iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Totally confused to have been blocked by someone I’ve never directly interacted with and, as far as I can see, have similar beliefs and aligning interests with. Wonder if it was them using a malicious block list that wrongly labelled me as something I’m not (I know I’m on quite a few of those).

011

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Beneficent neglect may not create a show garden but it sure does wonders for the wildlife because look who I found in the most ignored corner of my garden … a rather lovely frog! #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #CommonFrog

A medium sized frog with yellow/brown skin sitting in a forgotten pot saucer under the hedge.

0201

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Been thinking a lot about who I am, who I want/need to become, and the process of getting from here to there. And it’s become wildly apparent certain friendships might not survive the becoming. Which is … not great but isn’t going to stop me, either, although I do worry about the possible fallout.

1130

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Blessings to all those who celebrate on this #AutumnEquinox. May we find balance in our hearts and lives and hold the light close as the days darken. Photo taken during my dawn walk, where certain signs were asked for and gratefully received. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Witchcraft

A view across fields to the Welsh Border: Yellow green grass covers the foreground, with a band of trees across the middle of the photo. Beyond them are dark hills topped with grey white cloud pretending to be distant mountains. The highest sky is also covered in grey cloud but there is an open patch of pale blue in the centre.

0100

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This autumn the actual moment of equinox is in the early hours of Wednesday so I will be doing my personal celebrations then. But for everyone who does equinoxes/solstices on 21st of the relevant month regardless, may your celebrations be joyful and exactly what you need #AutumnEquinox

static.klipy.com

Hello Autumn Scene

Alt: Hello Autumn Scene

030

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Mhara Starling @mharastarling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Who is Mabon? And why is His name associated with one of the celebrations of the NeoPagan Wheel of the Year? In my latest video essay I explore this very question! And also discuss whether or not it’s appropriate to rip something out of its cultural context to do with as we please.

1156

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

UK people can I have vacuum recommendations please? Not cordless, thank you, but do need something lightweight and manoeuvrable so it’s easy to do stairs and ceilings and awkward bits.

static.klipy.com

Tom And Jerry: House Chores

Alt: Tom And Jerry: House Chores

400

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And it is that time of year, once again, when my brain demands a reread of Deborah Harkness’ All Souls books. Given there’s now five of them (and I’ve not read the fifth one before) I may be some time. #BookThreads #AutumnalReads #ADiscoveryOfWitches

150

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And this is from the middle of Little Doward Hill Fort, looking east south east, roughly where 4 is on the beautifully drawn map I found while researching the history of the area. Link to the Historic England research survey below #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #HillForts #WoodlandWanderings

An expanse of fern covered hill top, with undulating ground and edged with trees. The view across to the far hill is wooded with patches of open ground and the sky is blue with banks of clouds moving toward the camera.

A hand drawn map of Little Doward with the hill fort boundaries marked and various points numbered.

150

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Katherine Soutar @kateartist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today will be tough And tomorrow But I am loved This is the time to be slow Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can not to let The wire brush of doubt Scrape from your heart All sense of yourself And your hesitant light John o Donohue scabious, Orkney Sept 26

2112

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Still on Little Doward, this time from the only “proper” road up to the hill fort (it is Very defensible) as it crests the western edge of the fort proper, with views away to the east. I do like the way the tree offers both scale and shade. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings

A gravel “road” runs straight up the left side of the picture, cresting the hill, with scrubby grass to either side. A lone tree stands to the right of the road at the hill top proper, green against the bright blue sky. In the dip the road makes at the hill top the far horizon can be seen, another patchwork of fields and woods. The clouds, large white and fluffy, drift low in the sky, offering a good indication of the heights of the hill.

1153

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trying not to be ungracious about a book that has beautiful descriptions of Northumberland & an author who clearly adores that place but seventeenth century witches DID NOT celebrate Mabon. The autumn equinox, yes, maybe, as a harvest festival but the name Mabon was wholly Aidan Kelly in the 1960s!

150

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

There are no visible remains of the Little Doward hill fort buildings, just the undulations of the ground which gives a fair idea, from above, what was where. The views, on the other hand, show precisely why you’d want to be up there! #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings

From the green shade of the trees on the edge of the plateau, with the moss covered remains of a wall to the right, the view of the land to the north west, across towards Hay and Hereford, is clear in the brilliant sunshine; a patchwork of mostly flat fields with hills in the far distance.

0150

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

From the Little Doward woods there is a stile into the outer edges of where the Iron Age hill fort was. Not pictured is the buzzard who was keening overhead as I clambered over. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings

A very old limestone wall runs across the bottom of the phot. A wooden stile that is pretty much a ladder provides a crossing place on the left of the frame. Beyond is a further steep bank of shrub and trees and a brilliant blue sky.

071

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐 @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Pan, standing stones, folklore, fairies, and witches! An amazing list of presenters including Ronald Hutton, Francis Young, Fiona Robertson, Marion Gibson, and Jeremy Harte. In person and online (which is great if like me you live an ocean away!)

conwayhall.org.uk

The Haunted Landscape: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods – Conway Hall

34010

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Turning south west from the caves takes you towards Little Doward, and eventually the hill fort on top. The path is steep but cool thanks to the trees. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings

A path leading directly away through the trees, which looks flat but is deceptively steep. The sun is shining brightly but the path is mostly in shadow thanks to the lush tree canopy above.

0150

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A quick break from the scheduled holiday photos to share that I am once again at Attingham Park and this is the current, delightful, view from my face. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature

A strip of vivid green lawn leads to an apple tree, now heavy with yellow fruit that is leaning slightly lopsidedly to the right. Behind the tree is the red brick of the far wall of the walled garden and a bright blue sky with patches of cloud. To the right of the lawn is a bare patch of prepared earth, to the left planted beds of herbs, flowers and veggies.

070

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Still on the Doward but this time in a local’s spinney. Pictured is the moon door they made out of fallen wood from their trees and their very lovely golden retriever, Clover, who is the reason I met them in the first place. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings #MoonDoor

A beautiful Golden retriever sits politely under the arch of a wooden moon door that itself is set on a path between trees. The ground that is not shrub is covered in fallen leaves and leaning on the right hand side of the moon door is a large slab of the local limestone. The light has a greenish tint as it’s filtered through so many leaves.

070

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One piece of folklore I refuse to believe in is the waking of England's stone and wooden nights when the country is in peril. We keep lurching right, we keep lurching toward authoritarianism and they don't even show any signs of twitching. – #MattAdams, 1982

1542973

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Remaining in the woods on the Doward, on the eastern slope outside King Arthur’s Cave, someone has created a spiral labyrinth using the limestone rocks that are everywhere here. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings #Spirituality

A gentle shaded slope beneath towering trees, covered in brown leaf litter, holds a labyrinth, made of white limestone stones; a spiral undulating over the uneven ground.

1110

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It’s also almost Rosh Hashanah and thus #DoYou10Q time is at hand. I’ve been answering these same ten questions year on year since 2019 and have found immeasurable benefit in the yearly reflection. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Go here to find out (and sign up if you’d like): doyou10q.com/faq

doyou10q.com

Do You 10Q?

030

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Near to King Arthur’s cave on the Doward is another cave, this one lived in up to the 1800’s; the last occupants were Slippery Jem and his wife, Betsy. Honey once again providing scale. #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings

A cave entrance, the limestone rock weathered and riveted covered, ivy growing down the right hand side. You can see down into the cave, where two deeper apertures disappear into darkness. In front of the entrance the tree roots have made crude steps leading up to it. On the top step is perched Honey, a small, stuffed yellow Labrador plushie. She looks even smaller than normal given the height of cave entrance and the rock face it is in.

080

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Having owned it since it was first published, I’m finally reading @theradr.bsky.social’s On Repentance and Repair and yes, I wish I’d started sooner. It’s definitely an “everyone needs to read this” book!

011

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My week away was wonderful thus you all get to see the photos, one a day for as long as they last. Starting strong with King Arthur’s Cave on the Doward (size reference provided by Honey the plushie, who is my constant travelling companion). #TheSmallThings #SpreadingJoy #Nature #WoodlandWanderings

A deep dark cave mouth (just right of centre in the photo) disappears into moss and lichen covered limestone cliffs. Another cave entrance on the left of the main one is less visible as that aperture is not directly in the line of sight. There is a small curve of rocks at ground level to the front left of the entrances and on the end of it is perched a small beige Labrador plushie called Honey. The ground in front of the caves is carpeted in brown leaf litter.

2100

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m off to Symonds Yat for a week of walking, reading, crocheting & having no responsibilities except keeping myself fed & watered. I’ve got my waterproof walking kit so the weather doesn’t matter but I’m hoping for sunshine as I’m bringing my good camera. Normal service will resume here next Monday

static.klipy.com

The Hobbit: I'm Going On An Adventure

Alt: Bilbo Baggins running through the shire, directly towards the camera, clutching a piece of paper. The words “I'm Going On An Adventure” are written at the bottom of the screen.

6140

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm doing an episode on the folklore of the northern lights so I'm curious! Has your family ever had a nickname for the aurora borealis? If so, where are you? Thanks in advance!

static.klipy.com

Stunning Aurora Borealis Northern Lights Display

Alt: Stunning Aurora Borealis Northern Lights Display

66921

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An accountant becomes an expert in excavation.

020

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Despite what certain idiots who take a masturbatory glee at the thought of walking dark paths believe, witchery is not always a manifesting of wrath, a string of curses. Witchery is more often a thousand moments of wonder, bursts of beauty singing. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

625153

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The raising of the Mary Rose.

140

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026

Discworld QOTD, from The Shepherd's Crown "FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT…"

362249671

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.

janefonda
I am devastated. I just learned that Dolly has moved on. I know that millions are mourning and I want to say this - more than anyone I have ever known, Dolly will always be with us because she was so present, so powerful, so generous and playful that she is woven into all our lives and hearts forever. We have our memories of her, her songs, Dollywood, "9to5," the millions of books she got into the hands of children, all the iconic images that bring her to us. And they are all blessings. Let's be grateful for all that she has left us to ease our sadness now. I never knew anyone like her. She was simultaneously a naughty, playful southern gal from the hollows of
Tennessee and a deep, soulful thinker who could see through people right down to their true selves. She was many things...lyricist, songstress, player of many instruments, writer, prankster, visionary, loyal friend, who'd never go to bed before she and her friends had laughed so hard
they'd have to cross their legs.
She had a survivor's instinct and seemed to always know just what to do, just what to say, to make things right....and then she's stick her butt out the car window and moon Kenny Roger's home. She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy. That's something of hers she'd want us all to take with us.
To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she's an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
RIP, beautiful woman. We love you.

1837131083

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I feel like this must have been done at some point, response poems are a storied tradition, but anyway I wrote "Margaret, Bringing Fresh Flowers" today and thought I'd share

Uncle Gerard, do you remember how,
when I was a kid, you found me crying
and I told you it didn't seem fair how all the nice leaves
had to die in the winter when I loved them so much;
and you told me, well, it gets worse from here,
and besides, it's not really the leaves,
you're a smart kid, they'll be back next spring,
but in the meantime you're right of course,
all kinds of things are going to die
and die and die and die and die and die,
your whole life, and it doesn't get easier,
it gets harder, because eventually you realize
all those dead hands go down pointing a finger at you,
and that's actually why you're sad, see,
because in a sense you're next,
even if it takes a while for next to get here?
And do you remember
how I said, Jesus Uncle Gerry,
can't a person be sad for a tree sometimes,
just sad about a tree?
Well, anyway,
you were probably right,
and you know this already,
because I tell you this every time I come here
but I suspect it's harder to remember things
where you are now
so I'm telling you again,
just in case.

14690109

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She was a brilliant songwriter with a gorgeous voice. She could act! She was an important philanthropist and visionary whose understanding of giving back we may never fully see. She used her platform to stand up for what's right. And phew, she was down to earth and funny AF always.

youtube.com

Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle Playing Their Acrylic Nails (1987)

YouTube video by Back to the Past

443156

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I am so sad. She was the epitome of a life well lived.

060

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The edge between a walled and wild section of wood always feels like a magical threshold. A transgressive possibility space where things leak out and shinning up the border requires a sacrifice of scraped skin, torn cloth. To walk atop such a wall is to be of two-worlds. – #DAKilroy, 1982

134149

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

When Jesus jumps up on the counter even though he KNOWS he's not allowed

Two women are cleaning the church in Leipzig in 1938/39 and have hauled the silverware and crucifix out onto the steps, where they spray Jesus with water from a hose.

121501410

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Mhara Starling @mharastarling.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Modern Druids are often criticised for holding rituals at ancient monuments that had “nothing to do with the ancient Druids”. But does this criticism actually hold any weight? Or is it misunderstanding what modern Druidry is? Why do pagans love ancient monuments? www.patreon.com/mharastarlin...

patreon.com

Why do Druids and Pagans love ancient monuments? | Mhara Starling

At certain astronomical times of year, or at celebrations and festivals important to them, many modern-day Pagans, Witches, Polytheists, and

1277

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My fleeting glance into Bluesky, as I continue to mostly avoid social media, has been rewarded with this brilliance:

021

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Right, my lovelies, I’m taking a summer holiday from the internet as I’m feeling overwhelmed, entirely antisocial, and just generally bleurgh. Hopefully an enforced break from doomscrolling and *waves at the world in despair* will help reset both body and brain and by autumn I’ll be back to myself.

static.klipy.com

Homer Simpson Hides in Bush

Alt: Homer Simpson Hides in Bush

2160

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It reveals a huge amount about the interviewer. I already knew Hannah Waddingham was pure class and grace.

170

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 17/07/2026

Seriously, THIS. "Cringe" means nothing but "You ought to be embarrassed by what embarrasses *me!" Who died and left *you* God of our enjoyments? Go off somewhere quiet and grow yourself enough spine to enjoy what you enjoy without other people having to give you *permission* to. 🫤

325777

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The fox has now started sunbathing on the roof of the shed! 🦊 🧗 #photography #nature #wildlife #fox #London

A red fox lying on the flat roof of a garden shed, looking to the left. Green foliage is behind.

0131

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Describe yourself in three characters

Samwise Gamgee, from Tolkien’s LoTR. Image from Return of the King, clutching a sword in his right hand and using the light of Eärendil in his left to ward off Shelob (out of picture) at the end of the path of Cirith Ungol.

Evelyn Carnahan, Librarian and badass, from The Mummy

Tiffany Aching, one of the witches from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series

140

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hey folks, I’m giving away one free place on my Month of Stories course in August for a writer on a low income (or otherwise couldn’t afford the full shebang). Click below to enter your details and I’ll pick a winner at random on 27th July! www.jogatford.com/workshops-co...

A promo image of graphics of notebooks and post it notes and a pen against a dark purple background. Text says: a month of stories

006

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wilfred Crumpets your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought

141

Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I was 7, our teacher started reading it to us (we always had 30 mins story time at the end of the day) and I was so enraptured by the first chapter I made Mum take me to the library on the way home, borrowed their copy, read it over the weekend and the enjoyed “re-listening” at school. When I 1/2

181

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I walk hills to talk to solitary, sentinel trees. I listen to the things they've seen, the stories the dead entangled in their roots whisper. I do this because I am a witch. I do this because it is a joy. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

123335

Reposted by Kizzia Mildmay

hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am at that point where I need a quiet day. A day where I do nothing more exciting that watching the toadlets, read a book in the boneyard. I need to be a creature of hushed shade, uncurated by clocks. – #MattAdams, 1981

634538