Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈
@sharonmcteir.bsky.social
Creative Publishing Services
Book design, picture research & rights.
Currently learning Norwegian.
www.sharonmcteir.co.uk
Melrose, Scottish Borders 🏴
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Book design, picture research & rights.
Currently learning Norwegian.
www.sharonmcteir.co.uk
Melrose, Scottish Borders 🏴
📚🐈
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
Just had haggis from The Haggis Box at Abbotsford. It’s great to get a coeliac-friendly veggie haggis from them as I hadn’t had haggis for years before they started coming round here. Happy Burns Night.
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Just had haggis from The Haggis Box at Abbotsford. It’s great to get a coeliac-friendly veggie haggis from them as I hadn’t had haggis for years before they started coming round here. Happy Burns Night.
Currently reading Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro.
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Currently reading Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro.
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She might need a little more practice...
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 PM
She might need a little more practice...
Earworm of the day - Uninvited by Alanis Morissette.
youtu.be/bG_6R5pkSwY?...
youtu.be/bG_6R5pkSwY?...
Alanis Morissette - Uninvited (Live) | Montreux Jazz Festival 2012
YouTube video by Montreux Jazz Festival
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Earworm of the day - Uninvited by Alanis Morissette.
youtu.be/bG_6R5pkSwY?...
youtu.be/bG_6R5pkSwY?...
That ‘Board of Peace’ looks somewhat testosterone heavy…
January 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM
That ‘Board of Peace’ looks somewhat testosterone heavy…
I’m back in Edinburgh again! This time to see The Shawshank Redemption at the Lyceum with my theatre buddy Helen. It was v cold & windy walking back to the station but the castle looked very nice.
January 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I’m back in Edinburgh again! This time to see The Shawshank Redemption at the Lyceum with my theatre buddy Helen. It was v cold & windy walking back to the station but the castle looked very nice.
I’ve been back in Edinburgh this afternoon meeting friends. It’s always lovely in the rain but I wore the wrong coat so now on the train back absolutely soaked.
January 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I’ve been back in Edinburgh this afternoon meeting friends. It’s always lovely in the rain but I wore the wrong coat so now on the train back absolutely soaked.
I think my copy of the Norton Anthology of English Literature (2578pp) would work quite well too.
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I think my copy of the Norton Anthology of English Literature (2578pp) would work quite well too.
The only reason the football is on is because the cat loves it.
January 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The only reason the football is on is because the cat loves it.
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I’m not going to have to go far to watch the Tour de France next year.
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I’m not going to have to go far to watch the Tour de France next year.
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Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
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Starting my day with petition to protect baby ganets from being clubbed to death in a yearly barbaric ritual. Scottish Government will rule on this end of January. Link to petition below & campaign by @protectthewild.bsky.social
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Starting my day with petition to protect baby ganets from being clubbed to death in a yearly barbaric ritual. Scottish Government will rule on this end of January. Link to petition below & campaign by @protectthewild.bsky.social
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Trump with a straight face: Denmark can't claim Greenland just because "they had a boat land there 500 years ago"
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Trump with a straight face: Denmark can't claim Greenland just because "they had a boat land there 500 years ago"
Gen X - the forgotten generation wasn’t even included in this Strands puzzle. Hmph.
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Gen X - the forgotten generation wasn’t even included in this Strands puzzle. Hmph.
My cat’s favourite tv programme is on.
January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
My cat’s favourite tv programme is on.
I’d trust Bod more than most people. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
a cartoon of a man in a yellow dress standing on a green surface .
Alt: Bod, much loved children’s cartoon in the UK in the 1970s.
a cartoon of a man in a yellow dress standing on a green surface .
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I’d trust Bod more than most people. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It’s a lovely starry sky here tonight. Orion is really bright. I’m always surprised how well my iPhone takes night time pics. Holding my breath so I don’t move for 5 seconds is the hardest bit.
January 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It’s a lovely starry sky here tonight. Orion is really bright. I’m always surprised how well my iPhone takes night time pics. Holding my breath so I don’t move for 5 seconds is the hardest bit.