A painting from a couple of years ago. Acrylic on canvas.
Posts by Mick Spicer
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Wow, how lovely - we went to a local shelter on Monday and brought home Scout, a 9 month old Staffy cross and yes weโre all exhausted but yes itโs instant love #dogsofbluesky
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I went to the dog shelter and they brought in this cutie and it was instant love
This is Ida my 5 month old puppy
We are both exhausted!!
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Take a moment, and read...
D.H. Lawrence
BBC News - My 'glandular fever' was actually leukaemia - and my sister saved my life
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Saturday, April 4
Rise and Resist protested outside of the Times Square Recruiting Center. We sang "Stop the War" to the tune of the "Star Spangled Banner", with all the joy that we could muster.
Watch our calendar for upcoming actions:
www.riseandresist.org/calendar
BBC News - Cannabis farm discovered in stately home which once hosted the King
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Weโve had a thrush in our garden this year, so beautiful
If you want to know more about torcs, you can find all sorts on my (free to access!) website at www.bigbookoftorcs.com
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INTERVIEWER Some people say they can't understand your writing, even after they have read it two or three times. What approach would you sug- gest for them? FAULKNER Read it four times.
Hey, FIFA! You need to cancel all World Cup games scheduled to be played in the United States and redistribute those games to be played either in Canada or in Mexico. The US must be sanctioned!
#StopTrump
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More than 20 Democratic members of Congress have called for Trumpโs cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution to remove a president who is deemed unfit for office, while Republicans are silent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A woodland footpath a couple of miles from our house, flanked densely with wild garlic on the verge of flowering.
Glass half-empty view of life right now: moving house is sodding expensive in pretty much every conceivable way and the landlord of our last place still hasn't sent our deposit back.
Glass half-full view: we now live in rural Dorset and can live solely on wild garlic for at least the next month!
Cat ๐ธSTRETCH
Goodnight from Roy Brant, driving his Ford Anglia to the dunes at Cobstone so the static crashing of the sea can drown out the ghosts riding his blood. Goodnight from Beatrice Tailford, putting on coat and cardi before walking the long shadows of Grimwood. Goodnight from Hookland.
Lrp I am once again humbly recommending everyone to read these two novels.
I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! ๐๐๐๐๐
Best with volume up.
Pet your dogs, everyone, and appreciate that they have no idea what is happening in this fucked up world.
Take a little moment for yourself, and read this quintessential poem for the month of April.
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An electric bus company has announced they are launching two new services helping to link some of Scotlandโs most northern cities
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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There are many reasons to ridicule Richard Keys but the infidelity regret and can of John West salmon aside, this is a solo Christmas Day straight out of the top drawer. When life gives you lemons ...
Thank you for this one, you had me ๐
We hope you haven't, because it's not true, despite what you may have been told by lists of "fascinating food facts"...
A crawfish cocktail with Marie Rose Sauce.
Ever heard the story about how, during the excavation of the Mary Rose, the divers combined ketchup and mayonnaise and created Marie Rose sauce, which became internationally famous?