Kate Sheehan-Finn
@katesfwriter.bsky.social
Writer, Untold Stories/Perspectives, Historical Fiction, Roman Archaeology, Ancient History, Pottery, Books, Travel, Gardens, Walking, Landscapes, #UNWC 2023/24, Winner #FNL #LFOW24 Jericho Writers
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From Submission to Spotlight: The Journey of a Festival Friday Night Live Winner – Jericho Writers
If I can win a writing competition, then you can too. I received notification that I was in the Friday Night Live (but on Saturday) Final at London Festival of Writing on 21 June 2024. I was visiting ...
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Fab memory from last year’s festival of writing hosted by @jerichowriters.bsky.social - thanks for asking me to write about the experience of winning Friday Night Live in 2024.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
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Roman Bas Reliefs in Original Colour
Copyright Jean-Pierre Dalbera A bas relief was commissioned by the Roman Senate in 13 BC in honour of the triumphs of Emperor Augustus and the above shows an interpreation of the original colours. …
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November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
Roman gravestone of an optio, name unknown.
An optio was second in command to a centurion, commander of a century.
1st C AD. From Roman Bath.
The optio was in charge of communications. He carries a scroll and his official staff.
#ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, #Bath
An optio was second in command to a centurion, commander of a century.
1st C AD. From Roman Bath.
The optio was in charge of communications. He carries a scroll and his official staff.
#ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, #Bath
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Roman gravestone of an optio, name unknown.
An optio was second in command to a centurion, commander of a century.
1st C AD. From Roman Bath.
The optio was in charge of communications. He carries a scroll and his official staff.
#ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, #Bath
An optio was second in command to a centurion, commander of a century.
1st C AD. From Roman Bath.
The optio was in charge of communications. He carries a scroll and his official staff.
#ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, #Bath
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Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive – it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it?
- Anne of Green Gables
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#writing #WritingCommunity
- Anne of Green Gables
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive – it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it?
- Anne of Green Gables
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity
- Anne of Green Gables
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity
I should’ve left it at that. Afterall, Lauren had admitted the lie, and it’s sad that her #options had narrowed to pretending she’d a fiancé. But I couldn’t leave it.
‘May as well take it off, as it’s clearly fake.’
Her face flushed, ‘It’s my mother’s.’
There was nothing to say to that.
#vss365
‘May as well take it off, as it’s clearly fake.’
Her face flushed, ‘It’s my mother’s.’
There was nothing to say to that.
#vss365
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
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Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
And this morning we have a dusting of snow and it’s glistening in sunshine. It’s still around zero Celsius or just below. ❄️ 🥶
#Winter #Snow #Weather #Nortumberland
#Winter #Snow #Weather #Nortumberland
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
And this morning we have a dusting of snow and it’s glistening in sunshine. It’s still around zero Celsius or just below. ❄️ 🥶
#Winter #Snow #Weather #Nortumberland
#Winter #Snow #Weather #Nortumberland
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The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
1/3
The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own.
We were told there’d be #snowfall, well maybe, the first dusting of #Winter.
Well it’s been cold, sleety, grey, dank.
So to make up for it, here’s snowy days from years gone by.
📸 my own, #Northumberland.
Well it’s been cold, sleety, grey, dank.
So to make up for it, here’s snowy days from years gone by.
📸 my own, #Northumberland.
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We were told there’d be #snowfall, well maybe, the first dusting of #Winter.
Well it’s been cold, sleety, grey, dank.
So to make up for it, here’s snowy days from years gone by.
📸 my own, #Northumberland.
Well it’s been cold, sleety, grey, dank.
So to make up for it, here’s snowy days from years gone by.
📸 my own, #Northumberland.
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Later, Lauren’s sigh interrupted the steady tapping of the keyboard.
‘What’s up?’ I asked.
She shrugged. Then words tumbled out of her mouth, ‘You see, in all likelihood, we’ll never be that happy. #Reality is why I make things up, wear this thing.’
The cold gems gleamed on her raised hand.
#vss365
‘What’s up?’ I asked.
She shrugged. Then words tumbled out of her mouth, ‘You see, in all likelihood, we’ll never be that happy. #Reality is why I make things up, wear this thing.’
The cold gems gleamed on her raised hand.
#vss365
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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For #EpigraphyTuesday
Roman pottery with Latin inscriptions, made for wine drinking! 🍷
‘Give us wine!’
‘Fill me up!’
‘Well be to you!’
Trier Region, Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Roman pottery with Latin inscriptions, made for wine drinking! 🍷
‘Give us wine!’
‘Fill me up!’
‘Well be to you!’
Trier Region, Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
![My photo collage shows three Roman black-slipped pottery vessels with white painted Latin inscriptions and white vine-like flowing decoration set against a rich pinky-purple display case background.
These so-called ‘motto beakers’, decorated with wine-themed Latin inscriptions painted in white slip, were produced in the Trier region during the mid 3rd century. They proved very popular and were exported to Britain and the Danube
Top image: cylindrical cup with straight sides with narrower base. The dark, almost black surface is decorated with large white letters V M N. The inscription around the cup reads VINIVM NOBIIS DA/ Give us wine! There is a band of rope-like white ornamentation near the rim. Beneath the lettering is a vinemotif with cluster of threeroundish ‘grape’ shapes. There are visible cracks where the cup has been restored. From Trier or surroundings, 280-315 AD.
Bottom left: elegant dark jug with a narrow base, rounded body, and long neck that flares outward to a broad lip. A single curved handle connects the neck to the upper body. The decoration includes the large white letters R E P and swirling white scroll ornamentation. The full inscription encircling the jug reads REPLE ME - Fill me up! From Trier, St. Matthias, 280-315 AD.
Bottom right: A cylindrical beaker with a narrower base. White lettering near the top reads E N E T I B. The full inscription around the beaker reads B[ENIE T[BI S]|[T] - Well be to you! Beneath the text is a continuous vine-scroll design with stylised leaves or grapes. From Trier, Louis-Lintz-Straße, 260-270 AD.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreidvgcm4meck4zsw7uiucznujg7fw5cdeu2lguukrglcw6t2gxmujq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For #EpigraphyTuesday
Roman pottery with Latin inscriptions, made for wine drinking! 🍷
‘Give us wine!’
‘Fill me up!’
‘Well be to you!’
Trier Region, Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Roman pottery with Latin inscriptions, made for wine drinking! 🍷
‘Give us wine!’
‘Fill me up!’
‘Well be to you!’
Trier Region, Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Later, Lauren’s sigh interrupted the steady tapping of the keyboard.
‘What’s up?’ I asked.
She shrugged. Then words tumbled out of her mouth, ‘You see, in all likelihood, we’ll never be that happy. #Reality is why I make things up, wear this thing.’
The cold gems gleamed on her raised hand.
#vss365
‘What’s up?’ I asked.
She shrugged. Then words tumbled out of her mouth, ‘You see, in all likelihood, we’ll never be that happy. #Reality is why I make things up, wear this thing.’
The cold gems gleamed on her raised hand.
#vss365
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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To the spirit of the departed.
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
To the spirit of the departed.
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
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The river Tay meets the sea at Dundee. On the opposite bank to the south is Fife. This was home for a decade. I still miss living by the water, and the people who made us welcome. Doesn’t matter that we made #Northumberland home and fifteen years have sped by.
📸 my own, The Tay Estuary, #Scotland.
📸 my own, The Tay Estuary, #Scotland.
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The river Tay meets the sea at Dundee. On the opposite bank to the south is Fife. This was home for a decade. I still miss living by the water, and the people who made us welcome. Doesn’t matter that we made #Northumberland home and fifteen years have sped by.
📸 my own, The Tay Estuary, #Scotland.
📸 my own, The Tay Estuary, #Scotland.
If any writers would like to be added to my #StarterPack #LunchTimeWriter drop a comment below. I write mostly across the middle of the day. Nice to gather writers together who aren’t early birds. I’m in awe of #5amWritersClub but never manage to write that early.
#WriteSky #WritingLife #AmWriting
#WriteSky #WritingLife #AmWriting
A lunchtime writer starter pack from the brilliant @katesfwriter.bsky.social Please follow and repost if you can #writingcommunity
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If any writers would like to be added to my #StarterPack #LunchTimeWriter drop a comment below. I write mostly across the middle of the day. Nice to gather writers together who aren’t early birds. I’m in awe of #5amWritersClub but never manage to write that early.
#WriteSky #WritingLife #AmWriting
#WriteSky #WritingLife #AmWriting
To the spirit of the departed.
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
To the spirit of the departed.
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
T. Flavius Actionicus made this for his son, Q. Thersius Actionicus. Well deserved. He lived 18 years.
Roman marble funerary dedication. Dated late 1st century AD.
📸 my own, Largo Di Torre Argentina, #Rome.
#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday #Archaeology #AncientRome
This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
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‘If you haven’t got a #goal, you’re as good as dead,’ Lauren said.
She twirled the glittering band on her finger, the complicit diamonds sparkling in the strip light above our desks.
‘Still single then,’ I said, opening the next email in the queue.
‘I’m not.’
The lie sat silent between us.
#vss365
She twirled the glittering band on her finger, the complicit diamonds sparkling in the strip light above our desks.
‘Still single then,’ I said, opening the next email in the queue.
‘I’m not.’
The lie sat silent between us.
#vss365
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Roman mosaics in a luxurious second century townhouse in Italica, Santaponce, near Seville, Spain.
Emperor Hadrian was born in Italica, and was emperor from AD 117-138.
#MosaicMonday
#RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own
Emperor Hadrian was born in Italica, and was emperor from AD 117-138.
#MosaicMonday
#RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Roman mosaics in a luxurious second century townhouse in Italica, Santaponce, near Seville, Spain.
Emperor Hadrian was born in Italica, and was emperor from AD 117-138.
#MosaicMonday
#RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own
Emperor Hadrian was born in Italica, and was emperor from AD 117-138.
#MosaicMonday
#RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own
The sun dipped below the horizon just after 4 pm, leaving this golden glow in his wake.
It was 3 degrees Celsius then. We are in for a sub zero night in rural #Northumberland.
#Autumn 🍂 seems to be giving graceful way to #Winter 🥶.
📸 my own.
It was 3 degrees Celsius then. We are in for a sub zero night in rural #Northumberland.
#Autumn 🍂 seems to be giving graceful way to #Winter 🥶.
📸 my own.
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The sun dipped below the horizon just after 4 pm, leaving this golden glow in his wake.
It was 3 degrees Celsius then. We are in for a sub zero night in rural #Northumberland.
#Autumn 🍂 seems to be giving graceful way to #Winter 🥶.
📸 my own.
It was 3 degrees Celsius then. We are in for a sub zero night in rural #Northumberland.
#Autumn 🍂 seems to be giving graceful way to #Winter 🥶.
📸 my own.
That scent in damp woodland is so hard to capture in words.
I call it ‘Forest Umami’
🌳😊
I call it ‘Forest Umami’
🌳😊
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
That scent in damp woodland is so hard to capture in words.
I call it ‘Forest Umami’
🌳😊
I call it ‘Forest Umami’
🌳😊
‘If you haven’t got a #goal, you’re as good as dead,’ Lauren said.
She twirled the glittering band on her finger, the complicit diamonds sparkling in the strip light above our desks.
‘Still single then,’ I said, opening the next email in the queue.
‘I’m not.’
The lie sat silent between us.
#vss365
She twirled the glittering band on her finger, the complicit diamonds sparkling in the strip light above our desks.
‘Still single then,’ I said, opening the next email in the queue.
‘I’m not.’
The lie sat silent between us.
#vss365
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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That morning, Barates stood on the public practice area of Corcyra’s palaestra with Leo and Hairan. Leo had issued them with heavy wooden swords.
Hairan was swinging his, cutting the air, warming up.
It had been a year since Barates had felt the heft of a sword in his hand.
#vss365 #issue #prompt
Hairan was swinging his, cutting the air, warming up.
It had been a year since Barates had felt the heft of a sword in his hand.
#vss365 #issue #prompt
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM