Freya Sierhuis 🟥
@freyas.bsky.social
Lecturer in early modern literature; interested in literature & intellectual history; environmental humanities. Climate change and global justice. Working on a book on Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679). Views my own.
How many places to loll about in the sun does a cat need….🙂?
August 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How many places to loll about in the sun does a cat need….🙂?
Even Vanya thinks its too hot!
July 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Even Vanya thinks its too hot!
Happy Beltane to all those who celebrate! Tonight we greet the coming of summer.
May 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy Beltane to all those who celebrate! Tonight we greet the coming of summer.
Yesterday we climbed Buckden Pike in Wharfedale. Stunning views of Penn-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, remains of an old leadmine and a rather moving WW2 monument. Encouraging also to see peat restoration in progress!
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Yesterday we climbed Buckden Pike in Wharfedale. Stunning views of Penn-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, remains of an old leadmine and a rather moving WW2 monument. Encouraging also to see peat restoration in progress!
Those of you who know me know I love hiking in the Yorkshire Dales. But it is frustrating how difficult it is to get there if you don’t drive, own a car or just don’t want to use one for recreation. The (otherwise wonderful) Dales busses only resume service on the 20th of *April*. Seriously, people?
March 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Those of you who know me know I love hiking in the Yorkshire Dales. But it is frustrating how difficult it is to get there if you don’t drive, own a car or just don’t want to use one for recreation. The (otherwise wonderful) Dales busses only resume service on the 20th of *April*. Seriously, people?
New cat toy. Who could say no?
March 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New cat toy. Who could say no?
I have bought my cat an igloo and now he is refusing to come out.
March 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I have bought my cat an igloo and now he is refusing to come out.
If you are feeling the cold, the darkness and the lack of sun, take heart and remember that yesterday we celebrated Imbolc, the festival that marks the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox and therefore, the returning of the light and of spring. We will get there.
February 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you are feeling the cold, the darkness and the lack of sun, take heart and remember that yesterday we celebrated Imbolc, the festival that marks the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox and therefore, the returning of the light and of spring. We will get there.
Relishing my two-track teaching prep! Any tips for interesting takes on the rights of nature debate from a political theory perspective? Thankful for any tips/ suggestions.
February 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Relishing my two-track teaching prep! Any tips for interesting takes on the rights of nature debate from a political theory perspective? Thankful for any tips/ suggestions.
Finally coming round to…
January 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Finally coming round to…
Very much looking forward to discussing Tommy Orange’s new novel with the CISCS reading group. What amazing book!
December 9, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Very much looking forward to discussing Tommy Orange’s new novel with the CISCS reading group. What amazing book!
Folks, what are you reading atm? Any recommendations, recent discoveries? I’ll go first:
November 25, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Folks, what are you reading atm? Any recommendations, recent discoveries? I’ll go first:
A stunning hike in remote Swaledale, on a sunny autumn day.
October 12, 2024 at 11:06 AM
A stunning hike in remote Swaledale, on a sunny autumn day.
Why do cat’s do this thing of cuddling their own paws? Stop it with the ridiculous cuteness!
September 30, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Why do cat’s do this thing of cuddling their own paws? Stop it with the ridiculous cuteness!
Damn this cocktail is ….pretty nice! @Sukhothai, Leeds.
September 11, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Damn this cocktail is ….pretty nice! @Sukhothai, Leeds.
Proofs! It was fun working on Philip Sidney for a change. On virtue ethics, Amazons and queer desire.
August 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Proofs! It was fun working on Philip Sidney for a change. On virtue ethics, Amazons and queer desire.
Pistacchio elderflower cake!
July 18, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Pistacchio elderflower cake!
Always a good moment: our weekly Riverford delivery. Employee owned, B-corp, organic, plastic free. The food tastes amazing and I love Guy Watson’s write-up. Contents this week: sunmer turnips, donut peaches, plums, radishes and spinach ao….
July 10, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Always a good moment: our weekly Riverford delivery. Employee owned, B-corp, organic, plastic free. The food tastes amazing and I love Guy Watson’s write-up. Contents this week: sunmer turnips, donut peaches, plums, radishes and spinach ao….
A few hours in the National
museum Budapest, getting to know the late antique and early medieval collections: Scythians, Dacians and Tracians, Goths and Avars. Amazing gold work and a fascinating example of skull modelling, a practice in use among the Huns.
museum Budapest, getting to know the late antique and early medieval collections: Scythians, Dacians and Tracians, Goths and Avars. Amazing gold work and a fascinating example of skull modelling, a practice in use among the Huns.
May 20, 2024 at 4:56 PM
A few hours in the National
museum Budapest, getting to know the late antique and early medieval collections: Scythians, Dacians and Tracians, Goths and Avars. Amazing gold work and a fascinating example of skull modelling, a practice in use among the Huns.
museum Budapest, getting to know the late antique and early medieval collections: Scythians, Dacians and Tracians, Goths and Avars. Amazing gold work and a fascinating example of skull modelling, a practice in use among the Huns.