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Like many others who have lived long in a great capital, she had strong feelings about the various railway termini.

Writer represented by Bridget Smith at Jabberwocky Literary Agency. Interested in mysteries, EM Forster, Star Trek, and trains. She/her
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Found something incredible at the estate sale.
A large yellow paperback book titled: THE X-RATED COOKBOOK 50 BEDROOM TESTED RECIPES By Susan Sky and Louise Woolf Published by R. H. Brown & Co., Inc. On it is a photo of two women who are sitting in a bathtub together, naked but not revealing anything. They are surrounded by platters with flowers, cheeses, breads, champagne. There is a lot of velvet and brown wallpaper. It looks very 1970s.
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Aurora time
Pink and green aurora with tree outlined against the sky. Pink and green aurora with tree outlined against the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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My trivia team won a trophy.
A glass trophy shaped like a brain with the details of a brain shining in green light. The etching below reads “Sporcle Globe League Summer 2025 Champions)
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Because I’m still having a weird month, I just woke up this morning and put on my Halloween costume.
It’s me taking a mirror selfie. I look normal but I’m wearing black leggings and a United Federation of Planets dress
November 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Does… does the Wirecutter newsletter writer want to fuck office supplies?
An email from Wirecutter from 5:31 PM. The header reads “7 (very pretty) desks” Below, it says “plus, a handsome…stapler?”
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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The photo isn’t loading in the link above. It’s this.
A brownish-burgundy velvet dress in a classic Edwardian style: narrow, floor length skirt, neckline up to the collarbone, with a little jacket-style collar made of the same material. There are pleats in the velvet, and lace on the short sleeves. There are some interesting patterns made out of folded velvet where pockets would be on the skirt and where breasts would be in the front. The dress is whole but not in great condition. The velvet is a little faded and the lace is yellowing.
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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These ARE the two ways you can legally dress to compete on Only Connect.
Photo of a TV with a quiz team named the Harlequins made up of three people. On the left a man is wearing round, colorful glasses, a black t-shirt, and a sparkly pink blazer made of satin and sequins. Next to him another man is wearing a t-shirt with yellow letters under a sunflower patterned short sleeve button down shirt. On the right is a woman with long hair and long dangly earrings. One side of her head is shaved and she is wearing a pink sequined blazer. Photo of another trivia team. Below them are six quiz options to choose from, all represented by Egyptian hieroglyphs. All three people (two men and a woman) are wearing shades of blue. Both men are wearing button-down shirts, and one is wearing a red tie. The woman is wearing a blue stone necklace. All of them could probably go to a business meeting in their outfits (although one man would have to button a shirt button).
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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I’m not at a protest today but I did just manage to lodge an arrow in a tree.
Leaves and a trunk of a tree. There is a black and white arrow lodged in the base of the tree trunk.
October 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I made a chicken noodle soup tonight that was just SO good: a lot of chicken, half a cabbage, carrots and onions, ginger, garlic, butter, olive oil, stock, half a bag of pasta, and then a ton of parsley and dill.
A stock pot full of chicken soup with carrots and herbs visible.
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Update:
A fruit tart (shortbread crust, vanilla-lime custard) with blackberries crammed onto the top.
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Good in east Boston too.
A city street with some low apartment buildings/townhouses and cars. There is an old fashioned street lamp in the center on a sidewalk. The sun is setting and the sky is shaded in a bright orange that becomes a deep purple-gray.
September 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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You know what I AM nostalgic for from the early 2000s?
A plugged in iPod with a Do Not Disconnect screen. It’s in color so it’s not one of the first ones.
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Man, I wish I had the ability to hold a petty grudge as well as this plant nursery holds one against type of the apple variety that Isaac Newton’s apple tree legend is probably based on. www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/blogs/blog/i...
Why We Don't Sell Isaac Newton's Apple Tree 26/09/2025 Table of contents It's not a very good apple tree. Simple as that. Several years ago, we sold "Isaac Newton's apple tree" which is already a part-fib. • There is no variety named after Isaac Newton (1643-1727), it's just a regular old Flower of Kent apple • Because Flower of Kent is not a very good apple, some enterprising suppliers who shall remain nameless sold similar looking, but much superior varieties like Arthur Turner as the Isaac Newton tree • There is no way to be certain that the original tree is in fact the tree of Newton fame: there are several contenders, and they can't all be The One • Officially, the tree at Woolsthorpe Manor is the most direct descendant of the original, but The King's School, Grantham claims that they have it • Either way, it doesn't really matter: the original tree blew down in 1820, and all the proposed "originals" are regrowth from its roots Flower of Kent is a good example of why many old heritage varieties are no longer grown. They were the best available in their day, but now they are outclassed in every way by newer varieties. Despite being a vigorous tree, Flower of Kent is a poor cropper, a tip bearer, and not self fertile. All of that would be forgivable if it had great fruit, but it doesn't. Compared to the nation's most popular cooking apple, the world-famous Bramley, Flower of Kent is, completely unlike you and me, Dear Reader, worthless beyond its historical interest. If you still want to buy an Isaac Newton apple tree, our friends at Habitat Aid sell them. Habitat Aid appeared in a whole episode of Ashridge Backseat Planting, so they are a household name at this point. We haven't checked to see if they have the real Flower of Kent apple or an imposter: if you buy one, and it makes good crops of delicious fruit, you'll know you were tricked!
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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What’s funny is that I even knew it was from linen making, I just had never seen an image so didn’t get what it meant. It looks like this.
A pile of loose, pale fibers on a wooden bench. They are messy and fluffy. The color is similar to a light haired teddy bear, which is the first thing I thought of, or maybe dried corn silk (not as pale as fresh corn silk).
September 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Anyway, it’s a small box of glass eyes and some inert pencil fuses.
A box of blue-irises glass eyes in a larger box, along with some pliers and some yellow plastic. The rest of what is in the box: some long, thin cylinders, half copper colored, a quarter black, and a quarter silver. I’m holding some so they’re visible, but the rest (a bunch) are still in bubble wrap. Next to them are a few smaller copper cylinders (also very thin), with one end crushed.
September 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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My dad had a box sitting on the table so I opened it up and you CANNOT GUESS what was in it.
A plain cardboard box, a little smaller than a shoebox, labeled Movieprop Inert.
September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Bought some internet turmeric and made some dal and you guys were NOT kidding, this is really good.
A pot of dal on the stove. It’s a deep orange color.
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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REALLY peak New England hours
Photo of an empty beach
September 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Peak New England hours
Apple cider doughnuts in a deep fryer
September 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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I walked in with a photo of 1990s Donna Tartt and a photo of S3 Robin in Stranger Things.
September 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Got a haircut
September 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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The tomatoes have Reduced.
Tomatoes, which were crowding the pan a few hours ago, are now basically a cup or so of chunky sauce, spread out across their roasting tray. There’s some fresh green basil in the sauce, which was added after it was done cooking.
September 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Doing some late summer cooking. (I’m going to freeze this for the winter once it’s out of the oven.)
A roasting tray filled with sliced red and orange tomatoes. Peeking out from underneath them is some greenery—basil and parsley still on the stem.
September 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Staying with a friend who goes to a lot of international political conferences and I am so jealous of his mug collection.
My hand holding a mug reading “120 Entente Cordiale 1904 • 2024” in colors and patterns that align with the British and French flags.
September 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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We’ve seen each other three times in three days but this is the only photo that really captures us in that time.
Two women are sort of looking at a camera but the photo is pretty blurry. One woman is Arab and wearing a traditional Arab dress in blue (although not with her hair covered) and one is white and wearing a sleeveless dress in pink, purple, and white. Both of them are laughing too much for a clear photo to be taken.
August 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM