Selina Beety (she/her)
@a-stitch-in-time.bsky.social
Reader, writer, Border Collie walker. Not loving these interesting times.
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Women have fought hard to have our medical needs taken seriously - are still fighting hard for this in fact. Encouraging women to have dangerous and painful births is anti feminist.
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Women have fought hard to have our medical needs taken seriously - are still fighting hard for this in fact. Encouraging women to have dangerous and painful births is anti feminist.
Returned from night out to find my kitchen covered in post-baking disarray AND philosophy books. According to my emotional teenager Plato & Socrates were having a chill time in Symposium then Plato became angry/serious in Republic because the state killed his best friend
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Returned from night out to find my kitchen covered in post-baking disarray AND philosophy books. According to my emotional teenager Plato & Socrates were having a chill time in Symposium then Plato became angry/serious in Republic because the state killed his best friend
Astonishing debut novel. Light but perfect prose. Characters that feel real even as they inhabit three very different alternate realities. Bucket loads of pathos. A hard & confronting read in many places but still a celebration of survival, life and love. 10/10
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November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Astonishing debut novel. Light but perfect prose. Characters that feel real even as they inhabit three very different alternate realities. Bucket loads of pathos. A hard & confronting read in many places but still a celebration of survival, life and love. 10/10
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Two words for music/dance that don’t seem to have an equivalent for literature?
Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
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Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Two words for music/dance that don’t seem to have an equivalent for literature?
Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
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Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
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My dog is an uber-flirt. Right down to the slightly cocked knees.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My dog is an uber-flirt. Right down to the slightly cocked knees.
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thinking of you all today Jamaica!
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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thinking of you all today Jamaica!
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Nobody’s Girl. Out now. Not only important that we all read it but also that we are seen to read it. Let those vile abusers see the sales rocket then be sure to share your copy with anyone not able to buy or borrow from a library
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nobody’s Girl. Out now. Not only important that we all read it but also that we are seen to read it. Let those vile abusers see the sales rocket then be sure to share your copy with anyone not able to buy or borrow from a library
Kennet and Avon canal, UK
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Kennet and Avon canal, UK
Spot the mouse
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Spot the mouse
Cater-dragon
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Cater-dragon
My wonderful friend’s book will be released by Chicken House next year and is already ‘killing it’ in the pre sale charts. It’s not just a pretty cover.
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September 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
My wonderful friend’s book will be released by Chicken House next year and is already ‘killing it’ in the pre sale charts. It’s not just a pretty cover.
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Border Morris Dancers at the Ross on Wye Cider Festival this weekend.
They let me join in - with a stick and everything. Now I’m going to join a local troop. Make Morris Dancing cool again lol
They let me join in - with a stick and everything. Now I’m going to join a local troop. Make Morris Dancing cool again lol
September 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Border Morris Dancers at the Ross on Wye Cider Festival this weekend.
They let me join in - with a stick and everything. Now I’m going to join a local troop. Make Morris Dancing cool again lol
They let me join in - with a stick and everything. Now I’m going to join a local troop. Make Morris Dancing cool again lol
Dog & rabbit made it safely into the UK 😮💨. I wasn’t worried about the dog but the rabbit … holy moly! Even the border officers had some difficulty checking & said almost no one ever brings rabbits with them. It’s hard to be a ‘cheap’ pet.
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August 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Dog & rabbit made it safely into the UK 😮💨. I wasn’t worried about the dog but the rabbit … holy moly! Even the border officers had some difficulty checking & said almost no one ever brings rabbits with them. It’s hard to be a ‘cheap’ pet.
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Now that Jasper is on his drive back to the UK there is no one to save me from sneezes! Not sure how this is going to go.
July 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Now that Jasper is on his drive back to the UK there is no one to save me from sneezes! Not sure how this is going to go.
I love liminal places where earth & water meet so decided to spend my 49th birthday where the seas meet at Skagen. It felt poignant to put a foot in each sea knowing that I’m passing from one half of my life to the other & also soon moving back to the UK
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July 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I love liminal places where earth & water meet so decided to spend my 49th birthday where the seas meet at Skagen. It felt poignant to put a foot in each sea knowing that I’m passing from one half of my life to the other & also soon moving back to the UK
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Tory members chose this utter twonk to be the leader of their party & PM of our country. The Omnishamble fraud fest that followed shocked no one who remembered his work history. Why does anyone still read the bilge that he pumps out? News flash Boris, France is our ally.
July 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Tory members chose this utter twonk to be the leader of their party & PM of our country. The Omnishamble fraud fest that followed shocked no one who remembered his work history. Why does anyone still read the bilge that he pumps out? News flash Boris, France is our ally.
Life’s rich tapestry: my (super gorgeous) friend snogged her postman during a focal impaired awareness seizure.
Came round to find him backing away and saying ‘No, sorry. I’m married.’ (In a Yorkshire accent)
No damage done. Parcels delivered on time.
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Came round to find him backing away and saying ‘No, sorry. I’m married.’ (In a Yorkshire accent)
No damage done. Parcels delivered on time.
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May 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Life’s rich tapestry: my (super gorgeous) friend snogged her postman during a focal impaired awareness seizure.
Came round to find him backing away and saying ‘No, sorry. I’m married.’ (In a Yorkshire accent)
No damage done. Parcels delivered on time.
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Came round to find him backing away and saying ‘No, sorry. I’m married.’ (In a Yorkshire accent)
No damage done. Parcels delivered on time.
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I just don’t think I could do it a 10,001 time. Puberty ruined that movie for me
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May 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I just don’t think I could do it a 10,001 time. Puberty ruined that movie for me
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Achieved very little and is now exhausted. A lot like some of my writing days
May 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Achieved very little and is now exhausted. A lot like some of my writing days
Megatron taking it upon himself to reorganise the bookshelves.
May 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Megatron taking it upon himself to reorganise the bookshelves.
Overall Book of the Year in The British Book Awards 2025
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May 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Overall Book of the Year in The British Book Awards 2025
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Even funnier is the suggestion that these islands had been tariffing the USA. Must have been all those start up seagull companies
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Even funnier is the suggestion that these islands had been tariffing the USA. Must have been all those start up seagull companies
Trying to think of books with positive representations of autistic people. The Rosie Project.
What else? #books
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April 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Trying to think of books with positive representations of autistic people. The Rosie Project.
What else? #books
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What else? #books
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