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Zsaffryn Terra @zsaffrynterra.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Losing our words is a writer’s worst nightmare. Don’t forget to backup your work. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 25/01/2026

I haven’t been updating Bluesky lately. Mastodon is currently the best place to see my posts and interact with me on social media. You can also email me at hello at ellanew dot com.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Churches are rubbish at hide & seek 🙄

A 165 year old Giant Sequoia chilling in Tonbridge, the Kingdom of Kent

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 22/12/2025

The character count is tiny on #Bluesky, so here's a canny trick to fit in just a little more into a single post, when sharing a link. 1. Write your post, add the link 2. Delete the link That's it! A clickable preview will still be there, even when the text of the link has been deleted.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 22/12/2025

This week: one idea and one link to reveal what "good enough" can look like when your mind and your schedule are too full to get everything done. Plain text related, but both can apply to any well-balanced life. Be kind to your elephant! Click through for blog link: #ptpl #productivity #PlainText

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Here’s an Elephant to Help You Find “Good Enough” When Everything Feels Too Much

On personal manifestos and plain text systems that don’t punish you

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 01/12/2025

I’ve used ⌘-hover to preview internal links in #Obsidian for years, but this week I discovered that it also works on tabs. Holding down ⌘ while hovering over the name of a tab gives a 3rd-party-plugin-free, scrollable preview of that page — with clickable links (!) #ptpl #plainText

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Obsidian’s Page Preview vs. the Hover Editor Plugin

Plus tips for using Notebook Navigator, from Elizabeth Tai

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 25/11/2025

Two years ago I embarked on a challenge: to only access my digital notes with TextEdit and iA Writer on my #Mac. It was an enlightening and a frustrating experience! Two days ago I decided to revisit the #plainTextExperiment by temporarily putting #Obsidian away again. What happened next…

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The 3 Levels of Plain Text Productivity, and Why Level 2 is the Sweet Spot

PTPL 183 · What happened when I quit Obsidian again, 2 years later

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 10/11/2025

Connecting one stubborn task to my core values changed everything. Sometimes you need to feel the why before you can do the work. (thread…) #PTPL #productivity #procrastination Medium miscellaneplans.medium.com/how-to-climb... Blog ellanew.com/2025/11/10/p...

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How to Climb Out of Task Resistance

What finally setting up the spare bed taught me about the things we keep putting off

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John-Paul Flintoff @jp.flintoff.org · 05/11/2025

Helping someone assemble Instagram posts as a booklet.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 03/11/2025

Creative task avoidance can look like productivity. This week I look at how to spot it, and give a sneak peek of my new Obsidian plain text task dashboard — the crafting of which was *totally not* an avoidance mechanism! I hope!! #productivity #obsidian #plainText

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My New Task Dashboard Passes the Most Important Test

It makes work easier without becoming the work itself

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 06/10/2025

Simplify your planning with easy, fun #iPhone shortcuts to four #Obsidian files. Stay on top of notes, tasks, calendar, and daily goals without complex apps. (thread…) Medium medium.com/@miscellanep... Blog ellanew.com/2025/10/06/p...

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How I Get Instant Access to the Four Text Files That Run My Life

Living life distraction free, thanks to these simple iPhone Shortcuts

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 01/10/2025

Whelp, it's #Inktober already here in #Australia ! This year I'm sketching and inking each drawing with my non-dominant hand. Always wanted to be ambidextrous; this is helping. Here's my index page ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i... …and here's a shortcut to day 1, Mustache ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...

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Inktober 2025 - Index - Ellane W

My second attempt at Inktober. All drawings done with a fine nib fountain pen in black ink, with my non-dominant hand.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 29/09/2025

Learn calendar.txt, a simple plain text system for time management. Just add dates and events, no complex apps needed. The perfect companion to todo.txt. (h/t to @ploum@mamot.fr for putting me onto it) (thread…) #productivity #plainText #ptpl #calendar

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Calendar.txt is the Simplest Time Planning System You Will Ever See

No complex apps; you just need to know the idea

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 22/09/2025

My yearly ritual of setting up wall, paper, and digital calendars to shape the future and keep life on track. These calendars live on my wall, in a paper notebook, and on my Apple devices. They let me time travel to next year, making it feel like a place I've already been. (thread…)

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I Like to Time Travel with Wall, Paper, and Digital Calendars

Making next year feel like a place I’ve already been

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 15/09/2025

This week: the plain text enthusiasts and simple tool users who inspired my productivity journey, plus thoughts on what makes a tool stack work. #productivity #Mac #design #app #obsidian #plainText #ptpl

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Tool Stack Inspiration — the People and Apps That Shaped My Path

Methodology trumps technology, every time

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I need you to know that your contribution, your voice, your perspective, your way of explaining something, YOUR whatever, is valuable. Just because "it's been done before" doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. Nothing is new, everything's been done! But not by you. Yet. #databs #rststs #python

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 11/09/2025

I took this pic through an office window at the end of a wonderful, demanding week being the full time carer of an elderly family member on holiday. Can’t tell you how much it resonates! Made me smile big and wide. It’s okay to both have a nice time and to want to scream afterwards. #introvert

A sketch of a squirrel-like critter standing on two feet, mouth wide open, on a spiral-bound page with the text: "It's been lovely. But I have to SCREAM now."

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 08/09/2025

After nearly 30 years of email chaos and 8,000+ messages, I, a chronically messy person, finally achieved Inbox Zero. Here's the simple 3-folder system that made it happen. #ptpl #productivity Medium miscellaneplans.medium.com/three-decade... Blog ellanew.com/2025/09/08/p...

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Three Decades of Email Clutter. Three Folders. One Life Changed.

How one messy person learned to love an empty inbox

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Lilly Piper 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 @lillypip.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Piano, clarinet, and flute piece. Absolutely gorgeous, in my opinion. I’d really love you to check out my sheet music for this at www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_... I did all the engraving and layout myself, note by note. I hate to beg but, a look, a like, & a share would make me very happy.

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Echo, by Ernesto Köhler, 1888

YouTube video by Lilly Piper

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 03/09/2025

Introducing what I have affectionately dubbed my One-Page Notebook (1PN). The One-Page Notebook is simply a regular sheet of paper, folded in half two to three times. It's big enough to write on without needing… (cont'd…)

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The Surprisingly Powerful One-Page Notebook That’s Always With Me

It’s simple, slim, and pressure-free

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 25/08/2025

A simple time scheduling idea from Merlin Mann, a fight with Apple Calendar (guys! stop micromanaging!), and the double dashes I use today. Blog ellanew.com/2025/08/25/p... Medium medium.com/@miscellanep... #productivity #macOS #ptpl

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PTPL 170 · The Calendar Trick That Changed How I Mark Maybes - Ellane W

Learn Merlin Mann’s clever tip for uncertain calendar events, and my workaround for Apple Calendar’s punctuation limits

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 19/08/2025

I have discovered that I can speak (often incorrect) French, quite well! Proud of myself for having the courage to talk with native speakers. Big respect for migrants who get out there and practice the language of their new home. #languageLearning #language #courage #migrants #francais #french

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 18/08/2025

Get productive with plain text with a simple 2-tool system, Beorg file editing on Mac, VS Code tag fixes, and EasyOrg agenda access for beginners. #productivity #org #ptpl Blog ellanew.com/2025/08/18/p... Medium ellanew.com/2025/08/18/p...

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PTPL 169 · Mac Tips for Beorg Files Plus a Straightforward Productivity Approach - Ellane W

Get productive with plain text with a simple 2-tool system, Beorg file editing on Mac, VS Code tag fixes, and EasyOrg agenda access for beginners.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 06/08/2025

Family around me Good food to eat A cosy rug to keep me warm #3goodThings

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 05/08/2025

My precious baby grandson lived for 11 short days. We are devastated, but so very thankful we got to stroke his tiny head and say au revoir — till we meet again! I made some digital posters with words that have brought peace and comfort as I grieve. (thread…)

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Visit Ellane W's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Brandon | ·𐑚𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑯 @mr-brandon.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I find the Shavian alphabet beautiful and full of possibility. I hope art like this helps make others curious too. Please share it if you like it! 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑞 𐑢𐑫𐑥𐑩𐑯? 𐑲 𐑛𐑵. — Visit shavian.info for an explanation. #comic #comics #comicstrip #comicstrips #illustration #wordpuzzles #Shaw #script

This is a comic strip.

A woman wearing glasses is looking at her phone saying something in strange letters. The man next to her looks confused, as though he can see the speech bubble above her.

The man asks, "How come I heard 'oh, boy' but it looks like nonsense?"

In the next frame, the woman, looking confident, answers in the same strange letters. The man looks surprised and replies, "A different English alphabet?"

In the last frame, the man rolls his eyes. He says, "...this comic is going to have VERY limited reach." The woman looks disappointed and replies with a short answer in the same script.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 30/07/2025

I’m thankful for: The Non-Violent Communication approach to not judging emotions as good or bad. In welcoming them and gently exploring the needs behind them. The support and kindness of family and friends. (Hold them close, if you can.) Good memories. 💜

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 18/07/2025

Abby Covert's information architecture resources are on sale. I've just bought "Stuck - Diagrams Help" and "How to Make Sense of Any Mess". Looking forward to diving in! 30% off with the code stuckturns3 #IA #design abbycovert.com/shop/

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Shop - Abby Covert, Information Architect

I love designing products that help you to make the unclear, clear. Below you will find all the products that I sell myself, including my own books, some

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 16/07/2025

Here’s a throwback to an article I wrote in 2022, just in case anyone is still under the mistaken idea that being normal is something to aim for medium.com/the-orange-j... #barefeet #crunchy #mobility #health

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10 Things Normal People Do, That I Don’t

It’s high time we defined our own “normal”, don’t you think?

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 14/07/2025

Dedicated Read-It-Later apps are nice, not necessary. The links you save today might be a mystery tomorrow. 30 seconds can mean the difference between one more link being lost to the black hole of ambiguity, and having useful resources at your fingertips. (thread…) #productivity #obsidian #ptpl

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PTPL 165 · 30 Seconds to a Truly Useful Read-It-Later System - Ellane W

30 seconds can mean the difference between a useless clutter of links, and having a useful Read It Later resource at your fingertips.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 12/07/2025

Yesterday I started the journey towards inbox zero. Carl Pullein’s “Inbox zero 2.0” finally made it click. I can do this! Fastmail makes it easy with their 4-pronged swipe gestures. For each email, ask— 1. What is it? 2. What do I need to do with it? (thread…) #productibity #email

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 08/07/2025

Do you know how old you are without working it out? Most of the time I don’t. Anyway, the older I get the more impressive it is that I can do a full flat footed squat, easily get on and off the floor, and… #health #mobility #aging

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 08/07/2025

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, fountain pen friendly paper was all there was. Moleskine Cahier, my recent ink pen renaissance is sorely testing our relationship. Smarten up, please! What were you thinking, making a classic book with newsprint quality paper?? #stationery #fountainPen

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 07/07/2025

One idea per page beats cramped notes. @joanwestenberg.com's Object Pages system gives thoughts room to breathe with simple categories, clean structure, and space to grow. Check out my 1500-word Object Pages review: Blog ellanew.com/ptpl/164-202... #pkm #analog #bulletJournal #productivity

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PTPL 164 · Each Note in Its Own Space: a JA Westenberg “Object Pages” Review - Ellane W

One idea per page beats cramped notes. Joan's Object Pages system gives thoughts room to breathe with simple categories, clean structure, and space to grow.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 06/07/2025

Life is so much more fun now that I've learned to welcome change for the sake of change. No more self-recrimination over abandoning notebooks, apps, systems, or methods. Or furniture arrangements. (thread…) #pkm #apps #stationery #adhd

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 02/07/2025

Today I learned that proofing an interactive document in Skim is far, far easier than in PDF Expert. Imagine that—a free, open source app! Killer feature: internal links can be checked via hover preview, or shift click to open the link in split screen. #TIL #pdf #foss #mac #apps

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 01/07/2025

Grateful for our hand cranked lamps and wood fire! The storm continues and we don’t know when power will be restored, but we’re safe and warm. #australia #nsw

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 30/06/2025

Well, yeah. The other day I asked Claude to help me calculate a day in the future based on certain criteria, and its answer included my general location. After asking how it knew where I was, it told me it didn't know how it knew and definitely shouldn't be able to know that. Reported. #ai

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 30/06/2025

The quiet power of just enough Imagine a world without apps or fancy planners… and remember that between you and the (paper/digital) blank page lies enough to be both organised and creative. #ptpl #stationery #apps #productivity Blog ellanew.com/ptpl/163-202... Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...

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PTPL 163 · Your System Must Be Able to Survive the No-App, Blank Page Test - Ellane W

Imagine a world without apps or fancy planners and remember that between you and the blank page lies enough to be both organised and creative

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 24/06/2025

You need to know the answers to 4 key questions before going ahead with any new tool, or you risk the newcomer distracting or detracting from the job it is supposed to help with. Q1: Why this tool, and why now? #productivity #mindfulness #Mac #apps 2-minute blog post ellanew.com/ptpl/162-202...

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PTPL 162 · 4 Questions You Must Answer Before Embracing a New Tool - Ellane W

Taking on or switching to a new tool needs to be done mindfully or you risk the newcomer distracting or detracting from the job it is supposed to help with

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 16/06/2025

Markdown, Emacs, and Vim walked into a bar… …And thanks to some rather pleasant people, we have some punchlines in this week's #ptpl. (Luckily, the one you choose matters less than how much fun it is) #emacs #vim #markdown Blog ellanew.com/ptpl/161-202... Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...

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PTPL 161 · Markdown, Emacs, and Vim Walked Into a Bar… - Ellane W

Whatever the punchline, the way you format matters less than how much fun you're having doing it

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 15/06/2025

Your brain needs texture that pixels can’t provide. Simple, profound, true. That’s why I’m paper, less; not paperless. #analog #ptpl

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 13/06/2025

Over or under rated: Moleskine, Obsidian Sync, Markdown, Vim, Pizza? @hyde@lazybear.social 's Over Under series has another episode to check out. Read it on my blog ellanew.com/2025-06-13-m... or Hyde's lazybea.rs/ovr-022/ #moleskine #markdown #obsidian #vim #pizza #analog #plainText

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Moleskine, Obsidian Sync, Markdown, Vim, Pizza - Ellane W

Are they over, or under rated? It was harder than I thought to decide.

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 11/06/2025

I love this article on the topic of grace, as it applies to daily life, from a teenager whose life goals included burning and smashing things to a man who understands that grace is everywhere. We can't earn it, but we can find ourselves in its path. byustudies.byu.edu/article/burn... #spirituality

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BYU Studies

BYU Studies publishes scholarship aligned with the gospel of Jesus Christ

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 03/06/2025

My son the electrician often has to navigate small roof and floor spaces with tiny entrance points. The other day he found a 3–4 metre long snake skin in the crawl space. Pythons don’t have a poisonous bite, but you wouldn’t want a hug from one in those confines! #australia #tradieLife

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 01/06/2025

Once, when I was right and the other person was wrong, I shut my mouth and asked them to tell me more about how they came to their conclusion. They did, and I learned that I had been operating on a false assumption. They were right after all, and I was wrong! #mindfulness #family

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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 @ellanew.com · 29/05/2025

𐑞 𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑢 𐑯𐑱𐑥𐑟 𐑦𐑯 #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑗𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑤𐑵𐑟 𐑞 𐑒𐑩𐑤𐑑𐑿𐑮𐑩𐑤 𐑯 𐑡𐑧𐑯𐑾𐑤𐑪𐑡𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑢 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑦𐑖 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑟. 𐑤𐑲𐑒 Michael 𐑯 Mikhail, David 𐑯 Dafydd. 𐑲 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲𐑛 𐑮𐑰𐑤𐑦 𐑥𐑦𐑕 𐑔𐑧 𐑮𐑦𐑗𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑣𐑬 𐑯𐑱𐑥𐑟 𐑮 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤𐑑.

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