back, it’s because you don’t post alt text, or you regularly reskeet others who don’t.)
September 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hello and welcome to new followers. If you post/repost things with alt text, I will follow you back (though it may take a week or so).
Unfortunately, as a disabled person, I don’t feel able to follow people who regularly post things to their TL which don’t have alt text attached. Sorry!
Unfortunately, as a disabled person, I don’t feel able to follow people who regularly post things to their TL which don’t have alt text attached. Sorry!
Sometimes you just need a picture of a sleeping cat to remember not everything is stressful. #CatSky #CatPhotos #cat
September 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sometimes you just need a picture of a sleeping cat to remember not everything is stressful. #CatSky #CatPhotos #cat
I really liked this idea, and it needed a sunflower picture to go with it, so here we go.
Resist fascism and make room for joy :)
Resist fascism and make room for joy :)
September 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I really liked this idea, and it needed a sunflower picture to go with it, so here we go.
Resist fascism and make room for joy :)
Resist fascism and make room for joy :)
Sometimes it feels like everything is a little bit…upsidedown.
#CatSky
Late for #Caturday again
#CatPhotos
#cats
#CatSky
Late for #Caturday again
#CatPhotos
#cats
September 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sometimes it feels like everything is a little bit…upsidedown.
#CatSky
Late for #Caturday again
#CatPhotos
#cats
#CatSky
Late for #Caturday again
#CatPhotos
#cats
For #Caturday, The occasion on which my Ares #cat met a #dog for the first and only time and, having no common sense, decided to stroll straight up to his face. (He then hissed at him & ran away, which the poor visiting dog took very well and calmly.) Dog was 4 times his size…
#CatPhotos #DogPhotos
#CatPhotos #DogPhotos
August 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For #Caturday, The occasion on which my Ares #cat met a #dog for the first and only time and, having no common sense, decided to stroll straight up to his face. (He then hissed at him & ran away, which the poor visiting dog took very well and calmly.) Dog was 4 times his size…
#CatPhotos #DogPhotos
#CatPhotos #DogPhotos
Zula is my girl, and it’s been a difficult evening, watching a football match where my team has been playing disastrously. She looks about as happy with it as I was.
#cats
#CatPhotos
#CatSky
#cats
#CatPhotos
#CatSky
August 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Zula is my girl, and it’s been a difficult evening, watching a football match where my team has been playing disastrously. She looks about as happy with it as I was.
#cats
#CatPhotos
#CatSky
#cats
#CatPhotos
#CatSky
Wow, it shows what can be done.
Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩
August 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Wow, it shows what can be done.