Marilyn Lewis
@marilynl.bsky.social
Old archivist, castle enthusiast and animal lover. Aston Villa through and through. Also a fan of crime fiction, creative arts and most things medieval. Pembrokeshire.
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I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read.
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read.
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
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THREAD.
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
THREAD.
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
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In chapter one of my novel Villager, I described a fictional painting, painted 60+ years ago by a forgotten painter: a psychedelic swirl of moorland landscape, which later became the cover of a fictional psych-folk LP.
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In chapter one of my novel Villager, I described a fictional painting, painted 60+ years ago by a forgotten painter: a psychedelic swirl of moorland landscape, which later became the cover of a fictional psych-folk LP.
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
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BOOK NEWS
Hi folks, ploughing on through signing and packing a load of books tonight! Anything to avoid Strictly!
Thanks for all your patience, turns out creating your own book is quite a bit of work!
Hi folks, ploughing on through signing and packing a load of books tonight! Anything to avoid Strictly!
Thanks for all your patience, turns out creating your own book is quite a bit of work!
September 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
BOOK NEWS
Hi folks, ploughing on through signing and packing a load of books tonight! Anything to avoid Strictly!
Thanks for all your patience, turns out creating your own book is quite a bit of work!
Hi folks, ploughing on through signing and packing a load of books tonight! Anything to avoid Strictly!
Thanks for all your patience, turns out creating your own book is quite a bit of work!
Sad but possibly happy news, our baby swallows left the donkeys stable this morning and are not back roosting tonight. The donkeys' backs will be without bird poo until next summer now. 🙂↕️
September 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Sad but possibly happy news, our baby swallows left the donkeys stable this morning and are not back roosting tonight. The donkeys' backs will be without bird poo until next summer now. 🙂↕️
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For those of you with not much to do this weekend, here's my latest blog: marialalic.cymru/paul/. @helyg.bsky.social @sallyrose.bsky.social @crikeys.bsky.social @workersgallery.bsky.social @masterwoodchip.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social #writing #blog #teddybearhospital
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For those of you with not much to do this weekend, here's my latest blog: marialalic.cymru/paul/. @helyg.bsky.social @sallyrose.bsky.social @crikeys.bsky.social @workersgallery.bsky.social @masterwoodchip.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social #writing #blog #teddybearhospital
August is North Pembrokeshire Open Studios season and I got this at Linda Norris's studio in Maenclochog. It's called Shearwater Night. Linda (and I)love the encounters with wild birds, such as puffins and Manx shearwaters, that are part of an overnight stay on the islands of Skomer and Skokholm.
August 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
August is North Pembrokeshire Open Studios season and I got this at Linda Norris's studio in Maenclochog. It's called Shearwater Night. Linda (and I)love the encounters with wild birds, such as puffins and Manx shearwaters, that are part of an overnight stay on the islands of Skomer and Skokholm.
The Shell House, Cilwendeg, near Boncath, north Pembrokeshire. 1820s, then lost in the undergrowth and forgotten. Restored in the 00s and a lovely place to visit.
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Shell House, Cilwendeg, near Boncath, north Pembrokeshire. 1820s, then lost in the undergrowth and forgotten. Restored in the 00s and a lovely place to visit.
A close encounter with Strumble Head Lighthouse last night. Visible on the horizon from our house in north Pembrokeshire, but this was my first chance to look around the site, on a tour by the National Park.
August 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A close encounter with Strumble Head Lighthouse last night. Visible on the horizon from our house in north Pembrokeshire, but this was my first chance to look around the site, on a tour by the National Park.
Great day for a boat trip round Strumble Head. It all looks so different from the water!
July 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Great day for a boat trip round Strumble Head. It all looks so different from the water!
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Coming soon: This summer, get your copy of ‘Vanished Wales‘ – the book accompanying @itvcymruwales.bsky.social’s hit show! It documents over 30 places in Wales sadly lost within living memory. Publishing 1 August. Pre-order your copy here www.serenbooks.com/book/vanishe....
June 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Coming soon: This summer, get your copy of ‘Vanished Wales‘ – the book accompanying @itvcymruwales.bsky.social’s hit show! It documents over 30 places in Wales sadly lost within living memory. Publishing 1 August. Pre-order your copy here www.serenbooks.com/book/vanishe....
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Probably the wettest Q&A ever. But content wise - superb. #BrynCelliDdu #TheTriumphOfArt #FfionReynolds #SerenGriffiths @jeremydeller
June 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Probably the wettest Q&A ever. But content wise - superb. #BrynCelliDdu #TheTriumphOfArt #FfionReynolds #SerenGriffiths @jeremydeller
A lovely week for wildlife explorations.
1. An evening trip round Skomer Island surrounded by thousands of puffins, shearwaters, etc.
2. Exploration of a woodland nature reserve to monitor hazel dormice.
3. Have the honour to feed a growing number of hedgehogs, some of whom are contortionists. ❤️
1. An evening trip round Skomer Island surrounded by thousands of puffins, shearwaters, etc.
2. Exploration of a woodland nature reserve to monitor hazel dormice.
3. Have the honour to feed a growing number of hedgehogs, some of whom are contortionists. ❤️
May 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A lovely week for wildlife explorations.
1. An evening trip round Skomer Island surrounded by thousands of puffins, shearwaters, etc.
2. Exploration of a woodland nature reserve to monitor hazel dormice.
3. Have the honour to feed a growing number of hedgehogs, some of whom are contortionists. ❤️
1. An evening trip round Skomer Island surrounded by thousands of puffins, shearwaters, etc.
2. Exploration of a woodland nature reserve to monitor hazel dormice.
3. Have the honour to feed a growing number of hedgehogs, some of whom are contortionists. ❤️
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I run a list for Independent Bookshops, adding bookshops as and when I find them (that is meant to be growing not grosing)
you can add it to your feed to see what's going on with them
#BookSky #IndieBookshop 💙📚 #Bookshop #Bookstore
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you can add it to your feed to see what's going on with them
#BookSky #IndieBookshop 💙📚 #Bookshop #Bookstore
bsky.app/profile/did:...
April 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I run a list for Independent Bookshops, adding bookshops as and when I find them (that is meant to be growing not grosing)
you can add it to your feed to see what's going on with them
#BookSky #IndieBookshop 💙📚 #Bookshop #Bookstore
bsky.app/profile/did:...
you can add it to your feed to see what's going on with them
#BookSky #IndieBookshop 💙📚 #Bookshop #Bookstore
bsky.app/profile/did:...
First dormouse of 2025. I check nest boxes at nature reserves in north Pembrokeshire first these rare little beasts. 🥰
April 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
First dormouse of 2025. I check nest boxes at nature reserves in north Pembrokeshire first these rare little beasts. 🥰
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For those that like to shop from in Independent Bookshop, here's an ever growing directory.
There are 29 individual directory pages, thousands of bookshops listed, and five bookshop interviews
#IndieBookshop #BookSky 💙📚
www.indiebookshops.com
There are 29 individual directory pages, thousands of bookshops listed, and five bookshop interviews
#IndieBookshop #BookSky 💙📚
www.indiebookshops.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
For those that like to shop from in Independent Bookshop, here's an ever growing directory.
There are 29 individual directory pages, thousands of bookshops listed, and five bookshop interviews
#IndieBookshop #BookSky 💙📚
www.indiebookshops.com
There are 29 individual directory pages, thousands of bookshops listed, and five bookshop interviews
#IndieBookshop #BookSky 💙📚
www.indiebookshops.com
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♥️Competition time! A special Valentine's giveaway to cheer the gloomy days of mid-February. A signed copy of my Reynard the Fox, a gold-edged Fox for All Seasons journal, a box of Guylian Seashells, a Lindt heart full of truffles & an elegant fox companion. Simply like, share and follow to win! ♥️
February 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
♥️Competition time! A special Valentine's giveaway to cheer the gloomy days of mid-February. A signed copy of my Reynard the Fox, a gold-edged Fox for All Seasons journal, a box of Guylian Seashells, a Lindt heart full of truffles & an elegant fox companion. Simply like, share and follow to win! ♥️
The sun setting on Garn Fawr, north Pembrokeshire tonight. From my garden.
January 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The sun setting on Garn Fawr, north Pembrokeshire tonight. From my garden.
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Brilliant to hear Richard Shimell on his love of winter trees, and the beautiful, heartfelt book that he’s written about them.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Ramblings - Trees in Winter near Abergavenny - BBC Sounds
Clare meets a fellow lover of a wintery walk on a march up a hill in Grosmont.
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January 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Brilliant to hear Richard Shimell on his love of winter trees, and the beautiful, heartfelt book that he’s written about them.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Hugh and Patrick enjoying Hugh's birthday cake. Noisy eaters. 🫣
January 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hugh and Patrick enjoying Hugh's birthday cake. Noisy eaters. 🫣
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Lovely new book about my favourite place. Lots of stuff I didn't know but do now. Locally researched, written and produced. Bilingual. Harlech
December 18, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Lovely new book about my favourite place. Lots of stuff I didn't know but do now. Locally researched, written and produced. Bilingual. Harlech
I was chatting with artist/author Steve Smallman online the other night, during the last night of Storm Darragh. I had to say goodbye as I had to check on the donkeys. When I got back, he had done this sketch and sent it to me. I had to buy it and you can see why!
December 13, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I was chatting with artist/author Steve Smallman online the other night, during the last night of Storm Darragh. I had to say goodbye as I had to check on the donkeys. When I got back, he had done this sketch and sent it to me. I had to buy it and you can see why!
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Our Log Burner Experience Afternoon today raised £312 so our total now stands at £846. Thanks to everyone who came, ate cake, made new friends, ate more cake, made reservations for next year and ate another few pieces of cake cos it was there. Awesome people!
December 1, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Our Log Burner Experience Afternoon today raised £312 so our total now stands at £846. Thanks to everyone who came, ate cake, made new friends, ate more cake, made reservations for next year and ate another few pieces of cake cos it was there. Awesome people!
