Rachel Deering
@racheldeering.bsky.social
Onemorething on ABCtales, Bath Poet. First collection Crown of Eggshell pub. 2020. @BookWormSat w/ Signe Maene. Literature, art, myth, folklore, the gothic. Left wing. 🇪🇺 She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally https://linktr.ee/rachel_deering
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@racheldeering.bsky.social
· Dec 23
Please review my collection on Amazon or Goodreads if you have been lovely enough to buy it. It really helps. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... In the Shadow of Gods amzn.eu/d/gRaCt0j
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Snow muffles all but their noise, which reverberates like a distant avalanche through the forested valleys. Their purpose is old as frost—chasing away the spirits of chaos, ensuring the land’s fertility for another year.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · O my best beloved, they will tell you this is the night of Krampusnacht, the so-called “ancient” custom of darkly horned Christmas demons stalking Alpine hamlets. But, alas, Krampu…
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December 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Snow muffles all but their noise, which reverberates like a distant avalanche through the forested valleys. Their purpose is old as frost—chasing away the spirits of chaos, ensuring the land’s fertility for another year.
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'A blackbird's song is held
by the wind too, and bound to it
whilst it sings itself into a quiet autumn,
a boundary called to exhaustion
in the toil over fledgling
after fledgling'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Léo-Paul Robert
by the wind too, and bound to it
whilst it sings itself into a quiet autumn,
a boundary called to exhaustion
in the toil over fledgling
after fledgling'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Léo-Paul Robert
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
'A blackbird's song is held
by the wind too, and bound to it
whilst it sings itself into a quiet autumn,
a boundary called to exhaustion
in the toil over fledgling
after fledgling'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Léo-Paul Robert
by the wind too, and bound to it
whilst it sings itself into a quiet autumn,
a boundary called to exhaustion
in the toil over fledgling
after fledgling'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Léo-Paul Robert
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“No,” said Lizzie, “No, no, no;
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“No,” said Lizzie, “No, no, no;
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
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The sjoufert is a fiery ghost in Flemish folklore who often appears near swamps. In one tale, people who lived near a swamp whistled at him. They fled into their house as the very angry ghost flew behind them. He left four paw prints on their door that never disappeared.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The sjoufert is a fiery ghost in Flemish folklore who often appears near swamps. In one tale, people who lived near a swamp whistled at him. They fled into their house as the very angry ghost flew behind them. He left four paw prints on their door that never disappeared.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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It’s the night many outside of the German-speaking countries came to call #Krampusnacht these days and thus, our 6th #yulefolklore tale takes us to the Alemannian South to witness something older than 19th century postcards.
We’ll witness something they call Klausentreiben. 👹⬇️
🎨 hellyxir
We’ll witness something they call Klausentreiben. 👹⬇️
🎨 hellyxir
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
It’s the night many outside of the German-speaking countries came to call #Krampusnacht these days and thus, our 6th #yulefolklore tale takes us to the Alemannian South to witness something older than 19th century postcards.
We’ll witness something they call Klausentreiben. 👹⬇️
🎨 hellyxir
We’ll witness something they call Klausentreiben. 👹⬇️
🎨 hellyxir
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Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO
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December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Feline seal of approval ~ the best kind. 🐈⬛ 🐾 👇
Rereading @racheldeering.bsky.social's wonderful poetry collection. Can't recommend this book often enough!
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Feline seal of approval ~ the best kind. 🐈⬛ 🐾 👇
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Rereading @racheldeering.bsky.social's wonderful poetry collection. Can't recommend this book often enough!
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Rereading @racheldeering.bsky.social's wonderful poetry collection. Can't recommend this book often enough!
🖼️ Sally Walker
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🖼️ Sally Walker
Robin of the Day:
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Robin of the Day:
Book Cover of the Day:
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
🖼️ Karen Appleton
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
🖼️ Karen Appleton
The Birthday, William Holman Hunt, 1868.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The Birthday, William Holman Hunt, 1868.
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Deer, Thomas Hewes Hinckley.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Deer, Thomas Hewes Hinckley.
🖼️ Lennart Helje
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🖼️ Lennart Helje
Morning.
🖼️ Olivia Beaumont
🖼️ Olivia Beaumont
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Morning.
🖼️ Olivia Beaumont
🖼️ Olivia Beaumont
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“Holle-peter, as well as Hersche, Harsche, Hescheklas, Euprecht, Eupper…, is among the names given to the muffled servitor who goes about in Holle's train at the time of the winter solstice”
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Holle-peter, as well as Hersche, Harsche, Hescheklas, Euprecht, Eupper…, is among the names given to the muffled servitor who goes about in Holle's train at the time of the winter solstice”
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
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Karl Fredrik Nordström, Clear Evening in Late Winter (Winter Night), oil on canvas, 1907
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Karl Fredrik Nordström, Clear Evening in Late Winter (Winter Night), oil on canvas, 1907
Goodnight.
🖼️ Forest, Mikalojus Ciurlionis, 1907.
🖼️ Forest, Mikalojus Ciurlionis, 1907.
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Goodnight.
🖼️ Forest, Mikalojus Ciurlionis, 1907.
🖼️ Forest, Mikalojus Ciurlionis, 1907.
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Another fabulously chilling tale for December from SoulFire77. It’s our Pick of the Day. Do read and share The Provider.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another fabulously chilling tale for December from SoulFire77. It’s our Pick of the Day. Do read and share The Provider.
www.abctales.com/story/soulfi...
www.abctales.com/story/soulfi...
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This lad deserves more exposure. Keeping Scottish folk music alive, which will always have my support. Have a listen. 🏴
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Tramps and Hawkers
YouTube video by Sam Shackleton - Topic
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December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This lad deserves more exposure. Keeping Scottish folk music alive, which will always have my support. Have a listen. 🏴
youtu.be/uf5NKTcYtq0?...
youtu.be/uf5NKTcYtq0?...
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NEWSLETTER 🗞️
Open mics, launches, a workshop to plan your 2026!
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Open mics, launches, a workshop to plan your 2026!
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BLACK BOUGH UPDATE 2025
DECEMBER 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
NEWSLETTER 🗞️
Open mics, launches, a workshop to plan your 2026!
blackboughpoetry.com/so/aePhMQGQI...
Open mics, launches, a workshop to plan your 2026!
blackboughpoetry.com/so/aePhMQGQI...
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Black Bough Open Mic
Join us for our popular open mics . Roadtest your poems!
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December 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM