Michelle Lester
@michellelester.bsky.social
Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati Remainer who left for Portugal.
English IB /AL teacher/tutor. Writes a bit.
Books, animals, walking in nature. Evenings in the kitchen dancing to a post-punk playlist. 📚💙
https://open.substack.com/pub/michellelester
English IB /AL teacher/tutor. Writes a bit.
Books, animals, walking in nature. Evenings in the kitchen dancing to a post-punk playlist. 📚💙
https://open.substack.com/pub/michellelester
Power (and phones) finally back on in Gaia (Porto) after 9 hours but supply is inconsistent across the city
April 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Power (and phones) finally back on in Gaia (Porto) after 9 hours but supply is inconsistent across the city
April 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
… locked in conversation for the full 5 miles, husband and brother-in-law. Walking favourite walks
March 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
… locked in conversation for the full 5 miles, husband and brother-in-law. Walking favourite walks
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble #playtime #stormchasing
- according to my son (who seems quite smart 🤔) all this bubbly stuff shows that the sea has high concentrations of organic matter, such as ‘dissolved corpses and algae and organic matter’. My mind boggled
- according to my son (who seems quite smart 🤔) all this bubbly stuff shows that the sea has high concentrations of organic matter, such as ‘dissolved corpses and algae and organic matter’. My mind boggled
February 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble #playtime #stormchasing
- according to my son (who seems quite smart 🤔) all this bubbly stuff shows that the sea has high concentrations of organic matter, such as ‘dissolved corpses and algae and organic matter’. My mind boggled
- according to my son (who seems quite smart 🤔) all this bubbly stuff shows that the sea has high concentrations of organic matter, such as ‘dissolved corpses and algae and organic matter’. My mind boggled
Sharing this afternoon’s blue sky over our Atlantic coast near Porto 🌞 De nada 🥰
February 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sharing this afternoon’s blue sky over our Atlantic coast near Porto 🌞 De nada 🥰
Vaclav Havel on hope. A valuable perspective 🩵
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Vaclav Havel on hope. A valuable perspective 🩵
It’s wet and windy in Porto right now, but the camelias are in full bloom so 🤷♀️
January 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s wet and windy in Porto right now, but the camelias are in full bloom so 🤷♀️
There was a time when I’d have seen this as the start of a marriage proposal 😁
December 3, 2024 at 9:42 PM
There was a time when I’d have seen this as the start of a marriage proposal 😁
See, it’s coming home to views like this after an excellent afternoon in a gorgeous cafe with my writers’ group in the city that helps me love living in Porto. Helps explain how it won the ‘world’s best seaside metropolitan destination’ but I was kinda hoping to keep that to ourselves 😁 🇵🇹
November 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
See, it’s coming home to views like this after an excellent afternoon in a gorgeous cafe with my writers’ group in the city that helps me love living in Porto. Helps explain how it won the ‘world’s best seaside metropolitan destination’ but I was kinda hoping to keep that to ourselves 😁 🇵🇹
This little fella moved in with us 12 years ago today. He’s an excellent knee-warmer 🐾
November 23, 2024 at 11:40 PM
This little fella moved in with us 12 years ago today. He’s an excellent knee-warmer 🐾
That we’re even in a world where this needs an infographic, but sadly here we are. Created by Visualising Palestine www.facebook.com/share/1AjtCu...
November 23, 2024 at 8:01 PM
That we’re even in a world where this needs an infographic, but sadly here we are. Created by Visualising Palestine www.facebook.com/share/1AjtCu...
Egret and cormorant just doing their thing #praiadaaguda #portobeaches 🌍🇵🇹
November 22, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Egret and cormorant just doing their thing #praiadaaguda #portobeaches 🌍🇵🇹
Nature lover here, missing the UK’s beautiful landscapes but finding their cousins here in Northern Portugal 😊
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Nature lover here, missing the UK’s beautiful landscapes but finding their cousins here in Northern Portugal 😊
November 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Ooh, that feels so much better 😁
November 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Ooh, that feels so much better 😁
Realising that when a recipe says it takes 10 mins to do the prep, cooks have a team of elves to do all the peeling, coring, chopping, beating #baking #slowliving
November 16, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Realising that when a recipe says it takes 10 mins to do the prep, cooks have a team of elves to do all the peeling, coring, chopping, beating #baking #slowliving
Sky over Northern Portugal 2 days ago
November 16, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Sky over Northern Portugal 2 days ago
She’s beautiful 😍 Here’s my sweet fella - 12 years old but still convinced he’s a pupster!
November 15, 2024 at 8:43 PM
She’s beautiful 😍 Here’s my sweet fella - 12 years old but still convinced he’s a pupster!
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For your calendars: 29th November to 5th December Free zine featuring writers from Gaza #gaza #arablit
For your calendars: 29th November to 5th December Free zine featuring writers from Gaza #gaza #arablit
November 14, 2024 at 8:34 AM
arablit.org
For your calendars: 29th November to 5th December Free zine featuring writers from Gaza #gaza #arablit
For your calendars: 29th November to 5th December Free zine featuring writers from Gaza #gaza #arablit
Today’s been fun here. See you tomorrow!
November 13, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Today’s been fun here. See you tomorrow!
August 24, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Our makeshift local ‘The Beer Bench’ 😊
August 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Our makeshift local ‘The Beer Bench’ 😊
Hello! New here and so far I have a lot of cats on my feed. Allergic to cats. Here’s my dog to try to nudge the algorithm…
August 17, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Hello! New here and so far I have a lot of cats on my feed. Allergic to cats. Here’s my dog to try to nudge the algorithm…