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Terri Windling
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Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for The Wood Wife), the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFWA Solstice Award. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint.

Dartmoor, Devon, UK
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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · Oct 8
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but in oneself? There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light." - Barry Lopez
Photograph: Lottie, our young brown spaniel, at the edge of the Dartmoor woodland behind my work studio. Light shines under the old wooden gate leading out to the hills beyond.
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While I've been recovering from a health issue, our Lottie has been going out with a hired dog-walker for the first time in her life...and absolutely loving it. Each time, she goes with a different pack of dogs and makes new friends. Here she is with three of those friends, radiant with joy.
Photograph (by Holly Gillibanks): our young spaniel, Lottie, and two labradors, on the banks of Fernworthy earlier this week. Photograph (by Holly Gillibanks): Lottie with two labrador friends and a terrier-cross. Photograph (by Holly Gillibanks): Lottie enjoying a swim on a bright November morning.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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One of the half-human, half-deer headdresses found at the important Mesolithic site at Star Carr in North Yorkshire. Dating to around 9000 BC, this example is part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #Mesolithic #StarrCarr #Archaeology
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving to my American family, friends, and colleagues. I know things are tough over there right now, but the resilience of your spirits is one of the things I'm grateful for.
Sending love from hills of Dartmoor.
Image: A photograph taken from the top of the hill behind our house in south-west England. The image is accompanied by a prose-poem I wrote for Thanksgiving some years ago. My walking companion then a black-furred dog named Tilly. (These days it's a young brown spaniel named Lottie.) The poem: "Wind and water, feather and stone; green grass, white cloud, black fur, red tongue; the panting of the the breath and the pounding of the heart and the winding of the path we’re traveling on; these are the things I’m grateful for, this hill, these prints of hoof and paw, of fairy footsteps in mud and moss, for the hard climb up and the bounding back down, for labor, for ease, for persistence, for joy, for all these things and more besides: for birds and bees and beetles and brambles and the last black-berries in bracken and thorn, for the scent of time and the taste of age and the brittle brown leaves snapping under foot, for the spirits that dance in mist and smoke and the ancestors in our blood and bones, for the mystery that some call God but that I call rain and thistle and fossil and crow, and love, of course, I am thankful for love, and light, laughter, delight, desire, but also for loss and grief - those patient teachers, dark nights, new moons, bright stars, for sleep, for dreams, for waking at the witching hour in a bed that’s safe and warm, for the ticking of the clock, and the creaking of the walls, and the hush that comes just before the dawn, and my dear one’s breath rising and falling, and a little dog snoring by the kitchen hearth, and the house that holds us, the life that molds us, the children, the friends, the neighbors, the village, the hill that shelters us in its palm and the land that roots us in place and time, for all this and more I am awestruck, I am dumbstruck, I am grateful, and I am giving thanks."
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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@leahveronese.bsky.social and I have been teaching at @queenscollegeox.bsky.social this term, and so we have been invited to their Yule Feast! As our 'medieval accessory' I will be making us hare and stag masks inspired by the mummer illustrations from Bodley MS. 264, fol. 21v.
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A gorgeous paperback edition of the superb FROM SPARE OOM TO WAR DROBE: TRAVELS IN NARNIA WITH MY NINE YEAR-OLD SELF by kathlangrish.bsky.social

‘The best book ever about why we love Narnia!’ Francis Spufford.

Available now: www.hernebooks.com/product-page...

#Narnia #CSLewis
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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With this year's re-issue of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies, Matthias Egeler's book on Elves and Fairies and my new history of Fairies coming in spring, it feels as though we are living through a moment of reawakening for fairy studies
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Foretelling the Snow. Hannah Willow.
Painting of brown bear who sits on the forest floor, looking upward into the dark, snow-dusted trees. Snow is falling gently around the bear. Bright, golden, circular lights, resembling glowing snowflakes or lanterns, hang from the bare branches,
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Friends and work colleagues: I'm still out of the office (due to a health issue), though working as much as I can from home. I'm doing my best to answer urgent work emails, but moving very slowly through the rest. Thank you for your patience while I get back on my feet.
The image above is "Convalescence" by Swedish Arts & Crafts painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919), depicting a dark-haired woman in a narrow white bed, a cup of tea and a vase of flowers on the white bedside table.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Here's a lovely piece by Gregory Maguire on green men, green children, green folklore, green witches and more....
orionmagazine.bsky.social Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 25d
As the colors of the season fade, here’s a celebration of one of nature’s favorite hues from the writer of ‘Wicked'.

On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
For Being Green, There Is Great Hope
On verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches
orionmagazine.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I just love the poster for our exhibition opening next month at The Arc, Winchester.
One of William Morris’s most complex textile designs, 'Windrush' required 17 printing blocks.
To see this, & many other Arts and Crafts treasures, tickets available here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
Poster for exhibition opening 15th November in Winchester- yellow and blue flowers and curling leaves, designed by William Morris
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Georgia O'Keeffe claimed New Mexico as her own. And painted it as thought is was empty. It wasn't. Native populations have always lived there. This is a lovely piece of revisionism from an indigenous writer.
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Some people refer to New Mexico as ‘O’Keeffe Country’. I don’t | Aeon Essays
Through her paintings, Georgia O’Keefe laid claim to New Mexico’s desert landscape. But it was never hers for the taking
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October 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...
Loving an old dog
This isn't a sad pet story
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November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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I love this artist's work. You can see more of it here: sophiewoodrow.co.uk/work/
womensartbluesky.bsky.social womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26d
Sophie Woodrow, contemporary ceramics artist who creates ceramic figures #womensart
Photonof a line of odd ceramic figures resembling alien like creatures in white on a white surface against a brien backdrop
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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I think there's been a bit of a name mix-up here, as these ceramic sculptures are actually by UK artist Sophie Woodrow, whose marvelous creations I've long loved. To see more of it: sophiewoodrow.co.uk/work/
November 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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This is a wonderful conversation between two wonderful writers. (And thank you for the kind shout-out, @kellylink.bsky.social.)
orionmagazine.bsky.social Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · Oct 29
If stories are like magic tricks, then Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link are magicians. The two masters of fiction and horror talk shop in this conversation from our fairy-tale issue (a.k.a., perfect mood reading for this spooky week).
People Behaving Badly
Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link on fairy tales and horror
orionmagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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To colleagues in the fantasy field: I'm afraid I'm not going to the World Fantasy Convention after all. I'm dealing with a sudden health issue (not dangerous, don't worry, but urgent) and therefore cannot travel right now. I'm so sorry I won't be with you in Brighton, and hope you have a good time.
This painting -- by Swedish artist Carl Larsson (1853-1919) -- depicts a woman lying outdoors on a padded bench, reading a book or journal, with a black-and-white cat tucked under one arm and a small brown dog resting beside her.
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Happy Birthday, Jane Morris (née Burden), born #otd 1839.
We're celebrating her life at the heart of the Victorian art world in our new exhibition, opening Nov 15th.
Including this portrait of Jane as 'Blanzifiore' by Rossetti & her little keepsake books too
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
October 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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‘The False Knight on the Road’ process video. Don’t know where the Black Knight came from….!
October 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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For #Dartmoor and #Devon friends, a last reminder that this #nature & #folklore event is happening tonight. I've only just learned that folk musician Jim Causley will be joining us to add a bit of music to the evening. I'm delighted by this, as his work is deeply rooted in Devon folk traditions.
terriwindling.bsky.social Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · Oct 8
For those within traveling distance of #Dartmoor, this #nature & #folklore event is coming up in Chagford soon: a talk with Dartmoor historian & guide Emma Cunis, with art by Gina Hemery. Emma's people have lived on the moor for generations; her knowledge of this land is deep and wise.
Image: The poster for "Magical Myths & Moorland Legends" at Endecott House, Chagford, TQ13 8AJ, on 17 October, 7PM: an evening of Dartmoor tales and enchantment with local historian Emma Cunis, folklorist Terri Windling, and art by Gina Hemery. The evening celebrates the publication of Emma's new book, Dartmoor Myths & Legends. For tickets, visit Emma's Dartmoor's Daughter website: www.dartmoorsdaughter.com. The art on the poster is a Dartmoor landscape by Gina Hemery.
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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For my Reading List:
drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · Oct 16
Looking forward to reading this by Matthias Egeler 🧚📚
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Another reason to love @themerl.bsky.social:
timjerrome.bsky.social Tim Jerrome @timjerrome.bsky.social · Oct 16
Thank you to the eternally wonderful Joe and Ollie for guiding me through my first time on a podcast - if intense ramblings about finding queer snippets in rural archives is your thing, give it a listen! @themerl.bsky.social
themerl.bsky.social The Museum of English Rural Life @themerl.bsky.social · Oct 16
🐏 New Absolute Units 🐏

Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.

In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.

merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Highly recommended...as all Geoff's books are.
simonguy.bsky.social Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · Oct 12
"Oz came swimming to us out of history, because we needed it, because it needed to be. A book, a film, a television ritual, a thousand icons scattered through advertising, journalism, political cartoons, music, poetry."
A photo of a copy of the 2007 Gollancz edition of Was by Geoff Ryman. The cover, featuring a pair of ruby slippers against a white background, was designed by Edward Bettison.
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social's In Other Lands steps up at the end of @readingtheend.bsky.socials Dark Academia: A Starter Pack (Tart, Awad, Samatar, & more) in the NYTimes as an answer to the subtitled question “Is there such a thing as light academia?”
Dark Academia: A Starter Pack
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM