This excellent book

A page from a woman called Mrs Winn’s diary in 1870, I’ve got five of her diaries and it feels such an honour to have them in my possession. I collect handwritten diaries and cookbooks because I love social history. It’s like a kind of time travelling magic that I never grow tired of.

Been reading this all day, got it on the day it came out and the very same day my puppy chewed the corner off, brilliant book though.

When the bipolar gets the better of you and all that’s left to do is write your way through it.

‘To make of a fly an elephant’ to make great bustle or noise about a trifle. ‘Knights of the Elephant, an order of knighthood in Denmark; they wear a blue ribband with an elephant pendant’ 1736 dictionary entry.

A page in my notebook for the manuscript I’m working on, when I get stuck on my laptop and cannot get past an empty screen I come here to write my way out of it.

Dictionary from 1736, one of my oldest books. I love opening it at random and creating sentences with new words. Today I found out that I am amnigenous, born or bred in, of, or near a river. I love words. #booksky #dictionaries #oldbooks

#booksky my reading matter this morning @mslexia.bsky.social can’t wait for the new issue to come out, this magazine always makes me feel like a ‘real’ writer and not just an imposter who is winging it every step of the way.

#booksky latest @waterstones.bsky.social purchase, two beautiful blue books with AI themes written by women, doesn’t get much better than this 😊

#bookshelf one of many bookshelves in my small cottage

Love a cat thread 🥰

For those that need this tonight, you can share mine 🔥🔥🔥