This is such a timely thread for me right now, because this morning my Oblique Strategies deck got mixed up with my brother's by accident, so I've had to lay out all the cards on a table to match each one into its own deck again... which might be the most Oblique Strategies thing ever.

Yes, I am the target demographic for this!

I love ripe, fresh cherries so much. Too bad the season here in Spain is so short, because they're my favorite fruit.

Some designer who clearly knows what I like used this classic Peggy Lee album cover as the central motif for a large velvet pillow, which now graces our sofa.

Happy Bob Dylan's 85th birthday, which I will celebrate by getting together with a bunch of friends, in a bar, to play Dylan tunes on various stringed instruments. My request: "Million Dollar Bash". Cue the music... youtu.be/NGUQgty1e3g?...

I waited to listen to the latest ep of @randomhorror9.bsky.social until I could watch BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (in the delightfully cheesy original Italian dub) & I am loving the CITIZEN-KANE level framing of Chekov's Handbag.

The English translation of the liner notes from this 1973 flamenco album is *nuts*

Pick a Bond from the photos you already have on your phone.

Happy Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. Cue the music: youtu.be/UVqQg_qcY-o?...

Happy David Attenborough's Centennial! (Cartoon by Ricardo Martinez of @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy)

Saw Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY again in a cinema today, & boy howdy does it hold up. Moreover, the subplot about the dangers of "hallucinating AI", as embodied (so to speak) by HAL 9000, now seems incredibly prescient.

Post your warning sign (Mine is from a Czech llama farm)

*So delighted* that @500songspodcast.bsky.social did an episode on one of favorite songs, "My Pal Foot Foot" by The Shaggs. (I grew up in rural NH so their accents also have nostalgic appeal.) Tried to transcribe it once as a music theory exercise & gave up. Cue the music 👑 youtu.be/yxG7HdTRaa4?...

Kay Francis, woke girlboss

I planted a grapefruit tree & some jasmin in containers on my patio this weekend & now it smells *so* nice.

I just finished "The Word Is Murder" by Anthony Horowitz -- was hooked as soon as I read this passage. (But still didn't guess the murderer...)

Our Scottie, Jackie Chan, loves his new llama toy, dubbed "The Beast of Tanagra" (iykyk).

Drop your crime-fighting Catholics.

Robert Redford beat them to the death doula gig by more than six decades, on "The Twilight Zone" (with the great Gladys Cooper). Cue the clip: youtu.be/9tfyv4BZRug?...

This first sentence from an information flyer on Prince Metternich's Czech castle takes an unexpected turn 😬

A much-needed timeline cleanse for us all (in which our Scottish terrier Jackie Chan demonstrates why that yoga pose is called "upward-facing dog"). Pass it on ✨️

Went with my kids to see PROJECT HAIL MARY. Between that (a movie actually lit like a *movie*! w/ exquisite practical effects!) and, *especially*, the real-life Artemis II images, I'm optimistic about humankind again, because we have the capacity to make art & do science that can bring joy & wisdom.

Happy Easter from Prague!

Bye bye until Easter Monday 💜

Boo Radley in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD & his cameo as a priest on a swing at the beginning INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) are, imo, Robert Duvall's greatest roles. That's not damning with faint praise; it's spotlighting Duvall's ability to be utterly unforgettable in just seconds of screen time

So psyched that my suggestion, Spanish cult classic LA CABINA (1972), was chosen as the featured horror short for a special Friday the 13th episode of @randomhorror9.bsky.social, & the hosts enjoyed it so much! Also that they chose the iconic closing shot of J.L. López Vázquez as the illustration.

"The past is a foreign country." There's a saying in Spain that, before the deforestation of the 15th-17th c (forests cut down to build the Armada, clear land for wheat, etc.), a squirrel could cross the entire Iberian peninsula from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean & never come down from the trees

We've been watching this SNL sketch about the Winter Olympics every night since the weekend & still fall about laughing every time. Sometimes we just randomly quote it at each other while cleaning the kitchen.

I am inordinately amused by bad translations (as long as they don't have the potential to hurt anyone).

R.I.P. Queen Catherine 👑

"Won't give up / I gotta stubborn heart" -- so I channeled my energy into rage-editing a bunch of photos & music together. "No b*tches were harmed in the making of this video" 😸 youtu.be/9nAlK9fhXng?...

Mood

In Spain, where I live, "room temperature" tends to be the opposite of chilly, and so folks will often pop a bottle of red wine into the fridge for 10-15 min before opening 🍷

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence. "'That is interesting,' said Miss Marple."

Grooving on the bus to this absolute banger, which has been my go-to motivational music since it came out, along with the rest of the B52s "Bouncing Off the Satwllites" album. youtu.be/jpKEzFZYqBg?...

This rainy Saturday morning, my husband was digging through a box of old snapshots at Madrid's flea market, El Rastro & found this one of Ava Gardner decked out in an ocelot car coat, jodhpurs & riding boots, visiting a bullfighting ranch somewhere in Spain. Of course he brought it home, for 1 euro.

"Hail Mary, full of grace, punch the devil in the face" 🥊

Weekend energy ✨️

Threads like this are why I'm here ✨️

This is, for me, what tarot is all about: Letting the symbols in (seemingly) randomly drawn cards evoke what we need to acknowledge.

Makes sense: Today is Day 1 of the Pretend We're Moving House clean-up; i.e., if I had to prepare a move, what would I jettison? For the first half of our marriage, we moved a lot, but now we've been more than two decades in the same place, so...

No new pictures, where are you mentally?

Physical media, y'all ✨️

@moviessilently.bsky.social, here's a deck of Spanish playing cards (so suits are Cups, Swords, Clubs & Coins), all featuring silent stars. Some choices are v appropriate: all Knights are cowboy stars, Ace of Swords is Doug Fairbanks, Queen of Clubs is Our Mary & 2 of Cups (Hearts) the Gish sisters.

Because in Spain we celebrate all Twelve Days of Christmas, Yuletide movies are still on the watch list. Tonight: The 1970 musical SCROOGE, with a 34-year-old Albert Finney surprisingly convincing in the title role.

Rockin' into 2025 like... youtu.be/TKYhqaIwhQ8?...

Last sunset of the year from Punta Cabicastro, Galicia. Wishing everyone all the best for 2026 ✨️

In Spain (in this case, the Galician city of Vigo) we celebrate ALL TWELVE Days of Christmas 🌟