Lighthouse Wifie
@lighthousewifie.bsky.social
An atheist #countingblessings for my #mentalhealth.
Likes tea, hot-water bottles, social justice, knitting, nuanced opinions, & sleeping.
Look North.
That's where I live.
Hence the hot-water bottles.
Likes tea, hot-water bottles, social justice, knitting, nuanced opinions, & sleeping.
Look North.
That's where I live.
Hence the hot-water bottles.
Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority.
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Listen to this.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Listen to this.
Wednesday's delight was being called by a friend & blethering about dogs, holiday plans, the Traitors TV programme & yes, about what's going on in the USA (they're a classicist, they take a long view).
The blessing of normality, but without the stress of closing our eyes.
#mentalhealth #blessings
The blessing of normality, but without the stress of closing our eyes.
#mentalhealth #blessings
January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Wednesday's delight was being called by a friend & blethering about dogs, holiday plans, the Traitors TV programme & yes, about what's going on in the USA (they're a classicist, they take a long view).
The blessing of normality, but without the stress of closing our eyes.
#mentalhealth #blessings
The blessing of normality, but without the stress of closing our eyes.
#mentalhealth #blessings
Tuesday's little spark of something good?
I have enjoyed discovering Paris Paloma.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11v_...
I have enjoyed discovering Paris Paloma.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11v_...
Paris Paloma - LABOUR [Live on Tour]
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January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Tuesday's little spark of something good?
I have enjoyed discovering Paris Paloma.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11v_...
I have enjoyed discovering Paris Paloma.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11v_...
I have been thinking today about the woman that Alex Pretti was defending.
He asked "are you ok?"
I strongly suspect she is not ok.
#alexpretti #ice #Minneapolis #Minnesota
He asked "are you ok?"
I strongly suspect she is not ok.
#alexpretti #ice #Minneapolis #Minnesota
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I have been thinking today about the woman that Alex Pretti was defending.
He asked "are you ok?"
I strongly suspect she is not ok.
#alexpretti #ice #Minneapolis #Minnesota
He asked "are you ok?"
I strongly suspect she is not ok.
#alexpretti #ice #Minneapolis #Minnesota
I am a bit late to the party with this, but if you have the time and the spoons, please respond to this.
I shared my own story, which is more powerful than mass-produced emails, but every signature helps.
#transrightsarehumanrights #translivesmatter
action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-mat...
I shared my own story, which is more powerful than mass-produced emails, but every signature helps.
#transrightsarehumanrights #translivesmatter
action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-mat...
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
action.goodlawproject.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I am a bit late to the party with this, but if you have the time and the spoons, please respond to this.
I shared my own story, which is more powerful than mass-produced emails, but every signature helps.
#transrightsarehumanrights #translivesmatter
action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-mat...
I shared my own story, which is more powerful than mass-produced emails, but every signature helps.
#transrightsarehumanrights #translivesmatter
action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-mat...
The wind it is wind-ing here today. Though to be fair, we don't currently have the sea landing on the roof, just the rain on the windows. 🌬️🌊🪟
I am wearing
fluffy socks, leggings, a long skirt,
a cami, a long-sleeved t-shirt, a thin jumper, a thick jumper & a cardigan.
The central heating is ON.
I am wearing
fluffy socks, leggings, a long skirt,
a cami, a long-sleeved t-shirt, a thin jumper, a thick jumper & a cardigan.
The central heating is ON.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The wind it is wind-ing here today. Though to be fair, we don't currently have the sea landing on the roof, just the rain on the windows. 🌬️🌊🪟
I am wearing
fluffy socks, leggings, a long skirt,
a cami, a long-sleeved t-shirt, a thin jumper, a thick jumper & a cardigan.
The central heating is ON.
I am wearing
fluffy socks, leggings, a long skirt,
a cami, a long-sleeved t-shirt, a thin jumper, a thick jumper & a cardigan.
The central heating is ON.
.....Monday?
A hard day, much of it in tears from the news, and my concentration is shot.
But.... the dogs were less chaotic when our neighbour came round, and the pup did not chase the cat.
Small mercies, my friend, small mercies.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #ablessingaday
A hard day, much of it in tears from the news, and my concentration is shot.
But.... the dogs were less chaotic when our neighbour came round, and the pup did not chase the cat.
Small mercies, my friend, small mercies.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #ablessingaday
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 AM
.....Monday?
A hard day, much of it in tears from the news, and my concentration is shot.
But.... the dogs were less chaotic when our neighbour came round, and the pup did not chase the cat.
Small mercies, my friend, small mercies.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #ablessingaday
A hard day, much of it in tears from the news, and my concentration is shot.
But.... the dogs were less chaotic when our neighbour came round, and the pup did not chase the cat.
Small mercies, my friend, small mercies.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #ablessingaday
🧵
I am sorry, but I need these thoughts out of my head.
However, they do not need to be in your head too.
They are the dark nightmares of Cassandra, looking at the USA and, by extension, warning all of us.
Skip this thread if you cannot read it right now.
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I am sorry, but I need these thoughts out of my head.
However, they do not need to be in your head too.
They are the dark nightmares of Cassandra, looking at the USA and, by extension, warning all of us.
Skip this thread if you cannot read it right now.
1
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
🧵
I am sorry, but I need these thoughts out of my head.
However, they do not need to be in your head too.
They are the dark nightmares of Cassandra, looking at the USA and, by extension, warning all of us.
Skip this thread if you cannot read it right now.
1
I am sorry, but I need these thoughts out of my head.
However, they do not need to be in your head too.
They are the dark nightmares of Cassandra, looking at the USA and, by extension, warning all of us.
Skip this thread if you cannot read it right now.
1
Yes, mental health care feels solipsistic right now. But maybe it's resistance. It's time to read Frankl again.
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Yes, mental health care feels solipsistic right now. But maybe it's resistance. It's time to read Frankl again.
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
Complicated but informative
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Complicated but informative
#Transrights and part of the #Craftiverse --- of COURSE I want to sew my patch.
goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...
goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...
The Trans Unity Quilt | Good Law Project
Crafting visibility through community, fighting eradication through creation.
goodlawproject.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 AM
#Transrights and part of the #Craftiverse --- of COURSE I want to sew my patch.
goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...
goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...
The only things I can say about #minnesota, #ice, #trump, & the US are too dark, even for me.
I have known the fall & break-up of the US was coming for as long as I understood that empires fall. But there's horror seeing it in real time.
Posting about my mental health is a solipsistic luxury.
I have known the fall & break-up of the US was coming for as long as I understood that empires fall. But there's horror seeing it in real time.
Posting about my mental health is a solipsistic luxury.
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The only things I can say about #minnesota, #ice, #trump, & the US are too dark, even for me.
I have known the fall & break-up of the US was coming for as long as I understood that empires fall. But there's horror seeing it in real time.
Posting about my mental health is a solipsistic luxury.
I have known the fall & break-up of the US was coming for as long as I understood that empires fall. But there's horror seeing it in real time.
Posting about my mental health is a solipsistic luxury.
Friday and Saturday's sparks of light...
Impossible not to feel happier when the big dog wakes up, looks for me, finds me at my desk, and jumps up to say hello. It's a face-wash, delivered with joy.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #dogsofbluesky
Impossible not to feel happier when the big dog wakes up, looks for me, finds me at my desk, and jumps up to say hello. It's a face-wash, delivered with joy.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #dogsofbluesky
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Friday and Saturday's sparks of light...
Impossible not to feel happier when the big dog wakes up, looks for me, finds me at my desk, and jumps up to say hello. It's a face-wash, delivered with joy.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #dogsofbluesky
Impossible not to feel happier when the big dog wakes up, looks for me, finds me at my desk, and jumps up to say hello. It's a face-wash, delivered with joy.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #dogsofbluesky
I was talking about this practice with a friend yesterday morning, & said it's about looking for micro-moments of joy "like the heated car seat you just switched on for me".
So Thursday's moment of joy was a cosy bum.
Daffodils are also joyous.
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings #countingblessings
So Thursday's moment of joy was a cosy bum.
Daffodils are also joyous.
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings #countingblessings
January 23, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I was talking about this practice with a friend yesterday morning, & said it's about looking for micro-moments of joy "like the heated car seat you just switched on for me".
So Thursday's moment of joy was a cosy bum.
Daffodils are also joyous.
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings #countingblessings
So Thursday's moment of joy was a cosy bum.
Daffodils are also joyous.
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings #countingblessings
Wednesday was good, and included a long bus trip.
I do like a long trip on a bus, a train or a plane.
And if I'd been driving, I wouldn't have seen these waves, in this light, on this shore.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #smalljoys #mindfulness
I do like a long trip on a bus, a train or a plane.
And if I'd been driving, I wouldn't have seen these waves, in this light, on this shore.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #smalljoys #mindfulness
January 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Wednesday was good, and included a long bus trip.
I do like a long trip on a bus, a train or a plane.
And if I'd been driving, I wouldn't have seen these waves, in this light, on this shore.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #smalljoys #mindfulness
I do like a long trip on a bus, a train or a plane.
And if I'd been driving, I wouldn't have seen these waves, in this light, on this shore.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #dailyblessings #smalljoys #mindfulness
I think I am developing Stockholm Syndrome with my own depression. It's lifting, but I am habituated to it, so it's not lifting.
In the meantime - Tuesday's little spurt of joy was the first glimpse of Lighthouse Hubby on the pavement when I went to pick him up.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
In the meantime - Tuesday's little spurt of joy was the first glimpse of Lighthouse Hubby on the pavement when I went to pick him up.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
January 21, 2026 at 9:36 AM
I think I am developing Stockholm Syndrome with my own depression. It's lifting, but I am habituated to it, so it's not lifting.
In the meantime - Tuesday's little spurt of joy was the first glimpse of Lighthouse Hubby on the pavement when I went to pick him up.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
In the meantime - Tuesday's little spurt of joy was the first glimpse of Lighthouse Hubby on the pavement when I went to pick him up.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
The memorable highlight of Monday was obviously the Northern Lights.
But a quieter, less obvious pleasure was taking the pup for a walk on a still, sunny, winter morning.
She's getting there with loose lead walking, even if it is 20 steps forward & ten steps back.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
But a quieter, less obvious pleasure was taking the pup for a walk on a still, sunny, winter morning.
She's getting there with loose lead walking, even if it is 20 steps forward & ten steps back.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
January 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM
The memorable highlight of Monday was obviously the Northern Lights.
But a quieter, less obvious pleasure was taking the pup for a walk on a still, sunny, winter morning.
She's getting there with loose lead walking, even if it is 20 steps forward & ten steps back.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
But a quieter, less obvious pleasure was taking the pup for a walk on a still, sunny, winter morning.
She's getting there with loose lead walking, even if it is 20 steps forward & ten steps back.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Sunday --- in lots of ways, a draining day, so I am grateful for
- sunshine - which is so restorative
- hot chocolate - which is so comforting
- kind friends - who help emotionally as well as practically
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
- sunshine - which is so restorative
- hot chocolate - which is so comforting
- kind friends - who help emotionally as well as practically
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
January 19, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Sunday --- in lots of ways, a draining day, so I am grateful for
- sunshine - which is so restorative
- hot chocolate - which is so comforting
- kind friends - who help emotionally as well as practically
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
- sunshine - which is so restorative
- hot chocolate - which is so comforting
- kind friends - who help emotionally as well as practically
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Saturday's good things included
The soft richness of the yolk of a perfectly poached egg, balanced with the neutrality of the egg white, & the crispness of toast.
A rare but a valued treat.
Tho' this only works with free range eggs, butter, and brown toast.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
The soft richness of the yolk of a perfectly poached egg, balanced with the neutrality of the egg white, & the crispness of toast.
A rare but a valued treat.
Tho' this only works with free range eggs, butter, and brown toast.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Saturday's good things included
The soft richness of the yolk of a perfectly poached egg, balanced with the neutrality of the egg white, & the crispness of toast.
A rare but a valued treat.
Tho' this only works with free range eggs, butter, and brown toast.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
The soft richness of the yolk of a perfectly poached egg, balanced with the neutrality of the egg white, & the crispness of toast.
A rare but a valued treat.
Tho' this only works with free range eggs, butter, and brown toast.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Friday - a one to one training session with the pup!
She WAS a Good Girl!
And so, it has to be said, was I!
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings
She WAS a Good Girl!
And so, it has to be said, was I!
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings
January 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Friday - a one to one training session with the pup!
She WAS a Good Girl!
And so, it has to be said, was I!
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings
She WAS a Good Girl!
And so, it has to be said, was I!
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings
Thursday - a lovely, crisp, calm, clear, sunny day.
I should get outside more. I enjoy it when I do.
Some ramdom photos taken in January four years ago.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
I should get outside more. I enjoy it when I do.
Some ramdom photos taken in January four years ago.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Thursday - a lovely, crisp, calm, clear, sunny day.
I should get outside more. I enjoy it when I do.
Some ramdom photos taken in January four years ago.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
I should get outside more. I enjoy it when I do.
Some ramdom photos taken in January four years ago.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Wednesday - also difficult.
Car in a ditch, due to black ice.
It sounds grudging, but I am so glad it wasn't worse. No-one hurt, Lighthouse Hubby got a lift into work, we have AA membership, and the very-nice-man got the car out of the ditch, hopefully undamaged
#countingblessings #mentalhealth
Car in a ditch, due to black ice.
It sounds grudging, but I am so glad it wasn't worse. No-one hurt, Lighthouse Hubby got a lift into work, we have AA membership, and the very-nice-man got the car out of the ditch, hopefully undamaged
#countingblessings #mentalhealth
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Wednesday - also difficult.
Car in a ditch, due to black ice.
It sounds grudging, but I am so glad it wasn't worse. No-one hurt, Lighthouse Hubby got a lift into work, we have AA membership, and the very-nice-man got the car out of the ditch, hopefully undamaged
#countingblessings #mentalhealth
Car in a ditch, due to black ice.
It sounds grudging, but I am so glad it wasn't worse. No-one hurt, Lighthouse Hubby got a lift into work, we have AA membership, and the very-nice-man got the car out of the ditch, hopefully undamaged
#countingblessings #mentalhealth
Tuesday was a difficult day.
But the house is cleaner and tidier, and those things are soothing.
I think will have some hot chocolate now.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Pic is of French aristos drinking hot chocolate.
But the house is cleaner and tidier, and those things are soothing.
I think will have some hot chocolate now.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Pic is of French aristos drinking hot chocolate.
January 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Tuesday was a difficult day.
But the house is cleaner and tidier, and those things are soothing.
I think will have some hot chocolate now.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Pic is of French aristos drinking hot chocolate.
But the house is cleaner and tidier, and those things are soothing.
I think will have some hot chocolate now.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Pic is of French aristos drinking hot chocolate.