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Jo Walton
@bluejo.bsky.social
Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We asked for signs
The signs were sent.
The birth betrayed, the marriage spent,
The widowhood of every government.
Signs for all to see.
I can't run no more with that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places say their prayers out loud...

Leonard Cohen
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#SomethingBeautiful illuminated capital from a Renaissance songbook in San Marco, Florence
October 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#SomethingBeautiful how can I be so lucky as to get to see this on mjy way to the bank?
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#SomethingBeautiful Overflowing bounty of flowers.
September 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
#SomethingBeautiful a new piece from my aunt Mary Lace
September 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What poster did you have hanging on the wall as a child?
September 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#SomethingBeautiful a still life by my aunt Mary Lace, who is 81 this week and painting better than ever
September 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
#SomethingBeautiful one of the windows in the Duomo
September 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
#SomethingBeautiful Gelato with friends
September 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We've been having this kind of weather in Florence the last few days, storms and clouds, and bursts of sunshine. #SomethingBeautiful
September 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The Baptistery in Pisa
August 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I had an absolutely terrific time at Polcon in Warsaw this weekend...
July 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#SomethingBeautiful a still life by my aunt Mary Lace. The painting on the wall behind the jug is a painting she did in art college sixty years ago.
June 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#SomethingBeautiful a new still life from my aunt Mary Lace, the interior of her studio, with tulips
May 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#SomethingBeautiful a still life by my aunt Mary Lace, featuring my great grandfather's Welsh prayerbook
May 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
And here's the gorgeous cover of the new Italian Among Others, translated by Silvia Constantin. It came out this week and is available in all good Italian bookstores www.lafeltrinelli.it/fra-altri-li...
May 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#SomethingBeautiful a still life by my aunt Mary Lace
May 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#SomethingBeautiful and also setting up for my novel Everybody's Perfect, which comes out in thirteen months: magical Venice.
May 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#SomethingBeautiful Look at that lion's face
April 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#SomethingBeautiful an angel hugging a monk to welcome him into the Earthly Paradise in Fra Angelico's Judgement Day -- the only Judgement painting I've seen where the heaven side is as exciting as the hell side.
April 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#SomethingBeautiful a symphony in bluegray
April 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#SomethingBeautiful Bronze Apollo from Pompeii
April 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM