Fretful Porpentine
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Fretful Porpentine
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To have for one’s heart
The heart that a ghost has
Quiet and only
A little forlorn
You can get them all over the place. This is what you’re looking for:
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m not saying I’m the queen of stocking fillers but -
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
ATTENTION: PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS 📣🦔

Will the pretty secateurs be any less effective or comfortable to use than the hideous pair?
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If Everything in My Home Is Perfect and Beautiful I Will Be Deserving of Love:
Chapter 129 - Tea Towels
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Avid reader.
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Here I am as a child on Bonfire Night, adorable in white fake fur, whilst my little brother looks like he’s about to drop the hottest Sarah album of 1989.
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
She’s put the heating on her head.
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Well. I had never heard of this until today.
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My kids playing Brixton Academy. I think the last time I was here was to see Morrissey. WILD.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Oh, I forgot to show you this lorry I saw yesterday! The timing pleased me.
November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It’s been a wretched couple of weeks but I’m finally alone under a blanket with a book, whilst it’s raining cats and dogs outside. Nothing to do and nowhere to go.
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I could not resist. Look at that little face.
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My pudding this evening was a sculptural homage to Aunt Flo.
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Inevitably, one of these went missing by the end of October last year. TWO were half-inched today, the very first day we put them out for our ghost hunt. Sticky-fingered little ratbags.
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Elizabeth Coatsworth.
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What a beautiful library. Not as good as when I worked there, obviously, but it’s still a looker.
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
(Also, I LOVE the cover art, by Nieves González. I wonder if I can commission my own portrait from her?)
October 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Can I refuse to pay it on the grounds of this egregious use of ‘yourself’?
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Big Dog Theory
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Remote controlled poo with sound.
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM