Abbaetha, forever team parsnip
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I get teary every time
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I get teary every time
I try most things but evidently there is a limit.
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I try most things but evidently there is a limit.
My flat in London was absolutely haunted. Not backing down on that.
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My flat in London was absolutely haunted. Not backing down on that.
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The second Mossa and Pleiti story. This Holmesian duo are this time investigating a missing persons case that quickly develops into much more than they were expecting.
Charming and engaging, this builds confidently on the world and relationship established in the first book. #books #booksky
Charming and engaging, this builds confidently on the world and relationship established in the first book. #books #booksky
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I am feeling ill looking at this
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I am feeling ill looking at this
Came up with a plot device of sliding St. Paul’s into the Thames on giant rollers). And the writing, of course, is sublime. More books I have found through BlueSky and hooray to that.
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Came up with a plot device of sliding St. Paul’s into the Thames on giant rollers). And the writing, of course, is sublime. More books I have found through BlueSky and hooray to that.
Adult romances. Not entirely surprisingly, they have a hint of gothic and some delightful idiosyncrasies - while the ones I have read (so far, The Five Minute Marriage and Smile of the Stranger) have what for me is the requisite HEA, they are also a bit quirky (as one would expect from an author who
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Adult romances. Not entirely surprisingly, they have a hint of gothic and some delightful idiosyncrasies - while the ones I have read (so far, The Five Minute Marriage and Smile of the Stranger) have what for me is the requisite HEA, they are also a bit quirky (as one would expect from an author who
This sounds like a very full day and I hope it goes ok
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This sounds like a very full day and I hope it goes ok
Swimmy I think is the antidote.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Swimmy I think is the antidote.
Rainbow fish is horrible.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Rainbow fish is horrible.
Woooo! This makes me want to get my exam over! You are inspirational!
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Woooo! This makes me want to get my exam over! You are inspirational!
Agitated hornets’ nest!
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Agitated hornets’ nest!
All shall love you or be torn to pieces by crows.
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
All shall love you or be torn to pieces by crows.
I go back to this one time when I was in San Francisco and I ate a really good almond croissant fresh out of the oven of the bakery my French friend said was good (they don’t do that, or it’s rare) while looking at the bay on a crisp beautiful morning. Such a small thing, and so perfect.
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I go back to this one time when I was in San Francisco and I ate a really good almond croissant fresh out of the oven of the bakery my French friend said was good (they don’t do that, or it’s rare) while looking at the bay on a crisp beautiful morning. Such a small thing, and so perfect.
Deepest darkness George has forgotten that, and a lot of adults have had moments akin to that.
I know Potter doesn’t “lose,” but the censors appear to have been pretty superficial: he has no friends, only flunkies. He has already lost.
I know Potter doesn’t “lose,” but the censors appear to have been pretty superficial: he has no friends, only flunkies. He has already lost.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Deepest darkness George has forgotten that, and a lot of adults have had moments akin to that.
I know Potter doesn’t “lose,” but the censors appear to have been pretty superficial: he has no friends, only flunkies. He has already lost.
I know Potter doesn’t “lose,” but the censors appear to have been pretty superficial: he has no friends, only flunkies. He has already lost.
That feels right. As a kid you don’t understand the threads running between disappointment and joy/hope and how in our dark times disappointment is out of balance with hope. Adults can see resilience too - you realize ok, that didn’t work out but maybe this next thing will - and at the moment of
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
That feels right. As a kid you don’t understand the threads running between disappointment and joy/hope and how in our dark times disappointment is out of balance with hope. Adults can see resilience too - you realize ok, that didn’t work out but maybe this next thing will - and at the moment of
On my walk to the bus I would sometimes pass by the house of an acquaintance who liked giving me rides to work (he worked near me). I dreaded seeing him get into his car because I knew the offer was coming.
He was not doing me a favor. He was ruining my head space time. Thank god he has retired.
He was not doing me a favor. He was ruining my head space time. Thank god he has retired.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
On my walk to the bus I would sometimes pass by the house of an acquaintance who liked giving me rides to work (he worked near me). I dreaded seeing him get into his car because I knew the offer was coming.
He was not doing me a favor. He was ruining my head space time. Thank god he has retired.
He was not doing me a favor. He was ruining my head space time. Thank god he has retired.
We watched it again with the kids some years ago and I had remembered it as dark but was still surprised by the deep anger throughout.
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We watched it again with the kids some years ago and I had remembered it as dark but was still surprised by the deep anger throughout.
And having a beer that you nurse is also socially acceptable, while cold coffee is bad and then everyone is tapping on laptops, which they don’t do in pubs usually.
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
And having a beer that you nurse is also socially acceptable, while cold coffee is bad and then everyone is tapping on laptops, which they don’t do in pubs usually.
I met one of my best friends in the world hanging out at a pub equivalent (garden of a hostel) - you just hang out and it’s not really noisy and you’re fine with just settling in and being leisurely. Our utter weirdness about alcohol doesn’t help.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I met one of my best friends in the world hanging out at a pub equivalent (garden of a hostel) - you just hang out and it’s not really noisy and you’re fine with just settling in and being leisurely. Our utter weirdness about alcohol doesn’t help.