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Lorna

@florilegia.bsky.social

Mum-coded. Books, food and language stuff. I have approximate knowledge of many things. She/her ei/hi. PP: me as a Lofi Girl. Banner: an empty street from Spirited Away. Faded buildings, red lanterns, and a cloudless blue sky.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers@clbergpowers.bsky.social · 3d ago

Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you

Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · 3d ago

I think everyone should see this incredible picture of Dolly Parton: it’s by Stacie Williams (asterosperma on Instagram) and it’s called The Queen of Appalachia

A stunning screenprint image in a style which is part folk art, part religious icon. Dolly Parton sits on a throne-like wooden chair, surrounded by garlands of flowers and leaves. Orange butterflies (I think they are monarchs?) hover around her head. Her hair is huge and golden, and she is wearing a long, sweeping orange gown, which is turned up over her knee to show off her brown knee length high heeled boots. Two black bear cubs play around her, one on the floor and one in her lap. Dolly stares calmly at the viewer. Her right hand is raised in benediction, and in her left she holds a ripe strawberry which she is feeding to one of the bear cubs. The original post is here https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rvBpTlRxZ/?igsi=Z2x5aTB5aHp5NXFp
Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · 5d ago

I’ve been racing through EPUBs on my teeny tiny XTEInk 3 recently: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai, Right Ho, Jeeves and The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse, and I’m a couple of chapters into I Am A Cat by Natsume Sōseki. #booksky

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 5d ago

If anyone in the UK would like two randomly selected postcards of these lovely paintings, free, with a signed (£9.99) paperback of my latest novel, please drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com with your mailing address (I'll send you a bookmark too)...

My latest novel Everything Will Swallow You, with a linocut frog bookmark made by my mum, Jo.
Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 7d ago

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · last wk.

I’ve written up something like 40 pages in my grimoire, including my curse on Trump on the 12th (eclipse day): I’m feeling very organised, and I wonder if I had a tiny bit to do with the Nathalie Harp kerfuffle?

Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · last wk.

I came across these excellent folks while going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole: Hooded Spirits or Genii Cucullati. Apparently they pop up in the Cotswolds and around Hadrian’s Wall, sometimes bearing eggs or drinks. They look rather like wooden dolls, don’t they?

Hooded Spirits from Housesteads Fort, Hadrian’s Wall. Three hooded and cloaked figures, all quite spare in design terms. They look rather charming
Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · last wk.

A question for wise mythology pals: I’m making a list of triple gods/goddesses and similar folks, and im on the lookout for more if anyone can point me in the right direction. So far I have lots of Greek triplets (Fates, Erinyes, Graces, Horae. Also the Gorgons and the Graeae). The Norse Norns,

Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · last wk.

A question for wise mythology pals: I’m making a list of triple gods/goddesses and similar folks, and im on the lookout for more if anyone can point me in the right direction. So far I have lots of Greek triplets (Fates, Erinyes, Graces, Horae. Also the Gorgons and the Graeae). The Norse Norns,

Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · last wk.

Small child in charity shop with grandma, interested in a *massive* toy car. Granny, who knows it’s too big, is gently trying to dissuade him: “I expect it’s very expensive…” Child, thoughtfully: “Probably, because the bigger a thing is, the gooderer it is, so the more it costs”

Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · last wk.

Y10 stage of GCSE results are out for Eldest: lots of Bs and one A, which is fantastic news, especially considering how stressful the year has been for him

Dr Francis Young@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · last wk.

“Perhaps we need this sense of an otherworld running parallel to our own, betwixt heaven and hell, in order to understand ourselves.” Thank you to Sam Buntz for this wonderful review of ‘Fairies: A History’ 🧚📚 firstthings.com/finding-ours...

Finding Ourselves in Faerie - First Things

The average secularist is apt to dismiss belief in ghosts or aliens as eccentric. But if you say you believe in fairies, even the modern equivalent of an irrational peasant is liable to roll his eyes ...

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Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · last wk.

PSA If you encounter someone who dismisses your #ADHD because they watched 'The Great ADHD Myth?', feel free to tell them to contact me via my site so I can explain, at length, why they're an idiot Hell, send my their address and I'll do it face to face. I'm willing to go full 'Punisher' over this