I live in Wales. Yes, I have very much seen the rain.

Spent the evening making and listening to a collaborative playlist (with my spouse and the daughter-in-law-elect) of songs with questions. #TinyJoys

Tatws pum munud!

Two easy working improvements from the year 1537: 1) a dual monitor setup to read and write faster 2) a flower crown to look notably cooler while doing the reading #skystorians

It's wonderful to have a wife who doesn't get offended when I tell her that her top* makes her look like a beautiful sea slug! * waterfall? Hanky hem? Girl-lore something something. Anyway, sea slugs are great and so is my wife!

2024 is when I stopped teaching HE English Lit. But at one point I'd been teaching for 4 different unis and it was rubbish!

Wimbley wombley Londony Wonderly!

Alleluia may be added

Stormus a wyntog iawn yn ystod y gwasanaeth Gwener y Groglith yn Y Bala y p'nawn 'ma (ond yn dawel yn ystod darlleniad Efengyl Parch Phil am 3 o'r gloch)

gwasanaeth weddi hwyrol hyfryd yn eglwys llanfihangel heno

Very proud of myself for being able to tell Parch Dorothi which Gospel reading I want for Sunday, even though she was showing me it in the Welsh Bible. Yes, 'Ar y dydd cyntaf o'r wythnos, yn fore, tra oedd hi eto'n dywyll'. That's the one!

Ganymede (large black cat) bit Mozart (skinny timid dog). Vet: It's not too bad, but you did the right thing to bring him. The only thing worse than a cat bite, germs-wise, is a human bite. Me: *very carefully does not say 'what about hippos?' because we don't get many of them in the Dee Valley!!*

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Sul y blodau bore 'ma (Glyndyfrdwy).

Hwre! I have submitted my Theology assignment! Jalapenos!

Just back from the coffee morning, where I: 1. Mostly followed some Welsh conversations inc one abt how great Aldi's bara brith is 2. Had a reassuring conversation (Saesneg) abt not worrying too much RE: mutations 3. Had a reassuring conversation (Saesneg) abt the inclusivity of the local not-the-WI

I did one of these, it was great! People should apply!

Dw i'n gwylio'r bêl-droed. (Cymru yn erbyn Bosnia). Mae ŵyr fy nghymydog yn chwarae.

To the cathedral today for the Chrism Mass (because Charles Windsor is commandeering it next Thursday to give out some purses)

every man ought, of such things as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor

There's so many groups to blame this is hideous choice. The government for setting an ugly bigoted tone. JK Rowling, Sex Matters and co for funding very very expensive lawyers and harassing women's orgs. The GG for rejecting the pro bono legal help they were offered.

As a cis woman it is hard to find the words to articulate how I feel about my safety being used as a pretence for this egregious bullying of children

Why did I give up sweeties for Lent when I have an assignment to write and my brain only runs on Haribo?

Gwasanaeth unedig Cymun Bendigaid (ddwyieithog) yn Eglwys Santes Fair, Cerrigydrudion bore 'ma, efo Parch Phil, Parch Dorothi, Carol (darllenwr), a'r côr dros dro.

I saw a map earlier suggesting I don't live in the big bit of Wales that has >50% Welsh speakers - but only by about a mile! And I still need to do a bilingual announcement abt tomorrow's united service, involving 2 churches that are. (Have drafted, daren't post. Awaiting reply from Welsh friend)

Oh, apparently the rapture (or raptor, depending on where you read) is happening on the 22nd March (Again? So soon?). We have a united service that day, so that'll be handy. And it'll really liven up the report I have to write about the service for my Introduction to Anglican Worship module.

Another of my cousin's lino prints. This one is my great grandmother, Adelaide.

I have come away with 2 handmade bible verse cards, two potted primroses, a hymn sheet for Passion Sunday, and a laminated reading for Good Friday ... as you do.

Sul y Mamau yn eglwys y Santes Fair (Cerrigydrudion) y bore yma.

Mozart (Spanish greyhound) was a bit out of sorts/ grumpy so Gadget (Jack Russell X Collie) tried to offer him a paw - very cute, but Mozart didn't know what to make of it.

My talented cousin has been making lino prints of people from our family tree! This is my grandad Joe McLelland!

"You know who else pivoted a table?"

Eucharist at St Thomas', Glyndyfrdwy this morning

An unplanned trip to an Alice in Wonderland/ Through The Looking-glass themed tea-rooms and I happened to be wearing a tshirt with a dodo on it! #TinyJoys

Good night. God bless.

A shaft of sunlight on the altar and a visiting butterfly for the memorial service at church this morning #TinyJoys

At the end of this morning's mass: Me: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Congregation: In the name of Christ. Amen. Toddler: All done! When it comes to liturgical formation, start 'em young, I say! #CofEpeeps #Narthex ✝️🕯⚓️

Bore 'ma, dw i wedi canu 'To God be The Glory' (Corwen) _ac_ 'I Dduw bo'r Gogoniant' (Cerrigydrudion)!

Writing Sunday's sermon, and Mozart (the dog, not the dead composer) picked up and moved the reading sheet (which was in the way of him sitting down next to me) and now it's all soggy! #DogAteMyHomework

Trying to track down a Welsh translation of Ave Verum Corpus that works metrically (My ladies are struggling with the Latin and it's causing confidence issues). I think there's one that gets used with the Mozart, but I can't find it (and we're doing the Elgar anyway).

Single ear deployment! (For when only one of the cats is making a noise)

iambic tetrameter ass stick

I think this is the only one of my online spaces where I have not (yet) mentioned that the Bishop called this week to say that I had been recommended to train for ordination and to welcome me as an ordinand in the Church in Wales. So, yes, this is a thing that is happening!!!

The wonderful thing about Tyggers Is Tyggers are burning bright Their tops are made out of rubber In the forest of the night What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, Immortal hand or eye Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers, Their fearful symmetry!

Sitting in a cafe with my wife. She gets a lovely view of trees and the river. I get a view of a building site and a dog doing a poo!

New School Guidance announces: Full bathroom ban. Full PE ban. Full school trip accommodation ban. Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/

I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic. There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition. There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot. This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.

Rhaid i mi yrru i Loegr yfory 😕

enfys!! 🌈

Cymun Bendigaid yn eglwys Sant Ffraid (Carrog) bore ma.