Barb Kates
@bkates.bsky.social
Mom to one human, 1 kitty and 1 pup. Lover of books and gardening. Phillies and Eagles fan.
My country's leadership has betrayed my country.
My country's leadership has betrayed my country.
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Yesterday’s food bags:
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yesterday’s food bags:
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
It is a beautiful cheese knife!
I know you were all desperately worried about the SLATED cheese knife being out of stock.
Fear not, it's BACK.
#SLATED
Fear not, it's BACK.
#SLATED
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It is a beautiful cheese knife!
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So looking forward to next week's event with @roisinm.bsky.social in Ennistymon's lovely Banner Bookshop. It's going to be great to be back in Clare.
(I'm on Clare FM's Morning Focus show this morning around 9.45. btw. Have a listen if you're near a radio)
#spéirgorm #booktalk #booksky #bookevent
(I'm on Clare FM's Morning Focus show this morning around 9.45. btw. Have a listen if you're near a radio)
#spéirgorm #booktalk #booksky #bookevent
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
So looking forward to next week's event with @roisinm.bsky.social in Ennistymon's lovely Banner Bookshop. It's going to be great to be back in Clare.
(I'm on Clare FM's Morning Focus show this morning around 9.45. btw. Have a listen if you're near a radio)
#spéirgorm #booktalk #booksky #bookevent
(I'm on Clare FM's Morning Focus show this morning around 9.45. btw. Have a listen if you're near a radio)
#spéirgorm #booktalk #booksky #bookevent
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Still tweaking new designs for our Landmark Collection. All hands on deck to get them sorted this week.
They take forever and a day to get right 😬😬
#SLATED
They take forever and a day to get right 😬😬
#SLATED
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Still tweaking new designs for our Landmark Collection. All hands on deck to get them sorted this week.
They take forever and a day to get right 😬😬
#SLATED
They take forever and a day to get right 😬😬
#SLATED
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We're all going to see this, sooner or later. Ask yourself, What am I going to do when I encounter this? The chance to do the right thing will last a few seconds, then it will pass. And you'll spend the remainder of your life thinking about the choice you made. Gut check time.
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We're all going to see this, sooner or later. Ask yourself, What am I going to do when I encounter this? The chance to do the right thing will last a few seconds, then it will pass. And you'll spend the remainder of your life thinking about the choice you made. Gut check time.
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Please help those in need if you can!
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Please help those in need if you can!
Last Rose of the season...maybe, sitting next to a pumpkin decorated by Paul.
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Last Rose of the season...maybe, sitting next to a pumpkin decorated by Paul.
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Will l let you in on a little secret?
If you pop the code 15 in at checkout, you will bag yourselves a discount.
Let's NOT spend money with the big boys.
Support small Irish business.
We really need you.
Reposts would be wonderful.
#SLATED #spheirgorm @conorvoice.com
slated.ie
If you pop the code 15 in at checkout, you will bag yourselves a discount.
Let's NOT spend money with the big boys.
Support small Irish business.
We really need you.
Reposts would be wonderful.
#SLATED #spheirgorm @conorvoice.com
slated.ie
October 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Will l let you in on a little secret?
If you pop the code 15 in at checkout, you will bag yourselves a discount.
Let's NOT spend money with the big boys.
Support small Irish business.
We really need you.
Reposts would be wonderful.
#SLATED #spheirgorm @conorvoice.com
slated.ie
If you pop the code 15 in at checkout, you will bag yourselves a discount.
Let's NOT spend money with the big boys.
Support small Irish business.
We really need you.
Reposts would be wonderful.
#SLATED #spheirgorm @conorvoice.com
slated.ie
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Stop gifting to tick a box.
Start gifting to make an impact.
Because appreciation done right builds teams, trust, and brand love.
SLATED — Corporate gifting, but better. 💼✨
👉 SLATED.IE
@conorvoice.com
Start gifting to make an impact.
Because appreciation done right builds teams, trust, and brand love.
SLATED — Corporate gifting, but better. 💼✨
👉 SLATED.IE
@conorvoice.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Stop gifting to tick a box.
Start gifting to make an impact.
Because appreciation done right builds teams, trust, and brand love.
SLATED — Corporate gifting, but better. 💼✨
👉 SLATED.IE
@conorvoice.com
Start gifting to make an impact.
Because appreciation done right builds teams, trust, and brand love.
SLATED — Corporate gifting, but better. 💼✨
👉 SLATED.IE
@conorvoice.com
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Just if anyone would like to give me a vote....scroll down to Popular Fiction Book of the Year and you'll find me with Moving On. 😊 And Donal Ryan is up for Author of the Year, if you wanted to vote again....🙏😊📚💙 www.irishbookawards.ie/2025-shortli...
2025 Shortlist - Irish Book Awards
2025 Shortlists Announced Scroll through all of this year’s shortlists below. EASON NOVEL OF THE YEAR Sponsored By The Book Centre CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR In association with The Irish Independ...
www.irishbookawards.ie
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just if anyone would like to give me a vote....scroll down to Popular Fiction Book of the Year and you'll find me with Moving On. 😊 And Donal Ryan is up for Author of the Year, if you wanted to vote again....🙏😊📚💙 www.irishbookawards.ie/2025-shortli...
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The SLATED Gilded Collection.
Through a slow, intentional process, each gilded slate reveals the pattern it was always meant to hold — a subtle dialogue between surface, hand, and light.
SLATED, where Craftsmanship meets brilliance.
Slated.ie
#speirgorm #buyIrish
@conorvoice.com
Through a slow, intentional process, each gilded slate reveals the pattern it was always meant to hold — a subtle dialogue between surface, hand, and light.
SLATED, where Craftsmanship meets brilliance.
Slated.ie
#speirgorm #buyIrish
@conorvoice.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The SLATED Gilded Collection.
Through a slow, intentional process, each gilded slate reveals the pattern it was always meant to hold — a subtle dialogue between surface, hand, and light.
SLATED, where Craftsmanship meets brilliance.
Slated.ie
#speirgorm #buyIrish
@conorvoice.com
Through a slow, intentional process, each gilded slate reveals the pattern it was always meant to hold — a subtle dialogue between surface, hand, and light.
SLATED, where Craftsmanship meets brilliance.
Slated.ie
#speirgorm #buyIrish
@conorvoice.com
Sharing a Autumn Whiskey Bramble at #FrielsBar in Miltown Malbay (nominated for tourist pub of the year) with @roisinm.bsky.social on my next to last night of this trip. It is fabulous!
October 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sharing a Autumn Whiskey Bramble at #FrielsBar in Miltown Malbay (nominated for tourist pub of the year) with @roisinm.bsky.social on my next to last night of this trip. It is fabulous!
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Earth has lost an incredible warrior.
This woman was such a force of nature, so influential, so inspirational.
"The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time-but if we act with courage and hope, change is still possible."
She'll be sorely missed.
RIP Dr Jane Goodall, and thank you.
This woman was such a force of nature, so influential, so inspirational.
"The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time-but if we act with courage and hope, change is still possible."
She'll be sorely missed.
RIP Dr Jane Goodall, and thank you.
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Earth has lost an incredible warrior.
This woman was such a force of nature, so influential, so inspirational.
"The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time-but if we act with courage and hope, change is still possible."
She'll be sorely missed.
RIP Dr Jane Goodall, and thank you.
This woman was such a force of nature, so influential, so inspirational.
"The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time-but if we act with courage and hope, change is still possible."
She'll be sorely missed.
RIP Dr Jane Goodall, and thank you.
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It’s the start of the -ber months 🥶 and if you need something warming to read why not enjoy What Happened That Night for only 99p in this months KMD! Sx
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s the start of the -ber months 🥶 and if you need something warming to read why not enjoy What Happened That Night for only 99p in this months KMD! Sx
Dinner... baked haddock with onions, tomatoes, green olives and a bit of garlic and baby potatoes...yum!
October 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Dinner... baked haddock with onions, tomatoes, green olives and a bit of garlic and baby potatoes...yum!
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Today I traveled to the end of the Sheeps Head Peninsula. Breathtaking!
September 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today I traveled to the end of the Sheeps Head Peninsula. Breathtaking!
My home for the next week...
September 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My home for the next week...
Dinner in "The Snug"..Bantry Ireland
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dinner in "The Snug"..Bantry Ireland
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Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.