Linda Daunter
@lindadaunter.bsky.social
Still don't know what I want to do when I'm grown up.
In the meantime, I write (mostly short stories, flash fiction & unfinished novels), draw, paint, take photos, garden, daydream and dance when nobody's watching.
📍North West England
‘There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. “OK . . .” “Thanks . . .” “See you next week . . .”’
Madeline Cash decodes the Boomer ellipses.
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Madeline Cash decodes the Boomer ellipses.
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Connecting the Dots | Madeline Cash | Granta
‘There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. “OK . . .” “Thanks . . .” “See you next week . . .”’
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November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yes, yes, yes!
Think I'm going to be quite busy for a while ...
Think I'm going to be quite busy for a while ...
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yes, yes, yes!
Think I'm going to be quite busy for a while ...
Think I'm going to be quite busy for a while ...
It may technically be 24 hours long, but when you have to put the light on mid-afternoon because it's so dark outside, a #November day feels so short!
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It may technically be 24 hours long, but when you have to put the light on mid-afternoon because it's so dark outside, a #November day feels so short!
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Free entry writing competitions - and other stuff
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Small and weird
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November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Free entry writing competitions - and other stuff
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womagwriter.blogspot.com/2025/11/smal...
Some tiny gems here 🔽
Were you published on Paragraph Planet during October ? Or missed someone who was? The archive is now live, so all thirty one 75-word #stories are here. Feel free to share: paragraphplanet.com/oct25archive.php
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Some tiny gems here 🔽
Grumpy but Happy sounds about right. 🙁🙂👍
A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Grumpy but Happy sounds about right. 🙁🙂👍
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This month, we're launching our very first Lendwithcare Prize Draw to give you the chance to win an incredible hand-made item from an entrepreneur!
For details on the prize, the artist, and how to enter, click here: bit.ly/3JuhWmg
Good Luck!
For details on the prize, the artist, and how to enter, click here: bit.ly/3JuhWmg
Good Luck!
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This month, we're launching our very first Lendwithcare Prize Draw to give you the chance to win an incredible hand-made item from an entrepreneur!
For details on the prize, the artist, and how to enter, click here: bit.ly/3JuhWmg
Good Luck!
For details on the prize, the artist, and how to enter, click here: bit.ly/3JuhWmg
Good Luck!
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🪬🧿 My artist journey needs your support! Please check out my products and repost them with friends.
scottishwallart.com - Framable posters (Free shipping worldwide)
luxurywoodenpens.com - Wooden pens
epochofaodhan.com - My novel about Rosslyn Chapel
#scotland #photography #art #edinburgh #alttext
scottishwallart.com - Framable posters (Free shipping worldwide)
luxurywoodenpens.com - Wooden pens
epochofaodhan.com - My novel about Rosslyn Chapel
#scotland #photography #art #edinburgh #alttext
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🪬🧿 My artist journey needs your support! Please check out my products and repost them with friends.
scottishwallart.com - Framable posters (Free shipping worldwide)
luxurywoodenpens.com - Wooden pens
epochofaodhan.com - My novel about Rosslyn Chapel
#scotland #photography #art #edinburgh #alttext
scottishwallart.com - Framable posters (Free shipping worldwide)
luxurywoodenpens.com - Wooden pens
epochofaodhan.com - My novel about Rosslyn Chapel
#scotland #photography #art #edinburgh #alttext
Amazing how a #BookPost can brighten an otherwise cold, dark and very wet day.
Thank you, @uncertainstories.com 10 out of 10 for your packaging skills - and the freebies.
Love the design of your Broken Ground anthology. I think I'll be reading it very s-l-o-w-l-y to make it last!
#ShortStories
Thank you, @uncertainstories.com 10 out of 10 for your packaging skills - and the freebies.
Love the design of your Broken Ground anthology. I think I'll be reading it very s-l-o-w-l-y to make it last!
#ShortStories
November 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Amazing how a #BookPost can brighten an otherwise cold, dark and very wet day.
Thank you, @uncertainstories.com 10 out of 10 for your packaging skills - and the freebies.
Love the design of your Broken Ground anthology. I think I'll be reading it very s-l-o-w-l-y to make it last!
#ShortStories
Thank you, @uncertainstories.com 10 out of 10 for your packaging skills - and the freebies.
Love the design of your Broken Ground anthology. I think I'll be reading it very s-l-o-w-l-y to make it last!
#ShortStories
Today's very short #LunchtimeRead and much needed laugh.
"The Search" by @anchalastudio.bskylsocial, editor and art director for the literary journal @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. Anne lives in North Carolina.
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today's very short #LunchtimeRead and much needed laugh.
Any modern day poets out there with £2.5m to spare?
William Wordsworth's house for sale.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
William Wordsworth's house for sale.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 7 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
7 bedroom detached house for sale in Rydal Mount, Rydal, Ambleside, LA22 9LU, LA22 for £2,500,000. Marketed by AshdownJones, The Lakes and Lune Valley
www.rightmove.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Any modern day poets out there with £2.5m to spare?
William Wordsworth's house for sale.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
William Wordsworth's house for sale.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Now this is very interesting ...
I much prefer to read 'real' books - the ones with paper pages - but I do have some ebooks on my iPad which are useful when I'm away from home. Didn't know how they're priced though.
Just had a look at the ebook pages on bookshop.org
Making a shopping list!
I much prefer to read 'real' books - the ones with paper pages - but I do have some ebooks on my iPad which are useful when I'm away from home. Didn't know how they're priced though.
Just had a look at the ebook pages on bookshop.org
Making a shopping list!
Shall we talk about ebooks?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
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October 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Now this is very interesting ...
I much prefer to read 'real' books - the ones with paper pages - but I do have some ebooks on my iPad which are useful when I'm away from home. Didn't know how they're priced though.
Just had a look at the ebook pages on bookshop.org
Making a shopping list!
I much prefer to read 'real' books - the ones with paper pages - but I do have some ebooks on my iPad which are useful when I'm away from home. Didn't know how they're priced though.
Just had a look at the ebook pages on bookshop.org
Making a shopping list!
The theme of today's #BlueSkyArtShow is #Inside so here's a sketch of the view from inside my house when the washing line in my back garden is full.
Plenty of wind to dry the washing today, but too cold to do any gardening out there! 🥶
#laundry #drawing #ink #ColouredPencil
Plenty of wind to dry the washing today, but too cold to do any gardening out there! 🥶
#laundry #drawing #ink #ColouredPencil
October 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The theme of today's #BlueSkyArtShow is #Inside so here's a sketch of the view from inside my house when the washing line in my back garden is full.
Plenty of wind to dry the washing today, but too cold to do any gardening out there! 🥶
#laundry #drawing #ink #ColouredPencil
Plenty of wind to dry the washing today, but too cold to do any gardening out there! 🥶
#laundry #drawing #ink #ColouredPencil
Love this!
"The Cat Burglar" by Joel Bryant, a UK-based healthcare worker and occasional scribbler of flash fiction and short stories.
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Love this!
Couldn't resist buying this Michaelmas daisy plant at the market last week. Love that shade of purple!
All I have to do now is find a space in the garden for it 🤔
#gardening #MichaelmasDaisy #AutumnColour
All I have to do now is find a space in the garden for it 🤔
#gardening #MichaelmasDaisy #AutumnColour
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Couldn't resist buying this Michaelmas daisy plant at the market last week. Love that shade of purple!
All I have to do now is find a space in the garden for it 🤔
#gardening #MichaelmasDaisy #AutumnColour
All I have to do now is find a space in the garden for it 🤔
#gardening #MichaelmasDaisy #AutumnColour
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Experts warn of food shortages and civil unrest. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
October 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Experts warn of food shortages and civil unrest. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org
A year ago, over 137,700 people were displaced in #Lebanon and living in 821 shelters set up in schools, gymnasiums and cultural centres.
Since then, CARE has been rebuilding.
Read more about our brilliant colleague Jinan El-Houmayra and her work leading the recovery process: careint.uk/4okzf85
Since then, CARE has been rebuilding.
Read more about our brilliant colleague Jinan El-Houmayra and her work leading the recovery process: careint.uk/4okzf85
Shelter in Lebanon: The first step towards dignity and recovery
Find out how Jinan, CARE's WASH and Shelter Manager at CARE Lebanon, is ensuring dignity and inclusion are at the heart of CARE's shelter response in Lebanon.
www.careinternational.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Butterflies need two things to thrive: good weather and a healthy environment ☀️🌱
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
September 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Butterflies need two things to thrive: good weather and a healthy environment ☀️🌱
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
And still the roses come!
My #DavidAustin roses - Roald Dahl and The Lady Gardener have bloomed all summer and are still producing new buds. Love them!
#roses #gardening
My #DavidAustin roses - Roald Dahl and The Lady Gardener have bloomed all summer and are still producing new buds. Love them!
#roses #gardening
October 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
And still the roses come!
My #DavidAustin roses - Roald Dahl and The Lady Gardener have bloomed all summer and are still producing new buds. Love them!
#roses #gardening
My #DavidAustin roses - Roald Dahl and The Lady Gardener have bloomed all summer and are still producing new buds. Love them!
#roses #gardening
Poor little Salvatore!
(But his story made me laugh.)
(But his story made me laugh.)
"Breakfast Fail" by Salvatore Difalco, who lives in Toronto, Canada
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Poor little Salvatore!
(But his story made me laugh.)
(But his story made me laugh.)
October 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Linda Daunter
We welcome the news of a potential #ceasefire as a moment of hope, and a vital step towards ending the horrifying suffering of Palestinians and all hostages.
We urgently need your support to scale up our activity in Gaza, please tap the link to donate: careint.uk/4eCS7u8
We urgently need your support to scale up our activity in Gaza, please tap the link to donate: careint.uk/4eCS7u8
October 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We welcome the news of a potential #ceasefire as a moment of hope, and a vital step towards ending the horrifying suffering of Palestinians and all hostages.
We urgently need your support to scale up our activity in Gaza, please tap the link to donate: careint.uk/4eCS7u8
We urgently need your support to scale up our activity in Gaza, please tap the link to donate: careint.uk/4eCS7u8
Today's 'Happy Ending' story.
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today's 'Happy Ending' story.
Reposted by Linda Daunter
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Reposted by Linda Daunter
#SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN
We're looking for #microfiction and #shortpoetry that moves us and lingers long after reading. Delight us. Surprise us. Enchant us. Our full guidelines can be viewed here: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
Please help us out and share! 🦉🙏 ✍️ 📩 #writersofbsky #flashfiction
We're looking for #microfiction and #shortpoetry that moves us and lingers long after reading. Delight us. Surprise us. Enchant us. Our full guidelines can be viewed here: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
Please help us out and share! 🦉🙏 ✍️ 📩 #writersofbsky #flashfiction
Submissions
www.thehooletsnook.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN
We're looking for #microfiction and #shortpoetry that moves us and lingers long after reading. Delight us. Surprise us. Enchant us. Our full guidelines can be viewed here: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
Please help us out and share! 🦉🙏 ✍️ 📩 #writersofbsky #flashfiction
We're looking for #microfiction and #shortpoetry that moves us and lingers long after reading. Delight us. Surprise us. Enchant us. Our full guidelines can be viewed here: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
Please help us out and share! 🦉🙏 ✍️ 📩 #writersofbsky #flashfiction