Me last night: Ooooo time to sleep My brain (evil): WE HAVE THOUGHTS Me: no My brain (still evil): YOU NEED TO SORT ALL YOUR NOTEBOOKS, YOU GOTTA WRITE THIS THOUGHT DOWN OR IT WILL GO, YOU CAN'T SLEEP YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THE POEM THAT I AM ONLY GONNA GIVE TO YOU RIGHT NOW Me today:

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Mostly I enjoy studying Environmental Science but sometimes it makes me feel like I need to put my head in the freezer and scream

Lil update post! including current listening (none of you will be surprised) and current writing meredithdebonnaire.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/g...

Finally have some time to start reading this! Absolute delight so far, feeling the lack of a keyboard I can try to plonk the tunes out with. If I use the clarinet I will be a semitone out on everything though xD

HOLY SHIT

Right. First one done in pencil, paint, chalk and White pen. I really, really hope this is as good as I think it is but I won't know for probably a week. Will colour this and draw my next book cover now.

Still listening to this album somewhat obsessively. youtu.be/EyugQLm560k?...

Book revieeeeeeewww! Kindred by Octavia E. Butler meredithdebonnaire.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/b...

Thread- BEE 29th of the #Emberlings of Oct. Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art. Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

Well come on Florence now I'm not getting anything done youtu.be/t7XL4ehHoE0?...

Book revieeeeeeewww! Kindred by Octavia E. Butler meredithdebonnaire.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/b...

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Current listening youtu.be/kV0oAYXXKX4?...

Hullo. I've illustrated games, comics, books, albums, magazines, etc. Been an illustrator since age 13. (And a lunatic since birth) The world needs enchantment, and I'm here to do my best to provide it. If you have a project I'd be suited for in 2026, I'd love to talk with you. thomassbrown.com

Currently reading The Tensorate series by Neon Yang. Thank you, Leeds Waterstones staff who immediately profiled me and asked if I would like a recommendation for queer Chinese diaspora fantasy. You were totally correct

listening to Matana Roberts and attempting to tidy my living room... youtu.be/THbkEfRIERI?...

Today is for the Queen of Owls.

Having funTM filling out my mandatory reconsideration notice form today. Like fuck me, is there anything designed to make you feel more like a smear on the floor than fighting with the DWP? I am powering through with the intention of writing angry poetry after

I have been reading a book of Ursula Le Guin interviews. This part about The Left Hand Of Darkness cracked me up. (These days I think a lot more guys might think it was wonderful too 😁).

Listening to Hozier again youtu.be/aezstCBHOPQ?...

Autumn! That's it. That's the post, except Witches! Yep. That's all I have to say.

if you're unfamiliar with Quaker speak, "We find this to be an attempt at lobbying by stealth, outside the discernment discipline of the Yearly Meeting, and an unhelpful method of communication – as outlined in Quaker Faith and Practice 03.04." is how you say 'fuck you and the horse you rode in on'

youtu.be/EKkiSCklWRM?... I FORGOT I MADE THIS I WAS SUCH A WEE BEANPOLE BACK THEN Also editing skills who's heard of thoseaskdjnaksjdn

Pocket-pebbles, spent bobbins, & wild roses Found #folklore. Seeds of magic These inspired the works gathered here in ‘The Latchless Door - Rhymes & Songs of #Hookland’ Thomas’s magic-infused illustrations complete this little book of wonders Taking orders now (Currently UK only) #LatchlessDoor

In a land that had cried out for the Latchless door... Order page is up! thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com/product/the-... By @taliskimberley.bsky.social , Illustrated by me, with foreword by @hookland.bsky.social This is a small book (A5) UK only for now. Limited edition, signed and numbered.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iB... Halp

Within shouting distance of Autumn, but it is always time for witches.

Shark God.

Very sad to hear that Tom Lehrer has died. Used to have a huge songbook of his at home and would loudly sing them with my Dad on piano. If you haven't listened to him before, he has a song for most every occasion. This one feels quite relevant youtu.be/iaHDBL7dVgs?...

Today in the UK, the Online Safety Act (2023) came into force. This means that social media companies are required to undertake age verification for users in the UK to see "adult content". And who decides what is and is not "adult content"? The social media companies themselves.

Are people aware that a father is the other parent in the family and therefore doesn’t “babysit” his own children yet or is everyone still in a weird place about this.

I have finally done it - I have made a ravelry account

In my ongoing Oops I Have Opinions On Costumes, this video is absolutely incredible. This was part of a project to recreate the clothing from the song, and involved loads of different crafters youtu.be/IAHnmqSQdDw?...

Paypal why are you being useless? Paypal I promise my bank account exists

Me: Hmmm it has been a little while since I listened to Hadestown, I shall put it on while cooking I am sure the Obsession will not return Me: Okay I've listened to the off broadway version, but now I must listen to the original concept album. Then I think I will listen to the off-broadway again...

I am sharing this older review of mine, partly because it is a good book and partly because I have recently re-read it and started on the sequels. So if I suddenly start reviewing the sequels, you won't all be at sea! meredithdebonnaire.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/b...

"There's been a new breakthrough on flying cars! Soon, the-" "It won't happen." "This time, they fixed the-" "Doesn't matter." "Why not?" "Dragons." "What?" "Flying cars get popular, dragons appear and eat them all, and make us forget it." "What?" "Happens every time." "What?" "Yup."

A book review including giant otters. You know you want to

lots of authors have been posting great pieces of advice for up and coming buckaroos and i agree with so much of it. GREAT RESOURCES right now so i thought i would add my own. usually i use words like scoundrel but for meanings sake i will just be direct: dont make being an asshole your brand

This evening's cooking is accompanied by the excellent Rina Sawayama youtu.be/7m8wpFC56JM?...

Afternoon listening is the glorious Ibeyi youtu.be/lHRAPIwsS5I?...

I love this person's sculptures they are always so evocative! A delight to find here

Book review! The Demon Breed by James H Schmimtz meredithdebonnaire.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/b...

Just over halfway through the EHRC consultation and I am losing the will to live

At the first ever pride march in Stroud. Shockingly emotional, and more thoughts to follow, but for now enjoy the sign I wrote in a rush this morning

I have been distracted from Undertale by Tetrisweeper. Which is a combination of tetris and minesweeper. However, in order to play it, I have had to teach myself to play minesweeper... Which I am not very good at! However I am compelled by the falling blocks that occasionally explode to learn.

I am still writing the occasional book review! meredithdebonnaire.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/b...

THE FUCKING MOTHS WERE LIVING IN MY ABANDONED CROCHET I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOME KIND OF CRAFT NEGLECT REVENGE

First up: everyone's favourite sentient house and the story of its love affair with a supermarket checkout girl, and the cannibal soothsayer next door 1 interior illustration by @tomsbrown.bsky.social (Published with Canelo Horror, 2024) 🌈📚😱🩸📚💙👀 #Horror #SFF buy.bookfunnel.com/iixs5ob5vd