Looking for audiobook recs, please. Preferably fantasy or fantasy-adjacent*, with no or minimal sex. I've got Temeraire by Naomi Novik on the go, but it's requiring a LOT of concentration. Any ideas, O my peeps? Thank you in advance x *fantasy, romantasy, urban, paranormal, etc.

Togetherness is... Dismantling a double recliner sofa. Boyspawn and girlspawn in destructive harmony. Farewell, sofa. (And they've got me listening to - and enjoying- Ed Sheeran!)

I missed the start - is it deliberate, or irony, using the *Coliseum* for a shower based around togetherness?

I hate that a lot of reality-competition shows have become more about "who has the best sob story", and less "who shows the most skill/talent in their field".

I've got a bike, You can ride it if you like... #Earworm

Companies don't seem to have twigged that if all the low paid jobs are replaced by tech, nobody will have any money to buy their shitey products anymore.

#SundayPixTrees The tree capture the sun The sunlight moving in the tree Inside busy growing All in balance calm as one🌿

+++RAFFLE+++ BERNARD'S UP FOR RAFFLING tickets are £2, and proceeds are going to Macmillan Cancer Support. Entry is worldwide. Pay to @kizartz24 on PayPal, or contact me to do bank transfer. Please put your @ on entries so I can ID you :) **not suitable for under 3's**

Fuckin' ADHD task paralysis bullshit. Come ON, executive function!

I am stepping out in faith, to use a church term. Time to see what happens. Eeeek.

Just woke up from a very odd dream where I was serenading*/singing a lullaby to a frightened penguin, and it was trying to suck my fingers for comfort, but couldn't (because beak). *the song was It's Been a Wonderful Day, by Peter Graham, which I knew in my Sally Army days.

For the early #SundayPix ers, tomorrow's theme is Trees. All and every in all their glory. #SundayPixTrees Note the plural - but pics of singular or parts of a tree or any interpretation is of course welcome.

Well, second GP says its not gout, it's a sprain. And because I'm allergic to naproxen, I just continue with ibuprofen, and add in a stomach protector. Yay?

Off to the out of hours gp again. Silly foot.

Where can I find a cheapish glockenspiel? That's an unexpected question for you Bluesky. My great niece has had to relocate from Scotland due to a traumatic family crisis and needs one for her music GCSE. All her course work has to be rearranged at 16 and her poor mother's having a 'mare.

Spent the whole afternoon moving furniture and building flat pack. Ye gods, I ache.

After Paul Daniels died, Wizbit’s career went in a different direction.

Ends NEXT FRIDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY. OPEN WORLDWIDE.

If you dont want Bernard for yourself, I'm more than happy to post him anywhere you choose. Currently at £18 - trying to raise £90, which will pay for three counselling sessions for a child affected by cancer. Any more takers?

Morning, all. I am taking youngest for her first gender-related doc's appointment today. Bit of fear of the unknown happening, but more excitement, I think. She's flourished since coming out. I'm so proud of her.

We have an awards thingy for work on the 28th March - the invite says cocktail dress. I think the very lovely dress I got is an evening dress. Will I commit a social faux pas if I wear it? I bought these trainers to wear with it, because I can't wear heels or ballet flats coz foot issues.

Made the mistake of walking the dogs. Apparently, according to my left foot, this was a Very Bad Idea. But I've got things to do!

My get up and go has got up and gone. In my experience, the ADHD meds do NOT WORK. Its been 6 weeks, and I don't feel any difference. I'm still stuck, and scattered (unless I'm at work, with nice, externally imposed structure), and snacks. WHERE IS MY DOPAMINE?!

Freckles has just left for what feels like his 900th interview. Fingers crossed, prayers and good vibes, please!

I am (after a slow start) opening the Bernard Raffle up to the whole world. I'll pay postage, if the receiver is happy to deal with possible customs fees. Any takers? £2 a ticket, to @kizartz24 on PayPal. It's for a super good cause, @macmillancancer.bsky.social #Bernard #raffle #goonthen

It's 4:30, and I just woke up from a dream where Gary Oldman and I were working in a supermarket bakery. I got my fringe trapped in machinery which ripped it off, and he shaved his head, revealing odd tattoos. But his hair grew almost visibly fast and covered them. He was rather aggressive to me.

I have decided to turn my attitude around: instead of bemoaning my health, I'm going to see how many diagnoses I can collect this year. Well, probably not. But I *am* going to stop the pity party. So what, I'm falling to bits? So what, I ache from my hair to me toenails? I'm gonna live to the MAX

+++RAFFLE+++ BERNARD'S UP FOR RAFFLING (I've torn him away from my [adult] kids!) tickets are £2, and proceeds are going to go to Macmillan Cancer Support. Entry is UK only, sorry (bloody customs!) Pay to @kizartz24 on PayPal, or contact me to do bank transfer. **not suitable for under 3's**

And there's also my sumup website, loads of different stuff on there! merylinmoonuk.sumupstore.com/products?sor...

Everyone is kicking off because Etsy are showing prices including delivery, which makes everything seem even more expensive. I try to keep my prices as low as I possibly can but delivery charges are way out of my control. Please go show my shop some love ❤🥰🥰 merylinmoonuk.etsy.com

I'll be honest with you: I'm not doing well. Feeling very like a camel, waiting for the final straw. This year can really do one.

@purplequeenpub.bsky.social sweets, may I pick your brain, pretty please?

We've come to Woodbridge, and we're looking at the Sutton Longship: they're making a replica ?Saxon longship using only analogue hand tools. It smells amazing, is made from Suffolk oak, and is 26m/84ft long.

Pancake day? PANCAKE DAY???? youtu.be/gj_aHCpZl4k?...

Thinking about #vss365 on here, & how everyone starts with the same prompt word & the same number of characters to work with, & everyone comes up with completely different results. The results are the accumulation of a life’s worth of experience, each one unique. That’s #writing.

We r here. #Felixstowe And, quite frankly, it's a beautiful day.

These are my morning pills. I take another 7 in the evening. Owning a meatsuit (with attendant brainweasels) can take a lot of maintenance.

Haha, made some playing cards! Ridiculously excited. Everything is printed in the UK for a faster delivery; I tried to go cheaper but the carbon footprint is insane. merylinmoonuk.etsy.com/listing/4458...

I'm off today, and for the next week. So why am I up at 5.30?!? Morning, O My Doves. Hope today is kind to you, and you find something to spark joy x

I just said NO WUZ to a bloke on a shop. I meant, no worries. Excuse me while I crawl in a hole and die.

Can you still get Purple Ronnie stuff? I loved it in the 90s.

I wrote a little poem Because youre really great I'm chuffed to have you in my life And thrilled to call you 'mate'. Subtweet, i.e, if you think this is about you, it probably is. You're aces.

At l'in-laws. I'm the only one awake. Bored.

Good morning, my pea blossoms. My week off is beginning with a two-day trip to see the in-laws. Deepest of joys. How about you, up to much?

New designs and products on my Etsy! merylinmoonuk.etsy.com There's now playing cards, posters and prints, tshirts and stationery. Here's a few examples of the spiral notebooks, all very different styles and different colours available:

Rough draft of the tattoo idea. I changed the wording to make it less negative.

For #SundayPixRed, a verrrry dramatic sunrise last December. I love the changing moods of the sky.

I have decided my next tattoo is gonna be a reliant Robin, with the words 'broken and unreliable' in the exhaust smoke... This is probably a joke, but I'm not feeling kindly towards my fleshsuit this morning. Grrrrr.

"you have my sword!" "and my bow!" "and my axe!" "and my stand mixer!" *quizzical looks* "Oh, so nobody here eats cake?" *reluctant at first, but soon enthusiastic nodding*

According to the very nice doctor (who looked like an Asian Chevy Chase, oddly), its either osteoarthritis (which I apparently already have in my spine) or gout. I always thought gout was for drinkers? And I'm tee total? And my nose is normal? Anyway, its NOT a blood clot, so huzzah!!!