Colette Willis
@colettewillis.bsky.social
Ghost writer. Corporeal reader. Semi-solid watcher of stuff.
We are not given to tasteful Christmas decorations in this house, but even I draw the line at a reindeer that looks like raw liver. So arresting in its awfulness it almost horseshoes back around to wonderful. Almost.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We are not given to tasteful Christmas decorations in this house, but even I draw the line at a reindeer that looks like raw liver. So arresting in its awfulness it almost horseshoes back around to wonderful. Almost.
Finally saw #OneBattleAfterAnother in the cinema yesterday and have still not recovered from the line — and its extraordinary delivery by Jim Downey — “A semen demon?”
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Finally saw #OneBattleAfterAnother in the cinema yesterday and have still not recovered from the line — and its extraordinary delivery by Jim Downey — “A semen demon?”
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Boiler Shop Worker Seen Through Large Pipe,
Vicker’s Armstrong Steel Foundry, England
E.O. Hoppé, 1928
Vicker’s Armstrong Steel Foundry, England
E.O. Hoppé, 1928
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Boiler Shop Worker Seen Through Large Pipe,
Vicker’s Armstrong Steel Foundry, England
E.O. Hoppé, 1928
Vicker’s Armstrong Steel Foundry, England
E.O. Hoppé, 1928
So much wit and erudition worn lightly in Annie West’s work. Always makes me smile.
Mad about Literature? Not mad about literature? Shopping for something for the Bluestocking in your life? Looky here!
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So much wit and erudition worn lightly in Annie West’s work. Always makes me smile.
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Looks like she died by falling into a giant Viennetta.
slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Looks like she died by falling into a giant Viennetta.
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I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
December 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
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I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
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From Vanity Fair’s Dictionary for the Motion Pictures, March 1922
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
From Vanity Fair’s Dictionary for the Motion Pictures, March 1922
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It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition.
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
Finance for climate adaptation projects is below what is required to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, according to a new report.
Climate projects too small to secure funding, says report
Finance for climate adaptation projects is below what is required to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, according to a new report.
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition.
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
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Neutrinos are the second mot common subatomic particles in the Universe, after photons.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
Wild
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Neutrinos are the second mot common subatomic particles in the Universe, after photons.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
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Sometimes sitting-lying & doing nothing is the best something you can do;)
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Sometimes sitting-lying & doing nothing is the best something you can do;)
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
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I sleep with a bat under my bed in case someone breaks in and wants to learn about echolocation
December 25, 2024 at 6:36 AM
I sleep with a bat under my bed in case someone breaks in and wants to learn about echolocation
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Live hearts
Live hearts
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Bitterfinger
Bitterfinger
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
S&Ms
S&Ms
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Live hearts
Live hearts
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Manannán Mac Lir - son of the sea, ancient warrior, powerful sea god, and member of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology - commands the sea on a stormy day 🌊
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Manannán Mac Lir - son of the sea, ancient warrior, powerful sea god, and member of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology - commands the sea on a stormy day 🌊
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
I HOWLED
I was looking up the Cliff Richard Wuthering Heights and found some clips. I laughed so hard I cried and have not stopped laughing. A clip. I really tried not to laugh. The boat remains a mystery.
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I HOWLED
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check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
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There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. ~Edgar Allan Poe
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. ~Edgar Allan Poe
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ME: What’s the first rule of bite club?
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
October 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
ME: What’s the first rule of bite club?
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
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I mean, leaving babies out in the woods because you thought the fairies had swapped them for demons used to be a rural
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I mean, leaving babies out in the woods because you thought the fairies had swapped them for demons used to be a rural
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
Apparently Dalmatians were often used as circus dogs…
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Apparently Dalmatians were often used as circus dogs…
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Stunning poem by Anne Tannam 💙
#amreading
#amreading
October 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Stunning poem by Anne Tannam 💙
#amreading
#amreading
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Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n