My Witches of Scotland tartan fabric arrived today. Designed to memorialize women murdered as witches in Scotland, every thread has meaning. I'll write a more folkloristic discussion of it later, but meanwhile, what should this modern witch and descendant of Scottish women make with the fabric?

"For too long, Democrats have been trapped in a posture of apology—explaining why basic human rights are “reasonable,” why dignity is “pragmatic,” why justice must be incremental so as not to offend entrenched power. What I heard today was a clean break from that cowardice."

Perhaps, for the purposes of scheduling, "getting up" is a separate category from "breakfast?" Also, "preparing breakfast" is quite the time sink. Maybe its own category? Now, where to slot in "watching the deer foraging in the yard?" Is that "breakfast?" I mean, I guess it is for the deer...?

So, this happened today... It's not great having to ask for help - but if you've enjoyed any of our books, we'd be hugely grateful if you could let people know about them (and where you can buy them) Word of mouth is... pretty important, right now

I suppose the first trick to following a schedule is to actually have a schedule to follow? Curses! Already I see those spiraling complications conspire, like a perne caught in the cookie gyre!

So long 2025. I hope the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

Next up: Goin' to Town

I think I'll celebrate this New Year's Eve by watching Mae West films. First up: Night After Night.

What horror films are you most excited about in 2026?

Despite the heavy seasonal depression, I managed to make a batch each of seasoned bamboo shoots (menma), and seasoned soft-boiled eggs (ajitsuke tamago) for bowls of ramen. At least, at day's/years's end, I'll be able to tell myself I did something other than retreat to bed, and read. A small win.

Why do we drop the ball on New Year's Eve? youtube.com/shorts/RMPsN...

*Grumble* Do we HAVE to start a new year?

bye 2025👋

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By this measure, Der Führerangutan is the anti-hygge.

Oh so easy, it's like I whistled and it came to me. Click the link, and it's yours, too, my lad.

Last day today to download this fascinating sounding book in this great series

I was flicking through channels on the TV in 1981, when I came upon this video. It was my introduction to MTV. Within a few years, music video editing changed popular cinema. It left us with that quick-cutting style.

It's 3:30 pm, and all I want to do is to grab a book, and climb back into bed. I'm pretty sure that's the Seasonal Affective Disorder gaining the upper hand.

What would I like to do? Get a job. That's more of a "need to" than a "like to," though. Finish the book I'm writing. Record more music. Start following a schedule so I get things done. What would I like to see happen? Oh, you know... *It*: the same thing most everyone wants these days.

In this week’s episode of Monster Talk we discuss lizard people with Dr. Joe Laycock. www.monstertalk.org/s05e12-the-s...

This is a story I wrote, read by me!! If you're a patron you've already heard it, but enjoy it again!

Some great films this year! Our top 25 plus a few more:

Ep. 557 - How to Help Fireflies — In Defense of Plants www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025...

Historic moment: a man kicks himself in the balls. An employee at a Chinese robotics lab uses an Xsens Link mocap suit to control a Unitree G1 robot. In the end it looks as if the robot is mocking the man’s experience by imitating it, even bending over as if laughing.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

I meant to buy window plastic today since the electric heat just can’t keep up with that extra-drafty window. However, I discovered a trove of Kate Bush videos from 1979/80 on YouTube that I’d never seen. Next thing I knew, the day was done! So I guess I’ll fire up the wood stove. Priorities!

I had never heard of this opera. Now that I know of it, must see a production as soon as possible! I mean, a video of it, obviously.

you should always assume a single 300-character post contains the sum of someone’s knowledge! then you can explain stuff to them they didn’t ask about! that’s how you make friends

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

I think people today don't understand just how dramatically the night sky has changed - it looked like it does in super remote areas *everywhere* before the invention of electric lighting, and light pollution that obscures the sky has gotten dramatically worse in the last 25 years.

If I'd been told this was some Andy Goldsworthy artwork, I'd have believed it.

I'm willing to bet that, back in the day, #MedievalMusic sounded more like this. Maybe the troubadours and trouvères played it as fussily and restrained as we often get nowadays. But as for the rest? ROCKE AND ROLLE youtu.be/1FdzEHI25Y8?...

Flamingoes flight above the marshes of Camargue… I captured this one the first time I came in Camargue for photography, still one of my fav from the flamingoes portfolio even after returning for many years. #photography #light #nature #wildlife #art #sky

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly had already taken the measure of our attraction to continuous novelty when she wrote "Frankenstein" in 1818. This also happens to be a fair portrait of my magpie brain. #BookWormSat

Rare sighting of a “bagel and cream cheese” mushroom. 🍄‍🟫

TIL that my cat cannot find his way out of a paper bag. Literally. 🙄 Photo of the idiot in question, included for cat tax.

I mean, look at this frame. That's a horror movie, that is!

Now my cat has started getting freaked out by a recording of bagpipes. Not sure whether I should be offended, or impressed?

I visited friends today. We were watching the version of A Christmas Carol (with Guy Pierce) running on FX, and... What in the everliving fuck was that?

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, now roams the woods around Lover's Lane - with a hook for a hand!

Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2) ""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."

Now I'm dreaming of gas hydrate seeps on Titan. I suppose they'd flow down into the liquid water pockets, instead of up. #Astrobiology #Astronomy

I baked my first-ever batch of Christmas cookies. Yay! The sink is full of dishes again. Boo!

It's a 2 cup of coffee morning. It hasn't helped.

An old favourite for Christmas Eve and #WyrdWednesday. According to a little practised Flemish superstition, you'll have the power to recognise witches if you go to an intersection on Christmas Eve with a black chicken on your head. 🎨Heather Murray

A Jolly Christmas Victorian Christmas Card Raphael Tuck & Sons #WyrdWednesday