Karen Beilharz
@kbeilz.bsky.social
Writer, reader, editor, listener, knitter, TV and movie-watcher, Christian, and interested in way too many things.
http://hivemindedness.com
http://hivemindedness.com
Funny English in Japan.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Funny English in Japan.
Hello again, Japan!
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hello again, Japan!
Two days of 29°C false summer nonsense last week, but today, we’re back to winter 😒
IMHO, Spring in Sydney is essentially just wearing the other seasons as trench coats, but with lashings of pollen.
IMHO, Spring in Sydney is essentially just wearing the other seasons as trench coats, but with lashings of pollen.
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Two days of 29°C false summer nonsense last week, but today, we’re back to winter 😒
IMHO, Spring in Sydney is essentially just wearing the other seasons as trench coats, but with lashings of pollen.
IMHO, Spring in Sydney is essentially just wearing the other seasons as trench coats, but with lashings of pollen.
36°C. I stepped outside for a moment & it really does feel like a furnace.
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
36°C. I stepped outside for a moment & it really does feel like a furnace.
I have to spend most of today working on my tax (😩😭😱), but I am stealing some time this morning to write.
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I have to spend most of today working on my tax (😩😭😱), but I am stealing some time this morning to write.
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today was New & Improved Routine #2 with Stephanie, which meant three bars.
This is ridiculous.
Thankful for one of the regulars who took pity on me & helped me pack up at the end.
This is ridiculous.
Thankful for one of the regulars who took pity on me & helped me pack up at the end.
October 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Today was New & Improved Routine #2 with Stephanie, which meant three bars.
This is ridiculous.
Thankful for one of the regulars who took pity on me & helped me pack up at the end.
This is ridiculous.
Thankful for one of the regulars who took pity on me & helped me pack up at the end.
Tabling at Geek Markets Wollongong today!
October 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Tabling at Geek Markets Wollongong today!
Today = audio editing + 4hr team planning meeting + team lunch + escape room. Given three out of the five of us had never done one before, I thought we did pretty well! They gave us badges for completing it at the end 😊
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Today = audio editing + 4hr team planning meeting + team lunch + escape room. Given three out of the five of us had never done one before, I thought we did pretty well! They gave us badges for completing it at the end 😊
Last porridge for the year.
September 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Last porridge for the year.
Remember: the rule is if I go to the gym, I get to complain about it to you.
Our Thursday instructor said she left routine #1 in the car, so we had to do #2 again.
I hate #2. The worst part is packing up at the end.
(Yes, I used every single one of those weights. Every. Single. One.)
Our Thursday instructor said she left routine #1 in the car, so we had to do #2 again.
I hate #2. The worst part is packing up at the end.
(Yes, I used every single one of those weights. Every. Single. One.)
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
September 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
But this is what I had to pack up at the end 😱
I used every single one of those plates. (Not all at once!)
I used every single one of those plates. (Not all at once!)
September 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
But this is what I had to pack up at the end 😱
I used every single one of those plates. (Not all at once!)
I used every single one of those plates. (Not all at once!)
False summer is over; back to winter today, only with over-the-top humidity.
The 10°C drop is really something.
The 10°C drop is really something.
September 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
False summer is over; back to winter today, only with over-the-top humidity.
The 10°C drop is really something.
The 10°C drop is really something.
Working on playing Spot the Difference—I mean, second round of edits of “Goblins vs Trolls” Issue #2 for my friend & sometimes collaborator René Pfitzner.
It’s so cool seeing these pages in colour now!
#comics
#makecomics
#comicsediting
It’s so cool seeing these pages in colour now!
#comics
#makecomics
#comicsediting
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Working on playing Spot the Difference—I mean, second round of edits of “Goblins vs Trolls” Issue #2 for my friend & sometimes collaborator René Pfitzner.
It’s so cool seeing these pages in colour now!
#comics
#makecomics
#comicsediting
It’s so cool seeing these pages in colour now!
#comics
#makecomics
#comicsediting
September 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Fruits of Sunday night’s labours.
I think they turned out rather well!
#makecomics
#comics
#prose
#selfpublishing
#writingcommunity
I think they turned out rather well!
#makecomics
#comics
#prose
#selfpublishing
#writingcommunity
September 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Fruits of Sunday night’s labours.
I think they turned out rather well!
#makecomics
#comics
#prose
#selfpublishing
#writingcommunity
I think they turned out rather well!
#makecomics
#comics
#prose
#selfpublishing
#writingcommunity
Rather impressed with our kangaroo paw: we planted them last year and thought they had died in the summer heat, but they’re back and they’ve multiplied!
August 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Rather impressed with our kangaroo paw: we planted them last year and thought they had died in the summer heat, but they’re back and they’ve multiplied!
Concert hall, Sydney Opera House.
I managed to get the best seats!
I managed to get the best seats!
August 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Concert hall, Sydney Opera House.
I managed to get the best seats!
I managed to get the best seats!
Then I stumbled across this ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada that depicts women doing the jobs that men would have done in such a workshop.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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August 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Then I stumbled across this ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada that depicts women doing the jobs that men would have done in such a workshop.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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There were bookstores in the cities during the Edo Period. Here's a reconstruction of what one would have looked like:
HT: muza-chan.net/japan/index....
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HT: muza-chan.net/japan/index....
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August 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
There were bookstores in the cities during the Edo Period. Here's a reconstruction of what one would have looked like:
HT: muza-chan.net/japan/index....
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HT: muza-chan.net/japan/index....
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Friday night editing job: “Goblins vs Trolls” Issue 02 by René Pfitzner.
#amediting
#ameditingcomics
#makecomics
#amediting
#ameditingcomics
#makecomics
August 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Friday night editing job: “Goblins vs Trolls” Issue 02 by René Pfitzner.
#amediting
#ameditingcomics
#makecomics
#amediting
#ameditingcomics
#makecomics
I’ve never seen a peeler like the one at this AirBnb before.
July 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’ve never seen a peeler like the one at this AirBnb before.
My next event is the Northern Beaches Zine Fair at Manly on Sat 26 Jul.
Come & bring your family! There will be workshops (some of which require bookings and a small fee).
Check out the full program:
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/library/what...
Come & bring your family! There will be workshops (some of which require bookings and a small fee).
Check out the full program:
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/library/what...
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My next event is the Northern Beaches Zine Fair at Manly on Sat 26 Jul.
Come & bring your family! There will be workshops (some of which require bookings and a small fee).
Check out the full program:
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/library/what...
Come & bring your family! There will be workshops (some of which require bookings and a small fee).
Check out the full program:
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/library/what...
