Anyhoo, for my latest 'play me to sleep' tv series, I just started watching the entire Stargate universe. From the first TV episode. This should cover a few months, & it's strangely reassuring to watch shonky 90s tv with curtain hairstyles & improbable science again.

Morning Skyfolk. And a huge thanks to the good people over at @runalongwomble.bsky.social last week who recommended weird short stories to me. The first batch has arrived!

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Alma mater no 1. I was here the day the book sculpture was placed. Got two degrees, failed one (and had a great time doing so). Always feels like home #NorthumbriaUniversity

Also goth AF Leda and the Swan Pam Hogg

Goth AF The Dollmaker by Daniel O’Neill

Ok there’s a pitstop. Kudos to the complaining woman next to me, who when offered a free drink asked for a £15 Bellini 🍸🤣

Taking myself on a jolly

Morning Skyfolk. Teef.

Shaking off the misery with a surprise bout of creativity. Two poems (one good, one could be ok but currently pretentious twatwaffling), and a short story that as usual has an undercurrent of absolute heartbreak. Needs quite a lot of editing but has good bones. Literally, it's about bones 🤣

Psychologist told me to talk to gp to put a marker down on anxiety, physical illness& carer burnout. NHS says no. No treatment available for POTS MCAS hEDS. No treatment for anxiety other than antidepressants. No treatment for anything if I can't/ won't take medication that will ruin my body.

Took the boys out for Paul’s last hurray before all the medical stuff starts next week.

Graduation sashes were really designed for men.

My hair has really taken a hit through stress and bad diet, so I got rather a lot removed this morning and it’s all swingy again yay!

Think the article on books really spoke to me as I’ve been struggling to read again recently. Then I picked up Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson. Read two thirds last night, will finish today. Lovely nostalgic hit of a book 📖

Morning Skyfolk. This is a lovely article about falling out of reading, and stepping back in. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

A lovely article about words being, well, words!

Was at Port of Blyth today, and saw these baskets hanging from the staithes. Does anyone know what they are for? Cheers!

This is unbelievably cute.

Rant over. I've been told I will change my mind nearer the wedding date, but given that things here could be exponentially worse by that point, it's unlikely. I need to switch off and get my head in 'what needs doing next' mode as P hits the 2 week diagnosis trail. And I wonder why I have insomnia

To go to a wedding in the middle of nowhere (and hay-fever season) is going to set me back around £800 for 3 nights, on my own bc dogs are banned anywhere in the fancy venue and it's too much for Paul to do. Plus, they've assumed everyone can drive there. I'm the bad guy for saying I can't do it...

The Bridezilla in my family is currently on very thin ice.

Morning Skyfolk, hope all is well. I'm giving myself the day off. Have a good one.

It’s Kylie night!

They carry my heart ❤️

This just popped up from my 50th birthday memories when we stayed in a railway carriage. Jack loved it 🥰

A rather late good morning Skyfolk. About to get a haircut. Much needed. Im very tired but going to pootle to the library. Have a great day 😀

I miss my funny old dad.

Legal shit in progress. Needed wine 🍷

Just finished the Kylie documentary on Netflix. What a lovely human. The end of episode 3, yep, there were tears. Saw her many years ago, and she was superb, an absolute showgirl. What struck me about the doc was how pretty and sweet she's been throughout everything, and how Nich Cave adores her!

Beginning to think chucking a box of wild flower seeds over this formerly bare patch of ground was a mistake…. There’s yarrow, giant mustard, black something or other (which is yellow), welsh poppies and other as yet unidentified plants 🌱

Morning Skyfolk.

Been sitting under a tree.

Books. Whiskey

So this week has been awful. I’ve pulled on my big girl pants and contacted a couple of friends to meet up and bitch with, contacted legal people, booked a very expensive ticket to Grease, filled the fridge with healthy food. I did reach out to family, no go. But today I’m having wine and carbs.

Sticks head above online parapet. Decides to hide.

Voted

Morning Skyfolk.

I'm drunk, sad and in possession of a credit card and appear to have just bought a wedding outfit a year in advance of my niece's wedding...

It wasn’t a good day. Wine.

Anyway, I know I'm anxious bc I have 3 fingers covered in plasters to stop me biting them, and I threw up getting washed.

Morning Skyfolk. Today is a restless day of rather scary appointments. I'm a puddle of anxiety. Keep everything crossed for my lovely man, he's going through stuff and it's a 50/50 genetic lottery as to how bad it's going to get. Sorry to be cryptic, this stuff could take months. Sigh.

The older I get, the more I love Ray Bradbury. There’s a warmth to his writing, and his imagination is unparalleled. Need more Bradbury. #AmReading #Book #RayBradbury

Thanks so much for the comments, am going to look at everything more indepth tomorrow.

Do any of you guys have Ring doorbells (or similar)? My parents want one, but I'm not sure they understand the subscription element of it and don't currently have an Amazon account (I wouldn't let them link any cards to the net). Any pros / cons? Easy for pensioners? Any no subs models?

Oh Miss #EllesBailey this is wonderful. #Vinyl

Happy times

The land from whence I came. Last time I was in this pub, we ended up with rapper dancers escorting us home due to unsavoury men!

I can tell I'm spending time with my mother today because I hate my reflection and look fat in everything. Which she will tell me repeatedly for 3 hours. 😞

Morning Skyfolk. Jack’s stolen my new comfort blanket already.