Maggie
@maggiefreeway.bsky.social
Leftie baby boomer, eco warrior for about 20 years, with no appreciable effect but not giving up ... into books and boats, with travelling on the side
Thanks for recommending this, really drawn into it and I don't usually like books based on letters ... it's beautifully written and this woman's life just gently flows into your brain ...
February 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Thanks for recommending this, really drawn into it and I don't usually like books based on letters ... it's beautifully written and this woman's life just gently flows into your brain ...
Just started Heather Critchlow's Cal Lovett series ... it's very good 'who done it' writing ... nice characters ...
December 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just started Heather Critchlow's Cal Lovett series ... it's very good 'who done it' writing ... nice characters ...
On the Calculation of Volume III by Solveg Balle is out and still won't let go of your head even after three volumes ... can't wait for volume IV ...
December 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
On the Calculation of Volume III by Solveg Balle is out and still won't let go of your head even after three volumes ... can't wait for volume IV ...
On the Calculation of Volume 111 by Solvej Balle ... Tara has found somebody else living in the 18th November ...
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On the Calculation of Volume 111 by Solvej Balle ... Tara has found somebody else living in the 18th November ...
It was a book first, I haven't read it yet but it's bound to be as curious as the tv show
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It was a book first, I haven't read it yet but it's bound to be as curious as the tv show
I'm buying everybody a copy of Leonard and Hungry Paul ...
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm buying everybody a copy of Leonard and Hungry Paul ...
On the Calculation of Volume III ... been waiting all year for it ...
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On the Calculation of Volume III ... been waiting all year for it ...
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller ... shows the difference between really good writing and just a good read ... although it's both
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller ... shows the difference between really good writing and just a good read ... although it's both
If anybody is interested, I am a left leaning Labour Party member who despises the Tory party, however I will vote for anyone if it will stop Reform ...
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If anybody is interested, I am a left leaning Labour Party member who despises the Tory party, however I will vote for anyone if it will stop Reform ...
Alan Hollinghurst's 'Our Evenings' ... it's excellent ...
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Alan Hollinghurst's 'Our Evenings' ... it's excellent ...
In a pub at Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu, wondering why they had put the tv on ...
September 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In a pub at Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu, wondering why they had put the tv on ...
Well I just finished Sally Rooney's 'Intermezzo' and loved it, best book I've read for a bit and I've read a lot of books ... thank you Sally ...
July 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Well I just finished Sally Rooney's 'Intermezzo' and loved it, best book I've read for a bit and I've read a lot of books ... thank you Sally ...
What's the matter with you people? The NHS just saved my husband's life while we were away from home, different area of the country, different hospital, different doctor for after care ... the app was invaluable, the care and expertise superb. Stop knocking it, the app is a tool, learn to use it
July 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What's the matter with you people? The NHS just saved my husband's life while we were away from home, different area of the country, different hospital, different doctor for after care ... the app was invaluable, the care and expertise superb. Stop knocking it, the app is a tool, learn to use it
I hope not, game playing is so juvenile, let's hope the adults are back
April 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I hope not, game playing is so juvenile, let's hope the adults are back
Ukraine is actually fighting a war for it
April 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Ukraine is actually fighting a war for it
Leave him alone, he's doing fine, can you imagine if we had Truss or Johnson as PM right now?!
April 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Leave him alone, he's doing fine, can you imagine if we had Truss or Johnson as PM right now?!
I'm in England and the terrifying thing is that from here I see full on cruel dictatorship, yet closer to the horror in America I see joking and 'looking the other way' ... will it take the first death camp to wake up? ... oh no, we're already past that
April 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I'm in England and the terrifying thing is that from here I see full on cruel dictatorship, yet closer to the horror in America I see joking and 'looking the other way' ... will it take the first death camp to wake up? ... oh no, we're already past that
Oh, more than one generation
April 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Oh, more than one generation
I managed it eventually in 5 but still didn't get Connections, what does that say about my brain?
April 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I managed it eventually in 5 but still didn't get Connections, what does that say about my brain?
you didn't vote loud enough
April 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
you didn't vote loud enough
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors ... it's really good
March 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors ... it's really good
Took me 5 but I got connections, which I hardly ever do
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Took me 5 but I got connections, which I hardly ever do