Piedwarbler
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Book posts, knitting, and nature. Most of my posts are boring and some are of hedgehog emergencies 🦔🪴🐛
Book posts, knitting, and nature. Most of my posts are boring and some are of hedgehog emergencies 🦔🪴🐛
Anyone doing the GCHQ Christmas quiz on the telly? I have no clue what the answer is.
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Anyone doing the GCHQ Christmas quiz on the telly? I have no clue what the answer is.
This is a wonderful book.
Just a quick reminder, for those interested in listening, that Upon A White Horse is Radio 4's Book of the Week – and the first part will be broadcast at 11.45am today.
I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is a wonderful book.
I’m knitting this Sophie scarf holding one strand of mohair with one strand of sparkles, and it’s really not all that enjoyable to knit. I’ll be glad when it’s done. It just doesn’t feel nice to knit with although the scarf itself feels like it will be cosy and warm. 🧶
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m knitting this Sophie scarf holding one strand of mohair with one strand of sparkles, and it’s really not all that enjoyable to knit. I’ll be glad when it’s done. It just doesn’t feel nice to knit with although the scarf itself feels like it will be cosy and warm. 🧶
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This is a joy and a delight.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
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December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is a joy and a delight.
Completed the knitting challenge for Dementia UK! 🧶
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Completed the knitting challenge for Dementia UK! 🧶
Still knitting for Dementia UK every day in November - even on the train home from London today. 🧶
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Still knitting for Dementia UK every day in November - even on the train home from London today. 🧶
There is a man opposite me on the train with his feet on the chair and he’s picking his nose and eating it
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There is a man opposite me on the train with his feet on the chair and he’s picking his nose and eating it
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Just 6 days left to sign up for my 8 week online short story course and get the early bird discount: £225 instead of £250, which includes detailed feedback on a short story of your own at the end of the course (Jan - Mar 2026). ✒️📚 If you're hoping to do more writing next year, come and join us!
Short story writers! I am running my 8-week online course again in 2026: 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. More details ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just 6 days left to sign up for my 8 week online short story course and get the early bird discount: £225 instead of £250, which includes detailed feedback on a short story of your own at the end of the course (Jan - Mar 2026). ✒️📚 If you're hoping to do more writing next year, come and join us!
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‘So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, and now the morn quite hides in the smoke and haze; the place we occupy seems all the world.’ ~ John Clare
And @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a rural #BookWormSat
And @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a rural #BookWormSat
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
‘So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, and now the morn quite hides in the smoke and haze; the place we occupy seems all the world.’ ~ John Clare
And @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a rural #BookWormSat
And @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a rural #BookWormSat
Too funny. 😭I’ve come within 15 rows of finishing the dark coloured scarf to realise I’ve gone off in the wrong direction and I’ve had to frog that entire half of the scarf. Which is what comes of not reading the pattern carefully having knitted one and thinking I know what I’m doing. 🧶
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Too funny. 😭I’ve come within 15 rows of finishing the dark coloured scarf to realise I’ve gone off in the wrong direction and I’ve had to frog that entire half of the scarf. Which is what comes of not reading the pattern carefully having knitted one and thinking I know what I’m doing. 🧶
Why is my Apple podcast app suddenly really glitchy? Anyone else got this problem? I’ve tried deleting and downloading it again. #Apple please help!
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Why is my Apple podcast app suddenly really glitchy? Anyone else got this problem? I’ve tried deleting and downloading it again. #Apple please help!
A friend is looking for someone to finish this knitting project that her mum was doing when she passed away. It’s a poncho. I thought it was just the neck, but actually it’s only half done and the whole back needs to match this, and then a big cowl neck. I think it’s beyond my skill level 🧶…
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A friend is looking for someone to finish this knitting project that her mum was doing when she passed away. It’s a poncho. I thought it was just the neck, but actually it’s only half done and the whole back needs to match this, and then a big cowl neck. I think it’s beyond my skill level 🧶…
@yorkshiretea.bsky.social I have to thank you for sponsoring Simon Armitage’s excellent podcast ‘The Shed’ which makes for a lovely listen with a cuppa 😀
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@yorkshiretea.bsky.social I have to thank you for sponsoring Simon Armitage’s excellent podcast ‘The Shed’ which makes for a lovely listen with a cuppa 😀
Reading group read this month is The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reading group read this month is The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
Fewer hedgehog visits last night. I think they know a cold snap is on the way. Hopefully they are nesting warm and safe in the hedgehog houses around the garden. 🩷
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Fewer hedgehog visits last night. I think they know a cold snap is on the way. Hopefully they are nesting warm and safe in the hedgehog houses around the garden. 🩷
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FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
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Stuck on this one. #hiddenbooksgame Stars… circling … Christmas tree… stumped. 😆
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Stuck on this one. #hiddenbooksgame Stars… circling … Christmas tree… stumped. 😆
Congratulations David Szalay, on winning the Booker with Flesh!
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Congratulations David Szalay, on winning the Booker with Flesh!
Standing up to say I get so much joy from the BBC. I live my life around Radio 4, 3, and 6 and BBC2 and BBC4. It’s just part of my life. ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Standing up to say I get so much joy from the BBC. I live my life around Radio 4, 3, and 6 and BBC2 and BBC4. It’s just part of my life. ❤️
Current WIP - well - it’s three scarves. One is a Rowan (cerise one ball shawl) one is a Louisa Harding Strickmich! In a multi coloured yarn, and one is a mohair and glittery thread held together Sophie scarf in a Rico yarn. These are all Christmas gifts I think. 🧶#showmeyourknits
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Current WIP - well - it’s three scarves. One is a Rowan (cerise one ball shawl) one is a Louisa Harding Strickmich! In a multi coloured yarn, and one is a mohair and glittery thread held together Sophie scarf in a Rico yarn. These are all Christmas gifts I think. 🧶#showmeyourknits
I hear Lady Gaga has been reading this, and I adored Thin Places, anyway I’ve just got a copy of Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh who writes beautifully and poetically
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I hear Lady Gaga has been reading this, and I adored Thin Places, anyway I’ve just got a copy of Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh who writes beautifully and poetically
Wonderful book. I’m lost in these stories of ancient history. I wouldn’t have known about this book but for my Toppings subscription- they always choose well!
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wonderful book. I’m lost in these stories of ancient history. I wouldn’t have known about this book but for my Toppings subscription- they always choose well!
Started a new Sophie scarf for day 5 of knitting challenge (for variety’s sake) which is mohair held with a strand of sparkly cotton. 🧶
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Started a new Sophie scarf for day 5 of knitting challenge (for variety’s sake) which is mohair held with a strand of sparkly cotton. 🧶