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Keith W. Dickinson
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Author of Dexter & Sinister, and The Dragonfly Delivery Company. New novella, Glunda the Veg Witch, out now! BBNYA 2024 Finalist.
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In motion. 😏
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Did I share the Olso waterfront at night? It's nice.
Buildings along the waterfront at night. They're well lit, their lights reflecting off the still water.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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I don't have a pet pic, but I do have this cutie from puppy yoga.
A two picture collage. A smooth haired light brown pup with big floppy ears asleep in someone's lap, curled up into a little ball, and a close on the little cutie's wrinkled face.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A bakery has been found. Their bread is huge!
A massive loaf of bread on a kitchen counter. The mug in the background shows it to be at least four mugs long and three wide. The front of Mayya Bakery. A glass door in black in a white wall surrounded by res brick with a simple name logo above it incorporating a stalk of wheat.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Almost go time. Next stop Manchester.
A Ryanair plane on the tarmac, seen through an airport window.
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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And just like that we're back.
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This place absolutely clears out at half time.
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Not a bad seat for the ballet. Hope it's good. I put on pants (and paid a fortune) for this.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Somehow a tea and pastry yesterday cost me £8, but a tea, pastry, and a sandwich today cost me £19. I think someone took advantage of the foreigner.
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Today has been a bit much so I'm giving up. No more sightseeing for me. I'm in a cafe then I'm going back to the flat until the ballet later. I'm done in.
In a cafe table, a vegan roll full of sweet potato, beetroot and lettuce, a large cinnamon pastry with a dollop of custard in the middle, a cup of tea, a glass of water, and Brandon Sanderson's The Well Of Ascension.
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Then as mentioned, finished the day with tea and reading, before wandering home to wonder what I'll be doing tomorrow.

See you then for more of the same, only much wetter. Apparently it's gonna rain... a lot.
From a bridge over the central station, the lines and platforms are lit up orange, surrounded on all sides by offices buildings with white light in the windows, whilst a full moon watches over all in a semi cloudy night sky.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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After the museum I spent a good twenty minutes just sitting by the fjord, enjoying the silence. It can get a bit much being touristy all the time. Sometimes you have to just be. The lapping of the waves, the blowing of the wind, the caw of the odd moody seagull. Perfection.
Fjord panorama. Dark water along the bottom, cloudy skies above. A thin line of hills along the centre. The sun is setting off to the right, throwing pale yellows into the sky, yellows that reflect off the choppy water. Pale blue peeks through the clouds, whilst the silhouette of a building nudges into the right hand side of the picture.
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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And I was good in the gift shop even though my steampunk ass was very tempted. Just a zeppelin fridge magnet for me.
In a glass case in the gift shop. A brass compass on a chain, another larger compass, and several pocket watches.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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and next door was another ship but also ZEPPELINS! Did you know the Norwegians flew a Zeppelin to the pole? Because I didn't. They really are the coolest things. Shame all their journeys seem to end in a bit of a crash.
Photo of a display in the museum showing "The Norge Airship Expedition." A picture of a white haired old man in a heavy jacket and coat, with a bushy moustache, sits on top of a sepia image of a large airship with Norge written on the side leaving its hangar. A group of men standing on ice in polar gear posing for the camera, a collapsed/crashed airship in the background. A 3D display in blue and white with some orange. A white airship bursts out of some white clouds in a blue sky, the clouds glowing orange around the ship like they're on fire. It makes less sense the more you think about it so maybe don't, lol.
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Okay, a few more photos from today. The Fram Museum was excellent. You could go aboard AND INSIDE the ship...
Me on the deck of the Fram, an arctic explorer tall ship. Lots of space, moody blue lighting, and no other visitors. A galley below deck, with a weird mannequin chef offering us some bread/a pie stood next to a large stove. He's dressed like an explorer and has on a wooly hat and a thin moustache. A selfie looking up into the mast/rigging of the ship. It fits neatly into the triangular roof. The rigging is lit up bright blue, throwing my face into almost complete shadow. Below deck looking down into the engine room of the ship. A largs steam engine is being tended to by a engineer mannequin dressed like a stoker/engineer. The room is lit dark red.
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Like this one from the BBC. They didn't need the second part. That was a choice.

Also, "remarkable"? He ran a positive campaign offering people a future they wanted, what's remarkable about that?
A picture of someone in a crowd holding a Zohran placard, next to headline that reads 'Mamdani seals remarkable victory - but real challenges await.'
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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And this picture of sunset at the harbour.
Golden reds and yellows as the sun goes down over the water, silhouetting two ships that are tied up at piers on opposite sides of the picture. They sky is cloudy and dark, with hints of vanishing blue on the horizon.
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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It's been quite a long day, so I've found somewhere nice to sit and read for a bit. I'll post more photos later once I've charged my phone, but for now enjoy this cinnamon roll.
A swirly cinnamon roll with sugar on top, a cup of tea, and a copy of The Well Of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson, all on a marble table. The crockery is grey.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Had lunch in the Fram Museum, next to a window showing the northern lights... which was nice.
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Hello Norway. Looking very Norwegian I see.
Selfie from a boat. I'm a white guy in his 50s (but you can't tell!) with a short dark beard. I'm wearing a grey woolly hat and glasses, and a dark blue jumper and jacket. Behind me is the Norwegian shoreline. It is flat, and dotted with little wooden huts in pastel colours. Close of the shoreline. It has a number of red and yellow huts/houses along it, surrounded by bushes and trees, all autumnal colours. More little pastel huts on the coast. This time one of them is a mint green. There is a wooden jetty by the water. A piece of coast with more trees than the others. It has fewer houses too. Still looks like a lovely place to lose yourself for a while.
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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I'm not on this boat either. Cruise ships are massive!

I also just got offered a blanket my the most Lou Diamond Phillips guy I have ever seen (LDP not withstanding).
A cruise ship in port. It's taller than the massive grain silos next to it.
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I'm on a boat!

None of the ones pictured, obviously, but see how rainy it is. And this is supposed to be the good day.
The view through the window of a boat of water and a spit of land. Another cruise boat is moored to the left, and at the spit of land in the background is a small sailing ship. There is a large house/castle on the land. The sea and sky are both grey. The window is flecked with raindrops.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Some @garethlpowell.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social on the shelves in Oslo. 😊
A bunch of books by Gareth L Powell on a shelf in a Norwegian book store. A bunch of books by Adrian Tchaikovsky on a shelf in a Norwegian book store.
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I found a bookstore. 😁
A Norwegian book store. Lots of wood, lots of shelves, lots of books. Same as most book stores really, but in Norway.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Harbour panorama from the Opera House roof.
The harbour is brightly lit, sunshine reflecting off the water. To the left the Munch Museum. To the right a cruise ship. In the middle boats, jetties, people and lots of seagulls.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM