Book: Chanur's Homecoming (1986) Series: Chanur #4, Alliance Union Universe Author: C. J. Cherryh #BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #Chanur

Plea for inclusivity in Nativity scenes www.jowaltonbooks.com/poetry/the-t...

Dragon nativity

Jam Advent Calendar Day 25 Cherry jam with Voltaire's Micromegas, a contender for first SF

I always think that Joseph is the most interesting person in Nativity paintings. Sometimes he's confused, sometimes he's a bit grumpy, sometimes he's just a good bloke trying to do his best. @bluejo.bsky.social _nails_ this last in this story.

Always read Jo Walton. Merry Christmas

Salted caramel paired with Carry On by @rainbowrowell.bsky.social I remember when the salted caramel trend was suddenly everywhere, which reminds me of this magical system relying on living usage The final day of #BooksAreMyJam! What other book would you add and what jam would it go with?

From c. 3,600 years ago, an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a hedgehog curled-up in a ball! 🦔❤️ Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c... 📷 by me

Finally finish my dice Christmas advent calendar. So many cool dice and a metal coin. #dice #adventcalendar #christmas #ttrpg #qworkshop

Joseph's Story (available in my collection Starlings from @tachyonpub.bsky.social ) www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...

The thing about Theodora Goss is that she's plugged directly into the powerful direct current of the mythic

New blog post: "Mother Night's Tapestry" "Let’s go into the castle — Mother Night has beckoned us in. We follow her to the tower, which is so tall that we can’t see the top of it — it’s taller on the inside." theodoragoss.com/2025/12/23/m...

Merry Christmas to all those celebrating. Happy Thursday to all those who are not. And I hope this day passes bearably and swiftly for anyone struggling today. Dragon with Christmas Gift, Edward Gorey.

A collection of entries for Christmas Day from an eclectic mix of different diaries spanning five centuries, from 1599 to 1918: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/diary-days-from-christmas-past #ChristmasDay

Gaudete! www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Ng...

Coventry Carol is one of my favorites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wit-...

Jam Advent Calendar Day 24: Salted Caramel, with John M. Ford's The Dragon Waiting reactormag.com/subtle-histo...

A spilled ink phoenix for #ArtAdventCalendar day 24! Made with polymer clay, an empty fountain pen ink bottle, and chameleon powder to make the feathers shimmer in the light.

AMERICA! "The Fortunate Fall" by @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle (and possibly Nook, Kobo, Apple, Google, etc) today!

watching the gift memberships roll in on Lingthusiasm's Patreon all week like yesss hello my last minute gift purchasers, you are among friends here

if any of you have the opportunity to see TARTUFFE at New York Theater Workshop before it closes: DO IT. that was some of the best live theater I've been to in years

Some books have portions that are like walking through a dark room and stubbing your toe on every piece of furniture to get a map of where you need to be. And the only thing worse than doing that is...not doing it.

So I am going to say something about romance as a genre. A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>. This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.

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🖼️ Edward Gorey #GothicAdvent

'To those who keep their hearts their own The winter is the spring.' -John Clare 🎨 Lucy Grossmith

Rocky the Owl was a surprise stowaway in a giant spruce tree transported from upstate NY to 30 Rock Plaza. The owl was rescued by a worker and rehabilitated by Ellen at Ravensbeard. More at owlsintowels.org/rocky-the-xm... Want to donate to RWC? givebutter.com/ravensbeard-... #owlsintowels 💛🦉🎄

Jam Advent Calendar, Day 23, Strawberry and Rhubarb jam with Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day

Christmas Tree, now decorated and lovely.

Moose and menorah are here on Hannukah Day 8 to share the brightest light on this coincidentally darkest night of the year.

#MosaicMonday - Mosaic panel from Hadrian's Villa depicting a rocky landscape with goats by a stream and a statue of Dionysus. Musei Vaticani, Gabinetto delle Maschere.

Vinterhare vid gärdesgård (Winter hare at the fence), Bruno Liljefors.

My recommendations for short SFF and speculative poetry, 2025! By no means comprehensive, even I can't read everything, but gosh there's been good stuff: marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4317

Art I am thinking about: "The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux" by A.E. Housman. "...The troubles of our proud and angry dust Are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

At the Vatican Library reading room, it was sunny, but there was suddenly a huge thunderclap & downpour out of nowhere. 2 priests in black robes & 4 men in white lab coats rushed through the room suddenly & vanished. 2 min later the clouds parted & there was a perfect beam of sunlight & a rainbow⚡️🙏🌈

I think everybody has their own way of communicating while asleep.

Raspberry lychee jam paired with The Art of Language Invention by David J Peterson: the multiple pronunciations of lychee/litchi reminded me of the retconning necessary to make some of the original Game of Thrones names fit in with the subsequently fleshed-out Dothraki language Day 22 #ThisIsMyJam

You don't have to be a member to tell SFWA how you feel about AI.

Good morning. It was good to be back in the fields.

Jam Advent Calendar Day 22 Raspberry and Litchi -- with S.P. Somtow's Jasmine Nights reactormag.com/between-two-...

For any audiobook fans of people who are looking for gifts for them, the audiobook of What Makes This Book So Great is at 50% off until the end of December www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

Jam Advent Calendar Day 21: Strawberry and Passionfruit with The Word (King James Bible) www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Another in my series of libraries Kannur Public Library, India #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

These are super fun

New sonnet on my Patreon: Solstice Pivot www.patreon.com/posts/solsti... I wrote it in bed this morning

New sonnet on my Patreon: Solstice Pivot www.patreon.com/posts/solsti... I wrote it in bed this morning

Book: Lent (2019) -Standalone- Author: Jo Walton #BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES

Jam Advent Calendar Day 20: Peach, Blackcurrant and Sichuan Peppercorn jam, with Shelley Parker Chan's She Who Became The Sun