Hannah Valerie
@eckerusla.bsky.social
Assorted posts about history, church architecture, neurodiversity, faith, baking, travel, and cats. #AuDHD #FaithfullyLGBT 💫🌈
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Hannah Valerie
@eckerusla.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Over 2022 and 2023 I visited (or in the case of eight, revisited) all 26 English medieval cathedrals.
As an #Advent offering I'll be sharing photos here of one cathedral per day. Ish.
(List from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archite... - other versions are also available)
#CofE
#AdventCathedralling
As an #Advent offering I'll be sharing photos here of one cathedral per day. Ish.
(List from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archite... - other versions are also available)
#CofE
#AdventCathedralling
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Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England.
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, first woman to lead the Church of England
Sarah Mullally was confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England.The worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church in the U.S., has no formal head, but the archbishop traditionally has been seen as its spiritual leader.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England.
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
Impromptu trip to #TewkesburyAbbey for Choral Evensong
I very much enjoyed the music and the sense of peace and breathing space - oh, and the unexpected heating in the quire stalls!
#CofE
I very much enjoyed the music and the sense of peace and breathing space - oh, and the unexpected heating in the quire stalls!
#CofE
January 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Impromptu trip to #TewkesburyAbbey for Choral Evensong
I very much enjoyed the music and the sense of peace and breathing space - oh, and the unexpected heating in the quire stalls!
#CofE
I very much enjoyed the music and the sense of peace and breathing space - oh, and the unexpected heating in the quire stalls!
#CofE
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A rather lovely pelican in her piety at All Saints, Oakham.
I wonder if they're meant to be oak leaves?
#SundayStonework
I wonder if they're meant to be oak leaves?
#SundayStonework
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
A rather lovely pelican in her piety at All Saints, Oakham.
I wonder if they're meant to be oak leaves?
#SundayStonework
I wonder if they're meant to be oak leaves?
#SundayStonework
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This morning, Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis by a group of Border Patrol agents after filming them. Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse at the VA who helped critically ill veterans. Alex's colleagues say he was a wonderful man who loved his patients and enjoyed mountain biking.
January 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This morning, Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis by a group of Border Patrol agents after filming them. Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse at the VA who helped critically ill veterans. Alex's colleagues say he was a wonderful man who loved his patients and enjoyed mountain biking.
#SmallStepsProject is fundraising to help protect babies and toddlers in Gaza from the cold. £13 will buy a winter snow suit from a local trader. Please consider joining me, if you're also in a position to donate.
www.justgiving.com/page/susanah...
www.justgiving.com/page/susanah...
Baby snow suits in Gaza!!
Help Susanah Amy Hanson raise money to support Small Steps Project
www.justgiving.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
#SmallStepsProject is fundraising to help protect babies and toddlers in Gaza from the cold. £13 will buy a winter snow suit from a local trader. Please consider joining me, if you're also in a position to donate.
www.justgiving.com/page/susanah...
www.justgiving.com/page/susanah...
One of my Spotify playlists, on shuffle, has just started playing John Farnham's 'You're the Voice':
"We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?"
Indeed.
"We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?"
Indeed.
January 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
One of my Spotify playlists, on shuffle, has just started playing John Farnham's 'You're the Voice':
"We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?"
Indeed.
"We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?"
Indeed.
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The Hell Mouth of the Doom painting at South Leigh, Oxon, is quite an eye catcher. We see those people who were not selected for Heaven forming a queue for the fiery depths of Hell helped along by gremlins with sharp forks. Nobility, clergy and lesser mortals in life are on their way down!.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The Hell Mouth of the Doom painting at South Leigh, Oxon, is quite an eye catcher. We see those people who were not selected for Heaven forming a queue for the fiery depths of Hell helped along by gremlins with sharp forks. Nobility, clergy and lesser mortals in life are on their way down!.
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, publicly executed without trial or cause
Say his name
Say his name
The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man, DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestled with man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm, as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, publicly executed without trial or cause
Say his name
Say his name
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And, Lord, please, somehow, turn their guns into plough shares. And turn their hearts into flesh. Please.
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
And, Lord, please, somehow, turn their guns into plough shares. And turn their hearts into flesh. Please.
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Maranatha. Come, Lord Jesus.
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Maranatha. Come, Lord Jesus.
I know we are no longer in Christmastide, but...
".. and man, at war with man, hears not
the love-song which they bring:
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
and hear the angels sing."
Longing and praying for a world where people lift each other up, rather than seeking to divide and destroy.
".. and man, at war with man, hears not
the love-song which they bring:
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
and hear the angels sing."
Longing and praying for a world where people lift each other up, rather than seeking to divide and destroy.
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I know we are no longer in Christmastide, but...
".. and man, at war with man, hears not
the love-song which they bring:
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
and hear the angels sing."
Longing and praying for a world where people lift each other up, rather than seeking to divide and destroy.
".. and man, at war with man, hears not
the love-song which they bring:
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
and hear the angels sing."
Longing and praying for a world where people lift each other up, rather than seeking to divide and destroy.
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It's another #NationalYearOfReading in the UK, so...if you were designing a course to walk somebody through the history of Western literature, what are your must-have titles? #booksky 💙 📚🪐 #amreading
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It's another #NationalYearOfReading in the UK, so...if you were designing a course to walk somebody through the history of Western literature, what are your must-have titles? #booksky 💙 📚🪐 #amreading
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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A few other quick shots from the protest:
January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
A few other quick shots from the protest:
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I say to the police that it's important to us, to have the bones back. That whoever they belonged to wanted to be buried, here, at this church. That even though time separates us, time is nothing to God, and they are still part of our community. I say we want to bring them home. To rebury them.
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I say to the police that it's important to us, to have the bones back. That whoever they belonged to wanted to be buried, here, at this church. That even though time separates us, time is nothing to God, and they are still part of our community. I say we want to bring them home. To rebury them.
This is a beautiful, thought-provoking thread, funny and poignant at the same time. One of Jay's best, in my opinion (though I'm spoilt for choice).
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This is a beautiful, thought-provoking thread, funny and poignant at the same time. One of Jay's best, in my opinion (though I'm spoilt for choice).
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Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers. n.pr/4pT6Ia8
How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation
Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers.
n.pr
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers. n.pr/4pT6Ia8
I've left it too late to cancel my free trial of 2026, haven't I? 😣
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I've left it too late to cancel my free trial of 2026, haven't I? 😣
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The public vote is open ⤵️ Which is your favourite?
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/englands-favourite-stained-glass-window-vote-here/
The hunt is on to find the Nation's Favourite Stained Glass window. 12 finalists, you decide.
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/englands-favourite-stained-glass-window-vote-here/
The hunt is on to find the Nation's Favourite Stained Glass window. 12 finalists, you decide.
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The public vote is open ⤵️ Which is your favourite?
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/englands-favourite-stained-glass-window-vote-here/
The hunt is on to find the Nation's Favourite Stained Glass window. 12 finalists, you decide.
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/englands-favourite-stained-glass-window-vote-here/
The hunt is on to find the Nation's Favourite Stained Glass window. 12 finalists, you decide.
Heading out shortly to a choral society rehearsal after two weeks struck down with a beast of a virus. How long will it take me to return fully from (very husky) tenor to first soprano? 🤔
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Heading out shortly to a choral society rehearsal after two weeks struck down with a beast of a virus. How long will it take me to return fully from (very husky) tenor to first soprano? 🤔
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The sea of steps at Wells Cathedral sketched during a visit last week. There’s nothing so evocative as the past impinging, so visually, upon the present. #amsketching #myart
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The sea of steps at Wells Cathedral sketched during a visit last week. There’s nothing so evocative as the past impinging, so visually, upon the present. #amsketching #myart
If only. Heavy rain here tonight! 😭
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 PM
If only. Heavy rain here tonight! 😭