SmileyAli
@smileyali68.bsky.social
I mostly cycle, run, walk and crochet in the High Peak, with added multiple sclerosis content. Some say I should have a link to something here, but I've come up with nothing!
My #MSFriday rant (didn't feel very musingesque today). If you're going to ask how I am and when I reply that I'm really really tired you're then going to tell me how tired you are, just don't. Let's not have that conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My #MSFriday rant (didn't feel very musingesque today). If you're going to ask how I am and when I reply that I'm really really tired you're then going to tell me how tired you are, just don't. Let's not have that conversation.
My #poemfortoday was from a paper book, not online. CK Williams "the mistress". It was somewhat ouch. Britannica website describes his work as vituperative and I wish that word which curls off my tongue is one i could casually sling into conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My #poemfortoday was from a paper book, not online. CK Williams "the mistress". It was somewhat ouch. Britannica website describes his work as vituperative and I wish that word which curls off my tongue is one i could casually sling into conversation.
Crowded train, woman muttering about seats. I am sitting. I am ready to whip out my disabled railcard if there's any nonsense
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Crowded train, woman muttering about seats. I am sitting. I am ready to whip out my disabled railcard if there's any nonsense
The guy in the local to work take out knows I have the vegan option and I am so happy to be noticed. My 57 year old woman invisibility cloak usually prevents this kind of thing. He is an asset to his employer
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The guy in the local to work take out knows I have the vegan option and I am so happy to be noticed. My 57 year old woman invisibility cloak usually prevents this kind of thing. He is an asset to his employer
My #poemfortoday is ee cummings "You are tired". It's surprisingly hopeful. readalittlepoetry.com/2006/01/07/y...
You are tired, by E. E. Cummings • Read A Little Poetry
"And knock with a rose at the hopeless gate of your heart—" — E. E. Cummings
readalittlepoetry.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My #poemfortoday is ee cummings "You are tired". It's surprisingly hopeful. readalittlepoetry.com/2006/01/07/y...
My #poemfortoday is Sanctuary by Dorothy Parker. allpoetry.com/poem/8497669...
I love a small but perfectly formed verse. Every word working.
I love a small but perfectly formed verse. Every word working.
Sanctuary by Dorothy Parker at Allpoetry
Comments & analysis: My land is bare of chattering folk; / The clouds are low along the ridges,
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November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My #poemfortoday is Sanctuary by Dorothy Parker. allpoetry.com/poem/8497669...
I love a small but perfectly formed verse. Every word working.
I love a small but perfectly formed verse. Every word working.
Current status - choosing between eating or having a wee.
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Current status - choosing between eating or having a wee.
When my late husband was home for his last days, because he wasn't alert and talking very much, so he could hear my voice, I read to him. I kept it simple. The Fairy Caravan by Beatrix Potter. You never know how much time is left, and 20 years on I have not finished the book.
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
When my late husband was home for his last days, because he wasn't alert and talking very much, so he could hear my voice, I read to him. I kept it simple. The Fairy Caravan by Beatrix Potter. You never know how much time is left, and 20 years on I have not finished the book.
It's that time of year. Saturday was twenty years since my husband died. He was young, I was young. Today would have been his 67th birthday. So my annual go to poem is my #poemfortoday ee cummings "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in)" www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It's that time of year. Saturday was twenty years since my husband died. He was young, I was young. Today would have been his 67th birthday. So my annual go to poem is my #poemfortoday ee cummings "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in)" www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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Safe to say it’s very Autumn now!
The yellow front of this Northern 156 looks right at home surrounded by the trees on the Esk Valley line!
The yellow front of this Northern 156 looks right at home surrounded by the trees on the Esk Valley line!
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Safe to say it’s very Autumn now!
The yellow front of this Northern 156 looks right at home surrounded by the trees on the Esk Valley line!
The yellow front of this Northern 156 looks right at home surrounded by the trees on the Esk Valley line!
I really don't like the "One Derbyshire" plan of Derbyshire County Council. I can't see how it can be anything other than a funnel sucking all the huge county's resources into the city of Derby. At least my local councillor seems to be representing my view.
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I really don't like the "One Derbyshire" plan of Derbyshire County Council. I can't see how it can be anything other than a funnel sucking all the huge county's resources into the city of Derby. At least my local councillor seems to be representing my view.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Dude with an off lead long haired retriever coming towards me and Uz Dog (on lead because he's a 9 month GWP and has exactly the recall you'd expect). Guy asked can they say hello but his dog had already recognised a soul mate and bounded over. They had a great time, well matched in size and style.
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Dude with an off lead long haired retriever coming towards me and Uz Dog (on lead because he's a 9 month GWP and has exactly the recall you'd expect). Guy asked can they say hello but his dog had already recognised a soul mate and bounded over. They had a great time, well matched in size and style.
My #poemfortoday is Lemn Sissay's Applecart Art. I have one of his books, and hadn't heard it spoken before. Not actually sure which I prefer. There's place for both spoken and written word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xzj...
Surprise slam poetry | Applecart Art by Lemn Sissay | Poetry Short | Random Acts
YouTube video by Random Acts
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November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My #poemfortoday is Lemn Sissay's Applecart Art. I have one of his books, and hadn't heard it spoken before. Not actually sure which I prefer. There's place for both spoken and written word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xzj...
My #MSFriday musings are mostly pondering whether the fact I haven't heard anything from my September MRI means all's fine or if it just means nobody has looked at it. I guess I'll contact the MS nurses again.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My #MSFriday musings are mostly pondering whether the fact I haven't heard anything from my September MRI means all's fine or if it just means nobody has looked at it. I guess I'll contact the MS nurses again.
I am so excited about a work thing I do regularly, but where I've found a one off creative way to spice it up, that it's so exciting I will not tell my boss because he has a way of crushing ideas into a million tiny pieces. I may tell him after it has happened.
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I am so excited about a work thing I do regularly, but where I've found a one off creative way to spice it up, that it's so exciting I will not tell my boss because he has a way of crushing ideas into a million tiny pieces. I may tell him after it has happened.
Gently saying I opted out of dessert to a dinner organiser because I like her and she has a bloody hard job and she doesn't really need to be guilted by me being dairy free and none of the desserts being that way. Also, I don't need dessert, it's not an issue.
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Gently saying I opted out of dessert to a dinner organiser because I like her and she has a bloody hard job and she doesn't really need to be guilted by me being dairy free and none of the desserts being that way. Also, I don't need dessert, it's not an issue.
My #poemfortoday is joyful and very me. It's "Walking the Dog" by Howard Nemerov allpoetry.com/Walking-the-...
Walking the Dog by Howard Nemerov - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: Two universes mosey down the street / Connected by love and a leash and nothing else.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My #poemfortoday is joyful and very me. It's "Walking the Dog" by Howard Nemerov allpoetry.com/Walking-the-...
In the kind of mood where I've put the arm rest down on the train seat so I don't get potential wet clothing overflow from a fellow passenger should one choose to sit there.
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In the kind of mood where I've put the arm rest down on the train seat so I don't get potential wet clothing overflow from a fellow passenger should one choose to sit there.
No idea what the detail is but this seems like a very good thing
This afternoon, Labour MP @jenny4suffcoast.bsky.social will seek to present a Ten-Minute Rule Bill on road safety measures near schools
What is a Ten-Minute Rule Bill and how do they become law? Our guide explains 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/publications...
What is a Ten-Minute Rule Bill and how do they become law? Our guide explains 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/publications...
What is a Ten Minute Rule Bill?
Ten Minute Rule Bills are essentially policy aims put into legislative language in order to secure a 10-minute speaking slot during 'primetime' in the House of Commons Chamber after Question Time on…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
No idea what the detail is but this seems like a very good thing
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On the service to barking, no less
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
On the service to barking, no less
My #poemfortoday is Grounded by Deborah Tall. Just because. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
The Poetry Foundation
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My #poemfortoday is Grounded by Deborah Tall. Just because. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Prepping for the catch up and learn your views like my future job depends on it. Which it may. Heading down a traditional route of shit sandwich. This is great, this is not so good but this is how I think it could be awesome, and this thing too, this is fab. This was super once and could be again.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Prepping for the catch up and learn your views like my future job depends on it. Which it may. Heading down a traditional route of shit sandwich. This is great, this is not so good but this is how I think it could be awesome, and this thing too, this is fab. This was super once and could be again.
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Been thinking a lot about expectations, perfectionism and people pleasing recently
Inspired by britchida’s work
Inspired by britchida’s work
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Been thinking a lot about expectations, perfectionism and people pleasing recently
Inspired by britchida’s work
Inspired by britchida’s work