Adrian & Cookie the emu coming soon. It’s busy on the farm atm! www.thinglink.com/view/scene/1...

Read extract 5 from @lis4g33.bsky.social's work in progress “The Book of Us”, on Diagnoses. Joy, Grief and (Un)Masking, and be distracted by her pix of Gibraltar’s macaques (click on the squirrel! www.thinglink.com/view/scene/1...

Read @jlimburg.bsky.social on PIP (comment) & Neurophototherapy: a creative approach to unmasking (creative) www.thinglink.com/view/scene/1...

And… this months distraction is a short slomo vid of Lisa’s lava lamp with appropriate (so Lisa thinks) sound effects www.thinglink.com/card/1948016...

In this month’s comment section, @lis4g33.bsky.social picks up on @jlimburg.bsky.social's discussion of a fabulous chance encounter with @kristinhersh.bsky.social to explore the joys of chance encounters. www.thinglink.com/card/1948016...

Adrian tells us about Cookie’s latest escape (with company), farming life in Jan and Feb, along with what WFH means in a farming context. And, of course, predicts March weather www.thinglink.com/card/1948016...

In our creative section, read @jlimburg.bsky.social's essay on the Jewish Afterlife, and @lis4g33.bsky.social's writing on empathy www.thinglink.com/card/1948016...

@jlimburg.bsky.social also mentions one of the best conversations she ever had, during a chance encounter with @kristinhersh.bsky.social

And our Top Distraction this month, is, of course @thedailytism.bsky.social's NEWS youtu.be/BX9aTj27xTA?...

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In the Cookie & Adrian section … Dec farming jobs & weather & Inheritance Tax.

Most importantly (and funly), Eleanor – Adrian's mum – gets up close n friendly with Cookie the emu. Despite having been traumatised by Hitchcock's 'The Birds'…

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