Abbaetha, forever team parsnip
@abbaetha.bsky.social
Quilter, crafter, baker. Sff/romance/history reader. Boosting books. Amateur victorianist. Posts and follows re: books, crafts, and food. LGBTQ+ ally. D. Dunnett cultist. No politics or automatic follow-backs. E pur si muove. Banner: Macbeth cake.
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Welcome new followers! I am Abbaetha. I mostly follow historians, academics, authors and bookish types, crafters, and cooks. My feed is mostly breads, cakes, books, and crafts, which continues the theme. I like a quiet peaceful corner and that’s the goal of this account. No cat, but ferrets.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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All of my recent watercolour paintings are available to buy on my website. A gift idea for a friend who loves walking in the woods perhaps? They are £140 each. Painted by hand, no AI here! claireleach.com/shop
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
All of my recent watercolour paintings are available to buy on my website. A gift idea for a friend who loves walking in the woods perhaps? They are £140 each. Painted by hand, no AI here! claireleach.com/shop
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Book Moon Books
Bright and shiny independent bookshop in Easthampton, MA
www.bookmoonbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Bald eagle
Albatross
Coral snake (yikes)
Penguin
Condor
Bald eagle
Albatross
Coral snake (yikes)
Penguin
Condor
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Bald eagle
Marmot
Elk
Snapping turtle
Humpback whale
Bald eagle
Marmot
Elk
Snapping turtle
Humpback whale
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
California condor
Mountain lion
Cuban tree frog
Moorean viviparous tree snail
Malayan pit viper waaaaay too close
California condor
Mountain lion
Cuban tree frog
Moorean viviparous tree snail
Malayan pit viper waaaaay too close
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Bald eagle
Albatross
Coral snake (yikes)
Penguin
Condor
Bald eagle
Albatross
Coral snake (yikes)
Penguin
Condor
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December
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“… ‘I am Ozymandias, Candle of Candles / Look on my wicks, ye Mighty, and despair!’…”
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November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“… ‘I am Ozymandias, Candle of Candles / Look on my wicks, ye Mighty, and despair!’…”
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This is a wonderful story.
When I lived in the UK I was a thanksgiving consultant for Australian friends and I had a blast.
When I lived in the UK I was a thanksgiving consultant for Australian friends and I had a blast.
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is a wonderful story.
When I lived in the UK I was a thanksgiving consultant for Australian friends and I had a blast.
When I lived in the UK I was a thanksgiving consultant for Australian friends and I had a blast.
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
'The dig team at the Ness, one of the most important Neolithic sites in the British Isles, are not revealing what they believe the find to be until more work is done.
But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.'
But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.'
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#cooksky
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The pear filling has escaped containment. Please respond accordingly (ideally with whipped cream).
@nethertonfoundry.bsky.social
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The pear filling has escaped containment. Please respond accordingly (ideally with whipped cream).
@nethertonfoundry.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#cooksky
🍜🍽️
The pear filling has escaped containment. Please respond accordingly (ideally with whipped cream).
@nethertonfoundry.bsky.social
🍜🍽️
The pear filling has escaped containment. Please respond accordingly (ideally with whipped cream).
@nethertonfoundry.bsky.social
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Today’s bake is a batch of everything bagels with za’atar mixed in. Not pictured 3 double crust pie crusts I prepped for the freezer.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Today’s bake is a batch of everything bagels with za’atar mixed in. Not pictured 3 double crust pie crusts I prepped for the freezer.
These are fabulous books and I was just posting about them. Completely formative for me.
You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
These are fabulous books and I was just posting about them. Completely formative for me.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
utpress.utexas.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Pleased with this. My crimps are never what I want (except for raised pie, for some reason) but I’m still pleased.
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Pleased with this. My crimps are never what I want (except for raised pie, for some reason) but I’m still pleased.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Not only will I be fine, I will be wrapped in love and I will be wiser.
Not only will I be fine, I will be wrapped in love and I will be wiser.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Not only will I be fine, I will be wrapped in love and I will be wiser.
Not only will I be fine, I will be wrapped in love and I will be wiser.
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Okay but here me out:
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Okay but here me out:
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
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🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Begun, the marmalade has.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Begun, the marmalade has.
Timeline cleanse: it’s like Alien, but with a little sleep pod, and including beans.
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Timeline cleanse: it’s like Alien, but with a little sleep pod, and including beans.
This is a very good book and if you want more of the books you need to pay the author, people. This is not hard.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
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Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a very good book and if you want more of the books you need to pay the author, people. This is not hard.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#cooksky
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Make blueberry pound cake, kid said. I said sure, blueberry lemon? Kid said nothing. Kid ate the cake and said they didn’t want lemon. Anyone want blueberry lemon almond cake with lemon glaze?
🍽️🍜
Make blueberry pound cake, kid said. I said sure, blueberry lemon? Kid said nothing. Kid ate the cake and said they didn’t want lemon. Anyone want blueberry lemon almond cake with lemon glaze?
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
#cooksky
🍽️🍜
Make blueberry pound cake, kid said. I said sure, blueberry lemon? Kid said nothing. Kid ate the cake and said they didn’t want lemon. Anyone want blueberry lemon almond cake with lemon glaze?
🍽️🍜
Make blueberry pound cake, kid said. I said sure, blueberry lemon? Kid said nothing. Kid ate the cake and said they didn’t want lemon. Anyone want blueberry lemon almond cake with lemon glaze?
#cooksky
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Yeah, I found Persian tangerines so I am doing this again. My shreds last time were a little chunky so I’m making them smaller. I want to add a hint of rose. It’s an obsession but I have found the ultimate house gift so I can excuse it.
🍜🍽️
Yeah, I found Persian tangerines so I am doing this again. My shreds last time were a little chunky so I’m making them smaller. I want to add a hint of rose. It’s an obsession but I have found the ultimate house gift so I can excuse it.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#cooksky
🍜🍽️
Yeah, I found Persian tangerines so I am doing this again. My shreds last time were a little chunky so I’m making them smaller. I want to add a hint of rose. It’s an obsession but I have found the ultimate house gift so I can excuse it.
🍜🍽️
Yeah, I found Persian tangerines so I am doing this again. My shreds last time were a little chunky so I’m making them smaller. I want to add a hint of rose. It’s an obsession but I have found the ultimate house gift so I can excuse it.