Fretful Porpentine
@bcky.bsky.social
To have for one’s heart
The heart that a ghost has
Quiet and only
A little forlorn
The heart that a ghost has
Quiet and only
A little forlorn
Deciding which of you I’d have bullied at school. Quite a few, to be honest.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Deciding which of you I’d have bullied at school. Quite a few, to be honest.
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If I was on Mastermind my specialist subject would be "pop music from when it was good up until it turned shit "
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If I was on Mastermind my specialist subject would be "pop music from when it was good up until it turned shit "
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Keys found embedded in jam sandwich. Apologies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Keys found embedded in jam sandwich. Apologies.
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a sky the color of milk in shadows
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
a sky the color of milk in shadows
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These interiors were the highlights of our visit to the new V&A East Storehouse today. The Frank Lloyd Wright, especially wow!
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
These interiors were the highlights of our visit to the new V&A East Storehouse today. The Frank Lloyd Wright, especially wow!
Don’t take me to the local craft fair. I have a phobia of scrabble tiles that aren’t being used for scrabble, buttons on anything other than clothes, and brooches in general.
*upturns trestle table*
*upturns trestle table*
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Don’t take me to the local craft fair. I have a phobia of scrabble tiles that aren’t being used for scrabble, buttons on anything other than clothes, and brooches in general.
*upturns trestle table*
*upturns trestle table*
I dreamt someone used a metal spoon on my new non-stick pan.
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I dreamt someone used a metal spoon on my new non-stick pan.
Whenever I watch something in which a murdered woman gets stuffed into a suitcase I find myself wondering whether I would be thin enough to fit.
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Whenever I watch something in which a murdered woman gets stuffed into a suitcase I find myself wondering whether I would be thin enough to fit.
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Last night, rereading The Two Towers, I came across the word HALE, and while I've encountered the (now rather archaic) term plenty of times before, this time it clicked that HALE is to HEALTH as WIDE is to WIDTH and LONG is to LENGTH, etc.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Last night, rereading The Two Towers, I came across the word HALE, and while I've encountered the (now rather archaic) term plenty of times before, this time it clicked that HALE is to HEALTH as WIDE is to WIDTH and LONG is to LENGTH, etc.
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Southport fonts & fronts, 2
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Southport fonts & fronts, 2
Again! And just as pleasing. Must be the time of year for it.
![A line from a Facebook post that reads: Wat a thoughtful jester [sic]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6pgscb2gs2jf2b2zomgxuban/bafkreicpmw5fvdfke6ylw5mx2dq7t25a56b2n73fjtm3ftcjhxevfqelfe@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Again! And just as pleasing. Must be the time of year for it.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
Absurdly cheerful flowers from my work pal.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Absurdly cheerful flowers from my work pal.
your own
personal
jesus
personal
jesus
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
your own
personal
jesus
personal
jesus
Oh bollocks
Making a deal with god that if he gets me out of this potential cancer snafu I will start doing zumba and eating kimchi.
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Oh bollocks
For those who have been WORRIED SICK (which I’m sure is every last one of you), the results are in, and the Lancashire jury thinks I probably do NOT have cancer 🥳
Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement x
Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement x
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For those who have been WORRIED SICK (which I’m sure is every last one of you), the results are in, and the Lancashire jury thinks I probably do NOT have cancer 🥳
Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement x
Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement x
I will not vote for anyone who uses the phrase “let me be clear”
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I will not vote for anyone who uses the phrase “let me be clear”
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Probably the only useful thing I’ve learnt from running Anon Opin. For the most part, any old card will keep the lights on in a hotel room.
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Probably the only useful thing I’ve learnt from running Anon Opin. For the most part, any old card will keep the lights on in a hotel room.
I’m not saying I’m the queen of stocking fillers but -
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I’m not saying I’m the queen of stocking fillers but -
My version of Swedish death cleaning will be framing all the prints that have been in board-backed envelopes for umpteen years.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My version of Swedish death cleaning will be framing all the prints that have been in board-backed envelopes for umpteen years.
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the seven stages of a letter, GPO, 1966 designed by Negus & Sharland
www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/th... #gpo #negussharland #britishdesign
www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/th... #gpo #negussharland #britishdesign
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
the seven stages of a letter, GPO, 1966 designed by Negus & Sharland
www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/th... #gpo #negussharland #britishdesign
www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/th... #gpo #negussharland #britishdesign
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Also went to the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum today. One of many highlights was this Second World War aeroplane instrument bearing the brilliantly vivid instruction
DO NOT JAR
HANDLE LIKE EGGS
DO NOT JAR
HANDLE LIKE EGGS
February 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Also went to the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum today. One of many highlights was this Second World War aeroplane instrument bearing the brilliantly vivid instruction
DO NOT JAR
HANDLE LIKE EGGS
DO NOT JAR
HANDLE LIKE EGGS
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It would be nice to be in a little snow globe, protected by the dome from the woes of the world and the stresses of life, being gently covered by the fake falling snow.
(DO NOT SHAKE THE SNOW GLOBE WHILST I AM IN IT)
(DO NOT SHAKE THE SNOW GLOBE WHILST I AM IN IT)
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It would be nice to be in a little snow globe, protected by the dome from the woes of the world and the stresses of life, being gently covered by the fake falling snow.
(DO NOT SHAKE THE SNOW GLOBE WHILST I AM IN IT)
(DO NOT SHAKE THE SNOW GLOBE WHILST I AM IN IT)