Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

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A satisfying one, this time. Wordle 1,872 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Venice Noir still making waves

The last line took me far too long, until I shifted the accented syllable in my mind… Wordle 1,871 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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I didn’t realise in line 3 that there were still three more possibilities- I might have got discouraged… Wordle 1,869 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Quite a few phews recently… Wordle 1,866 6/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

And it’s another phew… Wordle 1,865 6/6 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

San Valerio and the moon - full this time. Cavalese.

Well, that was a surprise. Wordle 1,864 2/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The Venice Noir signup link for coming news is now live. Just scroll down the page at www.venicenoir.com and you'll find it. Sorry we didn't manage to get it up there for Harrogate.

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Moon over San Valerio, Cavalese.

No idea… Wordle 1,862 5/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Could have been better… Wordle 1,859 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Some time since my last ‘phew’… Wordle 1,858 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strategic elimination needed here. Wordle 1,857 5/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is great news. Wonderful book. First of a 2 book series. Hoping for book #3! Gorgeous cover. Bravo @gregorydowling.bsky.social #VeniceBooks #Venice #Venezia

Gregory Dowling@gregorydowling.bsky.social · 3w ago

Now also newly available as a paperback. My thanks to my son Alessandro for the cover-design (tweaked from the e-book version, also by him). www.amazon.com/dp/B0H8YN99R...

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As this novel of mine has just been republished, I thought it might be an idea to post this review of it by the wonderful "BookChemist", which came out on YouTube nine years ago. Please forgive the shameless self-promotion... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKiM...

Ascension by Gregory Dowling REVIEW

YouTube video by TheBookchemist

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Now also newly available as a paperback. My thanks to my son Alessandro for the cover-design (tweaked from the e-book version, also by him). www.amazon.com/dp/B0H8YN99R...

Hmm… Wordle 1,852 5/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not bad. Wordle 1,851 3/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩