Simon Hewitt
@hewsim.bsky.social
Coffee drinker, adequate guitar player and occasional songwriter. Interested in literature, SF and Fantasy, and all sorts of music. Former morris dancer and jug-band member.
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We wander winter afternoons where the light is too weak to keep the ghosts at bay. Stumble onto paths that can only be haunted. Each footstep scuffs up stories, scuffs up spirits. We walk and leave a wake of whispers. – #DAKilroy, 1982
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We wander winter afternoons where the light is too weak to keep the ghosts at bay. Stumble onto paths that can only be haunted. Each footstep scuffs up stories, scuffs up spirits. We walk and leave a wake of whispers. – #DAKilroy, 1982
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On December 27th, walking with a sharper care is common. For the Boxing Day Bounds have been beaten. We all know where our borders are and what lies across them. We feel their threshold spirits as a dream-thrum, as insistent itch of warning when approaching them. – #CLNolan
December 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
On December 27th, walking with a sharper care is common. For the Boxing Day Bounds have been beaten. We all know where our borders are and what lies across them. We feel their threshold spirits as a dream-thrum, as insistent itch of warning when approaching them. – #CLNolan
Just back from a walk.
December 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Just back from a walk.
Golly, it hardly feels like Saturday.
December 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Golly, it hardly feels like Saturday.
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When Hooklanders talk about the county being haunted by an ‘Iron Witch’, you have a moment of confusion. Do they mean Margaret Thatcher or do they mean some other malevolent entity that is withering the land and stealing hope? – Dr. Michael Benn, 1981
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
When Hooklanders talk about the county being haunted by an ‘Iron Witch’, you have a moment of confusion. Do they mean Margaret Thatcher or do they mean some other malevolent entity that is withering the land and stealing hope? – Dr. Michael Benn, 1981
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We were having a rest, and I was lying down, when I felt something in my left ear. I picked it out and suddenly I felt a stinging. I'd disturbed a bee that had crawled into my ear. On the beach, I found a ring.
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We were having a rest, and I was lying down, when I felt something in my left ear. I picked it out and suddenly I felt a stinging. I'd disturbed a bee that had crawled into my ear. On the beach, I found a ring.
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Goodnight from Sue Bedwell, regretting taking the kids to The Babes In The Wood panto at The Mercury Theatre as its given them Master of Moss nightmares. Goodnight from Jo Hargate, gone to bed early to avoid the Boxing Day party getting to the séance stage. Goodnight from Hookland.
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Goodnight from Sue Bedwell, regretting taking the kids to The Babes In The Wood panto at The Mercury Theatre as its given them Master of Moss nightmares. Goodnight from Jo Hargate, gone to bed early to avoid the Boxing Day party getting to the séance stage. Goodnight from Hookland.
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The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Dates’
A box on the coffee table is a Ladybird Christmas essential.
(Fifth Picture Book, 1973)
‘Dates’
A box on the coffee table is a Ladybird Christmas essential.
(Fifth Picture Book, 1973)
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Dates’
A box on the coffee table is a Ladybird Christmas essential.
(Fifth Picture Book, 1973)
‘Dates’
A box on the coffee table is a Ladybird Christmas essential.
(Fifth Picture Book, 1973)
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If you need to fly a flag to show you’re patriotic, you probably aren’t.
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you need to fly a flag to show you’re patriotic, you probably aren’t.
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As a child I wondered a lot about the gates in the boneyard wall at St. Wulfram's. Who used them? Were they for the people in the houses behind the wall to visit relaitves or were they for the dead. I could never quite rid myself they were for the convenience of the latter. – Sarah Buckler #VOH
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As a child I wondered a lot about the gates in the boneyard wall at St. Wulfram's. Who used them? Were they for the people in the houses behind the wall to visit relaitves or were they for the dead. I could never quite rid myself they were for the convenience of the latter. – Sarah Buckler #VOH
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"What if the Nazis won?" "What if the Confederates won?" "What if all the supervillains teamed up and took over the world?" Go ahead and delete every instance of "What if" and the question marks and you'll have some factual statements
August 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"What if the Nazis won?" "What if the Confederates won?" "What if all the supervillains teamed up and took over the world?" Go ahead and delete every instance of "What if" and the question marks and you'll have some factual statements
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Good morning @hedgehoglet.bsky.social & thank you. Yes, many art critics of the day mentioned that the Group's work had a "Sunday morning" feel to it, because of the lack of human interest. Here are a watercolour of "Mile End Road" by Elwin Hawthorne & a photo of the scene from his archives in 1930
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Good morning @hedgehoglet.bsky.social & thank you. Yes, many art critics of the day mentioned that the Group's work had a "Sunday morning" feel to it, because of the lack of human interest. Here are a watercolour of "Mile End Road" by Elwin Hawthorne & a photo of the scene from his archives in 1930
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There are two venerated, much feared trees on the edge of Barwell Common. Known as Whip Scar and Tangle Knife, they are home to particularly quarrelsome Wood Sprites. To pass between them has a fearsome terror tithe and even if it's paid, you are still likely to hear them spitting curses.
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
There are two venerated, much feared trees on the edge of Barwell Common. Known as Whip Scar and Tangle Knife, they are home to particularly quarrelsome Wood Sprites. To pass between them has a fearsome terror tithe and even if it's paid, you are still likely to hear them spitting curses.
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Christmas is hard for many. The years roll, the ghosts at the table increase. We’re haunted by the absence of voices, of laughter engines who drank and ate with us. This can be day of remembrance rituals. For what it’s worth, Hooklanders near and far are in my candles today. Be gentle on yourselves.
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Christmas is hard for many. The years roll, the ghosts at the table increase. We’re haunted by the absence of voices, of laughter engines who drank and ate with us. This can be day of remembrance rituals. For what it’s worth, Hooklanders near and far are in my candles today. Be gentle on yourselves.
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In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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Day 24 of #HooklandChristmasTree decoration. We place miniature ceramic bee hive on the tree. Time to tell the sleeping bees all our news, tell them of the year. All its joyful arrivals, all its harrowings and sad exits. We sing them the land and ask for honeyed blessings.
December 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Day 24 of #HooklandChristmasTree decoration. We place miniature ceramic bee hive on the tree. Time to tell the sleeping bees all our news, tell them of the year. All its joyful arrivals, all its harrowings and sad exits. We sing them the land and ask for honeyed blessings.
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Trk 359 of 365: a short holiday treat from 2010: an actual electronic duet featuring me and my cat, Sonny. He created the main sound here, and we went for it. More info in the replies. Free streaming & download.
#musicsky #🎧 #musicchallenge #musiciansky
phantomlevers.bandcamp.com/track/prongl...
#musicsky #🎧 #musicchallenge #musiciansky
phantomlevers.bandcamp.com/track/prongl...
Prongland, by Phantom Levers
from the album Exoplanet (Anthology Vol III)
phantomlevers.bandcamp.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trk 359 of 365: a short holiday treat from 2010: an actual electronic duet featuring me and my cat, Sonny. He created the main sound here, and we went for it. More info in the replies. Free streaming & download.
#musicsky #🎧 #musicchallenge #musiciansky
phantomlevers.bandcamp.com/track/prongl...
#musicsky #🎧 #musicchallenge #musiciansky
phantomlevers.bandcamp.com/track/prongl...
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Later, we shall walk the same path through the boneyard to midnight mass. It shall be more ghost-crowded then, for in death many seem to remember the ritual of life and walk beside us. Each year adds to the roll of phantoms. – #CLNolan in a letter to #ArthurMachen, 1929
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Later, we shall walk the same path through the boneyard to midnight mass. It shall be more ghost-crowded then, for in death many seem to remember the ritual of life and walk beside us. Each year adds to the roll of phantoms. – #CLNolan in a letter to #ArthurMachen, 1929
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This is "Stone Cottages" by John Cooper from the collection at the Hepworth, Wakefield. The painting is undated but I suspect that it comes from 1936 & that it could be either his exhibited paintings of "The Pink Mountain" or "The Road to Snowdon" rom that year #JohnCooper #EastLondonGroup
December 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is "Stone Cottages" by John Cooper from the collection at the Hepworth, Wakefield. The painting is undated but I suspect that it comes from 1936 & that it could be either his exhibited paintings of "The Pink Mountain" or "The Road to Snowdon" rom that year #JohnCooper #EastLondonGroup
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Day 23 of the #HooklandChristmasTree. Time for the Empress Eel garland to be draped across the branches. No tawdry tinsel, but shimmer and reflecting gleam of stuffed eel skin. The Empress Eel’s head watching from the deep needles with black glass eyes and a polished tin crown.
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Day 23 of the #HooklandChristmasTree. Time for the Empress Eel garland to be draped across the branches. No tawdry tinsel, but shimmer and reflecting gleam of stuffed eel skin. The Empress Eel’s head watching from the deep needles with black glass eyes and a polished tin crown.
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lol lmao this government will stop at nothing to fold for people who are never going to vote for them
Inheritance tax for farmers to kick in at £2.5m, not £1m as planned, in government U-turn to help farming community - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
lol lmao this government will stop at nothing to fold for people who are never going to vote for them
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 23
‘Visits’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1951)
‘Visits’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1951)
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 23
‘Visits’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1951)
‘Visits’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1951)
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Goodnight from the Billington family, spending yet another the night at the Shangri-La motel to avoid the poltergeist that’s troubling their home. Goodnight from Florrie Sump, heading out towards Loathing Pool to make an offering of comb and looking glass. Goodnight from Hookland.
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Goodnight from the Billington family, spending yet another the night at the Shangri-La motel to avoid the poltergeist that’s troubling their home. Goodnight from Florrie Sump, heading out towards Loathing Pool to make an offering of comb and looking glass. Goodnight from Hookland.
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The Alley at Chantilly, 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12758
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12758
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Alley at Chantilly, 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12758
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12758
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The #HooklandChristmasTree decoration day 22, we pull the Apple Man from the jumble of the box. A painted china charm of him sleeping in his tree, a group of boys at its base whipping and hollering to wake him up. How else to get apples for roasted cider to feed the Bone Horse?
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The #HooklandChristmasTree decoration day 22, we pull the Apple Man from the jumble of the box. A painted china charm of him sleeping in his tree, a group of boys at its base whipping and hollering to wake him up. How else to get apples for roasted cider to feed the Bone Horse?