Electra Rhodes
@electrarhodes.bsky.social
Writer. Digger. Rustic. Thief.
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Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Visited our local upcycle
2. Bought a Lloyd loom stool and a random desk adjacent thing
3. Braved the supermarket
4. Napped
5. Mediated an argument between two friends
1. Visited our local upcycle
2. Bought a Lloyd loom stool and a random desk adjacent thing
3. Braved the supermarket
4. Napped
5. Mediated an argument between two friends
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Visited our local upcycle
2. Bought a Lloyd loom stool and a random desk adjacent thing
3. Braved the supermarket
4. Napped
5. Mediated an argument between two friends
1. Visited our local upcycle
2. Bought a Lloyd loom stool and a random desk adjacent thing
3. Braved the supermarket
4. Napped
5. Mediated an argument between two friends
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Finally visited the ancient screen near us!
2. Ate breakfast in a slightly chilly garden centre
3. Fed the birds
4. Listened to the rustling of bats
5. Sat in a pew and let the silence settle around me
1. Finally visited the ancient screen near us!
2. Ate breakfast in a slightly chilly garden centre
3. Fed the birds
4. Listened to the rustling of bats
5. Sat in a pew and let the silence settle around me
December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Finally visited the ancient screen near us!
2. Ate breakfast in a slightly chilly garden centre
3. Fed the birds
4. Listened to the rustling of bats
5. Sat in a pew and let the silence settle around me
1. Finally visited the ancient screen near us!
2. Ate breakfast in a slightly chilly garden centre
3. Fed the birds
4. Listened to the rustling of bats
5. Sat in a pew and let the silence settle around me
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Greeted the new year!
2. Tidied the dresser
3. Finished the emergency christmas tree skirt made from festive fabric
4. Shelved books
5. Checked the cupboard for biscuit/cookie ingredients (hmmmm)
1. Greeted the new year!
2. Tidied the dresser
3. Finished the emergency christmas tree skirt made from festive fabric
4. Shelved books
5. Checked the cupboard for biscuit/cookie ingredients (hmmmm)
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Greeted the new year!
2. Tidied the dresser
3. Finished the emergency christmas tree skirt made from festive fabric
4. Shelved books
5. Checked the cupboard for biscuit/cookie ingredients (hmmmm)
1. Greeted the new year!
2. Tidied the dresser
3. Finished the emergency christmas tree skirt made from festive fabric
4. Shelved books
5. Checked the cupboard for biscuit/cookie ingredients (hmmmm)
Happy Solstice / Yule!!! (Also the anniversary of the day I met Sam (lovely husband), 15 years ago!) May the new year bring you unexpected gifts and a sense of possibility.
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Happy Solstice / Yule!!! (Also the anniversary of the day I met Sam (lovely husband), 15 years ago!) May the new year bring you unexpected gifts and a sense of possibility.
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Made tea in the pre-dawn dark, & watched the sun come up
2. Listened to a blackbird orchestrate the dawn chorus
3. Washed my hands in hot water after being outdoors - was grateful
4. Thanked the rescue orchids for flowering again
5. Started a book
1. Made tea in the pre-dawn dark, & watched the sun come up
2. Listened to a blackbird orchestrate the dawn chorus
3. Washed my hands in hot water after being outdoors - was grateful
4. Thanked the rescue orchids for flowering again
5. Started a book
December 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Made tea in the pre-dawn dark, & watched the sun come up
2. Listened to a blackbird orchestrate the dawn chorus
3. Washed my hands in hot water after being outdoors - was grateful
4. Thanked the rescue orchids for flowering again
5. Started a book
1. Made tea in the pre-dawn dark, & watched the sun come up
2. Listened to a blackbird orchestrate the dawn chorus
3. Washed my hands in hot water after being outdoors - was grateful
4. Thanked the rescue orchids for flowering again
5. Started a book
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Zoomed with a writer friend for the first time in 18 months (yay!)
2. Laughed
3. Had ideas
4. Tidied my desk(s) - there are 3!
5. Packed yet another box for the charity shop
1. Zoomed with a writer friend for the first time in 18 months (yay!)
2. Laughed
3. Had ideas
4. Tidied my desk(s) - there are 3!
5. Packed yet another box for the charity shop
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Zoomed with a writer friend for the first time in 18 months (yay!)
2. Laughed
3. Had ideas
4. Tidied my desk(s) - there are 3!
5. Packed yet another box for the charity shop
1. Zoomed with a writer friend for the first time in 18 months (yay!)
2. Laughed
3. Had ideas
4. Tidied my desk(s) - there are 3!
5. Packed yet another box for the charity shop
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Decorated the tree
2. Coloured my hair (think female Andy Warhol)
3. Read a whole book (hair means sitting still)
4. Moved 8 boxes into 'box room' (sneaky things hid from me before)
5. Chilled
1. Decorated the tree
2. Coloured my hair (think female Andy Warhol)
3. Read a whole book (hair means sitting still)
4. Moved 8 boxes into 'box room' (sneaky things hid from me before)
5. Chilled
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Decorated the tree
2. Coloured my hair (think female Andy Warhol)
3. Read a whole book (hair means sitting still)
4. Moved 8 boxes into 'box room' (sneaky things hid from me before)
5. Chilled
1. Decorated the tree
2. Coloured my hair (think female Andy Warhol)
3. Read a whole book (hair means sitting still)
4. Moved 8 boxes into 'box room' (sneaky things hid from me before)
5. Chilled
Things I've discovered in 2 months of not doomscrolling
1. The house (and my mind) is more cheery
2. I've rediscovered things I used to do
3. Lots of things have been made, repaired, or sorted
4. I'm more politically active (not less) but off screen
5. The grief of the last few years is shifting
1. The house (and my mind) is more cheery
2. I've rediscovered things I used to do
3. Lots of things have been made, repaired, or sorted
4. I'm more politically active (not less) but off screen
5. The grief of the last few years is shifting
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Things I've discovered in 2 months of not doomscrolling
1. The house (and my mind) is more cheery
2. I've rediscovered things I used to do
3. Lots of things have been made, repaired, or sorted
4. I'm more politically active (not less) but off screen
5. The grief of the last few years is shifting
1. The house (and my mind) is more cheery
2. I've rediscovered things I used to do
3. Lots of things have been made, repaired, or sorted
4. I'm more politically active (not less) but off screen
5. The grief of the last few years is shifting
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Improvised a stand for a christmas tree that has lost its legs
2. Pieced emergency christmas tree skirt from festive fabric (not a phrase I'd ever expected to use but here we are)
3. Ate a bagel with avocado really slowly
4. Tidied the hall
5. Napped
1. Improvised a stand for a christmas tree that has lost its legs
2. Pieced emergency christmas tree skirt from festive fabric (not a phrase I'd ever expected to use but here we are)
3. Ate a bagel with avocado really slowly
4. Tidied the hall
5. Napped
December 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Improvised a stand for a christmas tree that has lost its legs
2. Pieced emergency christmas tree skirt from festive fabric (not a phrase I'd ever expected to use but here we are)
3. Ate a bagel with avocado really slowly
4. Tidied the hall
5. Napped
1. Improvised a stand for a christmas tree that has lost its legs
2. Pieced emergency christmas tree skirt from festive fabric (not a phrase I'd ever expected to use but here we are)
3. Ate a bagel with avocado really slowly
4. Tidied the hall
5. Napped
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Unearthed the Christmas tree only to discover the legs I found with it don't match the tree (idk how)
2. Packed plates to go to charity shop
3. Finished addressing cards
4. Bought some 2nd hand curtains
5. Endured food shopping
1. Unearthed the Christmas tree only to discover the legs I found with it don't match the tree (idk how)
2. Packed plates to go to charity shop
3. Finished addressing cards
4. Bought some 2nd hand curtains
5. Endured food shopping
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Unearthed the Christmas tree only to discover the legs I found with it don't match the tree (idk how)
2. Packed plates to go to charity shop
3. Finished addressing cards
4. Bought some 2nd hand curtains
5. Endured food shopping
1. Unearthed the Christmas tree only to discover the legs I found with it don't match the tree (idk how)
2. Packed plates to go to charity shop
3. Finished addressing cards
4. Bought some 2nd hand curtains
5. Endured food shopping
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Moved all the unpacked boxes into one room (they'd spread to 4 - felt instantly more cheerful)
2. Drank a mug of chai
3. Painted some decorations
4. Admined
5. Robbed a bank (with friends, in a game)
1. Moved all the unpacked boxes into one room (they'd spread to 4 - felt instantly more cheerful)
2. Drank a mug of chai
3. Painted some decorations
4. Admined
5. Robbed a bank (with friends, in a game)
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Moved all the unpacked boxes into one room (they'd spread to 4 - felt instantly more cheerful)
2. Drank a mug of chai
3. Painted some decorations
4. Admined
5. Robbed a bank (with friends, in a game)
1. Moved all the unpacked boxes into one room (they'd spread to 4 - felt instantly more cheerful)
2. Drank a mug of chai
3. Painted some decorations
4. Admined
5. Robbed a bank (with friends, in a game)
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Sorted my closet
2. Was Whamaggedoned (dammit)
3. Made the birds a christmas wreath
4. Started my card string - 3 cards have arrived so I'm cracking on (might get a few more, might not)
5. Made ribbon paper chain
1. Sorted my closet
2. Was Whamaggedoned (dammit)
3. Made the birds a christmas wreath
4. Started my card string - 3 cards have arrived so I'm cracking on (might get a few more, might not)
5. Made ribbon paper chain
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Sorted my closet
2. Was Whamaggedoned (dammit)
3. Made the birds a christmas wreath
4. Started my card string - 3 cards have arrived so I'm cracking on (might get a few more, might not)
5. Made ribbon paper chain
1. Sorted my closet
2. Was Whamaggedoned (dammit)
3. Made the birds a christmas wreath
4. Started my card string - 3 cards have arrived so I'm cracking on (might get a few more, might not)
5. Made ribbon paper chain
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Accidently went to Monmouth (Twice.)
2. Colour matched some yarn to an old incomplete tapestry using tea as a dye
3. Chatted to a stained glass maker
4. Tidied the bedside cupboards
5. Ate an ice cream
1. Accidently went to Monmouth (Twice.)
2. Colour matched some yarn to an old incomplete tapestry using tea as a dye
3. Chatted to a stained glass maker
4. Tidied the bedside cupboards
5. Ate an ice cream
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Accidently went to Monmouth (Twice.)
2. Colour matched some yarn to an old incomplete tapestry using tea as a dye
3. Chatted to a stained glass maker
4. Tidied the bedside cupboards
5. Ate an ice cream
1. Accidently went to Monmouth (Twice.)
2. Colour matched some yarn to an old incomplete tapestry using tea as a dye
3. Chatted to a stained glass maker
4. Tidied the bedside cupboards
5. Ate an ice cream
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Packed crockery into a box for charity shop
2. Watched new Knives Out
3. Considered re-learning to crochet
4. Read the Christmas double issue of Country Life
5. Hung paper stars from the gallery/landing
1. Packed crockery into a box for charity shop
2. Watched new Knives Out
3. Considered re-learning to crochet
4. Read the Christmas double issue of Country Life
5. Hung paper stars from the gallery/landing
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Packed crockery into a box for charity shop
2. Watched new Knives Out
3. Considered re-learning to crochet
4. Read the Christmas double issue of Country Life
5. Hung paper stars from the gallery/landing
1. Packed crockery into a box for charity shop
2. Watched new Knives Out
3. Considered re-learning to crochet
4. Read the Christmas double issue of Country Life
5. Hung paper stars from the gallery/landing
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Identified a range of habitats by plant species for a biodiversity org's website
2. Lollygagged
3. Cleaned a bunch of my papa's tools
4. Sorted the recycling (Thursday night is bin night)
5. Legoed
1. Identified a range of habitats by plant species for a biodiversity org's website
2. Lollygagged
3. Cleaned a bunch of my papa's tools
4. Sorted the recycling (Thursday night is bin night)
5. Legoed
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Identified a range of habitats by plant species for a biodiversity org's website
2. Lollygagged
3. Cleaned a bunch of my papa's tools
4. Sorted the recycling (Thursday night is bin night)
5. Legoed
1. Identified a range of habitats by plant species for a biodiversity org's website
2. Lollygagged
3. Cleaned a bunch of my papa's tools
4. Sorted the recycling (Thursday night is bin night)
5. Legoed
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Rewashed the clothes I forgot in the washing machine yesterday
2. Made froebel stars from a map
3. Emptied a box filled with vintage knitting patterns (idk what to do with them? Bunting? Stars?)
4. Zoomed with a friend
5. Talked to solicitor
1. Rewashed the clothes I forgot in the washing machine yesterday
2. Made froebel stars from a map
3. Emptied a box filled with vintage knitting patterns (idk what to do with them? Bunting? Stars?)
4. Zoomed with a friend
5. Talked to solicitor
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Rewashed the clothes I forgot in the washing machine yesterday
2. Made froebel stars from a map
3. Emptied a box filled with vintage knitting patterns (idk what to do with them? Bunting? Stars?)
4. Zoomed with a friend
5. Talked to solicitor
1. Rewashed the clothes I forgot in the washing machine yesterday
2. Made froebel stars from a map
3. Emptied a box filled with vintage knitting patterns (idk what to do with them? Bunting? Stars?)
4. Zoomed with a friend
5. Talked to solicitor
Still going through my papa's stuff. I had a moment of feeling sad that there is nowhere for the lovely things to go after Sam and me. Nor our stuff. All the things I've made. But it's ok. Everything has been loved for a while. In the making, or the using, or the admiring before letting it go.
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Still going through my papa's stuff. I had a moment of feeling sad that there is nowhere for the lovely things to go after Sam and me. Nor our stuff. All the things I've made. But it's ok. Everything has been loved for a while. In the making, or the using, or the admiring before letting it go.
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Finished making seasonal cards
2. Made more paper chains from old maps
3. Caught up on my lego Advent Calendar
4. Edited a piece for someone
5. Listened to the howl in the wind and howled quietly back 🐺 🦊 🐺
1. Finished making seasonal cards
2. Made more paper chains from old maps
3. Caught up on my lego Advent Calendar
4. Edited a piece for someone
5. Listened to the howl in the wind and howled quietly back 🐺 🦊 🐺
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Finished making seasonal cards
2. Made more paper chains from old maps
3. Caught up on my lego Advent Calendar
4. Edited a piece for someone
5. Listened to the howl in the wind and howled quietly back 🐺 🦊 🐺
1. Finished making seasonal cards
2. Made more paper chains from old maps
3. Caught up on my lego Advent Calendar
4. Edited a piece for someone
5. Listened to the howl in the wind and howled quietly back 🐺 🦊 🐺
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Travelled home
2. Napped
3. Read a book (on a Ruth Rendell kick atm)
4. Chatted to a stranger about wassailing
5. Did laundry
1. Travelled home
2. Napped
3. Read a book (on a Ruth Rendell kick atm)
4. Chatted to a stranger about wassailing
5. Did laundry
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Travelled home
2. Napped
3. Read a book (on a Ruth Rendell kick atm)
4. Chatted to a stranger about wassailing
5. Did laundry
1. Travelled home
2. Napped
3. Read a book (on a Ruth Rendell kick atm)
4. Chatted to a stranger about wassailing
5. Did laundry
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Museumed (it's a verb now, bite me)
2. Bought compeed plasters
3. Napped
4. Hung out with friends
5. Watched people swinging off a very tall building (intentionally) and was thrilled I didn't have to!
1. Museumed (it's a verb now, bite me)
2. Bought compeed plasters
3. Napped
4. Hung out with friends
5. Watched people swinging off a very tall building (intentionally) and was thrilled I didn't have to!
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Museumed (it's a verb now, bite me)
2. Bought compeed plasters
3. Napped
4. Hung out with friends
5. Watched people swinging off a very tall building (intentionally) and was thrilled I didn't have to!
1. Museumed (it's a verb now, bite me)
2. Bought compeed plasters
3. Napped
4. Hung out with friends
5. Watched people swinging off a very tall building (intentionally) and was thrilled I didn't have to!
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Met up with a friend for the first time with whom I've been gaming for nearly 2 years!
2. Walked round a flower market
3. Visited a christmas market
4. Ate hot churros
5. Pondered my way round an antique market
1. Met up with a friend for the first time with whom I've been gaming for nearly 2 years!
2. Walked round a flower market
3. Visited a christmas market
4. Ate hot churros
5. Pondered my way round an antique market
December 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Met up with a friend for the first time with whom I've been gaming for nearly 2 years!
2. Walked round a flower market
3. Visited a christmas market
4. Ate hot churros
5. Pondered my way round an antique market
1. Met up with a friend for the first time with whom I've been gaming for nearly 2 years!
2. Walked round a flower market
3. Visited a christmas market
4. Ate hot churros
5. Pondered my way round an antique market
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Went to the mouse house!
2. Enjoyed a canal trip!
3. Chatted to friends
4. Ate a picnic!!!
5. Napped!
1. Went to the mouse house!
2. Enjoyed a canal trip!
3. Chatted to friends
4. Ate a picnic!!!
5. Napped!
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Went to the mouse house!
2. Enjoyed a canal trip!
3. Chatted to friends
4. Ate a picnic!!!
5. Napped!
1. Went to the mouse house!
2. Enjoyed a canal trip!
3. Chatted to friends
4. Ate a picnic!!!
5. Napped!
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Thought about dealbreakers in places to live
2. Emptied 3 boxes and cleaned stuff
3. Played hunt the parcel round the hamlet (again)
4. Wrote cards
5. Went to Amsterdam
1. Thought about dealbreakers in places to live
2. Emptied 3 boxes and cleaned stuff
3. Played hunt the parcel round the hamlet (again)
4. Wrote cards
5. Went to Amsterdam
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Thought about dealbreakers in places to live
2. Emptied 3 boxes and cleaned stuff
3. Played hunt the parcel round the hamlet (again)
4. Wrote cards
5. Went to Amsterdam
1. Thought about dealbreakers in places to live
2. Emptied 3 boxes and cleaned stuff
3. Played hunt the parcel round the hamlet (again)
4. Wrote cards
5. Went to Amsterdam
Here's something I'm considering at the moment.. if you were going to move house (and live there for a decade or so) what would you be hoping for from the dwelling and the locale? (I have arthritis, so I have specifics around access, but I'm wondering what folk think are dealbreakers in a place?)
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Here's something I'm considering at the moment.. if you were going to move house (and live there for a decade or so) what would you be hoping for from the dwelling and the locale? (I have arthritis, so I have specifics around access, but I'm wondering what folk think are dealbreakers in a place?)
You too can invite the Mari in! The 4th year of this fantastic auction - what a delight!
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info
Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative
Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
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Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative
Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You too can invite the Mari in! The 4th year of this fantastic auction - what a delight!