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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73)

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Professional cat sitter. Studying feline behaviour. Poet, sometimes. Founder of W.A.N.G. Walthamstow Adults Neurodivergent Group. www.threads.net/@happimess73 linktr.ee/happimess73

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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 2h
Last visit with these two in a few days before they move away. I almost cried into their fur this morning. Mother and daughter. Two years of joy. I will miss them so very much. #catsitting
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 3h
I had another hypnotherapy session this morning. I started to forget my light, but hypnotherapy leads me back to myself. To the joyous being I am.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 7h
I moved all of the clutter from my kitchen to my tiny living room. It's chaotic to live with a brain that can be so challenging. I don't know when the clutter will be cleared. Waiting for dopamine to upload is painful. I wish to not have ADHD sometimes, please and thank you. #Neurodivergent
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 19h
those eyes! #catsitting
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have the morning to myself. My cat, James is asleep on me, while I annoy him by taking close up photos of his fantastic face
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Still a bit blown away to see copies of ‘Hookland Fragments’ in the wild. Here is a signed copy available from @treadwells-books.bsky.social
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm forcing myself to rest today. My version of rest involves lifting heavy furniture I've no business lifting, discussing fillums and now listening to 'Strong Female Character' by Fern Brady while making circles in the air with my left hand. #Neurodivergent
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Goodnight from Prosperine’s Bookshop, its patrons enchanted by Emily c. Banting’s talk on magical garters and the Empress Eel’s folkloric power. Goodnight from the pubs of Store Street, where strange stories are a currency to be swapped for pints of Lazarus ale. Goodnight from Hookland.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Listening to @hookland.bsky.social this evening was the elixir I needed. I am reenchanted. Thank you so much, David. You were wonderful. Sorry to rush off. I'm not the human I used to be when it comes to social stuff (and that's okay) I had the moon for company on my walk home.
Treadwell's bookshop on Store St.
Such a beautiful bookshop of magic, folklore and mystery.moon this evening in London
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Few tickets left Walthamstow Adults Neurodivergent Group (funded by Future Waltham Forest) Date: 27 sept • 12:00 www.eventbrite.com/e/walthamsto...
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sometimes, I wish there was a way of getting/scurrying from home to other places without being seen. I need a small vehicle. Not a car or a bike, although I love my e bike. A kind of pope mobile, but much smaller, with blacked out windows, and less fanfare.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bit of a hoarder. Especially since husband's death almost 7 yrs ago. The good news is I've been decluttering like mad recently. Determined to make space in tiny London flat for winter so that path is clear for healthier hibernation. I want to show son we can let go of things while having...
Bit of a hoarder.
Especially since husband's death almost 7 yrs ago.  
The good news is I've been decluttering like mad recently.  
Determined to make space in my tiny London flat for winter so that path is clear for healthier hibernation.  
I want to show my son we can let go of things while having everything we need.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's been a weird day here. A few people in quick succession were mean to me for no discernible reason. Someone extraordinary told me days like these are a litmus test. That is ridiculously true.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 21/09/2026
I'm too good to Mrs Toast 🙂 Proceeds go to @MSF theofficialmusicboxcompany.com @thecure.com
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
she's grown bigger so I assume she's carrying a precious egg sac. I used my copy of @hookland.bsky.social Hookland Fragments - Volume One, (beautiful book) to move her ever so gently from perilous front door to the safety of our front hedge
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Looking at photos of my tortoiseshell client to calm my on fire head #catsitting
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I went to an antique market for 30 minutes, which was fun, but then I made the mistake of walking into a massive Tesco and now my brain is on fire
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tortoiseshell enjoying window time #catsitting
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
our tuxedo boy fixated on a feather floating past living room window
Black and white short-hair tuxedo staring upwards at what was a floating feather past the living room window.
Fixated.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I hope this ishmael finds you whale
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
pardon the lack of attention to aesthetic it tastes amazing so it doesn't matter and tis very good for a neurodivergent constitution made with Flahavans organic oats
Chia seeds, organic flahavans oats, peanut butter, honey
drizzled with melted dark chocolate and himalayan sea salt
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
finding this as I set about decluttering (again) this will go to top of list to be framed made me laugh this morning @happytoast.co.uk
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Silence @happimess73.bsky.social


 Silence 

I hated silence as a teen.
A great yawn of nothing.
A has been.
My legs were made for gallivanting.
Held down by a mother and her chanting.
An enemy in you, sitting quietly.
Watching me wander to places unlikely. 
You’d never let me go.
Pleading with you but, no.
No was the answer to the noise and the lights.
Sent to bed early I dreamed of those nights.
Now, I seek silence as you once did.
Holding the air ransom.
I’ve come full circle.
Your kindred.


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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I told you next week's Hookland talk at @treadwells-books.bsky.social came with stickers ...
Sheets of vinyl stickers on a drought ravaged patch of grass. The first sheet features of drawing of the Bone Horse and the words RE-ENCHANTMENT IS RESISTANCE. The second sheet features a haunted Edwardian photograph of dear skulls and the words HERNE THE HUNTER HATES YOUR RACIST BOLLOCKS. The third sheet features a rainbow circle and the words: THE NORSE GODS WERE QUEER AS FUCK.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The only book I want for Christmas The Art of Wolfwalkers irishmyths.com/2021/04/10/w...
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WolfWalkers and Irish Mythology: The Lycanthropic Lore Behind the Oscar-Nominated Animated Feature - Irish Myths
Werewolves are a staple of Irish folklore. Learn how a Kilkenny-based cartoon studio brought them to life in the gorgeous film WolfWalkers.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Listening to Christy Dignam and Aslan this afternoon. Christy and Aslan brought me so much hope as a deeply troubled young woman. All these years later I still well up about Christy's death. 'This Time' by Aslan on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/483188
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Open Qobuz
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Final trailer, continues to look utterly incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJQG...
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Wildwood – Final Trailer | Get Tickets Now
YouTube video by LAIKA Studios
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I rather like and admire spiders, but this beefcake genuinely surprised me this morning (It's setting up home on my front door) photo is a bit blurry due to my hurry taking photo worried the beefcake was gonna suction itself to ma face
mad big spider on my front door
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Piddington village green with Wicker Man
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've ta wash my hair but I don't want to because it's so much EFFORT and I have SO MUCH hair, and it needs washing now, we've hit tipping point, so I'll sit myself down for a scalp scrubbing and grin 'n' bear it. Knowing that'll be it for another week is solace enough.
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Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is my neighbour Bossman Billy… he is kickin’ ass and taking names… while rocking a rather splendid tartan necktie @dieworkwear.bsky.social - is this de rigpurr with a tux, or a haute cature no- no
Plump and resplendent Tux Kitteh in a rather dapper tartan tie - de rigpurrrrr for the local businesscat - or not?
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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mesmerised by Light Travelling through the London Underground, I found myself mesmerised by the flickering lights and passing reflections. For a moment, the carriage transformed into a natural disco, dancing right before my eyes. No extra tickets required, just please keep your feet off the seats.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I can smell the humidity this morning. Bring me a crisp autumn breeze, please.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
had to come off my HRT there for a bit and, well, some of the bone crushing ancestral rage escaped seeped out of every pore it did and, well, you're not safe any of ya
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
you don't need to suffer to be an artist @happimess73.bsky.social
you don’t need to suffer to be an artist 

you don’t need to suffer for words to flow 
loneliness will not add to the fever of your cadence 
joy lazes in your limbs
calm pools in your bloody veins 
you can make with peace in mind
homemade and wholesome are permitted 
here, there and everywhere 

Anne-Marie Silbiger
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
we need more people like you I wave at solitary magpies. I preach to the early morning air about love and my right to thrive in a dreamy bubble. My feet, a compass. Always leading me home. @happimess73
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Some Questions You Might Ask Is the soul solid, like iron? Or is it tender and breakable, like the wings of a moth in the beak of an owl? Who has it, and who doesn't? I keep looking around me. The face of the moose is as sad as the face of Jesus. The swan opens her white wings slowly Mary Oliver
Some Questions You Might Ask
Is the soul solid, like iron?
Or is it tender and breakable, like
the wings of a moth in the beak of an owl?
Who has it, and who doesn't?
I keep looking around me.
The face of the moose is as sad
as the face of Jesus.
The swan opens her white wings slowly.
In the fall, the black bear carries leaves into the darkness.
One question leads to another.
Does it have a shape? Like an iceberg?
Like the eye of a hummingbird?
Does it have one lung, like the snake and the scallop?
Why should I have it, and not the anteater
who loves her children?
Why should I have it, and not the camel?
Come to think of it, what about maple trees?
What about the blue iris?
What about all the little stones, sitting alone in the moonlight?
What about roses, and lemons, and their shining leaves?
What about the grass?
Mary Oliver, "Some Questions
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The paperback edition of my book, Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters. Now is out today! geni.us/BreakingMicWright
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Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters
Out now!
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Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anti-Fascism 🙏 rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'd like one week off please. Maybe even 5 days. A small cottage/house with a pool or the sea nearby that I can swim in when I'm not sleeping or eating. My body and mind are crying out for respite.
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I have been awarded a small amount of funding (different funding source) from Future Waltham Forest. Gonna hold a very special one off event ASAP for WANG (Walthamstow Adults Neurodivergent Group) Hurrah!
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
present to myself secondhand Swatch £18
Tortoiseshell effect secondhand Swatch watch
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LiLBazula 👻 🎃 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of the funniest things I ever saw was an SUV that had tried to drive down an old narrow lane with no pavements, only building either side, & become stuck. This was in Highgate, obvs
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James Mcconachie @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
controlai.org
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Superintelligent AI: An Extinction Risk to Humanity | ControlAI
Top experts say AI poses an extinction risk on par with nuclear war. We can prohibit the development of superintelligent AI to prevent this risk
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 07/09/2026
#ludwig
A drawing of David Mitchell as Ludwig with a wordsearch behind him - 40-45 words to find if you're bored
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