🌱Karen Stevens 💙
@lucytoo.bsky.social
Lancastrian, European, optimist. Ex Leeds Uni. Love my husband, family, books, music, crafts, nature, gardens and gardening, good food & wine. No time for unkind, negative or rude people. After a life scientific, a new post-career future beckons.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Thanks to everyone sharing this post, and indulging my optimist's experiment to see if a book completely ignored by the literary establishment, written by an author with no famous friends and released by a small publisher, with no big marketing budget behind it, can float solely on word of mouth.
Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thanks to everyone sharing this post, and indulging my optimist's experiment to see if a book completely ignored by the literary establishment, written by an author with no famous friends and released by a small publisher, with no big marketing budget behind it, can float solely on word of mouth.
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... And here's another extract, in case you want to try to gauge more thoroughly whether or not you'll hate it: www.tom-cox.com/the-reason-y...
The Reason Your Shampoo Wants You to Use More Shampoo is Because That Means You Will Buy More of Your Shampoo
An extract from my upcoming third novel, Everything Will Swallow You
www.tom-cox.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
... And here's another extract, in case you want to try to gauge more thoroughly whether or not you'll hate it: www.tom-cox.com/the-reason-y...
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This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.
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My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
July 3, 2023 at 12:04 PM
My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
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Here's a version of the English nursery rhyme, "The Grand Old Duke of York" 🎶 about the man who says he isn't going to call himself it anymore ... though whether he should be taken at his word ... 🤔
youtu.be/hoETmTJM014
youtu.be/hoETmTJM014
"Grand Old Duke of York" - parody of English nursery rhyme by the Marsh Family on Prince Andrew
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Here's a version of the English nursery rhyme, "The Grand Old Duke of York" 🎶 about the man who says he isn't going to call himself it anymore ... though whether he should be taken at his word ... 🤔
youtu.be/hoETmTJM014
youtu.be/hoETmTJM014
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I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
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Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
I have just started watching a rerun of Ally McBeal, a 90s flash back 😊
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have just started watching a rerun of Ally McBeal, a 90s flash back 😊
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
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I was asked to submit an 'Idea for Keir' for the latest issue of the @newstatesman.com
My proposal to the PM: save the NHS billions by opening up access to the English countryside - details below
Read the rest of the ideas here:
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
cc @righttoroam.bsky.social
My proposal to the PM: save the NHS billions by opening up access to the English countryside - details below
Read the rest of the ideas here:
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
cc @righttoroam.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I was asked to submit an 'Idea for Keir' for the latest issue of the @newstatesman.com
My proposal to the PM: save the NHS billions by opening up access to the English countryside - details below
Read the rest of the ideas here:
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
cc @righttoroam.bsky.social
My proposal to the PM: save the NHS billions by opening up access to the English countryside - details below
Read the rest of the ideas here:
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
cc @righttoroam.bsky.social
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Love to get out and explore by walking, running, cycling, wheelchair, pushchair, scooter or horse?
We've got a plan to make it much better for you 👍
Check it out crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways and help spread the word!
#SlowWays @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
🐌⭐️
We've got a plan to make it much better for you 👍
Check it out crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways and help spread the word!
#SlowWays @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
🐌⭐️
June 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Love to get out and explore by walking, running, cycling, wheelchair, pushchair, scooter or horse?
We've got a plan to make it much better for you 👍
Check it out crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways and help spread the word!
#SlowWays @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
🐌⭐️
We've got a plan to make it much better for you 👍
Check it out crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways and help spread the word!
#SlowWays @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
🐌⭐️
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Oh Hot Lips. Loved watching M*A*S*H as a kid with my parents (they didn’t really believe in children’s television as such 🫠)
I don't know if there is a more appropriate goodbye to Loretta Swit, than her last scene in MASH in the series finale.
Loretta won two Emmy's for her role as Major Houlihan.
Loretta won two Emmy's for her role as Major Houlihan.
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Oh Hot Lips. Loved watching M*A*S*H as a kid with my parents (they didn’t really believe in children’s television as such 🫠)
This beauty is in flower, unfortunately not so many blooms this time. The scent is intoxicating!
May 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This beauty is in flower, unfortunately not so many blooms this time. The scent is intoxicating!
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#maddow
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
February 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#maddow
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
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“A friend once said to me, always act as though you’re the only one keeping the archive. You compile and create your own history and experience of a city.”
A new thing
Liverpool Almanac is going to be a bit of local knowledge. Essays about things in the city and a curated what’s on.
Here is the start
open.substack.com/pub/liverpoo...
Liverpool Almanac is going to be a bit of local knowledge. Essays about things in the city and a curated what’s on.
Here is the start
open.substack.com/pub/liverpoo...
Curate your own city
Ten years ago, a group of volunteers led by artist Sam Meech unveiled the first month of programming at Liverpool Small Cinema.
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“A friend once said to me, always act as though you’re the only one keeping the archive. You compile and create your own history and experience of a city.”
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Never change to fit,
You’re in a world of odd shapes,
Embrace your difference.
#blueskyrelay change
#haiku
You’re in a world of odd shapes,
Embrace your difference.
#blueskyrelay change
#haiku
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Never change to fit,
You’re in a world of odd shapes,
Embrace your difference.
#blueskyrelay change
#haiku
You’re in a world of odd shapes,
Embrace your difference.
#blueskyrelay change
#haiku
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Now this is a sport I could get behind!
April 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Now this is a sport I could get behind!
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UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...
USA: Hold my beer...
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...
USA: Hold my beer...
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Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business. Nature is us.
April 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business. Nature is us.
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Something a bit different for #FindsFriday!
‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
📷 me
‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
📷 me
March 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Something a bit different for #FindsFriday!
‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
📷 me
‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
📷 me