Sarah Nour
@sarahnour.bsky.social
🇱🇧 It's pronounced SAHR-uh (she/her)
🧠 AuDHD ✍ writer 🖌occasional painter 📷 amateur wildlife photographer 🐱 cat mama 🌺 vegan
🔗 http://www.sarahnourwriter.com/
🧠 AuDHD ✍ writer 🖌occasional painter 📷 amateur wildlife photographer 🐱 cat mama 🌺 vegan
🔗 http://www.sarahnourwriter.com/
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Sarah Nour
@sarahnour.bsky.social
· Mar 9
Greetings, #writersofbluesky! I'm the published writer of twelve short stories & three poems, currently working on a novel & a children's book series. I also write articles on film history on HubPages! Check out my site for more info www.sarahnourwriter.com
Barbegazi from Swiss and French myth are dwarf or gnome-like creatures that live in mountains, where they hibernate in their caves and only come out in winter. They resemble furry little men with long white beards and enormous bare feet, which they use to ski. #MythologyMonday
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Barbegazi from Swiss and French myth are dwarf or gnome-like creatures that live in mountains, where they hibernate in their caves and only come out in winter. They resemble furry little men with long white beards and enormous bare feet, which they use to ski. #MythologyMonday
Among the aboriginal Noongar people of Australia, the sun goddess Ngaangk, or Nanga, is portrayed as an elder woman with a long beard, said to be the circle of light around an eclipse. The Noongar viewed beards as positive signs of high status and wisdom, regardless of gender. #MythologyMonday
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Among the aboriginal Noongar people of Australia, the sun goddess Ngaangk, or Nanga, is portrayed as an elder woman with a long beard, said to be the circle of light around an eclipse. The Noongar viewed beards as positive signs of high status and wisdom, regardless of gender. #MythologyMonday
Charon, the ferryman of the dead in Greek/Roman myth, has been described by ancient poets as having a sickly, dirty appearance, with raggedy clothes, blue-grey skin, sunken cheeks, matted grey hair, and an unkempt beard. This reflects the somber nature of his role as psychopomp. #MythologyMonday
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charon, the ferryman of the dead in Greek/Roman myth, has been described by ancient poets as having a sickly, dirty appearance, with raggedy clothes, blue-grey skin, sunken cheeks, matted grey hair, and an unkempt beard. This reflects the somber nature of his role as psychopomp. #MythologyMonday
I entertained myself by assigning Pokémon to Hunger Games characters based on their personalities.
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I entertained myself by assigning Pokémon to Hunger Games characters based on their personalities.
"And I another
So weary with disasters, tugg’d with fortune,
That I would set my life on any chance,
To mend, or be rid on’t."
—Macbeth, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
So weary with disasters, tugg’d with fortune,
That I would set my life on any chance,
To mend, or be rid on’t."
—Macbeth, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
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November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"And I another
So weary with disasters, tugg’d with fortune,
That I would set my life on any chance,
To mend, or be rid on’t."
—Macbeth, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
So weary with disasters, tugg’d with fortune,
That I would set my life on any chance,
To mend, or be rid on’t."
—Macbeth, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
"If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die...
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odor."
—Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die...
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odor."
—Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
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November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die...
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odor."
—Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die...
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odor."
—Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
“Love is a smoke rais’d with the fume of sighs;
Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in a lover’s eyes;
Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears:
What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.”
– Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in a lover’s eyes;
Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears:
What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.”
– Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
a man and a woman are looking at each other in a black and white photo . the man is holding a book .
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November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Love is a smoke rais’d with the fume of sighs;
Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in a lover’s eyes;
Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears:
What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.”
– Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in a lover’s eyes;
Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears:
What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.”
– Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
If you're still bending over backwards to defend / justify hitting children in 2025, kindly swallow shards of glass and STFU.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you're still bending over backwards to defend / justify hitting children in 2025, kindly swallow shards of glass and STFU.
"The exasperations of this crowd... its violences contrary to all sense, directed against the principles which are its life... should be repressed. The man of probity sacrifices himself, and out of his very love for this crowd, he combats it."
—Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
#BookWormSat
—Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
#BookWormSat
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"The exasperations of this crowd... its violences contrary to all sense, directed against the principles which are its life... should be repressed. The man of probity sacrifices himself, and out of his very love for this crowd, he combats it."
—Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
#BookWormSat
—Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
#BookWormSat
"The page begins with the person’s picture. A photo if we can find it... Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime to forget... We seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their deaths count."
—Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
#BookWormSat
—Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
#BookWormSat
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"The page begins with the person’s picture. A photo if we can find it... Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime to forget... We seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their deaths count."
—Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
#BookWormSat
—Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
#BookWormSat
"The old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son. That girl will wait for her beloved husband. And those children will keep waiting for their hero father. I don't know who sold our homeland. But I saw who paid the price."
—The War Will End, Mahmoud Darwish
#BookWormSat
—The War Will End, Mahmoud Darwish
#BookWormSat
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"The old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son. That girl will wait for her beloved husband. And those children will keep waiting for their hero father. I don't know who sold our homeland. But I saw who paid the price."
—The War Will End, Mahmoud Darwish
#BookWormSat
—The War Will End, Mahmoud Darwish
#BookWormSat
In the ancient play Children of Heracles by Euripedes, King Eurystheus becomes determined to kill Heracles's children, and declares war on Athens for refusing to give them up. Heracles's daughter Macaria sacrifices herself on the altar of Persephone to ensure victory for Athens. #FolkyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
In the ancient play Children of Heracles by Euripedes, King Eurystheus becomes determined to kill Heracles's children, and declares war on Athens for refusing to give them up. Heracles's daughter Macaria sacrifices herself on the altar of Persephone to ensure victory for Athens. #FolkyFriday
In the Icelandic epic Hálfssaga, King Alrek has two wives, Signy and Geirhild, and decides to keep the one that brews the best ale. Geirhild wins with help from the god Odin, but pays with her unborn child's life. Her son Vikar is later sacrificed to summon wind for his stranded ships. #FolkyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In the Icelandic epic Hálfssaga, King Alrek has two wives, Signy and Geirhild, and decides to keep the one that brews the best ale. Geirhild wins with help from the god Odin, but pays with her unborn child's life. Her son Vikar is later sacrificed to summon wind for his stranded ships. #FolkyFriday
In the Chinese tale "Li Chi Slays the Serpent," a serpent terrorizes a village into feeding him a maiden once a year in exchange for their safety. One year, a girl named Li Chi volunteers to be the sacrifice, then pulls out a sword and slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog. #FolkyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In the Chinese tale "Li Chi Slays the Serpent," a serpent terrorizes a village into feeding him a maiden once a year in exchange for their safety. One year, a girl named Li Chi volunteers to be the sacrifice, then pulls out a sword and slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog. #FolkyFriday
The Lost World (1925) was not only one of the first dinosaur films: it was the first in-flight movie, screened on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris. #FlashbackFriday
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November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Lost World (1925) was not only one of the first dinosaur films: it was the first in-flight movie, screened on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris. #FlashbackFriday
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Hollywood animal trainer Frank Inn not only trained famous animals: he also popularized shelter pet adoption when he adopted the dog who played the famous character Benji. #FlashbackFriday
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November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hollywood animal trainer Frank Inn not only trained famous animals: he also popularized shelter pet adoption when he adopted the dog who played the famous character Benji. #FlashbackFriday
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Before stunt doubles, safety regulations, and CGI existed, film stunts were incredibly dangerous. But Buster Keaton basically said, "Challenge accepted." #FlashbackFriday
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November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Before stunt doubles, safety regulations, and CGI existed, film stunts were incredibly dangerous. But Buster Keaton basically said, "Challenge accepted." #FlashbackFriday
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In Chinese lore, pandas used to be all white. Then a brave shepherdess was killed rescuing a cub from a leopard attack. All pandas covered their arms with black ash in mourning, and still carry the stains of the ashes on their fur in memory of her sacrifice. #LegendaryWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In Chinese lore, pandas used to be all white. Then a brave shepherdess was killed rescuing a cub from a leopard attack. All pandas covered their arms with black ash in mourning, and still carry the stains of the ashes on their fur in memory of her sacrifice. #LegendaryWednesday
In the many versions of the Latin-American tale of La Llorona, the spirit of a grieving, remoseful woman who drowned her children now wanders the earth in eternal purgatory, weeping and wailing as she searches for them, sometimes kidnapping children to replace them. #LegendaryWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In the many versions of the Latin-American tale of La Llorona, the spirit of a grieving, remoseful woman who drowned her children now wanders the earth in eternal purgatory, weeping and wailing as she searches for them, sometimes kidnapping children to replace them. #LegendaryWednesday
The term "Apache tears," referring to obsidian pebbles, comes from the 1870s legend of 75 Apache warriors who rode their horses off a mountain rather than admit defeat against the US Cavalry. When their families wept, their tears turned into black stones. #LegendaryWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The term "Apache tears," referring to obsidian pebbles, comes from the 1870s legend of 75 Apache warriors who rode their horses off a mountain rather than admit defeat against the US Cavalry. When their families wept, their tears turned into black stones. #LegendaryWednesday
There's a Miwok legend about Tol-le-loo the White-Footed Mouse stealing fire from the valley tribes on behalf of the mountain tribes. Wit-tah-bah the Robin spread his body over the fire to protect it from Tol-le-loo, which is why robins have red breasts today. #WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There's a Miwok legend about Tol-le-loo the White-Footed Mouse stealing fire from the valley tribes on behalf of the mountain tribes. Wit-tah-bah the Robin spread his body over the fire to protect it from Tol-le-loo, which is why robins have red breasts today. #WyrdWednesday
According to Mazatec legend, fire fell to earth from a star, and an old woman kept the fire for herself. An opossum stole it and shared with the rest of humankind. He did this by sticking his tail into the fire, which is why opossum tails are hairless today. #WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
According to Mazatec legend, fire fell to earth from a star, and an old woman kept the fire for herself. An opossum stole it and shared with the rest of humankind. He did this by sticking his tail into the fire, which is why opossum tails are hairless today. #WyrdWednesday
A Tlingit legend tells of a flesh-eating giant defeated by a brave warrior, who then chops and burns the body on a pyre. The ashes turn into a cloud of mosquitos, and the man hears the giant's voice declaring, "I'll eat your people until the end of time!" #WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A Tlingit legend tells of a flesh-eating giant defeated by a brave warrior, who then chops and burns the body on a pyre. The ashes turn into a cloud of mosquitos, and the man hears the giant's voice declaring, "I'll eat your people until the end of time!" #WyrdWednesday
In the Swedish folktale "The Werewolf," an evil queen turns her stepdaughter's fiance into a werewolf. The princess performs a magic spell to change him back into a human, then throws the wolf skin over her stepmom and stepsisters to turn them onto werewolves. #FairyTaleTuesday
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November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In the Swedish folktale "The Werewolf," an evil queen turns her stepdaughter's fiance into a werewolf. The princess performs a magic spell to change him back into a human, then throws the wolf skin over her stepmom and stepsisters to turn them onto werewolves. #FairyTaleTuesday
The nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill" has been compared to the Norse myth of siblings Hjuki and Bil, who were taken from earth by the Man in the Moon as they were fetching water from a well. They still carry the water as they follow the moon through space. #FairyTaleTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill" has been compared to the Norse myth of siblings Hjuki and Bil, who were taken from earth by the Man in the Moon as they were fetching water from a well. They still carry the water as they follow the moon through space. #FairyTaleTuesday