Suse McBay
@semcbay.bsky.social
Married to Stephen. Tutorial Fellow at Wycliffe Hall. Academic interests: second Temple Judaism. Clerical interests: homiletics. Fun things: rock climbing (when my back holds up), dogs & gardening.
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Suse McBay
@semcbay.bsky.social
· Apr 12
There are a lot of things in the world I can’t control, that break my heart and deeply concern me. For me, many of those things are for talking about IRL.
On here? I celebrate the small things. The daily stuff that makes me smile, including:
- dogs
- the outdoors / gardening
- good coffee
- beauty
On here? I celebrate the small things. The daily stuff that makes me smile, including:
- dogs
- the outdoors / gardening
- good coffee
- beauty
Long Covid progress: managed a 20min slightly aerobic workout yesterday. This is huge!
It’s the first time in a LONG time where I’ve been able to get my heart rate up, break even a little sweat, and not find myself dizzy, nauseous, and with a headache.
#longcovid #onedayatatime #recovery
It’s the first time in a LONG time where I’ve been able to get my heart rate up, break even a little sweat, and not find myself dizzy, nauseous, and with a headache.
#longcovid #onedayatatime #recovery
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Long Covid progress: managed a 20min slightly aerobic workout yesterday. This is huge!
It’s the first time in a LONG time where I’ve been able to get my heart rate up, break even a little sweat, and not find myself dizzy, nauseous, and with a headache.
#longcovid #onedayatatime #recovery
It’s the first time in a LONG time where I’ve been able to get my heart rate up, break even a little sweat, and not find myself dizzy, nauseous, and with a headache.
#longcovid #onedayatatime #recovery
Remind me never to befriend Nick Mohammed. #celebritytraitors #bbc
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Remind me never to befriend Nick Mohammed. #celebritytraitors #bbc
Finally feeling well enough to read (thank you, flu). Spending time with my Armand, Jean-Guy, and Isabelle is an excellent way to do it. Thank you, @louisepennyauthor.bsky.social for another instalment!
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Finally feeling well enough to read (thank you, flu). Spending time with my Armand, Jean-Guy, and Isabelle is an excellent way to do it. Thank you, @louisepennyauthor.bsky.social for another instalment!
Robin taking shelter from the rain in our garden.
October 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Robin taking shelter from the rain in our garden.
This headline is quite confusing to a biblical scholar.
huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025
A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.
www.mprnews.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This headline is quite confusing to a biblical scholar.
Pretty sure there’s nothing better than getting home from work and having your Labrador snuggle up to fall asleep on you. 🥰
October 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Pretty sure there’s nothing better than getting home from work and having your Labrador snuggle up to fall asleep on you. 🥰
Lewis Capaldi on Graham Norton this week might be my favourite thing. 10/10 would pass the 2 beers and a puppy test.
October 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lewis Capaldi on Graham Norton this week might be my favourite thing. 10/10 would pass the 2 beers and a puppy test.
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Jane Goodall passed away on October 1 at 91. She showed us all that every life matters and that what we do makes a difference. Today we honor her by holding more wonder, more compassion, more courage.
#VoicesWorthHearing #JaneGoodall
#VoicesWorthHearing #JaneGoodall
October 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Jane Goodall passed away on October 1 at 91. She showed us all that every life matters and that what we do makes a difference. Today we honor her by holding more wonder, more compassion, more courage.
#VoicesWorthHearing #JaneGoodall
#VoicesWorthHearing #JaneGoodall
@davidcollinsnews.bsky.social I’ve been reading your excellent book the Hunt for Silver Killer and discussing it with a colleague. This week I read this BBC news story of an apparently similar murder-suicide in Oxfordshire. I wondered if you’d come across it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elderly couple's cause of deaths at Abingdon home revealed
The bodies of David and Zena Hoskins were found at a property in Milton on 15 September.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
@davidcollinsnews.bsky.social I’ve been reading your excellent book the Hunt for Silver Killer and discussing it with a colleague. This week I read this BBC news story of an apparently similar murder-suicide in Oxfordshire. I wondered if you’d come across it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Long covid win: it’s been a week and NO palpitations or heart rate spikes. Baby steps, but good news!
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Long covid win: it’s been a week and NO palpitations or heart rate spikes. Baby steps, but good news!
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give Jeff Hiller every Emmy forever IMO
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
give Jeff Hiller every Emmy forever IMO
Has hit the jackpot on cookbooks. Got a Mediterranean diet one by Elena Paraventes (olivetomato.com) and everything I’ve made is delicious. Food has never been so tasty. 😋
tomato.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Has hit the jackpot on cookbooks. Got a Mediterranean diet one by Elena Paraventes (olivetomato.com) and everything I’ve made is delicious. Food has never been so tasty. 😋
I’ve recently discovered Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference amaretto tiramisu.
My life may never be the same.
My life may never be the same.
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’ve recently discovered Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference amaretto tiramisu.
My life may never be the same.
My life may never be the same.
The thing is, it’s really not!
Don't worry about being unable to define apocalyptic. It's not the end of the world
If you're itching to read about "Apocalyptic" in the most arcane senses of that term, perhaps to distract you from much else apocalyptic in our times, this is the series for you! humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/away-from-...
September 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The thing is, it’s really not!
When you compliment someone on their very sharp bow tie and they reply by complimenting you on your inter-canonical sermon references. 😊 It’s a good job I’m already married!
August 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When you compliment someone on their very sharp bow tie and they reply by complimenting you on your inter-canonical sermon references. 😊 It’s a good job I’m already married!
To my Instagram feed. I do not want:
- more collagen
- to get fit in my 40s
- to fix perimenopause
Yes, I’m 40. No, it does not mean I want to double down on a quest for perpetual youth. Give me dog videos, gardening tips and tasty Mediterranean food recipes.
- more collagen
- to get fit in my 40s
- to fix perimenopause
Yes, I’m 40. No, it does not mean I want to double down on a quest for perpetual youth. Give me dog videos, gardening tips and tasty Mediterranean food recipes.
August 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
To my Instagram feed. I do not want:
- more collagen
- to get fit in my 40s
- to fix perimenopause
Yes, I’m 40. No, it does not mean I want to double down on a quest for perpetual youth. Give me dog videos, gardening tips and tasty Mediterranean food recipes.
- more collagen
- to get fit in my 40s
- to fix perimenopause
Yes, I’m 40. No, it does not mean I want to double down on a quest for perpetual youth. Give me dog videos, gardening tips and tasty Mediterranean food recipes.
Trying to match others' abilities is like trying to wear their shoes. It’s uncomfortable and I’m not going to get very far.
Yes and yes. 👏 👏 👏
Yes and yes. 👏 👏 👏
August 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Trying to match others' abilities is like trying to wear their shoes. It’s uncomfortable and I’m not going to get very far.
Yes and yes. 👏 👏 👏
Yes and yes. 👏 👏 👏
The lectionary today (as the BVM day on the calendar) does not help people read their OTs well. It just reinforces a reading of Isaiah 7 that makes no sense of the text itself.
Here endeth my complaint for today.
Here endeth my complaint for today.
August 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The lectionary today (as the BVM day on the calendar) does not help people read their OTs well. It just reinforces a reading of Isaiah 7 that makes no sense of the text itself.
Here endeth my complaint for today.
Here endeth my complaint for today.
Can confirm grass trimmers fight back. Have a cut on my forehead and lip to prove it. The lesson? If you’re cutting grass next to gravel, use a face shield (or look away).
August 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Can confirm grass trimmers fight back. Have a cut on my forehead and lip to prove it. The lesson? If you’re cutting grass next to gravel, use a face shield (or look away).
Successful morning dog walk through a pseudo-orchard of blackberry bushes.
August 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Successful morning dog walk through a pseudo-orchard of blackberry bushes.
“When the going gets tough, the tough … do jigsaws.”
Amen and amen.
Amen and amen.
From piano practice to Lego castles: are wholesome hobbies the secret to the Lionesses' success? | Amy Izycky
From piano practice to Lego castles: are wholesome hobbies the secret to the Lionesses' success? | Amy Izycky
Managing brain chemistry to avoid burnout is crucial to sporting success – and something we can all learn from the jigsaw-playing Euros winners, says clinical psychologist Amy Izycky
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“When the going gets tough, the tough … do jigsaws.”
Amen and amen.
Amen and amen.
So future me can remember:
Caffe Nero’s matcha is decent.
Pret’s is not. Coconut milk is too sweet. 🤢
Caffe Nero’s matcha is decent.
Pret’s is not. Coconut milk is too sweet. 🤢
July 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
So future me can remember:
Caffe Nero’s matcha is decent.
Pret’s is not. Coconut milk is too sweet. 🤢
Caffe Nero’s matcha is decent.
Pret’s is not. Coconut milk is too sweet. 🤢
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Go on Lionesses. Thanks for showing my girls what it means to persevere.
a lion cub laying down with its mouth open and the words olegif.com on the bottom right
ALT: a lion cub laying down with its mouth open and the words olegif.com on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Go on Lionesses. Thanks for showing my girls what it means to persevere.
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People are always breeding miniature versions of dogs, but i would like some giant ones. I want a dachshund the size of a Toyota Yaris
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
People are always breeding miniature versions of dogs, but i would like some giant ones. I want a dachshund the size of a Toyota Yaris
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