💖It's always fun bantering with your good self. And how many people get both Austen and LOTR? I thought of you back in November because Elijah Wood was at Vienna Comic Con. FRODO!

😆🙏You star! Maybe a new start in 2026! Merry Xmas!

Same!

My writing day started well: took me three attempts to spell "possesses" correctly. The letter S takes up a frankly alarming proportion of that word.

Entirely black sky with one small point of light, which might be a star. Disappointing.

They said we might get the Northern Lights in Vienna. Here's a photo I took of the sky:

Outside the pump room

Sign for Queen Square

Sign for Milsom Street

Sign for a circulating library and reading room

When in Bath, you soon find yourself wondering if you might renew acquaintances with Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple and the Honourable Miss Carteret.

You're a star man, Mr Brown.

A facial analysis "AI" just underestimated my age by 12 years.

(Sadly, I think this says more about the quality of the software than my face. But, you know, you take your wins where you can get them.)

No alteration shall be made without her express approval!

She has even been so kind as to offer advice on the most suitable breed of horse to purchase

My carriage would have *four* horses...

I tipped Wales and Ireland to win, so that went well

A Christmas cactus to which the word flourishing cannot be applied by any stretch of the imagination

"I will not say that your Christmas cactus is dead, but I am afraid it is not alive."
Jane Austen, Letters to Mark, 2023

Just waiting for the first person to think this is really Jane Austen in some kind of corporate sponsorship / author PR deal

Scary how far down we have to scroll to find our year, these days

Never would have predicted the score difference but happy for Wales. My Welsh great uncle used to tell us rugby myths as kids (e.g. Gareth Edwards switching the light off and being in bed before it got dark. "He was that quick.")

That is an elegant solution! Thanks!

My dedication knows no bounds, behold my Jane Austen feed. Please pin and RT, so we can cling to each other for comfort: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Please tell me one was boiled (and excellent)

Tap, tap, tap. Cough. So, anyway, today I looked up the difference between grey and gray for only the 738th time in my life.