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The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social · Jul 17

Later this month, Jo Bell joins us to discuss Boater: A Life on England's Waterways - the debut memoir written by the UK’s inaugural Canal & River Trust poet laureate.

Book your spot: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...

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Sophia McDougall @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social · Jul 17

I've received a quite fascinating email.

This person claims they've singlehandedly blocked 33 sales of my books.

Any chance I can get 34 books sold off this to annoy them?

Please RT!

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=sophia+m...

or

US: www.amazon.com/s?k=sophia+m...

Contact
Name
book club
Email
bookclub@example.org
Subject
not your books, never your books.
Message
It fills me with great pleasure to tell you that I've twice stopped your books being chosen by my book club (approx 25 sales you'll never get) and more recently my sons school (8 sales you'll now never get).

Your descent over the last 15 years into the most lunatic recesses of the loony left, and most notably yours insitance that gay and autistic children should be free to sterilise themselves, fills me with horror and profound relief you'll never have children.

People disagreeing with you is not proof you're right.

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jul 14

Beautiful sunny view over Ullswater in the Lake District yesterday.

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jul 10

Enjoy this 30 second slice of peace, beauty and beck (and a bit with a dog!) on this glorious summer afternoon 💚

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jul 6

MmmmmMeadowsweet Meadow Bliss 💚

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jul 2

It's the time of year when trees cast off the fruit they know won't make it, to save their energy for the ones that will.

I have found these over the past couple of days; a horse chestnut with tiny, soft spikes, a crab apple and a cultivated apple from Zreče, our twin town.

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · Jul 2

‘A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth.’
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #poetry

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jul 1

What delicious, unexpected delight for my poor bruised heart.

The sweetest raspberry I have tasted in a long time - we left plenty for the birds 💚

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · Jun 21

Here is a #meditation for the #Solstice – the moment when the sun stands still

You don’t have to do this at the exact moment of stillness: it’s the connection that counts, re-affirming our connection to the web of life

accidentalgods.life/solstice-med

#SummerSolstice2025
#Accidentalgofds #podcast

Solstice Meditation 2025 - Sun Stands Still - by Manda Scott

Here is a meditation for the shortest night of the year - the time when the sun stands still. It doesn't have to be at the moment of the solstice, it's the connection that counts, the marking of the d...

accidentalgods.life

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jun 21

Interesting, I thought this was a Scottish word!

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jun 21

Merry Solstice, whichever side of the wheel you find yourself on today

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · Jun 18

An 11 mile walk following in the steps of the early Quakers in the Sedbergh area. #Quakers #landscape #YorkshireDales #Cumbria

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jun 19

None of my pre-adult writing exists & I mourn that lost connection with my younger self.
Today, this intention in my 14 yr old hand showed me nothing has changed.
Except now, braver & wiser about my fears of creating & sharing, I get to take that girl by the hand & create what she always dreamt of.

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North West Book Fairs @nwbf.bsky.social · Jun 1

It's the Gargrave Book Fair on Saturday 7th June at the Village Hall, West Street BD23 3RD ~ around 18 dealers with secondhand & collectable books & ephemera ~ with an excellent café and nearby car parking.

Please see North West Book Fairs for further information.

#volumesofvolumes

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Max_po @max1010.bsky.social · Jun 6

A little inspiration from my photography ✨🤍

#vss365 #poetry #poem #writer
#photography

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jun 3

This sheep (adopted from the Lake District), used to sit on my car's parcel shelf to remind me that there were green hills out there in the days when I used to sit in commuter traffic jams. She's happily retired now, and today I found her cuddled up with a new friend.

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jun 3

Beautiful! I love this time of year 😍

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jun 3

Oh fab... so happy it had a similar effect on you!

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · Jun 3

So happy you enjoyed it!

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · May 31

Thank you 💚

Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · May 31

It can all feel a bit much sometimes, can't it?

If it all feels a bit much for you right now, this is for you.

The minute it took me to make this helped me, I hope it helps you too.

Sound on 💚

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · May 31

I haven't read any of his for years, they were asking the first 'grown up' books I read. I loved Strong Medicine!

Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · May 27

The sun before the storm.

Shortly after this I got completely soaked, but it was so worth it for the powerful scent of petrichor.

It truly felt like summer rain and it was so overwhelmingly delicious I could practically see those ions.

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Fiona @bibliodufi.bsky.social · May 16

Went into @westwoodbooks.bsky.social for a birthday card and this was crying out for a re-read!

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Justice Olleandar @jollietravels.bsky.social · May 13

Happy Tuesday to those who celebrate 😌🌸
#nature

You are crouched among the wildflowers, looking out at a field of grass. Your view is obscured by the out of focus flowers in yellow, pink, and blue. In the distance you see that you are in a valley, surrounded by hills covered in lush green trees. The sky is bright blue with fluffy cauliflower clouds floating in it.

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