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Katie Moten
@katie-is-dreaming.bsky.social
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Katie, from Ireland. Dog mum to Elsie. Reader, writer, knitter, crafter.
Blog: dreamingbylamplight.com
Member of London Writers Salon

Writing ✍️ Climate change-related fantasy novel
Reading 📚 Cosmocomicd, Alone in Berlin
Knitting 🧶 Cumulus Tee
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Happy National Dog Day to all the doggies, but especially to mine, my beautiful Elsie ❤️❤️❤️
A red and white Cavalier King Charles dog is lying in a wicker basket with a green blanket. She has a green and yellow stuffed toy dragon, and she is looking up.at someone sitting to the right of the camera.
August 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

20/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The cover of The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. It features a man wearing a short-sleeved green shirt under a brown knitted vest and beige pants. He is standing with his arms spread out in a field of crops. Before him are rolling green mountains and grey sky. The author's name and book title appear in gold foil against a black background above. Above the author and title, there are a number of squat trees in silhouette, standing against a backdrop of mountains in the distance, wirh an orange sky and the sun shining through cloud.
August 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

19/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
Cover of Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman. The cover is turquoise and blue, with white streaks across it. The image looks like waves, torn pieces of paper, and like mountains. The title and author name are done in gold foil.
July 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

18/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The cover of A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult. It features a spral of circles in shades of red, blue, brown, green, and yellow. The background is white, and the text is red and black.
July 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

17/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The cover of Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson. It features an illustration of a young woman with short blonde hair wearing a red coat with fur on the collar and cuffs. She is looking across a stretch of frozen water to a city with mountains and forest behind.
July 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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For every morning I get up early to write, the jar gets a pretty stone from the bag. 10 so far. I have lots more stones in that bag, though. I'm gonna empty it! ✍️📚❤️ #Writing #5amWritersClub
A glass jar and a linen bag on a windowsill. The jar has 10 coloured stones in it. Many more can be seen in the bag. The stones are in shades of pink, yellow, green, brown, and white.
June 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

16/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The cover of The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf. It features a black-and-white image of an hourglass with white sand againsr a grey background. The image is surrounded by a white border
June 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Time for #3GoodThings

1. Elsie's bladder infection is gone. Yay!
2. Attended a brilliant interview with @francescasimon.bsky.social this evening. Excited to read her new book Salka.
3. Chapter one typing and editing is going well.

#DogsofBluesky
##BookSky
#Writing
The cover of Salka Lady of the Lake by Francesca Simon. The cover is turquoise blue and features illustrated images of white, gold, purple, red, and blue flowers. There are also leaves, a butterfly, and mushrooms on the cover.
June 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

15/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The book Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. The cover features a close up of woven branches in dark brownish grey. The font is in white. The book is lying on a floral background.
June 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

14/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The book Ulysses by Janes Joyce. The book has a grey cover and gold foiled font. The cover features an archery bow with two curves. The book's title is written in cursive font and appears as if strung between the ends of the bow.
June 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

13/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The book A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. The book features a silhouette of a person in the distance. They are standing on top of a mound. It may be a hill or mountain. There is golden light behind them, possibly from the sun. Above them, there is a darkening sky with stars. The text is in black and white. The book is lying on some patterned fabric with blurred images of flowers in shades of blue, purple, white, red, and gold. The background is black.
June 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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#3GoodThings

1. I wrote a letter to my future self about all the things I'm going to achieve in the next year. Hoping it will motivate me to start making things happen.
2. I joined a new online writing community. I'm excited about it 😊
3. Elsie being adorable as always ❤️

#DogsofBluesky
#Writing
A red and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is wrapped up in a green blanket on a light coloured wood floor. Only her ears, eyes, and nose are visible. She is looking at the photographer. A red and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is lying on a light brown blanket, which is placed on top of a light pink blanket. She has her head on top of the photographer's feet, which are covered by the pink blanket. There is a soft toy tiger beside her. A white metal bedftame, a radiator, a pale pink wall, and a chair with a stripey knitted shawl can be seen in the background.
June 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

12/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The book A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. The cover features an illustrated image of three silhouettes, a woman wearing a hat and carrying a child in the foreground, and a man holding a shovel and another man with a rifle in the background. There are silhouettes of palm trees also. The sky is yellow, and there are mountains in the far distance. The text is yellow, black, and green. The book is lying on a white quilt with pink flowers.
June 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

11/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The book The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. The cover features a cartoon image of a woman in a pink top and black skirt and a man in jeans and a white shirt kissing. They both have dark hair. The cover also features maths symbols. The cover is teal blue, and the writing is in yellow and white.
May 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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#3GoodThings

1. Elsie playing in her toy basket this morning 😍
2. Got my hair cut, and I'm really pleased with it.
3. Finally catching up on season 3 of The Morning Show, and I'm liking it a lot.

##DogsofBluesky #Televsion #TheMorningShow
A red and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is standing in front of a whire and brown woven basket lying on its side. There are various dog toys scattered on the wooden floor, including a pink Kong, two red rope toys, and some soft toys. The dog is looking down at the toys.
May 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

10/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The cover of The Yield by Tara June Winch. The cover features lines painted in browns and yellows on a white background. The painted lines are raised, giving the effect of a ploughed field, perhaps symbolising colonial impacts on native lands. The title and author names are also painted in the same colours. The book of lying on a dark floral background.
May 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

9/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The cover of The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. The cover is a greenish grey, with gold foiling. The foiling shows images of a man and a woman in the bottom corners, with a carriage and horses between them. There are also snakes in the top corners. The title and author name are also foiled. The book is lying on a pink background with white lines intersecting.
May 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

8/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The book Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. The book features pink flowers with long petals and dark leaves on a pink and purple background. The text is white and there is a white cameo of the author's profile. The book is lying on a white quilt with pink flowers.
May 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Picking this up again.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

7/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge 💙📚
The cover of The Secret Countes by Eva Ibbotson. It features a woman with brown hair looking at the reader. There is also gold filigree foiling on the cover. The book is lying on a dark floral background.
May 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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#3GoodThings

1. Got some good decluttering done. Shouldn't have to do any now for a long time.
2.My Elsie being a sweetheart ❤️
3. Nice quiet Sunday 😊

##DogsofBluesky
A red and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog lying on a beige blanket. Her head is resting on a cream and white stuffed toy dog. A red and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is lying on a light wooden floor. She is looking at a string of several tiny gold lights laid along the floor.
May 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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#3GoodThings

1. Lovely walk along the canal.
2. My Elsie is doing super well off lead, even first time off lead on the canal 😍
3. Lovely, lazy day 2 of holidays 😊

#DogsofBluesky
A red and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel walking off lead along a path with grass and trees. She is looking back at the photographer. A man wearing a navy jumper and black shorts (the photographer's dad) walks a little ahead.
May 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Here is my Elsie ❤️ She's my knitting and reading buddy 😊
A red and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel lying on a brown blanket with a pink blanket underneath.
May 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#3GoodThings

1. My nephews and their antics🤣
2. #CurrentlyReading and really enjoying Space Crone by Ursula K Le Guin
3. Watching #sewing videos as I embark on learning to sew 😊

#BookSky
The cover of Space Crone by Ursula K Le Guin lying on a wood-panelled surface. The cover is purple, with black and white writing.
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#3GoodThings

1. Cygnet babies swimming this morning 😊
2. Making good progress with my second attempt at the Cumulus Tee by Petite Knit.
3. On holidays for 10 days now. Planning on resting a lot.

#Swans
#KnitSky
#CumulusTee
#PetiteKnit
A group of adult dwans and cygnets swimming on a lake with trees and houses in the background. A piece of knowing in a crescent shape on a textured pink background. The yarn is an off white colour.
May 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Currently #knitting my second Cumulus Tee by PetiteKnit. I frogged my first one because I used the wrong yarn and there were tension issues. Nearly done with the yoke in this one. It is not perfect, but it's better. Yarn is Drops Safran in off white.
A piece of knitting in a cream colour lying on a light pink textured background. A skein of the same colour can also be seen. The knitting is in a crescent shape with stitch markers between the stitches
May 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM