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Jo Barker

@joannebarker.bsky.social
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Woman with words. comms pro, author, celebrant #freelance 30 years #PublicSectorComms 📣 Ex Birmingham Mail journo 🖊️ Shortlisted debut novel The Joy of Jars. 📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TQCXY37 #writing #walking #weddings

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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I’m on the hunt for a better word than retired. 😃 I’ve left work and claimed my pension but will not be ‘stopping, withdrawing or becoming uncommunicative’. This is when I start again, widening my horizons and engaging with whole new groups of people. Any suggestions? #notretired #juststarting
Picture of me, a blonde woman in her mid 50s, standing with my back to a wall and pointing behind me to a banner that says happy retirement.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Today is #WorldEncephalitisDay. If you don’t know what that is, you’re not alone! Three years ago my daughter was struck down by this cruel and sometimes fatal illness that attacks and inflames the brain. She’s back living her life because of timely diagnosis. Awareness matters. 🧠 #Red4Wed
A picture of me wearing a World Encephalitis Day T-shirt, ready for my weekly parkrun.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
#morning #roomwithaview #ribblevalley 🌤️ ☕️ 🪟
A photograph through a window of fields and fells.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I’ve had my first #wedding booking for 2026. 💒 I’ll be mother of the #groom! 💍 So celebrating not celebranting this time. 🍾 💕
My future daughter-in-law’s hand, holding her engagement ring in its box. My son and his girlfriend sitting together on a garden bench in the sunshine.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
#CheapTrainers and fresh #snow can be a dangerous combination. Even clinging to husband, I fell over three times on the way home from friends. Now nursing a sore head and leg. Should have listened to the forecast! #BuySnowBoots
Image of fresh snow on a UK road at night.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
This #neversaynever is the last New Year’s Eve I’ll spend in permanent paid employment after a 30+ year career in professional comms. I hope the projects I’m planning behind the scenes will be successful but who knew being given the opportunity to #fail could be so exciting! Happy New Year!
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a poster that says bye 2024 and hello 2025 on it
ALT: a poster that says bye 2024 and hello 2025 on it
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Starting my #NewYear resolutions on Day One, Week One of 2025. #1stJan is never the right day for good intentions! #IsItMe 🏃‍♀️⏰
Me in running gear, sitting at a tea room in the sunshine, having completed my first 5k in a while.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Am delighted to get a shout out this morning! Will be sad when this story ends. 😃🎄 Thank you @cbcreative.bsky.social
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Thank you so much @cbcreative.bsky.social I’ve been really enjoying having a go each day and it’s wonderful to actually win a prize! 📚
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Just made the mistake of weighing myself well into Christmas feasting. The Bluetooth scales asked if it was really me! 😲🎄🥧🥧🎄🤣
Christmas tree with lights at the bottom of some steps in a pub entrance.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It’s not #Christmas until the 1st #December It’s not #Christmas until the 1st #December It’s not #Christmas until the 1st #December #HappyChristmas
The Ritz Hotel in London decorated for Christmas. London Christmas decorations. An angel. London Christmas decorations. Advent numbers in the property window.London Christmas decorations. An angel.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Baby, it’s cold outside. #delays #ratherbewriting
Image shows people waiting for a train on a station platform, in light snow.
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Jo Barker @joannebarker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Well I wasn’t expecting that! ❄️🌨️
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