Laine Thompson
@marlinhoister.bsky.social
The sailor cannot see the North but knows the needle can.
Full time carer for someone with LongCovid. Mostly photographs and thoughts connected to my immediate landscape in the ever decreasing circles of my life.
Full time carer for someone with LongCovid. Mostly photographs and thoughts connected to my immediate landscape in the ever decreasing circles of my life.
Pinned
These dark, wet mornings, remind me of December schooldays. High ceilings, lidded desks, inkwells. Making Chinese lanterns and paper chains. Mine were never as exotic as these…
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
These dark, wet mornings, remind me of December schooldays. High ceilings, lidded desks, inkwells. Making Chinese lanterns and paper chains. Mine were never as exotic as these…
Lots of footprints in the sand. Yet the beach is empty. Am wondering how much longer the pier can endure. It was due for demolition in 2023 and the wood was to be salvaged. Didn’t happen. But time and tide are taking toll.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Lots of footprints in the sand. Yet the beach is empty. Am wondering how much longer the pier can endure. It was due for demolition in 2023 and the wood was to be salvaged. Didn’t happen. But time and tide are taking toll.
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Cornish artist Kirsty Elson creates art with driftwood and other found material #WomensArt
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Cornish artist Kirsty Elson creates art with driftwood and other found material #WomensArt
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
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'Cley windmill in winter', machine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
'Cley windmill in winter', machine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #WomensArt
Sky bright, air damp with showers. Bones cold. Time to return home to warm through and sip “tea and oranges”.
I peeled my orange
That was so bright against
The gray of December
That, from some distance,
Someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my hands.
– Gary Soto, “Oranges”
I peeled my orange
That was so bright against
The gray of December
That, from some distance,
Someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my hands.
– Gary Soto, “Oranges”
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sky bright, air damp with showers. Bones cold. Time to return home to warm through and sip “tea and oranges”.
I peeled my orange
That was so bright against
The gray of December
That, from some distance,
Someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my hands.
– Gary Soto, “Oranges”
I peeled my orange
That was so bright against
The gray of December
That, from some distance,
Someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my hands.
– Gary Soto, “Oranges”
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#Day6
The day builds with mythic light
And the whispered scent of rain.
Six swans leave their echo
Of wing-song on the air.
The bleat of a sheep
Caught tight among the briar.
The golden rain haze
In the west
Draws closer.
#DailyNature #naturewriting #naturepoetry
The day builds with mythic light
And the whispered scent of rain.
Six swans leave their echo
Of wing-song on the air.
The bleat of a sheep
Caught tight among the briar.
The golden rain haze
In the west
Draws closer.
#DailyNature #naturewriting #naturepoetry
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#Day6
The day builds with mythic light
And the whispered scent of rain.
Six swans leave their echo
Of wing-song on the air.
The bleat of a sheep
Caught tight among the briar.
The golden rain haze
In the west
Draws closer.
#DailyNature #naturewriting #naturepoetry
The day builds with mythic light
And the whispered scent of rain.
Six swans leave their echo
Of wing-song on the air.
The bleat of a sheep
Caught tight among the briar.
The golden rain haze
In the west
Draws closer.
#DailyNature #naturewriting #naturepoetry
Moonshine and magic.
I seem to recall a primary school reading book of that name. Silver books and Gold books. Part of Through the Rainbow reading series.
I seem to recall a primary school reading book of that name. Silver books and Gold books. Part of Through the Rainbow reading series.
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Moonshine and magic.
I seem to recall a primary school reading book of that name. Silver books and Gold books. Part of Through the Rainbow reading series.
I seem to recall a primary school reading book of that name. Silver books and Gold books. Part of Through the Rainbow reading series.
Juvenile starling enjoying a moments solitude on the fence.
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Juvenile starling enjoying a moments solitude on the fence.
“The MV Alta was abandoned at sea and set adrift in 2018 near Bermuda, eventually reaching the shores of Ireland in 2020 where she remains shipwrecked.”
loscil.bandcamp.com/album/alta
loscil.bandcamp.com/album/alta
ALTA, by loscil
1 track album
loscil.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“The MV Alta was abandoned at sea and set adrift in 2018 near Bermuda, eventually reaching the shores of Ireland in 2020 where she remains shipwrecked.”
loscil.bandcamp.com/album/alta
loscil.bandcamp.com/album/alta
The morning sky.
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The morning sky.
Bit of a hectic morning ahead. Out early under the moon. Brisk walk. The lights hummed and glowed in time with our pulse beat. Warmer than anticipated. Roughly unzipped the jacket to feel the cool air flow.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Bit of a hectic morning ahead. Out early under the moon. Brisk walk. The lights hummed and glowed in time with our pulse beat. Warmer than anticipated. Roughly unzipped the jacket to feel the cool air flow.
Morning coffee with lapdog.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Morning coffee with lapdog.
Full sympathy with this. Had a similar experience over a trademark for ‘seasalt’ some time ago. Couldn’t do much about it at the time but left an incredibly bad taste in my mouth.
An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Full sympathy with this. Had a similar experience over a trademark for ‘seasalt’ some time ago. Couldn’t do much about it at the time but left an incredibly bad taste in my mouth.
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Wandering the Clay Cliffs teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/g...
Gaps & Howls – Wandering the Clay Cliffs
Hunnies Howl – Stone Gap – Oldway In – Agar’s Gap – Hazel Grove Foot I took a walk along the coastal cliff-tops that run from Marske to Saltburn. Unlike the majestic cliffs …
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December 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wandering the Clay Cliffs teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/g...
Well, that’s new/news to me. Had no idea the logo was the Durham Ox or why Coleman’s used it on their mustard tins/jars.
"From about 1200, mustard seeds were ground at the table & used to disguise the rancid taste of rotten meat" 👀
(Don't worry, it gets better after that bit. 😉)
(Don't worry, it gets better after that bit. 😉)
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Well, that’s new/news to me. Had no idea the logo was the Durham Ox or why Coleman’s used it on their mustard tins/jars.
New foot warmer…
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New foot warmer…
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Quietmusic - November 30 (Hour 2 excerpt)
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December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Long shadows. (Tilly dog and me). Bright sky. Tide well out. Almost empty beach. One or two oystercatchers peeping on the shoreline. And breathe.
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Long shadows. (Tilly dog and me). Bright sky. Tide well out. Almost empty beach. One or two oystercatchers peeping on the shoreline. And breathe.
Just another sunrise.
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Just another sunrise.
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Raxhel Wright, artist who works with textiles, free machine embroidery over cut and pieced fabrics #WomensArt
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Raxhel Wright, artist who works with textiles, free machine embroidery over cut and pieced fabrics #WomensArt
Good morning 🌅
Moonwalking. Two days til the next full supermoon but she was enchanting this morning.
Moonwalking. Two days til the next full supermoon but she was enchanting this morning.
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Good morning 🌅
Moonwalking. Two days til the next full supermoon but she was enchanting this morning.
Moonwalking. Two days til the next full supermoon but she was enchanting this morning.