Carol Rowe
@marybootrixie13.bsky.social
Mum, Meemaw and happy housewife. Like to try out lots of different arts and crafts.
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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My mini landscapes book is finished. Only had one hiccup where I sewed one bit upside down and had to unpick.
September 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My mini landscapes book is finished. Only had one hiccup where I sewed one bit upside down and had to unpick.
Cushion is finished!
September 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Cushion is finished!
Sewed borders on my mini landscapes. Now I need to make them into a fabric book.
September 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sewed borders on my mini landscapes. Now I need to make them into a fabric book.
Second craft of the day, some weaving on a piece of slate from the garden. The wool is one I picked up from the charity shop which was a nice find.
September 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Second craft of the day, some weaving on a piece of slate from the garden. The wool is one I picked up from the charity shop which was a nice find.
Made myself a little at journal today.
September 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Made myself a little at journal today.
In an effort to keep my hands busy so I can't doom scroll I did this simple embroidery. It'll probably end up as a cushion.
September 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In an effort to keep my hands busy so I can't doom scroll I did this simple embroidery. It'll probably end up as a cushion.
I think the one thing we can all be grateful for today is that Nicholas Witchell is no longer the royal correspondent on the BBC.
September 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I think the one thing we can all be grateful for today is that Nicholas Witchell is no longer the royal correspondent on the BBC.
Had a walk up to the Devils Pulpit this afternoon.
September 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Had a walk up to the Devils Pulpit this afternoon.
Muesli made - I won't say what I was thinking as I chopped the nuts into little pieces.
September 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Muesli made - I won't say what I was thinking as I chopped the nuts into little pieces.
On Friday we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Nutmeg. She gave us more than 15 years of love and joy. I'm going to miss my little fuzzy friend so much.
August 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On Friday we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Nutmeg. She gave us more than 15 years of love and joy. I'm going to miss my little fuzzy friend so much.
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And the right response to transphobes is *always* to uplift trans voices, as a reminder that we have always been here and we will always be here.
So here's another stack of recommendations of trans and nonbinary writers writing amazing, fantastical, magical stories for kids.
So here's another stack of recommendations of trans and nonbinary writers writing amazing, fantastical, magical stories for kids.
April 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
And the right response to transphobes is *always* to uplift trans voices, as a reminder that we have always been here and we will always be here.
So here's another stack of recommendations of trans and nonbinary writers writing amazing, fantastical, magical stories for kids.
So here's another stack of recommendations of trans and nonbinary writers writing amazing, fantastical, magical stories for kids.
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It is publication day for GREATER SINS ✨️ so very proud of this book and the astonishing team at @doubledayuk.bsky.social who have made it happen. Riding high today!
March 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is publication day for GREATER SINS ✨️ so very proud of this book and the astonishing team at @doubledayuk.bsky.social who have made it happen. Riding high today!
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It never fails to bring me joy that one of London's top guitar repair/maintenance people is called Kevin, has a workshop on an upstairs floor, and so has called his business "Stairway to Kevin".
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It never fails to bring me joy that one of London's top guitar repair/maintenance people is called Kevin, has a workshop on an upstairs floor, and so has called his business "Stairway to Kevin".
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For anyone who missed this very important news, Jennie the guide dog crossed the floor of the House of Commons yesterday to be stroked by Labour MPs
She was then summoned by the Lib Dem Chief Whip for a very stern word
She was then summoned by the Lib Dem Chief Whip for a very stern word
March 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For anyone who missed this very important news, Jennie the guide dog crossed the floor of the House of Commons yesterday to be stroked by Labour MPs
She was then summoned by the Lib Dem Chief Whip for a very stern word
She was then summoned by the Lib Dem Chief Whip for a very stern word
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GREATER SINS in @thetimes.com. Out 27th March for those who like their fiction "striking and atmospheric" ✨️
March 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
GREATER SINS in @thetimes.com. Out 27th March for those who like their fiction "striking and atmospheric" ✨️
Chasing a spider around the bathroom trying to catch it is not my favourite activity just before bed.
February 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Chasing a spider around the bathroom trying to catch it is not my favourite activity just before bed.
A smattering of snow here tonight. Wonder if it will still be here in the morning.
January 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A smattering of snow here tonight. Wonder if it will still be here in the morning.
Two of my pet hates at the supermarket today. Firstly the woman serving me spent almost the entire time chatting to another member of staff whilst scanning. Then when I went to put my trolley away, someone had abandoned a large trolley in front of the smaller ones which I had to move.
January 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Two of my pet hates at the supermarket today. Firstly the woman serving me spent almost the entire time chatting to another member of staff whilst scanning. Then when I went to put my trolley away, someone had abandoned a large trolley in front of the smaller ones which I had to move.
Had a happy afternoon with my daughter making wreaths. Think I'll wait till the wind has died down to hang out on the door.
December 8, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Had a happy afternoon with my daughter making wreaths. Think I'll wait till the wind has died down to hang out on the door.
We're just outside of the Met Office red and amber zones but the wind is definitely strong tonight. Keeping my fingers crossed that we don't get too much rain in the area. Lots of people affected before that don't need more misery.
December 6, 2024 at 11:46 PM
We're just outside of the Met Office red and amber zones but the wind is definitely strong tonight. Keeping my fingers crossed that we don't get too much rain in the area. Lots of people affected before that don't need more misery.
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Our old dog had started to really pick at her food and was losing weight so I changed the brand. She loves the new food. I've been mixing it with the old to use it up but she's really not impressed with that
December 6, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Our old dog had started to really pick at her food and was losing weight so I changed the brand. She loves the new food. I've been mixing it with the old to use it up but she's really not impressed with that
My very talented daughter-in-law has done a thing!
December 3, 2024 at 1:22 PM
My very talented daughter-in-law has done a thing!
Started buying some Christmas presents now. Our house will soon be swamped with cardboard packaging.
December 3, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Started buying some Christmas presents now. Our house will soon be swamped with cardboard packaging.