Miranda Keeling
@mirandakeeling.com
Author. Actor. Observer of everyday life.
https://www.mirandakeeling.com
Buy my new book: https://geni.us/ThePlaceImin
Buy my first book: https://tinyurl.com/ycz2hc94
Listen to my podcast: https://StoppingToNotice.lnk.to/podcastho
https://www.mirandakeeling.com
Buy my new book: https://geni.us/ThePlaceImin
Buy my first book: https://tinyurl.com/ycz2hc94
Listen to my podcast: https://StoppingToNotice.lnk.to/podcastho
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Miranda Keeling
@mirandakeeling.com
· Aug 10
I wrote a book! And I promise you'll love it 🤩
Here's what Philip Pullman says about it: 'This book is lovely - Miranda's observations are as sharp as ever, and in a strange way they seem to sharpen my own.'
Buy your copy here: geni.us/ThePlaceImin ❤️
Here's what Philip Pullman says about it: 'This book is lovely - Miranda's observations are as sharp as ever, and in a strange way they seem to sharpen my own.'
Buy your copy here: geni.us/ThePlaceImin ❤️
The rain speckles the pavement and the screen of this phone I’m typing upon, leaving rainbow dots in the streetlights. A child cries at a bus-stop. A woman talks rapidly on her phone, beneath her coat, a green and pink sari gleams.
January 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The rain speckles the pavement and the screen of this phone I’m typing upon, leaving rainbow dots in the streetlights. A child cries at a bus-stop. A woman talks rapidly on her phone, beneath her coat, a green and pink sari gleams.
Man in Walthamstow: Maybe she’s less…or, I guess I’m just more…you know?
His friend: No mate. I don’t.
His friend: No mate. I don’t.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Man in Walthamstow: Maybe she’s less…or, I guess I’m just more…you know?
His friend: No mate. I don’t.
His friend: No mate. I don’t.
As she looks away, a woman’s dog snaffles a cola-bottle from the ground.
Man with a pug: Your dog is eating a sweet!
Woman: Yup. Eaten. She has eaten a sweet.
Man: You shouldn’t have let her. It’s not healthy.
Woman: I know. She’s so fast.
Man: Not good enough.
Woman: At least my dog can breathe.
Man with a pug: Your dog is eating a sweet!
Woman: Yup. Eaten. She has eaten a sweet.
Man: You shouldn’t have let her. It’s not healthy.
Woman: I know. She’s so fast.
Man: Not good enough.
Woman: At least my dog can breathe.
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
As she looks away, a woman’s dog snaffles a cola-bottle from the ground.
Man with a pug: Your dog is eating a sweet!
Woman: Yup. Eaten. She has eaten a sweet.
Man: You shouldn’t have let her. It’s not healthy.
Woman: I know. She’s so fast.
Man: Not good enough.
Woman: At least my dog can breathe.
Man with a pug: Your dog is eating a sweet!
Woman: Yup. Eaten. She has eaten a sweet.
Man: You shouldn’t have let her. It’s not healthy.
Woman: I know. She’s so fast.
Man: Not good enough.
Woman: At least my dog can breathe.
Who wants to go to the seaside? This week's podcast is recorded in St Leonards-on-Sea! Come for a stroll with me: stoppingtonotice.lnk.to/podcastho Recorded in 3D sound, so listen with headphones if you can 😊 🎧 and please do leave a review! It gives us the chance reach more listeners like you 🩷🙏
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Who wants to go to the seaside? This week's podcast is recorded in St Leonards-on-Sea! Come for a stroll with me: stoppingtonotice.lnk.to/podcastho Recorded in 3D sound, so listen with headphones if you can 😊 🎧 and please do leave a review! It gives us the chance reach more listeners like you 🩷🙏
Woman watching a barrista make a heart in her coffee foam: Lovely. It’s harder with oat milk isn’t it?
Barista: Um, not…
Woman behind them: Just say yes. Grab compliments with both hands.
Barista: Um, not…
Woman behind them: Just say yes. Grab compliments with both hands.
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Woman watching a barrista make a heart in her coffee foam: Lovely. It’s harder with oat milk isn’t it?
Barista: Um, not…
Woman behind them: Just say yes. Grab compliments with both hands.
Barista: Um, not…
Woman behind them: Just say yes. Grab compliments with both hands.
Ok so this morning I discovered that my emoji list doesn’t have ‘wellies’ or even the more formal ‘wellington boots’ on it and that is frankly devastating my weather-based British message chat.
January 7, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Ok so this morning I discovered that my emoji list doesn’t have ‘wellies’ or even the more formal ‘wellington boots’ on it and that is frankly devastating my weather-based British message chat.
Reposted by Miranda Keeling
When I Stopped to Notice @mirandakeeling.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
When I Stopped to Notice @mirandakeeling.com
Man in a shop: Any New Year’s resolutions?
Woman: Yeah. Not ending every statement with, ‘If that makes sense?’
Woman: Yeah. Not ending every statement with, ‘If that makes sense?’
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Man in a shop: Any New Year’s resolutions?
Woman: Yeah. Not ending every statement with, ‘If that makes sense?’
Woman: Yeah. Not ending every statement with, ‘If that makes sense?’
Woman in a café: My husband and I got each other the same main present.
Her friend: Made for each other.
Woman: Or spend too much time together.
Her friend: Made for each other.
Woman: Or spend too much time together.
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Woman in a café: My husband and I got each other the same main present.
Her friend: Made for each other.
Woman: Or spend too much time together.
Her friend: Made for each other.
Woman: Or spend too much time together.
So lovely to get feedback like this. Here’s the book in question: www.waterstones.com/book/the-yea...
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
So lovely to get feedback like this. Here’s the book in question: www.waterstones.com/book/the-yea...
I turn my head towards a hauntingly beautiful sound, to see a child playing on the musical part of the playground in Shoreditch Park.
January 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I turn my head towards a hauntingly beautiful sound, to see a child playing on the musical part of the playground in Shoreditch Park.
Woman in Shoreditch: Try and relax sometimes, Terry.
Man: What says I’m not relaxed?
Woman: Your face.
Man: What says I’m not relaxed?
Woman: Your face.
January 4, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Woman in Shoreditch: Try and relax sometimes, Terry.
Man: What says I’m not relaxed?
Woman: Your face.
Man: What says I’m not relaxed?
Woman: Your face.
I sit in a café reading #sophiefromRomania. My beautiful puppy on the floor: a newly-christened ‘dog person’ going all in.
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I sit in a café reading #sophiefromRomania. My beautiful puppy on the floor: a newly-christened ‘dog person’ going all in.
Little boy walking past a train station: Choo-choo?
His mum: No choo-choo today.
Little boy: No choo-choo?
Mum: No. A bridge?
Boy: No so good.
His mum: No choo-choo today.
Little boy: No choo-choo?
Mum: No. A bridge?
Boy: No so good.
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Little boy walking past a train station: Choo-choo?
His mum: No choo-choo today.
Little boy: No choo-choo?
Mum: No. A bridge?
Boy: No so good.
His mum: No choo-choo today.
Little boy: No choo-choo?
Mum: No. A bridge?
Boy: No so good.
Man in a cafe: Hi, are you Susan?
Woman: No. (Looks at him) But I wish I was.
(long pause)
Man: Shall we...say you are?
Woman: Yes.
Woman: No. (Looks at him) But I wish I was.
(long pause)
Man: Shall we...say you are?
Woman: Yes.
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Man in a cafe: Hi, are you Susan?
Woman: No. (Looks at him) But I wish I was.
(long pause)
Man: Shall we...say you are?
Woman: Yes.
Woman: No. (Looks at him) But I wish I was.
(long pause)
Man: Shall we...say you are?
Woman: Yes.
A café. Abba plays on the radio. Two people sit at a table. They repeatedly lift the lid of a laptop, register what’s on the screen and then snap it it shut again and stare at each other.
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
A café. Abba plays on the radio. Two people sit at a table. They repeatedly lift the lid of a laptop, register what’s on the screen and then snap it it shut again and stare at each other.
Man on his phone on the bus: Yes, Happy New Year to you too and I’m just gonna say happy Valentine’s Day now to get that off my list.
January 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Man on his phone on the bus: Yes, Happy New Year to you too and I’m just gonna say happy Valentine’s Day now to get that off my list.
A few fireworks crackle through the rain as the new year begins to turn its face towards us.
January 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
A few fireworks crackle through the rain as the new year begins to turn its face towards us.
Man in Finsbury Park: How was the New Year's Eve party?
Woman: I fell in love with a man with a sequinned beard.
Woman: I fell in love with a man with a sequinned beard.
January 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Man in Finsbury Park: How was the New Year's Eve party?
Woman: I fell in love with a man with a sequinned beard.
Woman: I fell in love with a man with a sequinned beard.
London up-ended, pollarded trees become seaweed in clear water, buildings are square-edged limpets clinging to rock below the grey, pavement-bridge stormy sky.
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
London up-ended, pollarded trees become seaweed in clear water, buildings are square-edged limpets clinging to rock below the grey, pavement-bridge stormy sky.
Fallen leaves drawn into this drain in Mill Hill, make accidental street art. Each piece unique - a veritable gallery of seasonally coincidental creativity.
December 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fallen leaves drawn into this drain in Mill Hill, make accidental street art. Each piece unique - a veritable gallery of seasonally coincidental creativity.
Reposted by Miranda Keeling
@mirandakeeling.com lookee here!!!
Almost did not get them. Driver just dumped the package in the street, didn't even knock on the door. I gave had numerous packages stolen because of this. I am so glad this wasn't one of them! I love them!!!
Almost did not get them. Driver just dumped the package in the street, didn't even knock on the door. I gave had numerous packages stolen because of this. I am so glad this wasn't one of them! I love them!!!
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@mirandakeeling.com lookee here!!!
Almost did not get them. Driver just dumped the package in the street, didn't even knock on the door. I gave had numerous packages stolen because of this. I am so glad this wasn't one of them! I love them!!!
Almost did not get them. Driver just dumped the package in the street, didn't even knock on the door. I gave had numerous packages stolen because of this. I am so glad this wasn't one of them! I love them!!!
Woman on a bus: Last night my husband said 'You've got glitter in your hair.' I said 'No, I'm just going grey.' He said 'Well, it's lovely.
December 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Woman on a bus: Last night my husband said 'You've got glitter in your hair.' I said 'No, I'm just going grey.' He said 'Well, it's lovely.