Catherine
@cath-ode.bsky.social
Writes a bit. Paints a bit. Sews & Knits a lot. Sometimes blogs at http://chopkins2011.blogspot.com - for photographs - see cath_ode on Instagram
Borrowing from @kariebookish.bsky.social
10 writers by whom I've read more than 5 books (no poetry collections or short stories)
Jane Austen
CJ Sansom
Kate Atkinson
PD James
John Boyne
Thomas Hardy
Ann Patchet
Sebastian Fsulkes
Iris Murdoch
And - of course…
@l1zz1e.bsky.social
10 writers by whom I've read more than 5 books (no poetry collections or short stories)
Jane Austen
CJ Sansom
Kate Atkinson
PD James
John Boyne
Thomas Hardy
Ann Patchet
Sebastian Fsulkes
Iris Murdoch
And - of course…
@l1zz1e.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Borrowing from @kariebookish.bsky.social
10 writers by whom I've read more than 5 books (no poetry collections or short stories)
Jane Austen
CJ Sansom
Kate Atkinson
PD James
John Boyne
Thomas Hardy
Ann Patchet
Sebastian Fsulkes
Iris Murdoch
And - of course…
@l1zz1e.bsky.social
10 writers by whom I've read more than 5 books (no poetry collections or short stories)
Jane Austen
CJ Sansom
Kate Atkinson
PD James
John Boyne
Thomas Hardy
Ann Patchet
Sebastian Fsulkes
Iris Murdoch
And - of course…
@l1zz1e.bsky.social
The book!! The ending! Not what happened, you knew whose body would be in the well halfway through & that the nicest people would be (mostly) ok. But pp 374/375! Of course that’s what it was all about, but to state it that explicitly- in this week of all weeks! #theheavenandearthgrocerystore
March 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The book!! The ending! Not what happened, you knew whose body would be in the well halfway through & that the nicest people would be (mostly) ok. But pp 374/375! Of course that’s what it was all about, but to state it that explicitly- in this week of all weeks! #theheavenandearthgrocerystore
The end of #aholidayathome like any holiday-back to the fray-Pilates first. It’s been good, yesterday-finishing off things-while sitting in the sun with a cat. Hem of a skirt-a book (3rd this week) music (70s folk rock) casting on a sock & cooking supper, but the book!! That needs a separate post
March 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The end of #aholidayathome like any holiday-back to the fray-Pilates first. It’s been good, yesterday-finishing off things-while sitting in the sun with a cat. Hem of a skirt-a book (3rd this week) music (70s folk rock) casting on a sock & cooking supper, but the book!! That needs a separate post
Reviewing posts from days #5&6 maybe I overestimate the effect of #homecooking on my waistline #win
March 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reviewing posts from days #5&6 maybe I overestimate the effect of #homecooking on my waistline #win
Almost nothing to report for day#6 of #aholidayathome permission to be (nearly) idle - tried on the skirt I made on day#5 waist too big! (why do I sew without trying on?) fixed that. Examined holes in four pairs of #handknitsocks mended one pair chucked the rest. Cooked, watched TV
March 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Almost nothing to report for day#6 of #aholidayathome permission to be (nearly) idle - tried on the skirt I made on day#5 waist too big! (why do I sew without trying on?) fixed that. Examined holes in four pairs of #handknitsocks mended one pair chucked the rest. Cooked, watched TV
Day #5 Relaxed and experiencing a feeling of achievement, Things Have Got Done this week (sewing, reading and cooking* today) I’m thinking that I might take #aholidayathome every six weeks or so
* not so good for the waistline
* not so good for the waistline
February 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Day #5 Relaxed and experiencing a feeling of achievement, Things Have Got Done this week (sewing, reading and cooking* today) I’m thinking that I might take #aholidayathome every six weeks or so
* not so good for the waistline
* not so good for the waistline
Reposted by Catherine
“I have spent many hours with those cats, and still I am amazed at how perfectly they reject everything it means to be in prison”. Every day is #Caturday prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/23/c...
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“I have spent many hours with those cats, and still I am amazed at how perfectly they reject everything it means to be in prison”. Every day is #Caturday prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/23/c...
Thursday, clear bright & chilly. A perfect day out to Hughendon Manor (NT) followed by lunch and browsing dresses at John Lewis #knittersofbluesky will like to know I’m wearing all the knitwear -Uma top, Shifty cowl, mittens, and (of course) my new socks- my mussleborough hat in bag! #aholidayathome
February 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Thursday, clear bright & chilly. A perfect day out to Hughendon Manor (NT) followed by lunch and browsing dresses at John Lewis #knittersofbluesky will like to know I’m wearing all the knitwear -Uma top, Shifty cowl, mittens, and (of course) my new socks- my mussleborough hat in bag! #aholidayathome
February 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
day#3 #aholidayathome Getting Things Done. 1. emails - it’s ‘work’ but part of not having stuff hanging over me 2 completed 2024 photo book - ever a huge task but harder with new Mac (a new path to upload-why???) 3 finished socks, wearing today
February 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
day#3 #aholidayathome Getting Things Done. 1. emails - it’s ‘work’ but part of not having stuff hanging over me 2 completed 2024 photo book - ever a huge task but harder with new Mac (a new path to upload-why???) 3 finished socks, wearing today
Reposted by Catherine
In my small bathroom, about to jump (clamber!) into bath when I miss treading on a newt by an inch. Fascinated to see it but how did it get in? Re-homed it after time spent Googling sites on newt welfare. By then bath was tepid.
February 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
In my small bathroom, about to jump (clamber!) into bath when I miss treading on a newt by an inch. Fascinated to see it but how did it get in? Re-homed it after time spent Googling sites on newt welfare. By then bath was tepid.
Reposted by Catherine
The stillness of a clear winter sky and a cold night. I’m giddy with looking up at the stars.
February 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The stillness of a clear winter sky and a cold night. I’m giddy with looking up at the stars.
Loganberry jam made, 80 pages into The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store read, a film (September 5) and pizza. Making the best of #aholidayathome
February 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Loganberry jam made, 80 pages into The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store read, a film (September 5) and pizza. Making the best of #aholidayathome
Lots of my least favourite jobs done this morning, clearing the decks for more interesting things. Finished reading House of the Gentry (Turgenev) and begun The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store #aholidayathome
February 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Lots of my least favourite jobs done this morning, clearing the decks for more interesting things. Finished reading House of the Gentry (Turgenev) and begun The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store #aholidayathome
#2 last week screen time av 5.5 hrs per day. Aiming to halve that #aholidayathome
February 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#2 last week screen time av 5.5 hrs per day. Aiming to halve that #aholidayathome
Wanted a break then thought-weather-cost-comfort & decided on #aholidayathome cancelled all usual activities, Pilates, craft groups, apols for meetings… wrote to do list -sort photos, sew skirt, see film, eat out, visit cute little town, less doom scrolling. Watch my progress on here
February 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Wanted a break then thought-weather-cost-comfort & decided on #aholidayathome cancelled all usual activities, Pilates, craft groups, apols for meetings… wrote to do list -sort photos, sew skirt, see film, eat out, visit cute little town, less doom scrolling. Watch my progress on here
Reposted by Catherine
I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RP if you really do
Like if you do
RP if you really do
November 26, 2024 at 4:58 PM
I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RP if you really do
Like if you do
RP if you really do
Reposted by Catherine
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
Don’t! Just don’t please.! Keep the independence of the Guardian, it’s all we have left of a free press
November 25, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Don’t! Just don’t please.! Keep the independence of the Guardian, it’s all we have left of a free press
Reposted by Catherine
Reposted by Catherine
"Vaccination has probably saved more lives & is better researched than most, if not all, aspects of healthcare. RFK Jr could set this back & be responsible for the death & disability of myriads of people, particularly children.”
Outstanding BBC fact check on RFK 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Outstanding BBC fact check on RFK 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RFK Jr: Fact-checking his views on health policy
Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated to be the next US health secretary, but some of his views are not backed by science.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 7:26 AM
"Vaccination has probably saved more lives & is better researched than most, if not all, aspects of healthcare. RFK Jr could set this back & be responsible for the death & disability of myriads of people, particularly children.”
Outstanding BBC fact check on RFK 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Outstanding BBC fact check on RFK 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Loved our visit to @farnhammaltingscraft today for the Art in Clay event. My favourite pieces, the beautiful stacking boxes from @annemariesjacobs and gorgeous bowls from @nicola_martin_ceramics_
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Loved our visit to @farnhammaltingscraft today for the Art in Clay event. My favourite pieces, the beautiful stacking boxes from @annemariesjacobs and gorgeous bowls from @nicola_martin_ceramics_
Reposted by Catherine
I’m not going to leave X just yet - I hate that sense of being driven away from a place I used to love. But after one day on here, I already know how much prefer it.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I’m not going to leave X just yet - I hate that sense of being driven away from a place I used to love. But after one day on here, I already know how much prefer it.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.