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lblackstock68.bsky.social
@lblackstock68.bsky.social
Teacher Modern Studies/History Proud mum of 2 independent young women
EIS Rep She/Her
Sloans on 11th April. All quite low key and chilled as Eleanor does not like a fuss. X
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
My eldest uses I am so embarrased for you that you said that out loud. I have started using it too.
December 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#3goodthings
1. Call to my brorher
2. Tidied up garden
3. Quiet afternoon reading my book
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I have entered and thinking this could be a perfect wind down for me and Bill after Eleanor's wedding in April win or no win!
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#3goodthings
1. Poached eggs for breakfast
2. Afternoon nap
3. Binge watching Dark Winds
December 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Good morning, thanks to a recommendation here I am reading The Wizard's Cat after reading The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell. I will be aiming to start Strange Days by Violet Fenn book 7 in the Netherweird Chronicles
December 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A lovely bottle of red wine and a calendar
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#3goodthings
1. Last of shopping with done
2. Nails done
3. Lovely gift from neighbour
December 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reposted
An old Swedish idiom for someone who isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer is hjulet snurrar men hamstern är död. It means “the wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead.”

* this is, of course, also the title of one of my books (and did I mention it makes the PERFECT last-minute Christmas gift?)
December 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Agree. Always felt a meaness in them with stereotypes aplenty.
December 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Early start tomorrow picking up Alice
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM