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@lavieenprose.bsky.social
40+ years in IT : coder, sys eng, cybersec researcher
BA(Hons) Modern Language Studies
TEFL
Proofreader
Adoper ot abused & abandoned ponies
Cancer surviver
A decent person doing her best for the world around her
Made in Britain Saved in Brittany
BA(Hons) Modern Language Studies
TEFL
Proofreader
Adoper ot abused & abandoned ponies
Cancer surviver
A decent person doing her best for the world around her
Made in Britain Saved in Brittany
I cooked a roast dinner for Miss Daisy & Parker yesterday
Beef, roast potatoes & parsnips, carrots, broccoli and gravy
I haven't cooked a meal like that for years
They cleared their plates
And I cleared the pots, pans, plates and cutlery
I left them contented and came home to my stove, cats & books
Beef, roast potatoes & parsnips, carrots, broccoli and gravy
I haven't cooked a meal like that for years
They cleared their plates
And I cleared the pots, pans, plates and cutlery
I left them contented and came home to my stove, cats & books
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I cooked a roast dinner for Miss Daisy & Parker yesterday
Beef, roast potatoes & parsnips, carrots, broccoli and gravy
I haven't cooked a meal like that for years
They cleared their plates
And I cleared the pots, pans, plates and cutlery
I left them contented and came home to my stove, cats & books
Beef, roast potatoes & parsnips, carrots, broccoli and gravy
I haven't cooked a meal like that for years
They cleared their plates
And I cleared the pots, pans, plates and cutlery
I left them contented and came home to my stove, cats & books
I deleted a post questioning the benefit of an online writing retreat, partly out of respect for the provider, partly because I do not wish to be harassed for expressing an opinion
But, and trust me on this, the Internet is a wonderful resource and a dreadful black hole
Be present in the real world
But, and trust me on this, the Internet is a wonderful resource and a dreadful black hole
Be present in the real world
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I deleted a post questioning the benefit of an online writing retreat, partly out of respect for the provider, partly because I do not wish to be harassed for expressing an opinion
But, and trust me on this, the Internet is a wonderful resource and a dreadful black hole
Be present in the real world
But, and trust me on this, the Internet is a wonderful resource and a dreadful black hole
Be present in the real world
This winter is challenging, pushing me to my limits as I strive to care for people and ponies here...
So, I am doing that which I did when I was undergoing cancer treatment ... I turn to books
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen
from @orendabooks.bsky.social
So, I am doing that which I did when I was undergoing cancer treatment ... I turn to books
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen
from @orendabooks.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This winter is challenging, pushing me to my limits as I strive to care for people and ponies here...
So, I am doing that which I did when I was undergoing cancer treatment ... I turn to books
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen
from @orendabooks.bsky.social
So, I am doing that which I did when I was undergoing cancer treatment ... I turn to books
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen
from @orendabooks.bsky.social
I am having a really hard time coping with the state of the world
Putin's slaughtering of innocent civilians
Trump's mental incompetence and narcissism
Elaine Musk's $-fuelled mania
And all other the evil, greed, violence
Why can't we just be decent, honest, caring?
What is wrong with our species?
Putin's slaughtering of innocent civilians
Trump's mental incompetence and narcissism
Elaine Musk's $-fuelled mania
And all other the evil, greed, violence
Why can't we just be decent, honest, caring?
What is wrong with our species?
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I am having a really hard time coping with the state of the world
Putin's slaughtering of innocent civilians
Trump's mental incompetence and narcissism
Elaine Musk's $-fuelled mania
And all other the evil, greed, violence
Why can't we just be decent, honest, caring?
What is wrong with our species?
Putin's slaughtering of innocent civilians
Trump's mental incompetence and narcissism
Elaine Musk's $-fuelled mania
And all other the evil, greed, violence
Why can't we just be decent, honest, caring?
What is wrong with our species?
I'm a wordsmith, but I am also a science/tech geek
40 years in I.T. you know
So the Black Death fascinates me
Yersinia Pestis wiped out half the population of Europe between 1348-49
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Named after Alexander Yersin - that's fame
Image commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
40 years in I.T. you know
So the Black Death fascinates me
Yersinia Pestis wiped out half the population of Europe between 1348-49
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Named after Alexander Yersin - that's fame
Image commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
File:Yersinia pestis.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I'm a wordsmith, but I am also a science/tech geek
40 years in I.T. you know
So the Black Death fascinates me
Yersinia Pestis wiped out half the population of Europe between 1348-49
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Named after Alexander Yersin - that's fame
Image commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
40 years in I.T. you know
So the Black Death fascinates me
Yersinia Pestis wiped out half the population of Europe between 1348-49
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Named after Alexander Yersin - that's fame
Image commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Miss Daisy and I have both been laid low by a vicious virus for 12 days. Worse for her with chronic lung disease but not good for me with my left lung nodules...
She was very depressed and reverting to staying in bed so...
She was very depressed and reverting to staying in bed so...
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Miss Daisy and I have both been laid low by a vicious virus for 12 days. Worse for her with chronic lung disease but not good for me with my left lung nodules...
She was very depressed and reverting to staying in bed so...
She was very depressed and reverting to staying in bed so...
I have to admit that when the road to Lannion is lined with lilac lupins it brings joy to my heart
But, the introduction of non-native species often leads to disaster, n'est-ce pas?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But, the introduction of non-native species often leads to disaster, n'est-ce pas?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis
Nootka lupins, introduced in the 1940s to repair damaged soil, are rampaging across the island, threatening its native species
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have to admit that when the road to Lannion is lined with lilac lupins it brings joy to my heart
But, the introduction of non-native species often leads to disaster, n'est-ce pas?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But, the introduction of non-native species often leads to disaster, n'est-ce pas?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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My latest book ∀LFA just got shortlisted for the Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards! Feeling honoured and thrilled.
@orendabooks.bsky.social
@orendabooks.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My latest book ∀LFA just got shortlisted for the Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards! Feeling honoured and thrilled.
@orendabooks.bsky.social
@orendabooks.bsky.social
Do Not Do It
(Spoken by someone with 50+ years I.T. experience and who was a cybersec researcher)
(Spoken by someone with 50+ years I.T. experience and who was a cybersec researcher)
Successfully navigating the AI hype
How can small businesses decide if AI is the right choice to improve their systems?
By David Tyler
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/suc...
How can small businesses decide if AI is the right choice to improve their systems?
By David Tyler
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/suc...
Successfully navigating the AI hype
How can small businesses decide if AI is the right choice to improve their systems?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Do Not Do It
(Spoken by someone with 50+ years I.T. experience and who was a cybersec researcher)
(Spoken by someone with 50+ years I.T. experience and who was a cybersec researcher)
Adds to Wish List
I've been in love with reindeer since I first met the Swimming Reindeer at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social
And then living, breathing reindeer in Finnish Lapland
Remember, a reindeer is not just for Christmas
grapevine.is/travel/2024/...
I've been in love with reindeer since I first met the Swimming Reindeer at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social
And then living, breathing reindeer in Finnish Lapland
Remember, a reindeer is not just for Christmas
grapevine.is/travel/2024/...
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Adds to Wish List
I've been in love with reindeer since I first met the Swimming Reindeer at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social
And then living, breathing reindeer in Finnish Lapland
Remember, a reindeer is not just for Christmas
grapevine.is/travel/2024/...
I've been in love with reindeer since I first met the Swimming Reindeer at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social
And then living, breathing reindeer in Finnish Lapland
Remember, a reindeer is not just for Christmas
grapevine.is/travel/2024/...
Interesting decision, and one that I applaud
Much as I love teaching English, I also value the preservation of one's own language and thus one's own culture more grapevine.is/news/2025/12...
Much as I love teaching English, I also value the preservation of one's own language and thus one's own culture more grapevine.is/news/2025/12...
National Hospital Makes Speaking Icelandic Mandatory, Hires Language Tutor
The National Hospital of Iceland (Landspítalinn) has confirmed a language policy making speaking Icelandic mandatory among staff. According to the...
grapevine.is
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Interesting decision, and one that I applaud
Much as I love teaching English, I also value the preservation of one's own language and thus one's own culture more grapevine.is/news/2025/12...
Much as I love teaching English, I also value the preservation of one's own language and thus one's own culture more grapevine.is/news/2025/12...
Otta, Socrates et Moi
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Otta, Socrates et Moi
When your farrier is in love with your Icelandic horse ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
When your farrier is in love with your Icelandic horse ❤️
Elaine Musk really is mad
Oh my giddy aunt, Space Karen needs to disappear out of UK politics
Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Elaine Musk really is mad
You know people say we start to look like our dogs?
Well, looking at this photo it occurs to me that I look a little like my pony: scruffy, wild-eyed and with unruly grey/blonde hair that could use a good brushing!
If it weren't for my bright blue eyes we could be twins!
Well, looking at this photo it occurs to me that I look a little like my pony: scruffy, wild-eyed and with unruly grey/blonde hair that could use a good brushing!
If it weren't for my bright blue eyes we could be twins!
Socrates is saying, "I know you have apples in that basket. Please give a poor starving pony apples!"
Sadly he can't have many apples, too much sugar, but he does have a twice-daily treat of turnips, cougettes, carrots and celery
Sadly he can't have many apples, too much sugar, but he does have a twice-daily treat of turnips, cougettes, carrots and celery
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
You know people say we start to look like our dogs?
Well, looking at this photo it occurs to me that I look a little like my pony: scruffy, wild-eyed and with unruly grey/blonde hair that could use a good brushing!
If it weren't for my bright blue eyes we could be twins!
Well, looking at this photo it occurs to me that I look a little like my pony: scruffy, wild-eyed and with unruly grey/blonde hair that could use a good brushing!
If it weren't for my bright blue eyes we could be twins!
“To have a second language is to have a second soul.”
(Charlemagne)
I am different people when I speak English, French, Italian
However, I doubt I will ever master Breton 😎
//www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/26/kneecap-europe-minority-languages
(Charlemagne)
I am different people when I speak English, French, Italian
However, I doubt I will ever master Breton 😎
//www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/26/kneecap-europe-minority-languages
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen
What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently, says freelance writer Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“To have a second language is to have a second soul.”
(Charlemagne)
I am different people when I speak English, French, Italian
However, I doubt I will ever master Breton 😎
//www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/26/kneecap-europe-minority-languages
(Charlemagne)
I am different people when I speak English, French, Italian
However, I doubt I will ever master Breton 😎
//www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/26/kneecap-europe-minority-languages
I listened to this in bed at 4 am this morning and it was good
Hi everyone! I am really proud to have taken part in this Radio 4 programme about agoraphobia. So if you want something in the background while you're making your dinner, please do tune in! 🙏
p.s. I've no idea what made the edits so I'm a little scared!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
p.s. I've no idea what made the edits so I'm a little scared!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, The Little Box Which Contains the World
Emily Berry's exploration of agoraphobia.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I listened to this in bed at 4 am this morning and it was good
Socrates is saying, "I know you have apples in that basket. Please give a poor starving pony apples!"
Sadly he can't have many apples, too much sugar, but he does have a twice-daily treat of turnips, cougettes, carrots and celery
Sadly he can't have many apples, too much sugar, but he does have a twice-daily treat of turnips, cougettes, carrots and celery
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Socrates is saying, "I know you have apples in that basket. Please give a poor starving pony apples!"
Sadly he can't have many apples, too much sugar, but he does have a twice-daily treat of turnips, cougettes, carrots and celery
Sadly he can't have many apples, too much sugar, but he does have a twice-daily treat of turnips, cougettes, carrots and celery
Wonderful
"“I have never really met anything like her unselfishness and patience and kindness and shall feel deeply in her debt as long as I live.”
"– she was feisty, outrageous, kind, loving and mischievous. Lucky old heaven getting such a dazzling newcomer.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
"“I have never really met anything like her unselfishness and patience and kindness and shall feel deeply in her debt as long as I live.”
"– she was feisty, outrageous, kind, loving and mischievous. Lucky old heaven getting such a dazzling newcomer.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Jill Freud, Love Actually actor and inspiration for Lucy in Narnia books, dies aged 98
The actor ran her own theatre company and was described by her daughter Emma as ‘feisty, outrageous, kind, loving and mischievous’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Wonderful
"“I have never really met anything like her unselfishness and patience and kindness and shall feel deeply in her debt as long as I live.”
"– she was feisty, outrageous, kind, loving and mischievous. Lucky old heaven getting such a dazzling newcomer.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
"“I have never really met anything like her unselfishness and patience and kindness and shall feel deeply in her debt as long as I live.”
"– she was feisty, outrageous, kind, loving and mischievous. Lucky old heaven getting such a dazzling newcomer.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
I am fighting a losing battle with buttercps in the paddocks
This week I'll be spreading lime, I'm told that buttercups do not like alkaline soil
What with sycamore leaves and seeds gathering and buttercup control I'm fully occupied
Never let it be said I do not do my best for these guys
This week I'll be spreading lime, I'm told that buttercups do not like alkaline soil
What with sycamore leaves and seeds gathering and buttercup control I'm fully occupied
Never let it be said I do not do my best for these guys
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I am fighting a losing battle with buttercps in the paddocks
This week I'll be spreading lime, I'm told that buttercups do not like alkaline soil
What with sycamore leaves and seeds gathering and buttercup control I'm fully occupied
Never let it be said I do not do my best for these guys
This week I'll be spreading lime, I'm told that buttercups do not like alkaline soil
What with sycamore leaves and seeds gathering and buttercup control I'm fully occupied
Never let it be said I do not do my best for these guys
But, driving home!
Oh My Giddy Aunt!
I got lost countless times
Circled a church somewhere twice, passed a restaurant in a little village twice, turned round six times, found myself by the horse statue in Kerin four times, almost went off-piste several times (mud and leaves on the road)...
Oh My Giddy Aunt!
I got lost countless times
Circled a church somewhere twice, passed a restaurant in a little village twice, turned round six times, found myself by the horse statue in Kerin four times, almost went off-piste several times (mud and leaves on the road)...
You know, with all the colourful paintwork and gold statues, bells, gongs, books, prayer mats and stuff, what appealed to me and made me smile were the little toadstools poking through the grass. So many varieties, so small, so fragile and so impermanent
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
But, driving home!
Oh My Giddy Aunt!
I got lost countless times
Circled a church somewhere twice, passed a restaurant in a little village twice, turned round six times, found myself by the horse statue in Kerin four times, almost went off-piste several times (mud and leaves on the road)...
Oh My Giddy Aunt!
I got lost countless times
Circled a church somewhere twice, passed a restaurant in a little village twice, turned round six times, found myself by the horse statue in Kerin four times, almost went off-piste several times (mud and leaves on the road)...
I took a day out yesterday (after pony patrol) to visit a friend in, wait for it, Finistère
Look, I know I live in a pretty rural, ok, a very rural part of France, sorry, Brittany
And I know it can be a tad wild and unruly round here but for hardcore renegade you need to go to Finistère...
Look, I know I live in a pretty rural, ok, a very rural part of France, sorry, Brittany
And I know it can be a tad wild and unruly round here but for hardcore renegade you need to go to Finistère...
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I took a day out yesterday (after pony patrol) to visit a friend in, wait for it, Finistère
Look, I know I live in a pretty rural, ok, a very rural part of France, sorry, Brittany
And I know it can be a tad wild and unruly round here but for hardcore renegade you need to go to Finistère...
Look, I know I live in a pretty rural, ok, a very rural part of France, sorry, Brittany
And I know it can be a tad wild and unruly round here but for hardcore renegade you need to go to Finistère...
Miss Daisy thinks I have a hot date
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Miss Daisy thinks I have a hot date
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed