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Sarah
@positivesarah.bsky.social
Writer, reader and history nerd. Anne Boleyn fangirl. Loves cheese and coffee and music. Keeps chickens and secrets, is generally harmless and avoids arguments. Not good in the morning. #totp #books
Shall we take a bet on the chances of it ever stopping raining in England in 2026?
a kitten is holding a red umbrella in the rain
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February 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Could #Ipswich have been a great seat of learning? We'll never know what might have happened if Thomas Wolsey had lived, and not fallen out with Henry VIII. open.substack.com/pub/chicksng...
Ipswich - a famous esteemed seat of higher education?
...well, if Henry VIII hadn't had a tantrum!
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February 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Anyone who says #mounjaro is cheating, when I've just done three hours in the gym in two days, a swim, and rather a lot of walking, is asking to be walloped with a kettlebell, quite honestly... 💪 #weightloss #wegovy #ozempic
Isn't Mounjaro cheating?
...ooh - controversial!
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February 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
My phone just beeped with a Met Office yellow snow warning (nobody likes yellow snow), Netweather.tv says we're in for rain, and Weather Bug is predicting thunderstorms later. Well I suppose one of them will be right.
a weatherman says " dont worry " on the screen
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February 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Murder at Midnight - it’s riotously funny, well done and a good night out. open.substack.com/pub/chicksng... #TheNewWolsey #theatre #culture #Ipswich 😀
Murder at Midnight
...that got your attention!
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February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Silkies. Utterly cute, a bit barmy and definitely worth saving from euthanasia-friendly vets. Een when it takes six months of TLC. #backyardchickens #chickens #hens
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February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
There's an 'Ipswich Window'? Who knew?
And who knows where it is?
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#Ipswich #history #architecture
Through the Ipswich window
...a little bit of Ipswich history for you.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It's an amazing win, when after eight months of #mounjaro you realise that you can finally wear the ring your late dad left you over ten years ago. He would have been so happy to see me finally manage to get healthy again. 💔🥰
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I've seen some really daft #mounjaro related questions on Facebook support groups. So I wrote my own little guide to what you need to know. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/chicksng...
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Today has felt very Monday. It was definitely a job for chickens, who can cheer me up with one squawk of their little beaks, or a not-so-subtle tap on the door, hounding me for snacks when I'm in the kitchen making coffee. This is what I saw when I opened the back door... Love those daft birds 🥰
January 26, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Any excuse for a Bewitched gif.
a woman in a blue dress is holding a glass of wine and making a funny face .
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January 21, 2026 at 8:36 PM
It's been...a week. I've tied my adventures with ChatGPT in with #mounjaro and stress relief strategies. chicksngiggles.substack.com/p/the-cortis...
The cortisol cocktail
...pass me a chamomile tea
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January 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Sunday afternoon, post-holiday, post-weekend, post-Christmas, January inspired "What am I going to do with my life this year" feeling right now. I hope it involves travel, nice people and cheese.
a black and white cartoon of charlie brown and lucy wishing each other happy new year
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January 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
There can't be many places where you can find out about Nik Kershaw, nuthatches and Cradle of Filth at the same time. #Ipswich #cityofculture
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January 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I wrote this before the Oxford study about GLP-1 meds that’s been in the media this week. My opinion hasn’t changed.
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The things people most want to know
...about weight loss jabs
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January 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I wrote a thing…will 2026 be my writing year?
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Out with the old...
...you thought I was going to say in with the new, then, didn't you?
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December 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My abiding memory of Madonna's 'Vogue' is attempting to learn all the choreography for a Dancercise fitness class, and either being able to get the arms co-ordinated or the legs and feet, but never both at the same time... #totp
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December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So in honour of the 1990 #totp Christmas replay - here's me in 1990. With my knees out and Pat Butcher earrings.
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tonight's retro #totp fest has been singularly uninspiring. Was 1998 really this dull? I'm sure I bought loads of albums that year.
a young woman is singing a song and saying `` it 's the 90s . ''
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December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
OK, we got to a decent tune eventually #TOTP - I won't hear a bad word against REM.
December 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Beginning to question my decision to watch more #TOTP 1998 - Oh Mama it's terrible. Some of these tunes are that bad I forgot them halfway through listening to them.
December 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
That's another few #TOTP pulled to bits and snarked over. I should do this more often! Happy weekend fellow music critics.
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
MUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!! #TOTP
a woman in a dress is sitting on a bed with #schitts creek on the bottom
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December 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Is it almost time for the Mute Cliff button? #TOTP. I've listened to some dodgy tunes tonight, mostly from 1998, but I can't lsten to *that*
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The best lead singer of The Smiths klaxon #totp
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December 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM