Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
@maelbrigde.bsky.social
Brigit; birds, bugs, & plants; SF; #TheArchers
Author: A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars
Please don’t follow me just to sell me something; I only follow back if we seem to be compatible souls.
DMs from actual friends only. 💚🐌🍂
Author: A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars
Please don’t follow me just to sell me something; I only follow back if we seem to be compatible souls.
DMs from actual friends only. 💚🐌🍂
Pinned
The Perpetual Flame at Kildare
The Perpetual Flame at Kildare And what of Brigit’s flame, this central aspect of her modern cult? In medieval times it was tended by her ...
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com
"The Perpetual Flame at Kildare” an essay on Brigit’s Sparkling Flame. #BrigidOfIreland #IrishSaints #PaganSky
Image by Mael Brigde: Close-up of lit candle in glass cylinder on bog oak candle stand, with two gold-painted oak leaves beside the candle. Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Kildare (2023)
Image by Mael Brigde: Close-up of lit candle in glass cylinder on bog oak candle stand, with two gold-painted oak leaves beside the candle. Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Kildare (2023)
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...
Sunday Dec 14th, 2025
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Workshops/Education
Cross & Crows Books
Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.crossandcrows.com/events/39777...
Tatreez 101: Palestinian Embroidery with Alexandra Verma | Cross & Crows Books
East Vancouver's independent queer-owned destination bookstore
www.crossandcrows.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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...
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-...
ifiarchiveplayer.ie/a-plague-on-...
A Plague on Both Your Houses
Couples from mixed Protestan
ifiarchiveplayer.ie
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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-...
ifiarchiveplayer.ie/a-plague-on-...
🧐 Can wasps think? 🐝 New study suggests paper wasps might possess logic skills rivaling chess champs! 🏆 These buzzing brains could change how we see insect intelligence forever. Dive into the mind of a wasp! #InsectIQ #MindBlown
Paper Wasps Exhibit Logical Reasoning-Like Behavior, Study Finds
Could it be that the ability to perform complex reasoning isn’t necessarily constrained by brain size? According to American researchers, paper wasps can use known relationships…
glassalmanac.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Reposted by Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
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 🇧🇷 🪶 🌿
#redcrestedfinch #thraupidae #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🇧🇷 🪶 🌿
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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 🇧🇷 🪶 🌿
#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-...
ifiarchiveplayer.ie/you-looking-...
You Looking At Me?
Sparks fly in this upbeat an
ifiarchiveplayer.ie
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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-...
ifiarchiveplayer.ie/you-looking-...
Saint Brigid of Ireland Card - Art Print - Instant Download
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com/2025/12/sain...
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com/2025/12/sain...
Saint Brigid of Ireland Card - Art Print - Instant Download
Catholic Paper Goods has a lovely downloadable Saint Brigit card available for just over £6. Detailed instructions for creating your cards...
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Saint Brigid of Ireland Card - Art Print - Instant Download
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com/2025/12/sain...
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! 📚
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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! 📚
Reposted by Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
I was inspired by Lorien Cadier and her enthusiasm for rivers. youtu.be/mzr6q89UvbM?...
Lorien Cadier is a Voice for Rivers
YouTube video by Crone Chronicles
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I was inspired by Lorien Cadier and her enthusiasm for rivers. youtu.be/mzr6q89UvbM?...
Reposted by Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
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
#SupportHealthCare ✍🏽
c.org/v8B4yhnhxy
Sponsor Josie Osborne: Protect Access to Care for Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Fibromyalgia Patients · Change.org
www.change.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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
#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
#SupportHealthCare ✍🏽
c.org/v8B4yhnhxy
Sponsor Josie Osborne: Protect Access to Care for Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Fibromyalgia Patients · Change.org
www.change.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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
#SupportHealthCare ✍🏽
c.org/v8B4yhnhxy
Excellent. Tragic.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Prisoner 951
A woman held prisoner in Iran, a family torn apart, a heartrending six-year fight for justice. Drama based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard Ratcliffe.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Excellent. Tragic.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Just what you wanted to see: ANOTHER author flogging her book with Christmas decking in the background. I wouldn’t do it, but honestly, I love this book, and know many Brigit lovers who are very happy to — 1/3
#BrigidOfIreland #GoddessBrigid #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #IrishPolytheism #PaganPoetry
#BrigidOfIreland #GoddessBrigid #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #IrishPolytheism #PaganPoetry
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just what you wanted to see: ANOTHER author flogging her book with Christmas decking in the background. I wouldn’t do it, but honestly, I love this book, and know many Brigit lovers who are very happy to — 1/3
#BrigidOfIreland #GoddessBrigid #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #IrishPolytheism #PaganPoetry
#BrigidOfIreland #GoddessBrigid #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #IrishPolytheism #PaganPoetry
I had a number of singers I really loved at a certain point in my life, but I think that Dionne Warwick moved me more than any other.
This is a beautiful, later rendition of her song “anyone who had a heart.”
🎶
youtu.be/PT2IlwgaDWQ 
This is a beautiful, later rendition of her song “anyone who had a heart.”
🎶
youtu.be/PT2IlwgaDWQ 
Dionne Warwick - Anyone who had a heart (Live @ BBC Special '02).mpg
YouTube video by albatrosgc
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I had a number of singers I really loved at a certain point in my life, but I think that Dionne Warwick moved me more than any other.
This is a beautiful, later rendition of her song “anyone who had a heart.”
🎶
youtu.be/PT2IlwgaDWQ 
This is a beautiful, later rendition of her song “anyone who had a heart.”
🎶
youtu.be/PT2IlwgaDWQ 
I’ll tell you this much for free: I sure do appreciate large print books!
📚❤️🙏🏼
📚❤️🙏🏼
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I’ll tell you this much for free: I sure do appreciate large print books!
📚❤️🙏🏼
📚❤️🙏🏼
Reposted by Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
There are a few others but no current ones unfortunately.
haharchers.blogspot.com?m=1
Best viewed with a large screen, 2009 to 2021, stopped due to personal reasons.
ambridgereporter.org.uk/synopses/
Sep 2020 to Jan 2025, stopped due to the writer being disgruntled at the Neil SL.
#TheArchers
haharchers.blogspot.com?m=1
Best viewed with a large screen, 2009 to 2021, stopped due to personal reasons.
ambridgereporter.org.uk/synopses/
Sep 2020 to Jan 2025, stopped due to the writer being disgruntled at the Neil SL.
#TheArchers
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
There are a few others but no current ones unfortunately.
haharchers.blogspot.com?m=1
Best viewed with a large screen, 2009 to 2021, stopped due to personal reasons.
ambridgereporter.org.uk/synopses/
Sep 2020 to Jan 2025, stopped due to the writer being disgruntled at the Neil SL.
#TheArchers
haharchers.blogspot.com?m=1
Best viewed with a large screen, 2009 to 2021, stopped due to personal reasons.
ambridgereporter.org.uk/synopses/
Sep 2020 to Jan 2025, stopped due to the writer being disgruntled at the Neil SL.
#TheArchers
So good. (First ep, anyway!)
Incredibly nice to have a rest day. Baking and #TheBulletThatMissed by Richard Osman, and watching an episode of #TheGoodKarmaHospital on Netflix.
Divine…
(More tea?)
www.netflix.com/us/title/802...
Incredibly nice to have a rest day. Baking and #TheBulletThatMissed by Richard Osman, and watching an episode of #TheGoodKarmaHospital on Netflix.
Divine…
(More tea?)
www.netflix.com/us/title/802...
Watch The Good Karma Hospital | Netflix
Dr. Ruby Walker leaves the UK seeking a fresh start in India. At the Good Karma Hospital, she discovers how much difference one doctor can make.
www.netflix.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
So good. (First ep, anyway!)
Incredibly nice to have a rest day. Baking and #TheBulletThatMissed by Richard Osman, and watching an episode of #TheGoodKarmaHospital on Netflix.
Divine…
(More tea?)
www.netflix.com/us/title/802...
Incredibly nice to have a rest day. Baking and #TheBulletThatMissed by Richard Osman, and watching an episode of #TheGoodKarmaHospital on Netflix.
Divine…
(More tea?)
www.netflix.com/us/title/802...
Quote with your model of masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Quote with your model of masculinity.
Reposted by Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
I made a truly lovely bread pudding today. I don’t bake anything else; I live alone and I couldn’t be responsible for the consequences. But loaves of bread get remaindered and stuck in the freezer, and I adore bread pudding, so every once in a blue moon I get out the pans and experiment. 1/2
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I made a truly lovely bread pudding today. I don’t bake anything else; I live alone and I couldn’t be responsible for the consequences. But loaves of bread get remaindered and stuck in the freezer, and I adore bread pudding, so every once in a blue moon I get out the pans and experiment. 1/2
Good night, all – just as you're waking up. Have a good day.
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Good night, all – just as you're waking up. Have a good day.
Listening to this expert talking about how we can limit the spread of the flu. He's saying if you're sick you should be careful, but he never actually says: put on a bloody mask. Why is it okay to say you should get a vaccine but it's not okay to say, “Wearing a mask would really help gramma, kids"?
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Listening to this expert talking about how we can limit the spread of the flu. He's saying if you're sick you should be careful, but he never actually says: put on a bloody mask. Why is it okay to say you should get a vaccine but it's not okay to say, “Wearing a mask would really help gramma, kids"?
Grocery shopping is absolutely exhausting, so I put it off way too long. But it’s also frustrating. I will skip over the hallucinatory planning scheme for each aisle and go right to the checkout counter: there are never enough cashiers so they’re always in a desperate hurry. Which means— 1/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Grocery shopping is absolutely exhausting, so I put it off way too long. But it’s also frustrating. I will skip over the hallucinatory planning scheme for each aisle and go right to the checkout counter: there are never enough cashiers so they’re always in a desperate hurry. Which means— 1/2
This amazing non-profit brings #dance (classes and performances) to EVERYONE, regardless of ability and difference. The online class I do is free, and folk join from all over. As with all arts, funding is collapsing. Please donate.
#DisabilityDance #Movement #Joy
www.allbodiesdance.ca
#DisabilityDance #Movement #Joy
www.allbodiesdance.ca
#All Bodies Everywhere
Your donation makes radical inclusion possible! Founded in 2014, ABDP is an inclusive dance company that creates spaces where difference is valued and belonging is fostered. We don’t simply create acc...
www.zeffy.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This amazing non-profit brings #dance (classes and performances) to EVERYONE, regardless of ability and difference. The online class I do is free, and folk join from all over. As with all arts, funding is collapsing. Please donate.
#DisabilityDance #Movement #Joy
www.allbodiesdance.ca
#DisabilityDance #Movement #Joy
www.allbodiesdance.ca
"In the evening the bats weave soft black circles and their wings splash delicate ink upon the pale blue air..."
Joseph Auslander (1897-1965)
🎨 Eric Fitch Daglish (1894–1966)
#BookologyThursday
Joseph Auslander (1897-1965)
🎨 Eric Fitch Daglish (1894–1966)
#BookologyThursday
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM