@nickiwinton.bsky.social
Used to teach English, now experiencing life on a Greek island. I swim in all seasons, play piano & accordion, grow vegetables & write. Owner of 4 dogs & 3 cats.
Lesvos, Greece & Hove, Actually!
Lesvos, Greece & Hove, Actually!
This made me laugh this morning😄
One for the teachers out there …
February 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This made me laugh this morning😄
Cold evening light, from the roof
February 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Cold evening light, from the roof
Doesn’t look like it but a bitter north east wind is taking air temperatures to below zero!
February 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Doesn’t look like it but a bitter north east wind is taking air temperatures to below zero!
Almond blossom is out. Smells like honey
January 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Almond blossom is out. Smells like honey
Barney enjoying the view
January 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Barney enjoying the view
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Check your Microsoft 365 subscription - chances are Microsoft has hiked the price 30% to pay for AI features without asking you office-watch.com/2025/microso...
Microsoft 365 price increases around the world
See how the price of Microsoft 365 Personal and Family has risen in USA, Canada, UK, Europe and many other countries.
The new prices for Microsoft 365 consum
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January 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Check your Microsoft 365 subscription - chances are Microsoft has hiked the price 30% to pay for AI features without asking you office-watch.com/2025/microso...
Garden in winter- the grass is growing very quickly!
January 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Garden in winter- the grass is growing very quickly!
Bluesky keeps telling me that I have many (just now 17) notifications. When I go into it there are none. I also get followers from (clearly) fake American men - and women 😕 and people I would have absolutely no connection with. Not very happy with this so far.
January 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Bluesky keeps telling me that I have many (just now 17) notifications. When I go into it there are none. I also get followers from (clearly) fake American men - and women 😕 and people I would have absolutely no connection with. Not very happy with this so far.
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
January 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Dog walk today. The plain of Eresos and the site of the ancient acropolis, Vigla, over which a Byzantine castle was built in the 14th century. The remains are still visible- but some bits crumble when there’s an earthquake
January 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dog walk today. The plain of Eresos and the site of the ancient acropolis, Vigla, over which a Byzantine castle was built in the 14th century. The remains are still visible- but some bits crumble when there’s an earthquake
Sunset light on the mountains just now
December 3, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Sunset light on the mountains just now
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The ghost in the house, flowers on everything and a recipe for cauliflower crumble. This week's (free) newsletter. I would love it if you gave it a read. Morning!
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Joseph Voisin’s happy house
This week, a ghost story and a recipe for cauliflower crumble.
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December 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM
The ghost in the house, flowers on everything and a recipe for cauliflower crumble. This week's (free) newsletter. I would love it if you gave it a read. Morning!
open.substack.com/pub/deboraro...
open.substack.com/pub/deboraro...
Little Ruby Riding Hood- pleased to get out after the heavy rain we’ve been having recently
December 2, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Little Ruby Riding Hood- pleased to get out after the heavy rain we’ve been having recently
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I'm slightly overwhelmed by this beautifully-written, thoughtful and generous review of my book "The Lammas Ghosts" — all the more so because it comes from an author whose work (fiction as well as nonfiction) I have enjoyed so very much.
I reviewed 'The Lammas Ghosts' by
@fugitiveink.bsky.social - one of the best contemporary ghost story collections I've read in a long time: drfrancisyoung.com/2024/11/21/r...
@fugitiveink.bsky.social - one of the best contemporary ghost story collections I've read in a long time: drfrancisyoung.com/2024/11/21/r...
Review: ‘The Lammas Ghosts’ by Barendina Smedley
Barendina Smedley, The Lammas Ghosts: Fifteen Norfolk Ghost Stories (privately published, 2024), 208pp. … an aching longing for what is lost, what has been broken purposelessly, what has been taken…
drfrancisyoung.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I'm slightly overwhelmed by this beautifully-written, thoughtful and generous review of my book "The Lammas Ghosts" — all the more so because it comes from an author whose work (fiction as well as nonfiction) I have enjoyed so very much.
Fascinating! I hope to experience it one day
The discovery of subterranean antiquities promises a ride through the multilayered history of a metropolis dating back 2,300 years and through which the Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans all passed.
#Archaeology
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
#Archaeology
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
‘A blend of ancient and modern’: inside Thessaloniki’s new €3bn metro system
The project, which took 22 years to complete, unearthed more than 300,000 treasures now on display across its subway stations
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Fascinating! I hope to experience it one day
I like this: ‘a lifestyle unspoilt by the modern age’
'An Evening Walk.' (1943) Pursuing an interest in the English landscape tradition, Gilbert Spencer (the younger brother of Stanley Spencer) favoured scenes of the countryside, agriculture, and the people who inhabited a lifestyle unspoilt by the modern age.
November 26, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I like this: ‘a lifestyle unspoilt by the modern age’
We made another trip to the thermal baths on Wednesday. Lovely on chilly, rainy days- quite a journey across the island though. I’m just fascinated by the way the hot, steaming water flows out from underground into the scrubby, unremarkable landscape
November 22, 2024 at 5:53 AM
We made another trip to the thermal baths on Wednesday. Lovely on chilly, rainy days- quite a journey across the island though. I’m just fascinated by the way the hot, steaming water flows out from underground into the scrubby, unremarkable landscape
High up above the village today on dog walk. The ancient acropolis of Vigla, built on a volcanic dome, is visible overlooking the sea
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
High up above the village today on dog walk. The ancient acropolis of Vigla, built on a volcanic dome, is visible overlooking the sea
I made chilli sauce from our chillis. Wasn’t quite sure of the yield. Last year we had more but it was more watery. Delicious though🥵
November 17, 2024 at 6:54 AM
I made chilli sauce from our chillis. Wasn’t quite sure of the yield. Last year we had more but it was more watery. Delicious though🥵
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Good Afternoon.
English painter Melissa Scott-Miller. Fine contemporary artist ‘Winter Back Gardens
English painter Melissa Scott-Miller. Fine contemporary artist ‘Winter Back Gardens
December 10, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Good Afternoon.
English painter Melissa Scott-Miller. Fine contemporary artist ‘Winter Back Gardens
English painter Melissa Scott-Miller. Fine contemporary artist ‘Winter Back Gardens
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Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'Potted Fruit Trees', Olwyn Bowey, 1936
November 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM
'Potted Fruit Trees', Olwyn Bowey, 1936
Almost full moon rise here. We are grateful for the clouds… I know others aren’t!
November 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Almost full moon rise here. We are grateful for the clouds… I know others aren’t!