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Xander Sable

@wellmanneredxs.bsky.social

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Wandering Egyptologist behind a moustachioed pen-name. Likes: conservation, history, gardens, art, good food, cooking, and writing quirky fantasy.

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 18h

Please keep us updated for the recording? I'd be very interested to listen. Hope the event tomorrow goes really well!

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 1d

Aaand the opposite fence now has long grass and I could see tunnels there too. Hopefully we'll get another hedge in there, for even more sheltered vole habitat. 😊

Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 1d

Spectacularly cute. 😍 Beautiful little animals - that's why I was sad about/didn't believe hedge-planting instructions about keeping voles out. How could such a cute little beastie damage a hedge! 😆So I ignored it. Glad I did - and left their tussocky tunnels for them to scuttle through safely!

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 1d

OOOOOHHHH! Thanks, Ian - that's just delightful! SO cute. 😀

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 2d

Oohhh I've had a fondness for AG since Professor Renfrew taught us about him in the second year. Strange to see it indoors, oddly - but lovely to see the outdoors brought in. Thanks for the tip-off!

Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 2d

That is an extremely rational bias, Mirie it is while sumer ilast, eh.

Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 3d

😊 Tbh I find it really hard to settle to anything when it's still light. As weird as that sounds. Much as Autumn/Winter make me feel awful, I do get more writing done. On the other hand, maybe really long Summer evenings sitting outside to work...? 🌞

Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 3d

GMT+2 is actually rather disorientating. Quite hard to even think about going to bed when it's still light at 23:00. But I do agree that the clocks going back in the Winter is simply disastrous.

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

Good luck with it all - it's such a nice idea. I'll keep an ear out!

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

Hurray! This is good to hear. 💚

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely - the very best sort of fighting. We were very lucky to have her. 💚

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

Yep! It was so encouraging to see! 😀 I'd have loved to see an actual vole of course, but seeing their little homes and runways was really interesting. 🥰

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

What a gorgeous idea - will you do another one? Looking forward to seeing the anthology come out!

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh, yes. A brilliant, and heartbreaking image @beziostudio.bsky.social

Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

How is she doing now? Has it healed again? 🤞💚

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 4d

Sending big hugs. It's so hard to lose one of the brightest of lights - but with JG, her light is like the candles at Greek Easter, that one light passing illumination to everyone who touches it and passes it on. A light like that doesn't go out, you know? 🕯️💚