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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 21h

After an initial set back yesterday, got her into the water today. I am exhausted and thrilled. I feel like I just won a game of cards.

#boat #sailing #diy #home

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 2d

It’s go time 😎

#todayistheday #gotime #boat #project #diy

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 2d

Today my boat goes back into the water! This is the big test to see if my work this summer was any good. If she floats, I head to my mooring, if she sinks, I’ll cry and start over!

#wishmeluck #boat #bigday

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 6d

Compost Moon is here.

#lastweekthisweek

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 9d

I just want to open them...

#doors #Italy #Sicily #photography

Doors of Mistretta

Is there anything so inticing as a closed door?

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 10d

Today’s plan: bus to Bristol, pick up outboard engine from a GumTree seller, lug said engine back to the bus in Bristol, convince them I’m cute enough to put it under the bus for no extra fee, back to London, wheel it through Victoria, on a train to Kent and plead for a car to drive my home. Done.

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 10d

Six of Swords—with enough vision, grit, and stamina the journey is possible.

#tarot #grit #sixofswords #cardoftheweek #happymonday

Card of the Week: Six of Swords

Card from Tarot for All Ages Deck by Elizab Haidle and Giorgia Chirion Whether it is the decision to leave your soul destroying marriage, your limiting job, or personal habit that is compromising y…

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 12d

How did Nick Hornby make 10 episodes of listening to a couple argue both hilarious and poignant? I’m relieved I’m divorced and a little sad I’m missing out.

#tv #stateoftheunion #marriage #dialogue #brilliant #nickhornby

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 13d

It is really embarassing, but it seems I am a morning person.

#blog #morning #morningperson #leguin #lark #nightshift #health

Quite Stupid After Eight

My phone buzzes with a notification. It lets me know that my nightshift is starting in 10 minutes. Only, I am an ocean away, sipping coffee with my cat at 5am in the Kent marshland. My regular nigh…

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 14d

The soft animal of my body loves paper. She also loves organized art supplies.

#maryoliver #wildgeese #art #artsupplies #paper #organized #print

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 14d

Ink by the good folk at Hometown Tattoo in Faversham. 🔥

#Faversham #kent #england #ink #tattoo

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 14d

#newink #ink #tattoos #equinox #slowdown #dagger

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 14d

New ink for equinox.#DaggersDown is the mantra. Entering this new season with the idea that maybe I don’t always have to fight my way through it. Maybe I can slow down. Maybe I can put down the dagger. Maybe. There’s a lifetime of vigilance to ease up on.

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Wednesday! Happy Fall! Happy Libra Season! Happy cozy-af-get-me-a-beer-by-the-fire season!

#lastweekthisweek

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 21d

Despite the overwhelming evidence of Trump's criminality, his fascist policies, his support of Israel's genocide, his links with sex trafficking and his views that domestic violence isn't a crime, what were the standout looks of the state visit, BBC News?

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 18d

Big News. I think I have found my Sunday Pub.

#pub #beer #societyofbeerdrinkingladies #England

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 18d

Should I be nervous or flattered that I have a copycat on TikTok?

#scam #copycat #digitaltheft

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 21d

"Ecosystems are stronger when they are complex. Diversity, whether of thought, species, or activity, creates spaces where new ones are able to emerge and multiple forms thrive. So, I will keep spreading myself thin. I will keep being the scattered, fickle and promiscuous person I know myself to be."

How to be a Polymath in a World Built for Monoliths

Sadly I identify as a polymath. No, it is not just a fancy word for adhd, though I have that label too. To be a polymath is to be a person who is deeply, passionately, genuinely interested in a mul…

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 22d

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Happy Wednesday. Last week was a full one!

#lastweekthisweek #newletter #sidestream

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 24d

In Milan airport I was distracted by all the shiny books…

#books #jewels #gem #Italy #Milan

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 24d

Taxi driver who professed undying love to my sister was disappointed when, for the return trip, I took the front seat for the 2 hour drive to the airport. That’s right dude, you just got cock blocked by the middle sister. I enjoyed two hours of heavy sighs.

#sister #middlesister #intheway #♑️

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 24d

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 24d

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 24d

Trip to Sicily has made it clear:

1: I don’t know how to eat.
2: google has not actually mapped the whole world.
3: I need to spend more time in Italy.

#sicily #travel #italy #moments #Mediterranean

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Alexandra Ross Works @alexandrarossworks.bsky.social · 25d

My heart is too stone cold for an Italian lover, but I can appreciate the appeal.

Translation: “you have changed the architecture and the proportions of my heart”

#Italy #Italian #Sicily #poetry #street

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