Tricia Smith
@triciasmith.bsky.social
Taking life a page at a time, pro EU, anti Tory, voracious reader, improving artist, lover of food, wine & gin, committed tricyclist & grumpy old woman. Pickled in tea, snarky as hell if you cross me and lucky friend of some truly lovely people
One for the block list
January 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
One for the block list
Tea over keyboard moment...priceless!
January 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Tea over keyboard moment...priceless!
The Tech industry needs many things, 'masculine energy’ is so far off the list it’s not even visible.
January 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Tech industry needs many things, 'masculine energy’ is so far off the list it’s not even visible.
Scent is absolutely the most powerful memory trigger for me. It pulls me back to a moment in time the way nothing else can. Sometimes it's a blessing, other times it breaks me in a way nothing else can
January 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Scent is absolutely the most powerful memory trigger for me. It pulls me back to a moment in time the way nothing else can. Sometimes it's a blessing, other times it breaks me in a way nothing else can
I see the blinkers have been edited out of that photo
January 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I see the blinkers have been edited out of that photo
Oh dear, what a shame, never mind...
January 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Oh dear, what a shame, never mind...
Oh no! I get mine from Sainsbury's though I think the local Tesco stocks it. It can be so hit and miss trying to get things sometimes. 😕
December 28, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Oh no! I get mine from Sainsbury's though I think the local Tesco stocks it. It can be so hit and miss trying to get things sometimes. 😕
Merry Christmas to you and yours Mr P. Looking forward to many more good tales flowing from your pen.
December 24, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Merry Christmas to you and yours Mr P. Looking forward to many more good tales flowing from your pen.
That has been on my TBR list for a while, thanks for the reminder. I'll bump it up, it's not long since I read Half-Built Garden and I like to gently 'theme' a few books together as it stretches my thinking which is never a bad thing.
December 24, 2024 at 6:04 PM
That has been on my TBR list for a while, thanks for the reminder. I'll bump it up, it's not long since I read Half-Built Garden and I like to gently 'theme' a few books together as it stretches my thinking which is never a bad thing.
2/2 The Book Club discussion around it was excellent. I would recommend the review by @jonathanthornton.bsky.social (disclaimer - he's a member of our book group) fantasy-hive.co.uk/2024/11/a-ha...
A HALF-BUILT GARDEN by Ruthanna Emrys (BOOK REVIEW)
Today, Jonathan reviews Ruthanna Emrys's first-contact sci-fi A HALF-BUILT GARDEN: "an astounding work of science fictional imagination that demonstrates just how vital the genre can be at its best"
fantasy-hive.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 10:28 PM
2/2 The Book Club discussion around it was excellent. I would recommend the review by @jonathanthornton.bsky.social (disclaimer - he's a member of our book group) fantasy-hive.co.uk/2024/11/a-ha...
1/2 It's a while since I have read a book that touches on such a wide range of current themes in a coherent whole, and is still a good read without being 'preachy'.
December 23, 2024 at 10:24 PM
1/2 It's a while since I have read a book that touches on such a wide range of current themes in a coherent whole, and is still a good read without being 'preachy'.
Probably A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys and a Book Club re-read of Christopher Priest's A Dream of Wessex. Both thought provoking, particularly the former.
December 23, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Probably A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys and a Book Club re-read of Christopher Priest's A Dream of Wessex. Both thought provoking, particularly the former.