Canada needs more social housing. We have like 2/3 less public housing units per capita than the UK which is NOT a leader either

It is interesting to me the huge gap in understanding between folks who are not chronically ill and those who are, especially those with rare illnesses Likeas a rule just about anyone who is chronically ill, especially those with rare illnesses **knows** how valuable talking with other spoonies is

What a wonderful wide street! Is Ambridge so well appointed? #ReturnToCranford #TheArchers

The Roman festival of Saturnalia ran from Dec 17 - 23. Party party party....

In amannaí, is deacair a bheith i do Ghaeilgeoir. www.independent.ie/seachtain/ci...

Let people know how loved they are. Never hold back. Time flies. Apologize. Forgive. Be kind. Rebuild the bridges. Hold your palms up and open and allow for peace, freedom and blessings. There will be a last hug, last kiss, last smile, last words and last hand holding. Make each moment count.

@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social I don't suppose you have any idea who painted this, do you? (Wynken, Blynken and Nod)

You will be visited by three spirits.

#TheArchersXmasBingo #TheArchersChristmasBingo

Hang on! In the spirit of fairness & transparency. Bingo cards need to be posted by midnight 24th December. Predictions to cover till midnight on 6th January. Then on 7th we can all see who got the highest score. #TheArchers #TheArchersXmasBingo 1/2

I am watching Sandi's Wood, with Sandi Toksvig and her wife Debbie rehabilitating some English woodland. I just noticed that it's rated 18+. This absolutely baffled me till I remembered two things: she says fuck, and they're lesbians. I doubt it's to do with the latter, so that leaves the F word? 🤔

Two words: Palestine Action.

Against my better judgement I decided to try a new-to-me American SF series. There are five main characters: a Russian, a Chinese, an English, an American, and an Indian. Who do you think were the neutral-to-good characters (perhaps a bit lame), the main/hero guy, and the apparently bad guys?

And I now have some outsiders in the Meadow Farm tenancy race… The Grundys! Very very long odds, but if they all clubbed together…? Perhaps with a bit of help from Oliver, or Will selling up? The more I think, the longer the odds get I admit. But it’s a thought!! #TheArchers

I love that my friend’s wonderful novel, Winter on the Plain of Ghosts by Eileen Kernaghan, is mentioned on a website devoted to the Indus Valley, where the book is set. I love all of Eileen’s books, but this is my favourite. www.harappa.com/content/wint...

"A Bhríd (To Brigid)" by Alan Wells. On Stone on the Belly, a Brigit poetry blog. #BrigitOfIreland #BrigidGoddess #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #PaganSky #Poetry stonebelly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bh...

Have I posted this lovely photo of a Sandhill crane? #blurb 🪶

I went to a craft fair and got a lovely felted bird for my friend.

@essythorn.bsky.social So funny! I just discovered I already published it under a different name. But I like enough to leave them both — unless you want me to take one of them down. (So confusing!)

@sarahmaintains.bsky.social Hi, Sarah. Would you be willing to let me post your brilliant poem "A Prayer to St Bridget” on my blog? Here is a link to it: stonebelly.blogspot.com (Sorry for the abrupt message. I feel more awkward even than usual asking permission, since it’s “in public.”)

Well! Somehow with the 1 million tabs I had open on the iPad I lost the recipe I was going to use. I wanted to watch that video one more time! Nevertheless, I farmered on and made my very first soda bread. It's not perfect visually, but it looks (and smells) yummy. Now, a few minutes for it to cool.

Oh, no! They are dumping Voyager, too! No no no no no no no no no!

Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.

Watching a few DS9 before Netflix kills the series. It’s so good. I’m really sorry to have it go.

I am 100% right eyebrowed. If only I could do with my left eyebrow what I can do with my right! It’s like there’s a tractor beam on my left eyebrow, but my right eyebrow can dance through space!

The story of Facebook. Corey Doctorow explains how social media starts out being great, but then locks in users, then locks in advertisers, and then screws both over in favour of shareholders. Enshittification is the word he invented to describe this.

I love the invertebrate feed because I get to see wonderful pictures of bees and spiders and moths and all kinds of things. But I find it distressing when I see an insect or spider killed and used for art. Luckily, there aren’t too many of those on the feed.

Guess what I’m going to make tomorrow!

Saw a nice cardigan in a shop window so I went in to have a look. $565. You can imagine how toney they thought I was when my response was, “Holy shit! Well, that’s not going to happen!”

56 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sadly, Netflix is dumping all of the Star Trek series except for one. Happily, the one series that it’s not dumping is my favourite: Voyager.

I used to be a Crisis volunteer. It was, indeed, a massive logistical undertaking. It was also where I learned to roll ciggies - decades before vapes, hundreds per day were handed out, rolled in our down time!

When did paper get so brittle? When I tear up paper to use the backside for notes it tears weirdly now. How has the process changed, I wonder?

Verses Felpersham 🤔 #TheArchers

Tatreez 101: Palestinian Embroidery with Alexandra Verma Sunday Dec 14th, 2025 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Workshops/Education Cross & Crows Books Vancouver, BC, Canada www.crossandcrows.com/events/39777...

A wonderful film about mixed-faith marriages in Northern Ireland around the times of the Troubles. My own parents suffered a nonviolent form of this division, where my dad’s family tried hard to stop the marriage, and one brother disowned him for most of his life. ifiarchiveplayer.ie/a-plague-on-...

#SmallBeauties #WithBigBrains!

One of the prettiest finches we saw in the #Cerrado of #Brazil. But hang on a minute, after doing a little checking, it turns out this *red-crested finch* is currently classified as a #Tanager thanks to recent phylogenetic analyses. #redcrestedfinch #thraupidae #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🇧🇷 🪶 🌿

Very nicely done movie about young people in Northern Ireland trying to do some cross-community outreach against a backdrop of distrust, racism, and anger. You Looking At Me? DIRECTED BY: Margo Harkin (2003) ifiarchiveplayer.ie/you-looking-...

Saint Brigid of Ireland Card - Art Print - Instant Download brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com/2025/12/sain...

Thanks for the three book recommendations. I’m glad that you have your own novel at the end of the post. I loved loved loved it! 📚

I was inspired by Lorien Cadier and her enthusiasm for rivers. youtu.be/mzr6q89UvbM?...

Please consider signing this petition to protect the complex chronic diseases care that I and 6000 other British Columbians receive through this amazing clinic. There is nothing else like it here. (No, the program at Women’s Hospital is nowhere near as helpful.) #SupportHealthCare ✍🏽 c.org/v8B4yhnhxy

Please consider signing this petition to protect the complex chronic diseases care that I and 6000 other British Columbians receive through this amazing clinic. There is nothing else like it here. (No, the program at Women’s Hospital is nowhere near as helpful.) #SupportHealthCare ✍🏽 c.org/v8B4yhnhxy

Excellent. Tragic. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Chorus line of this song just popped into my head. May we all shine on. youtu.be/xLy2SaSQAtA