- fairy circles
- bogs
- ancient caves
- airports
- strids
- looking glasses
- the now-abandoned priory my mother worked in
- ruins
- country lanes at night
mar 13 2024 ∞ mar 14 2024 +
by Jacqueline Crooks
- ‘sucked into the slipstream of rippling spines.’ (p. 5)
- ‘Nobody knows if he’s lost his mind or found a higher consciousness, like our men who lead the marches and rallies, chanting ‘Black Power’ over the heads of the sistren.’ (p. 6)
- ‘ancient spirits reanimated by sensimilla and body heat.’ (p. 11)
- ‘He plays it cool, but he’s like all the other men–rebels, rude bwoys, my poopa–super-sensitised to danger, set on survival mode, stepping on the streets, torsos swinging from their waists like obeah men, with panoramic views of a world that’s out to get them.’ (p. 11)
- ‘I make my way to my tower block, where grey-white curtains billow like spirits at dark windows and metal coffin lifts shuttle between heaven and hell.’ (p. 14)...
feb 26 2024 ∞ feb 27 2024 +
- ‘Africa’
- ‘American Heartbreak’
- ‘Angel Wings’
- ‘Ardella’
- ‘Aunt Sue's Stories’
- ‘Bad Luck Card’
- ‘Ballad of the Girl Whose Name is Mud’
- ‘A Black Pierrot’
- ‘Danse Africaine’
- ‘Daybreak in Alabama’
- ‘Dream Dust’
- ‘Dream Variations’
- ‘Early Evening Quarrel’
- ‘Freedom's Plow’
- ‘Fulfilment’
- ‘Garden’
- ‘Genius Child’
- ‘Hard Daddy’
- ‘Harlem Night Song’
- ‘Havana Dreams’
feb 18 2024 ∞ mar 3 2024 +
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
- Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
- Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Sunset by Jessie Cave
- She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
feb 11 2024 ∞ feb 26 2024 +
- knitting
- gryffindor scarf bookmark
- mouse bridge
- mouse pouch
- crochet
- sewing
- other
- bracelet in the colours of the Palestinian flag
feb 10 2024 ∞ mar 3 2024 +
latest to earliest. some much more serious than others
- the husband of a fundamentalist Christian influencer deconstructing
- B&E’s sudden deaths
- puppies
- my boyfriend going home
- being blamed for something that wasn’t my fault at work while also still being ill
- the genocide of the people of Palestine
- the deaths of my cat and dog; remembering that after my dog died my cat was a great comfort, but after my cat died there was no one left to be a similar comfort
- being an adult
- wanting my mother to care for me; my mother caring for me; my mother wanting her mother when she’s unwell but no longer having her
- being unwell
jan 29 2024 ∞ mar 9 2024 +
- born in the mid-90s
- only child of an amazing mother, from a family of working class northerners
- grew up with my heart-dog and heart-cat, and my grandfather’s heart-dog
- parent to fur children, a gerbil and a mouse
- lover of animals always, vegetarian since the age of thirteen
- bachelors and masters (with distinction) in english literature
- girlfriend of a southern boyfriend
- anxious and intermittently insomniac since childhood
- once made hozier laugh
- won a television quiz show
- collect books, mugs, and vinyl records
- never finish a book I’m not enjoying
- always rewatching the golden girls
jan 25 2024 ∞ mar 14 2024 +
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- “Kill the Black One First” by Michael Fuller
- Skandar and the Chaos Trials by A. F. Steadman
- A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
- A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
- Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot
- An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
- Selected Poems by Langston Hughes
- Sonnets for Albert by Anthony Joseph
- Love Songs of the New Kingdom translated by John L. Foster
- Dark Days by James Baldwin
- Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
- The Woman in the Strongbox by Maureen O’Hagan
- Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
- Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
- Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
- The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
- Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
jan 7 2024 ∞ mar 16 2024 +
- signed books
- matcha lattes
- cat cafés
- thunderstorms
- houseplants
- mario kart 8
- finishing a book
- my big, comfy, swivelling armchair
- sleeping in my boyfriend’s arms
- my mouse sitting on my shoulder
- annotating poetry collections
- hot water bottles
- cephalopods
- novelty mugs
jul 5 2021 ∞ mar 15 2024 +
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- Africa
- Egypt
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Zimbabwe
- the Americas
- Canada
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- USA
- Asia
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- Vietnam
- Europe
mar 8 2024 ∞ mar 12 2024 +
Ancient Egyptian love poetry translated by John L. Foster
- ‘Send him back hard by your lady's small window’
- ‘How clever my love with a lasso’
- ‘I found my love by the secret canal’
- ‘Once more you pass her house, deep in thought’
- ‘I love you through the daytimes’
- ‘Your love, dear man, is as lovely to me’
- ‘My love is back, let me shout out the news’
- ‘When I hold my love close’
- ‘My always love, believe’
- ‘Flee him, my heart—and hurry’
- ‘I just chanced to be happening by’
- ‘Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals’
- ‘Astray or captured, all bear witness’...
feb 24 2024 ∞ mar 15 2024 +
- 10 Years // Daði Freyr
- Almost (Sweet Music) // Hozier
- Baby Can I Hold You // Tracy Chapman
- The Chain // Fleetwood Mac
- Chapter 319 // clipping.
- Cherry Wine // Hozier
- Cupid’s Chokehold // Gym Class Heroes
- The Deep // clipping.
- Dial Drunk // Noah Kahan
- Disco 2000 // Pulp
- Don’t Shut Me Down // Abba
- Don’t Take the Money // Bleachers
- Fernando // Abba
- Fly On the Wings of Love // Brødrene Olsen
- Francesca // Hozier
- From Eden // Hozier
- Handsome // The Vaccines
- Here You Come Again // Dolly Parton
- Hyacinth House // The Doors
- I Still Have Faith in You // Abba
- Jackie and Wilson // Hozier
feb 19 2024 ∞ mar 8 2024 +
- the clicking of knitting needles
- rain on the window
- thunderstorms
- the gentle hush of waves
- hozier singing the humours of whiskey
- hot water being poured onto a tea bag
- the page of a book being turned
feb 11 2024 ∞ feb 11 2024 +
- Angela Y. Davis
- James Baldwin
- Mona Eltahawy
- Audre Lorde
- Toni Morrison
jan 25 2024 ∞ feb 17 2024 +
- banshees
- burglars
- criticism
- ghostface
- hocus pocus
- men that weren’t my grandfather
- mufasa’s ghost in the sky
- police
jan 23 2024 ∞ jan 25 2024 +
- dogs (2)
- cats (1)
- guinea pigs (3)
- rabbits (2)
- hamsters (8)
- gerbils (4)
- rats (2)
- fish (x)
- snails (1)
- frogs (1)
- crabs (2)
- sea monkeys (x)
- mice (1)
jan 18 2024 ∞ mar 2 2024 +
- big feet
- chunky
- wears a lot of yellow
- eats six times a day
- loves mushrooms
- and po ta toes
- sleeps a lot
- moves quietly
feb 18 2019 ∞ feb 29 2024 +
- Swedish
- French
- Irish/Gaelige
- Japanese
- Italian
- Danish
- German
- Portuguese
- Spanish
jul 27 2021 ∞ jan 27 2024 +
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- Misfits by Michaela Coel
- Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies
- An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
- Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
- Set the Night on Fire by Robby Krieger, with Jeff Alulis
- Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor
- Van Gogh's Ear by Bernadette Murphy
- Free by Lea Ypi
mar 5 2024 ∞ mar 10 2024 +
- pro
- abortion
- animal rights
- EU
- feminism
- nationalised public services
- Palestine
- prison abolition
- saving refugees
- saving the planet
- socialism
- taxing the rich
- trans rights
- universal basic income
- vaccines
- anti
- austerity
- factory farming
- fascism
feb 18 2024 ∞ mar 14 2024 +
- August ( m. )
- Billie ( f. )
- Bronwen ( f. )
- Francesca ( f. )
- Gwen ( f. )
- Romilly ( f. )
- Stanley ( m. )
feb 13 2024 ∞ mar 6 2024 +
- ‘you can’t feel nothing small’ — ophelia, the lumineers
- ‘these days I think I owe my life / to flowers that were left here by my mother / ain't that like them? / gifting life to you again’ — first time, hozier
- ‘I will not be great / but I’m grateful to get through’ — abstract (psychopomp), hozier
- ‘what a brilliant thing, to discover we've been wrong about some things, what a brilliant thing it is to grow.’ - misfits: a personal manifesto by michaela coel
- ‘turning up late in a world we had no power in’ — damage gets done, hozier ft brandi carlile
jan 26 2024 ∞ feb 25 2024 +
- born slippy (nuxx) // underworld
- doctor jones // aqua
- glamorous // fergie
- knock three times // tony orlando & dawn
- last thing on my mind // steps
- rock the boat // hues corporation
- whenever, wherever // shakira
jan 27 2024 ∞ jan 27 2024 +
c'mere to me, I wish I was a mayfly on the River Tay / I'd fit all my joys and my pleasures in one perfect day / I wish I was the sunlight, just sitting on the Mississippi / I'd settle for a shopping trolley in the Liffey
- a cat asleep under a bookshop table
- a bird on its branch, holding fast in a storm
- bronzed and freckled with a touch of red on my cheeks and sun-bleached hair
- an early-riser
- a witch with her familiar
- walking my dog across the field and down the bridle path
- a beekeeper
- on the right side of history
- the sunrise
- a dormouse
- a revolutionary
- on stage at Shakespeare’s Globe
jan 31 2024 ∞ feb 2 2024 +
- keys
- purse
- water
- book
- kindle
- pocket mirror
- tweezers
- lip balm
- lipstick
- deodorant
- hand sanitiser
- ear pods
- ear plugs
- baby wipes
- plasters
- painkillers
- pads
jan 18 2024 ∞ jan 20 2024 +
- Off Menu
- Betwixt the Sheets
- If Books Could Kill
- Pod Save the UK
may 22 2023 ∞ jan 20 2024 +
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