Laine Thompson
@marlinhoister.bsky.social
The sailor cannot see the North but knows the needle can.
Full time carer for someone with LongCovid. Mostly photographs and thoughts connected to my immediate landscape in the ever decreasing circles of my life.
Full time carer for someone with LongCovid. Mostly photographs and thoughts connected to my immediate landscape in the ever decreasing circles of my life.
Pinned
“I think I shall paint here. This is a strange place - it always excites me” - Joan Eardley
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Claimed by the Sea: Joan Eardley and Catterline
On choosing your landscape rather than inheriting it
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November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“I think I shall paint here. This is a strange place - it always excites me” - Joan Eardley
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open.substack.com/pub/stillske...
Fresh breeze. Sea like ruffled silk. Not wild enough for white horses. The Voltaire still at anchor in the distance.
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Fresh breeze. Sea like ruffled silk. Not wild enough for white horses. The Voltaire still at anchor in the distance.
November sailing on by.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
November sailing on by.
Good morning 🌅
The ghostly galleon that is the Voltaire at anchor, dwarfing the rest of the shipping.
The ghostly galleon that is the Voltaire at anchor, dwarfing the rest of the shipping.
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Good morning 🌅
The ghostly galleon that is the Voltaire at anchor, dwarfing the rest of the shipping.
The ghostly galleon that is the Voltaire at anchor, dwarfing the rest of the shipping.
Wonderful episode.
Now. How do you like them apples?
Japanese artist Ayame Wakabayashi reinterprets the apple in the styles of different artists.
Now. How do you like them apples?
Japanese artist Ayame Wakabayashi reinterprets the apple in the styles of different artists.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wonderful episode.
Now. How do you like them apples?
Japanese artist Ayame Wakabayashi reinterprets the apple in the styles of different artists.
Now. How do you like them apples?
Japanese artist Ayame Wakabayashi reinterprets the apple in the styles of different artists.
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New episode up now. Last and First Men (1930) by Olaf Stapledon, with guest Matthew De Abaitua in conversation with Andy Miller and Una McCormack. @mdeabaitua.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
253. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon — Backlisted
Writer and critic Matthew De Abaitua joins Andy, Una and Nicky to discuss Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930), the astounding first novel by Olaf Stapledon. The...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New episode up now. Last and First Men (1930) by Olaf Stapledon, with guest Matthew De Abaitua in conversation with Andy Miller and Una McCormack. @mdeabaitua.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
Good morning 🌅
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Good morning 🌅
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Monthly Link Dump: November 2025
- arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird
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- arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird
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Monthly Link Dump: November 2025
This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, haunto...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Monthly Link Dump: November 2025
- arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
- arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
Good morning 🌅
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Good morning 🌅
When evening falls…
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When evening falls…
Breezy. I’m nithered. Forgot my gloves so my fingers are frozen.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Breezy. I’m nithered. Forgot my gloves so my fingers are frozen.
Some sense of hope “one field, one sapling, one nightingale at a time.”
"...one nightingale at a time..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
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November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Some sense of hope “one field, one sapling, one nightingale at a time.”
Christmas wreath (doggy style) under attack…
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Christmas wreath (doggy style) under attack…
Rainy day Tuesday…
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Rainy day Tuesday…
Good morning 🌅
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Good morning 🌅
Haven’t played this in forever…
the wind is up and the rain is falling down. The fire is lit and the wine is poured. Sitting in the glow of candlelight listening to Snowflakes are Dancing.
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the wind is up and the rain is falling down. The fire is lit and the wine is poured. Sitting in the glow of candlelight listening to Snowflakes are Dancing.
youtu.be/7YeWiIQQZAo?...
Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing (Full Album)
YouTube video by A Broken Scholar
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November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Haven’t played this in forever…
the wind is up and the rain is falling down. The fire is lit and the wine is poured. Sitting in the glow of candlelight listening to Snowflakes are Dancing.
youtu.be/7YeWiIQQZAo?...
the wind is up and the rain is falling down. The fire is lit and the wine is poured. Sitting in the glow of candlelight listening to Snowflakes are Dancing.
youtu.be/7YeWiIQQZAo?...
Yep. We’re getting there…
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yep. We’re getting there…
Someone said there’s 31 days left till Christmas and if you read one story a day (based on the cheap and cheerful Wordsworth editions) you can enjoy M R James wonderful ghost stories a little like a haunted advent calendar. My copy has a couple more stories but I’m game
1. Canon Alberic’s Scrap Book
1. Canon Alberic’s Scrap Book
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Someone said there’s 31 days left till Christmas and if you read one story a day (based on the cheap and cheerful Wordsworth editions) you can enjoy M R James wonderful ghost stories a little like a haunted advent calendar. My copy has a couple more stories but I’m game
1. Canon Alberic’s Scrap Book
1. Canon Alberic’s Scrap Book
Another snooze keeping a lookout in both directions.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Another snooze keeping a lookout in both directions.
The soulful sound always takes me back to childhood and was strangely comforting. We called the local foghorn Moaning Mindy. The melancholic sound has always seemed to come from somewhere lost.
2013 saw a performance of Foghorn Requiem at Souter Lighthouse further up the coast.
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2013 saw a performance of Foghorn Requiem at Souter Lighthouse further up the coast.
vimeo.com/119231430
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The soulful sound always takes me back to childhood and was strangely comforting. We called the local foghorn Moaning Mindy. The melancholic sound has always seemed to come from somewhere lost.
2013 saw a performance of Foghorn Requiem at Souter Lighthouse further up the coast.
vimeo.com/119231430
2013 saw a performance of Foghorn Requiem at Souter Lighthouse further up the coast.
vimeo.com/119231430
A few more highlights from the weekends Wintertide Festival. The weather was kind overall. Cold, but at least mostly dry and the winds played breezily but tame. Ending in a fizz and bang of fireworks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A few more highlights from the weekends Wintertide Festival. The weather was kind overall. Cold, but at least mostly dry and the winds played breezily but tame. Ending in a fizz and bang of fireworks.
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One from Wintertide last night. It was too much faff with gloves, pockets and phones to take any more pics! Loved having a walk around the Headland in the dark. The light installations were perfect on a dark wintery night. Huge well done to all involved #Wintertide25 #HartlepoolHeadland
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One from Wintertide last night. It was too much faff with gloves, pockets and phones to take any more pics! Loved having a walk around the Headland in the dark. The light installations were perfect on a dark wintery night. Huge well done to all involved #Wintertide25 #HartlepoolHeadland
‘’Imagine a star falling on the shore, and another star falling, a thousand stars all drifting down to shine on the night waves landing.”
Periplum’s “Spiral Galaxy” - a constellation of 1000 fire cans to wander through offering a peaceful, meditative journey of reflection.
Periplum’s “Spiral Galaxy” - a constellation of 1000 fire cans to wander through offering a peaceful, meditative journey of reflection.
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
‘’Imagine a star falling on the shore, and another star falling, a thousand stars all drifting down to shine on the night waves landing.”
Periplum’s “Spiral Galaxy” - a constellation of 1000 fire cans to wander through offering a peaceful, meditative journey of reflection.
Periplum’s “Spiral Galaxy” - a constellation of 1000 fire cans to wander through offering a peaceful, meditative journey of reflection.
At the foot of the stairs…
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
At the foot of the stairs…