Neil Hopkins
thermalsatsuma.bsky.social
Neil Hopkins
@thermalsatsuma.bsky.social
Grognard and Iaidoka. Fond of cats, gin, swords and ttrpgs.
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Grazing

Skateboard slips sideways
Tumbling towards the tarmac
Ripped jeans, bloody knees
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Breath #iaido

The act of breathing
Purifies mind and body
Kiyomeri kokyū
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“Can you describe the symptoms?”
“Sure - Marge has got blue hair and Homer is fat”
#TheArchers
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #North

Leaving that London
Look for the familiar signs
Hatfield and the North
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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I wasn't sure about posting these but in the end the hashtags for art today were too perfect so here's your #ArtAdventCalendar for today, you can buy these as stickers in my shop, will even ship to America if you are nice #blueSkyMonday #mountainMonday #PinkMon #colorADay #XtraXmas #MilkingMaids
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Oh no, it’s Shula! #TheArchers
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
December 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Desolation

Robert Zimmerman
Played guitar and sang of life
On Desolation Row
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Our haiku prompts for Dec 6-13.

Use them as you will.

The writing is the point.

12/06 December Cherries
12/07 Desolation Green Leaves
12/08 North Wild Iris
12/09 Breath Cool Evening
12/10 Camillia Grazing
12/11 Star Fragrance
12/12 Snowflake Roots
12/13 Dark Cloud Waterfall

Cold moon —
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December 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #December #Cherries

Soaked in sweet syrup
Dipped in darkest chocolate
December cherries
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This is a great album and the perfect time to buy it!
Bandcamp Friday - a great day to support musicians! Here’s the album of music and poems I made with @robinince.bsky.social earlier this year - and some more links to my music and other brilliant artists to check out in the posts below normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com/album/weirdl...
Weirdly Normal, by Robin Ince and Rachel Taylor-Beales
13 track album
normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is an excellent collection of algorave electronica for a good cause! #BandcampFriday

algorave.bandcamp.com/album/compas...
Compassion through algorithms volume III, by algorave
55 track album
algorave.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Cardinal

The needle twitches
Pointing to magnetic north
Cardinal direction
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Apologies to those who watched my latest unboxing live stream.

In my defense, it was 50/50 on whether those cats were going to be alive or not.
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Shamelessly, 30 minutes into this interview with Cam Banks & Fred Hicks, I share leaked D&D sales data. youtu.be/BJsGXTwujA4
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Juncos

Mystery prompt
Wiki says a songbird or
Puerto Rican town
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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FB reminded me that 11 years ago, Dash was mortified about being made to wear some antlers for precisely 3 minutes. This prompted me to make a FB group " #Dogs Wearing Antlers" (and other festive head gear). This group is now defunct, but if you have pet pics with antlers on, do share them here!
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Moon

A cosmic pavane
The sun precisely eclipsed
Once in a blue moon
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Just checked into my hotel room for my work’s do - very impressed! The tv has been left signed into someone’s YouTube premium account too 😉
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM