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Hannah Valerie

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Assorted posts about history, church architecture, choral singing, faith, baking, travel, and cats. #ActuallyAutistic #FaithfullyLGBT 💫🌈

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · Dec 1

Over 2022 and 2023 I visited (or in the case of eight, revisited) all 26 English medieval cathedrals.

As an #Advent offering I'll be sharing photos here of one cathedral per day. Ish.

(List from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archite... - other versions are also available)

#CofE
#AdventCathedralling

Portrait: Google Maps UK screenshot showing maroon markers on all the 26 (English medieval) cathedrals:
* Bristol
* Canterbury
* Carlisle
* Chester
* Chichester
* Durham
* Ely
* Exeter
* Gloucester
* Hereford
* Lichfield
* Lincoln
* Manchester
* Norwich
* Christ Church, Oxford
* Peterborough
* Ripon
* Rochester
* St Albans
* Salisbury
* Southwark
* Southwell
* Wells
* Winchester
* Worcester
* York

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 18h

Christ of the Trades and St Christopher wall paintings at St Breaca's church, Breage, Cornwall

Wall painting depicting St Christopher carrying the Christ child across the river. Note mermaid looking at herself in the mirror at the bottom.

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 20h

Amen to this (though the Prayers of Love and Faith still feel like scraps/the bare minimum of inclusivity).

Please consider also signing/sharing, if you feel able. 💕🌈

@inclusivechurch.bsky.social

#InclusiveChurch #FaithfullyLGBT
#CofE

Ruth Harley @ruthh.bsky.social · 1d

I've signed this open letter. #CofEpeeps, lay or ordained, if you want the church to become more fully affirming of LGBTQ+ folks, please read this letter from Inclusive Church and consider signing it.
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...

LLF Open Letter – Inclusive Church

www.inclusive-church.org

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 21h

Hooray for smart dumb technology!

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 21h

Introvert self-care: autumnal edition 🦔🐌🍂🌰

(I was very excited to discover that the farmshop at Gloucester Services sells vegetarian-friendly bonfire s'mores brownies. 🎆)

Portrait: colouring book with an autumnal design (hedgehogs, leaves, snails etc.) open and partially coloured, with colouring pens alongside. Also pictured is a cappuccino and a fancy chocolate brownie.

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 1d

It really is!

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 1d

How did I miss this last time I visited?!

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful!

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I do so love Deerhurst. Odda's Chapel is so special, and St Mary's Priory Church has that gorgeous 9th century font!

Portrait: 9th century stone font with an intricate swirled pattern, lit from the base. Behind is a (fairly) modern stained glass window.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder there could always be a hidden Saxon church inside your house

Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 2d

✨Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. A kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel hid within plain sight an Anglo-Saxon chapel built by Earl Odda (a relation to Edward the Confessor). Re-discovered in 1865, it is the most complete surviving Saxon church in England. #thread

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, I have officially reached 'excited about my new shower curtain' years old.

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sorry. Adding to the love and prayers for you and your family. 💓

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 2d

Good to know. 😉

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 2d

When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, but where does the apostrophe go in "pedants corner"? 🤔 Presumably after the "s".

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 3d

England’s North/South Divide Based Only On Population

Surprised?

More on the data: brilliantmaps.com/englands-...

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 3d

Cutting Worcester in half seems a wee bit harsh...

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 3d

They really are! Thank you for your words of wisdom and care. ❤️

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Apotropaios @folkmagicman.bsky.social · 4d

An interesting pattern here essentially following six points around a circle (like a daisy-wheel) but overlapping along an entire block. Discovered by the vergers over the weekend at about 7/8ft up the column, near the entrance at Tewkesbury.

www.apotropaios.co.uk

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for your words of wisdom.

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 4d

"Whatever kind or well-intentioned words may be said, what is felt and known and experienced as the lived reality is a deeply damaging theology of power, which tramples over the lives and loves and the very humanity of LGBTQ+ folks."

Excellent piece by @ruthh.bsky.social

Ruth Harley @ruthh.bsky.social · 4d

Grateful for the opportunity to share a few thoughts about the latest developments in the LLF process, and what it might mean to really pay attention to power in this context.

viamedia.news/2025/10/20/l...

Living in Love and Faith: Where is the Power? - ViaMedia.News

by Revd Ruth Harley (Vicar, Cowgate and Priest in Charge, Newbiggin Hall) Back at the start of the Living in Love and Faith process (LLF), one of the more useful resources to be produced was the ‘Past...

viamedia.news

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 4d

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Anna James @superteadrinker.bsky.social · 6d

an experienced team who had clearly scouted the location

Train Penguin GIF

ALT: Train Penguin GIF

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Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him @suffolkvicar.bsky.social · 4d

#ToPray✝️

My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.
(Pope Francis)

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My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.
(Pope Francis)

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Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 4d

I hadn't even notice the wording until you said!

Hannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 5d

What a lovely evening at Cheltenham Lit Fest, hearing #CharlieMackesy discussing art, kindness, seeing the beauty & complexity in everyone, & - of course- the importance of cake. (I made it 15 mins in before bawling my eyes out.) Thanks Charlie for sticking around to sign for 3 hours afterwards! 💓🍰

Landscape: my book and a print by Charlie, both signed, "Love Charlie."

The print shows the boy, mole, fox and horse sitting together, with the caption, '"What's your best discovery?," asked the mole. "That I'm enough as I am," said the boy.'

Portrait: screen in Cheltenham Town Hall featuring a drawing by Charlie Mackesy showing his characters of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse. The caption reads, "Hello Cheltenham Literary Festival, love Charlie and Georgina."

Portrait: Charlie Mackesy and Georgina Godwin in converation on a stage, with a screen overhead bearing one of Charlie's drawings, showing the mole next to a massive cake. The caption reads, "Well hello."

Portrait: Charlie Mackesy and Georgina Godwin in converation on a stage, with a screen overhead bearing one of Charlie's drawings, showing the boy and mole sitting either side of a flower. The caption reads, "Be patient with yourself... shouting at a flower won't make it bloom."

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