This recluse went out for pleasure today 😊
A walk...
Followed part of the route in Nightjar.
Across the railway bridge.
New graffiti.
Found old friends fallen.
Windbreaks,
And fires,
Offerings to Bavarian Gods;
Fore returning to old roads cut.
And home.
a car crashed in a street sign. one way, washinton sq. the car crumpled and destroyed at the front
America.
Photo of pigeon cosying up to an owl decoy. Taken by me on my way to work this morning.
When a pigeon is in love with the decoy…
Many tall, thin skinny trunk trees with new spring buds the sky behind is cloudy with a hint of blue.
Tomorrow’s brand new episode of Weird in the Wade explores the secrets of Pegnut wood. I’m joined briefly by @modquokka.bsky.social as I explore the woodland’s past. Expect execution paths, Victorian fake news, sewage, and another big cat sighting. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
The death record for Ann Morgan.
Bourton church, where Nanny Morgan was buried
My research into Nanny Morgan has been one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. Ann Morgan's story highlights the importance of honouring historical legacies in folkloric narratives. She deserves to be remembered.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches
Just realised...
I miss the Open University programs of the 70s on BBC2. Always something to watch when there was fcku all else on.
So on MLK day:
Proud boys marched - leader pardoned
Insurrectionists pardoned
Elon and his Nazi salute
The Far Right is emboldened, please keep safe.
Today is the day I learned of #BookSky
Are there other hashtags around folklore, history, books, art, and film that have adopted a 'Sky' (or similar) suffix that I should be aware of?
Watching a remastered Gettysburg. They've done a great job of it.
#film
His name is Lapdogg now. Lapdogg.
Let's celebrate one of my favorite childhood books, on
#WinnieThePoohDay 🐻🎈 Happy Birthday to Pooh Bear and the author A.A. Milne! 🎉 🎈
"A rather blustery day." - From 'Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day' 🍃
by A.A. Milne, published in 1968. #BookwormSat 📚
A bear throws a shield over the cliff and Bjorn flees, an illustration.
‘He waited for the bear to charge, and when it came, its roar echoed through the fjords.’ ~ Grettir the Strong in the Grettir’s Saga.
🖼️ John Vernon Lord from Grettir's Saga in Icelandic Sagas, Vol. 2.
Oh thank you 💚
Time for #AnIndieADay when I share an indie book that I love every day for a month!
Today it's Nightjar by @modquokka.bsky.social
Its poetic style calls to mind a storyteller of old weaving a thrilling tale for their wide-eyed listeners gathered around a campfire in ancient times.
#booksky
Yay.
Bex has got Disney for a month. Alien: Romulus here I come...
#film
Having seen many, a dead bird hung would never look like this...
I just don't get the benefit. It kinda makes me feel...
Old plate camera and a light meter.
Off out.
You've just put me off going back to have a look. Saved me a trip. Ta muchly.
A photo of the English Heritage sign for Maiden Castle
Current Status:
#HillfortsEveryday
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
It's perfect. Beautifully captures the animal and its movement.
The photograph depicts a small bird figurine with an extended neck, a pointed beak, and wings held close to its body. The figurine is well-preserved, although its tail is broken and its surface shows signs of weathering.
An #IceAge masterpiece: the oldest known representation of a bird.
The small carving (4.7cm) of a water bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago.
It's thought to be a diver, cormorant, or duck.Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the....🧵1/2
📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
🏺 #archaeology
Painting - The Silent Voice. Woman wearing a blue dress sitting while a spirit-like figure whispers in her ears.
'Do gently murder half my soul, and I
Shall feel the other half so utterly!'
-John Keats
🎨Gerald Moira
photo woman walking a goose on a street.
"Promenade", New York. by Ruth Jacobi, 1928.
Wanted to share this here. You can listen to me reading three of the poems from my collection. Also a link to my collection below too. www.iambapoet.com/wave/13-rach...
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Buy street at night, cars and lights and people. a young woman sat on a car looks at the camera
Stylish woman in a studio Miriam Makeba and accordionist Sivuka, New York City, c. 1967
Gentleman in a hat a sign above his hed. he seems focused on something Mississippi John Hurt, outside The Gaslight Cafe, New York City, c. 1963
Robert James Campbell.
'a photographer who “died alone and penniless” in Burlington, Vermont in 2002.'
Rebirth of the Cool: discovering the art of Robert James Campbell
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rebirt...
December 1927: A group of girls in their costumes for the Chelsea Arts Ball, having a cup of tea in an opulent sitting room before the festivities. They are dressed as elegant fish with fins on their heads or backs and scaley dresses.
It rains a lot here too...
We're working on Issue 3 of Peasant Magazine.
Hoping to release for February 1st 2025.
But in the meantime if you enjoy historical fiction, historical fantasy, and fantasy short stories please check out Issues 1 and 2.
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you