Nancy 💚✍🏻
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· Sep 22
A grateful heart is a resilient heart.
#Gratitude is the antidote to suffering. We suffer according to our level of self-pity - or how much we internalise and identify with the bad thing. But you can't feel self-pity and gratitude at the same time - they are opposites! #ChooseJoy 💚 #TinyJoys
#Gratitude is the antidote to suffering. We suffer according to our level of self-pity - or how much we internalise and identify with the bad thing. But you can't feel self-pity and gratitude at the same time - they are opposites! #ChooseJoy 💚 #TinyJoys
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I’ll start placing my Woman in Black Originals on here tomorrow.
It’ll probably be one or two a day.
I’ll try to keep them affordable but the price will also reflect the time it took to produce them (bloomin ages!).
Cheers 👍🏻
It’ll probably be one or two a day.
I’ll try to keep them affordable but the price will also reflect the time it took to produce them (bloomin ages!).
Cheers 👍🏻
February 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I’ll start placing my Woman in Black Originals on here tomorrow.
It’ll probably be one or two a day.
I’ll try to keep them affordable but the price will also reflect the time it took to produce them (bloomin ages!).
Cheers 👍🏻
It’ll probably be one or two a day.
I’ll try to keep them affordable but the price will also reflect the time it took to produce them (bloomin ages!).
Cheers 👍🏻
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The rain is tiresome, but yesterday I found the Fulfen Slade, usually slow ditch water between fields, back to being a babbling brook, over a bed of pebbles and flint. This is one of of the tributaries that feed the River Cam (and, eventually, the Great River Ouse)
What is the etymology of Fulfen?
What is the etymology of Fulfen?
February 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM
The rain is tiresome, but yesterday I found the Fulfen Slade, usually slow ditch water between fields, back to being a babbling brook, over a bed of pebbles and flint. This is one of of the tributaries that feed the River Cam (and, eventually, the Great River Ouse)
What is the etymology of Fulfen?
What is the etymology of Fulfen?
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Ancient Slater Bridge Langdale
February 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Ancient Slater Bridge Langdale
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"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order" — John Burroughs
I had to head to the #forest to find some #peace and sanctuary away from the mess of humanity that we seem to be becoming.
#nature #zen #environment #hike #optoutside #pnw #Contemplative #meditate
I had to head to the #forest to find some #peace and sanctuary away from the mess of humanity that we seem to be becoming.
#nature #zen #environment #hike #optoutside #pnw #Contemplative #meditate
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order" — John Burroughs
I had to head to the #forest to find some #peace and sanctuary away from the mess of humanity that we seem to be becoming.
#nature #zen #environment #hike #optoutside #pnw #Contemplative #meditate
I had to head to the #forest to find some #peace and sanctuary away from the mess of humanity that we seem to be becoming.
#nature #zen #environment #hike #optoutside #pnw #Contemplative #meditate
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I could never have imposter syndrome, it’s just not me.
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I could never have imposter syndrome, it’s just not me.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.”
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.”
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Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
Old Litkinov
This story is one of my favourite things I wrote last year. I'm making it free for 24 hours, so a few more people have chance to read an example of my short fiction. If you'd like to support my writin...
www.tom-cox.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
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Finally got round to adding a new starter pack - and it's nearly full already! If you'd like more joy, beauty and other nice stuff on your feed, take a look at both my starter packs 🫶🏻
go.bsky.app/NcKiKNP
go.bsky.app/NcKiKNP
February 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Finally got round to adding a new starter pack - and it's nearly full already! If you'd like more joy, beauty and other nice stuff on your feed, take a look at both my starter packs 🫶🏻
go.bsky.app/NcKiKNP
go.bsky.app/NcKiKNP
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A great surprise earlier this week - one of my photos gained a second place in the annual Close Up Photographer of the Year @cupoty.bsky.social awards 😃. An unexpected result amongst some amazing photographers. www.cupoty.com to see the stunning finalists and winners.
#macrophotography #omsystem
#macrophotography #omsystem
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
A great surprise earlier this week - one of my photos gained a second place in the annual Close Up Photographer of the Year @cupoty.bsky.social awards 😃. An unexpected result amongst some amazing photographers. www.cupoty.com to see the stunning finalists and winners.
#macrophotography #omsystem
#macrophotography #omsystem
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February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
These two... Sharing a teeny tiny branch... Just sitting in the rain... 🩶
February 7, 2026 at 8:55 AM
These two... Sharing a teeny tiny branch... Just sitting in the rain... 🩶
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February 7, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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Yesterday's lenticular action for your delectation. If this kind of thing delights you...
February 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Yesterday's lenticular action for your delectation. If this kind of thing delights you...
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Having a blast leading this workshop in Norway this week... great light so far!
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Having a blast leading this workshop in Norway this week... great light so far!
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Bus Painting: Addenbrooke's sunset
February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Bus Painting: Addenbrooke's sunset
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You made it to Friday! Time to celebrate!
#scape #art #nature #photography #forestfriday #scape #sunlight #eastcoastkin #PhotographersofBluesky #selfportrait #blueskyartshow
#scape #art #nature #photography #forestfriday #scape #sunlight #eastcoastkin #PhotographersofBluesky #selfportrait #blueskyartshow
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
You made it to Friday! Time to celebrate!
#scape #art #nature #photography #forestfriday #scape #sunlight #eastcoastkin #PhotographersofBluesky #selfportrait #blueskyartshow
#scape #art #nature #photography #forestfriday #scape #sunlight #eastcoastkin #PhotographersofBluesky #selfportrait #blueskyartshow
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Solve for each thing that becomes an obstacle to your active writing practice.
Writing isn't about profit.
It's about you and your inner life. Don't block your inner life from reaching the page. Navigate all known obstacles to preserve a safe space to write.
#writingcommunity #booksky #writing
Writing isn't about profit.
It's about you and your inner life. Don't block your inner life from reaching the page. Navigate all known obstacles to preserve a safe space to write.
#writingcommunity #booksky #writing
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Solve for each thing that becomes an obstacle to your active writing practice.
Writing isn't about profit.
It's about you and your inner life. Don't block your inner life from reaching the page. Navigate all known obstacles to preserve a safe space to write.
#writingcommunity #booksky #writing
Writing isn't about profit.
It's about you and your inner life. Don't block your inner life from reaching the page. Navigate all known obstacles to preserve a safe space to write.
#writingcommunity #booksky #writing
It's also bringing me to the uncomfortable point at which I said, if I hadn't sold the first book by now, I'd self-publish to just GET SOMETHING OUT THERE at last.
But what if I shelve this complete, and try my luck with a much more saleable properly-standalone urban folk horror/fantasy instead? 👀✍🏻
But what if I shelve this complete, and try my luck with a much more saleable properly-standalone urban folk horror/fantasy instead? 👀✍🏻
Just two more scenes to go in the #WIP and it's still not even 60k - but there's nothing missing! I don't get it. I'm an overwriter - not enough words has NEVER been a problem before... #WriterProblems #WritingCommunity ✍🏻
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It's also bringing me to the uncomfortable point at which I said, if I hadn't sold the first book by now, I'd self-publish to just GET SOMETHING OUT THERE at last.
But what if I shelve this complete, and try my luck with a much more saleable properly-standalone urban folk horror/fantasy instead? 👀✍🏻
But what if I shelve this complete, and try my luck with a much more saleable properly-standalone urban folk horror/fantasy instead? 👀✍🏻
Just two more scenes to go in the #WIP and it's still not even 60k - but there's nothing missing! I don't get it. I'm an overwriter - not enough words has NEVER been a problem before... #WriterProblems #WritingCommunity ✍🏻
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Just two more scenes to go in the #WIP and it's still not even 60k - but there's nothing missing! I don't get it. I'm an overwriter - not enough words has NEVER been a problem before... #WriterProblems #WritingCommunity ✍🏻
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‘Today, I will remember that there is no situation that can’t be benefited by taking care of myself.’
– Melody Beattie
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
– Melody Beattie
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
‘Today, I will remember that there is no situation that can’t be benefited by taking care of myself.’
– Melody Beattie
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
– Melody Beattie
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
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Honestly worth the read.
Thread-time (because this is kind of fun).
Let's talk mental health and creativity. I know, I know, it's well-trodden ground and we all know that the myth of the tortured writer does and has done incomprehensible damage to generations.
With all that understood, mental health does have an impact.
Let's talk mental health and creativity. I know, I know, it's well-trodden ground and we all know that the myth of the tortured writer does and has done incomprehensible damage to generations.
With all that understood, mental health does have an impact.
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Honestly worth the read.
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Finding a #DairyFree coffee creamer (without unwanted additives) is proving tricky. Homemade cashew cream winning so far, but grainy at the bottom. Think I'm gonna need a better blender if I stick with this...
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Finding a #DairyFree coffee creamer (without unwanted additives) is proving tricky. Homemade cashew cream winning so far, but grainy at the bottom. Think I'm gonna need a better blender if I stick with this...