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elena1701a.bsky.social
Strands #650
“All over the place”
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December 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Day thirteen of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, a book Prudence and I recently re-read. Full of dark and ancient things, this makes for a marvellous Yuletide read... #patcadvent
A stylised illustration of a group of children huddled in an archway, seemingly under attack from a flock of crows during a snowstorm.
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Wordle 1,638 3/6

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December 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Connections
Puzzle #915
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December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
December Reading Goals:

- Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney (TBR shelves)
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (library books)
- Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

And maybe I’ll get some lovely new books for Christmas to add to the TBR shelves 📚
December 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
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December 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Wordle 1,637 4/6

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December 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
They also have Season 1 of Strange New Worlds. Not that we’ve got round to watching it yet!
neilsnowdon.bsky.social Neil Snowdon @neilsnowdon.bsky.social · 1d
*public service announcement* for anyone with access to UK TV app ITVX, they have the entire of Sapphire & Steel on there and all of Robin of Sherwood.
December 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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pptsapper.bsky.social
Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
root2702.bsky.social root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 1d
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
The man who is unwilling to wear a flu mask usually is of the kind who expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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mckelvie.bsky.social
Daniel Dawn Lewis (youngest clone)

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Daniel Dusk Lewis (oldest clone)
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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prudenceandthecrow.bsky.social
Day 12 of #patcadvent is Petunia's Christmas written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Originally published in 1952, Petunia is a slightly unhinged goose whose object of affection, Charles the gander, is destined for the farmer's Christmas table. Don't worry though - this story has a happy ending.
A happy-looking goose is hanging a little angel on a string of Christmas decorations.
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Connections
Puzzle #914
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December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Strands #648
“Let me elaborate ...”
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December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Wordle 1,636 4/6

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December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Strands #647
“A Nobel effort”
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December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Wordle 1,635 5/6

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December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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prudenceandthecrow.bsky.social
Day 10 of the Prudence and the Crow advent is The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken, illustrated here by Rohan Eason. Crow was genuinely scared of this one when she was small! I'm still quite bothered by these hungry wolf faces...
A black and white drawing: the excited faces of three hungry-looking, stylised wolves in the foreground; two girls in the distance on a snow-covered hill take each other's hands and run!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Strands #646
“On the court”
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December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
November update (it should say November in the original post 🤦‍♀️). I read:

- Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan re-read)
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (book club)
- Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher (from the library)

And I started a book from the TBR shelves 😊
elena1701a.bsky.social elena1701a.bsky.social @elena1701a.bsky.social · Nov 4
October reading goals:

- Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan re-read)
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (book club book)
- Something from the TBR shelves
- Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher, which I reserved from the library a two months ago, and is now ‘in transit’ to the library
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Wordle 1,634 4/6

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December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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It's a longshot people will get this joke
A re-enactment of English Longbowmen at the Battle of Agincourt, with the words "All I Want For Christmas Is Yew" at the bottom of the picture. You see, my dear alt-text readers, Yew wood was the preferred wood for longbows, prized for its strength and flexibility. So it would make sense that the bowmen might want yew for Christmas. This is a pun, a terrible Christmas pun, playing off that Mariah Carey song, you know the once, yes you do. I'm a bad person for making this pun. I am so sorry.
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Strands #645
“Grammatically speaking”
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December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
elena1701a.bsky.social
Some of Thea Gilmore’s Christmas songs meet this definition - That’ll Be Christmas & The St Stephen’s Day Murders in particular. Also reminded me of this Substack article by an American about her discovery of British Christmas songs 🎄

anamericansguidetobritishlife.substack.com/p/the-christ...
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM