Corrinne F
@traviata.bsky.social
“There is a time for the evening under starlight/A time for the evening under lamplight/(The evening with the photograph album)/Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter”
Songdog LP Mirabilia Mundi out now https://orcd.co/mirabiliamundi
Songdog LP Mirabilia Mundi out now https://orcd.co/mirabiliamundi
Made myself a goodnight hot chocolate with a shot of dark gold rum. Nobody judge me. It’s virtually still Christmas.
January 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Made myself a goodnight hot chocolate with a shot of dark gold rum. Nobody judge me. It’s virtually still Christmas.
Pretty treacherous conditions out there, right across the UK. Stay safe everyone xx
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Pretty treacherous conditions out there, right across the UK. Stay safe everyone xx
Let me check with my investment advisor. Will it be the vegan omega 369 or the Vitamin D3?
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Let me check with my investment advisor. Will it be the vegan omega 369 or the Vitamin D3?
Falmouth lifeboat launched a while back. I’m safely indoors but cannot imagine how awful it must be out on the sea tonight. And don’t forget, those crews are volunteers. Local people who were also safely in their own home when the call for help came but still prepared to risk their lives.
rnli.org
rnli.org
RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and flood rescue.
rnli.org
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Falmouth lifeboat launched a while back. I’m safely indoors but cannot imagine how awful it must be out on the sea tonight. And don’t forget, those crews are volunteers. Local people who were also safely in their own home when the call for help came but still prepared to risk their lives.
rnli.org
rnli.org
Bit wild out there. My room’s creaking like a ship’s cabin.
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Bit wild out there. My room’s creaking like a ship’s cabin.
Storm’s hitting now. Shaking the house - my attic room is at the gable end of the roof and it’s pretty exposed up here on the clifftop. The lights have flickered a few times so making sure everything’s charged up. Batten down the hatches and stay safe everyone!
The highest gust speed as a result of Storm Goretti is currently 99 mph, recorded at St Mary's Airport in the Isles of Scilly, making it a new record for the site
Here are the top gust speeds so far 👇
Here are the top gust speeds so far 👇
January 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Storm’s hitting now. Shaking the house - my attic room is at the gable end of the roof and it’s pretty exposed up here on the clifftop. The lights have flickered a few times so making sure everything’s charged up. Batten down the hatches and stay safe everyone!
I love this song so much. The video was perfect too.
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4
David Bowie - Where Are We Now? (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by David Bowie
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January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I love this song so much. The video was perfect too.
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4
It seems me having big plans for a new year pretty much scuppers them from the get-go. Although when you’re as broke as I am ‘big plans’ are somewhat limited in scope. I could do without being ill though. All I’ve done for days is sleep and cough. Haven’t even done the washing.
January 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
It seems me having big plans for a new year pretty much scuppers them from the get-go. Although when you’re as broke as I am ‘big plans’ are somewhat limited in scope. I could do without being ill though. All I’ve done for days is sleep and cough. Haven’t even done the washing.
HT @salimotxo.bsky.social for sending me back to watch old Flight of the Conchords videos on YouTube, even if my ribs now hurt even more.
youtu.be/9jLDZjMF3tk
youtu.be/9jLDZjMF3tk
Flight of the Conchords - The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)
YouTube video by Kenneth Lloyd
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
HT @salimotxo.bsky.social for sending me back to watch old Flight of the Conchords videos on YouTube, even if my ribs now hurt even more.
youtu.be/9jLDZjMF3tk
youtu.be/9jLDZjMF3tk
Can’t believe it’s already a week since I was communing with giant owls in the mountains of south Wales and now I’m holed up in my attic in Cornwall with a bug, hiding from 100mph storms.
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Can’t believe it’s already a week since I was communing with giant owls in the mountains of south Wales and now I’m holed up in my attic in Cornwall with a bug, hiding from 100mph storms.
Fell back into deep sleep for over two hours. Dreamt me and the band were on tour in some kind of deep Texas-type place. We were travelling in one of those massive monster lorries, all lit up like a Christmas tree, to the kind of bar venues where fights are part of the entertainment.
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Fell back into deep sleep for over two hours. Dreamt me and the band were on tour in some kind of deep Texas-type place. We were travelling in one of those massive monster lorries, all lit up like a Christmas tree, to the kind of bar venues where fights are part of the entertainment.
My policy of paying cavalier attention to ‘use by’ dates continues. I’m a firm believer in waste not want not, particularly when it’s food. One of the young assistants at the Co-op said a while back “You wouldn’t believe what we have to throw away, it’s shocking.” It IS shocking. And shameful.
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM
My policy of paying cavalier attention to ‘use by’ dates continues. I’m a firm believer in waste not want not, particularly when it’s food. One of the young assistants at the Co-op said a while back “You wouldn’t believe what we have to throw away, it’s shocking.” It IS shocking. And shameful.
Oh I want this
UK ceramic artist Marie Prett specialises in figurative and carnivalesque sculptures #WomensArt
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Oh I want this
The scammers have started up again already - first text of the morning from an unknown number reads: “Hey! Free for a quick chat?” which instantly marks it out as spam because nobody in the UK would dream of suggesting a quick chat at 8am.
January 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The scammers have started up again already - first text of the morning from an unknown number reads: “Hey! Free for a quick chat?” which instantly marks it out as spam because nobody in the UK would dream of suggesting a quick chat at 8am.
Found an unopened pot of tomato and chilli salsa at the back of the fridge. That put a nice kick in the sinuses.
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Found an unopened pot of tomato and chilli salsa at the back of the fridge. That put a nice kick in the sinuses.
This cold night needs some summer sun. I’m shivering!
youtu.be/PDxFGzzYbuo
youtu.be/PDxFGzzYbuo
Dorothy Ashby - Little Sunflower
YouTube video by rockhudsons
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January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This cold night needs some summer sun. I’m shivering!
youtu.be/PDxFGzzYbuo
youtu.be/PDxFGzzYbuo
I’ve reached the mopey stage of this bug. My ribs and head hurt and I feel worse than I did yesterday. I need this to go away quickly - I’ve got an online job interview next Monday and I don’t want them to think I look sickly!
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I’ve reached the mopey stage of this bug. My ribs and head hurt and I feel worse than I did yesterday. I need this to go away quickly - I’ve got an online job interview next Monday and I don’t want them to think I look sickly!
Same
From the December backlog: Meet the Badalisc, a wacky Italian goat-serpent-thing that spends the year collecting local gossip so it can roast the entire town on Epiphany. Fun! theghostinmymachine.com/2025/12/15/e...
The Badalisc: Italy's Winter Holiday Goat-Serpent Creature
On Epiphany, the people of Andrista, Italy in Valcamonica hunt for the fearsome Badalisc. Here's what to know about the holiday creature.
theghostinmymachine.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Same
I can hear the young student downstairs laughing with her boyfriend. They’re always laughing, and if not she’s usually singing. It must be the happiest room in the entire house.
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I can hear the young student downstairs laughing with her boyfriend. They’re always laughing, and if not she’s usually singing. It must be the happiest room in the entire house.
The only cough syrup they had in the shop was £8 so I bought a Wispa bar instead and had a shot of honey mead when I got in which had much the same effect.
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The only cough syrup they had in the shop was £8 so I bought a Wispa bar instead and had a shot of honey mead when I got in which had much the same effect.
Didn’t have enough breath to go further than the shop by the docks and it’s too rainy to hang around (“catching your death” as my mother would’ve said) but at least I got out of the room. And out of bed.
January 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Didn’t have enough breath to go further than the shop by the docks and it’s too rainy to hang around (“catching your death” as my mother would’ve said) but at least I got out of the room. And out of bed.
The thing with not getting a bug for over a year is you forget how crap they are. Feel like death warmed up. I really need to get some shopping and air but haven’t even managed to get dressed yet.
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The thing with not getting a bug for over a year is you forget how crap they are. Feel like death warmed up. I really need to get some shopping and air but haven’t even managed to get dressed yet.
My lungs just did an excellent impersonation of a theramin.
January 7, 2026 at 12:53 PM
My lungs just did an excellent impersonation of a theramin.
What is this new-fangled trend for online job interviews? I did one over Christmas that wasn’t even with a human (although if I get through that sift, the next one will be with actual people) and I have one on Monday with a human panel on Teams. What happened to meeting in person?
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
What is this new-fangled trend for online job interviews? I did one over Christmas that wasn’t even with a human (although if I get through that sift, the next one will be with actual people) and I have one on Monday with a human panel on Teams. What happened to meeting in person?