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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈

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Creative Publishing Services Book design, picture research & rights. Currently learning Norwegian. www.sharonmcteir.co.uk Melrose, Scottish Borders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📚🐈

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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ll be up early and driving down to the Cotswolds early tomorrow morning. I lived down there for about 10 years so it’ll be lovely to catch up with friends for a few days. The main purpose of going down is actually a publishing event in Oxford.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There couldn’t be a more Scottish Borders scandal. Thieves rammed into the RBS with a forklift and left with the cash machines in a horse box. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Bank cash machines ripped out in Peebles in early morning raid
Two cash machines are taken away in a horsebox from the Royal Bank of Scotland in Peebles.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes graphics explain things in a much clearer way.
Graphics showing the differences in the Scottish vote compared to the rest of the UK.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
😂
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The bottom line is still the best little note I ever received. And yes, I did work on the Pope’s book - many years ago now! (This is my jotting down notes writing, not my my normal handwriting btw…!)
My work to-do list from a few years ago  when my daughter added a extra little note “You are the best mummy ever ❤️.”
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m watching The Pitt. I’m not usually squeamish (unless it involves caterpillars), but tonight’s episode is pretty gruesome.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tonight’s dogwalk around the field and the river.
It was about 6pm and the sun was nearly setting already. Harvested fields in front of the Eildon hills. The ducks in the River Tweed. More ducks in the river.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is sad news. I loved Peter May’s books. 😞
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watching Celebrity Pottery Throw Down. It’s nice to relax for a bit after a lovely but busy weekend in Kent before a work trip/break to Oxford & the Cotswolds next week.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
By Dorian Vallejo
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh, me too!
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: A planned AI data centre linked to a Scottish aristocrat has sparked fears over the impact it could have on nearby 4000-year-old burial cairns James Walker has the latest ✍️
thenational.scot
Duke-linked Scottish data centre sparks fears for 4000-year-old burial cairns
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The wedding I was at this weekend was held in a big private school in Kent. It was lovely - very fancy.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m down south at a wedding this weekend. The cat sitter just sent me a photo of my cat. I think might be in serious trouble when I get home.
Angry tabby cat.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m sharing a hotel room with my 17yo son this weekend. He’s got the huge king sized bed and I’m in a tiny kids single. 🙄
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I seem to have watched a lot of these TV shows! I should probably be doing more with my time…
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lots of screen-time of the Pope in France today which reminded me how much I loved this book.
Front cover of Conclave by Robert Harris.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#CurrentlyReading Flashlight by Susan Choi.
Front cover of Flashlight by Susan Choi.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ooh, I wish I could go to this exhibition. I hope it comes to Edinburgh or Glasgow. 🤞
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Off to see Mike Wozniak’s show in Edinburgh tonight. 🙂
Mike Wozniak
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love how the girl is completely unfazed and just chattering away to them. 😊
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The final rose from the garden.
Peach/pink rose in vase on table.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I picked the first batch of rasps earlier.
Raspberries in the gardens. Freshly picked raspberries.
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One thing people don’t understand about introverts is how much we love doing nothing. Staying home, enjoying our own company, getting lost in our thoughts, and having absolutely nowhere to be can genuinely be the perfect day
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I recently discovered the To the Wild EP by Wallflower People. I can’t stop listening to it now. It’s not even new. I’m always late to the party…
To the Wild - EP by Wallfower People. 2021.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today’s dog walk.
The River Tweed. Plowed fields. The dog having a good sniff of the grass. Harebells.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tomorrow I need to do something more productive than taking the dog for a (fairly long) walk and watching The Pitt.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Great advice! 👇
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I was only away a week but the first signs of autumn have appeared. The Virginia creeper on the fence is almost entirely red now.
Virginia Creeper turning red along wooden fence.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We have a deficit of wonder. I think it's because of computers. When I ask people questions now, they get on their computer - Gimme a few minutes and I'll let you know....' And I'm, like, 'Nooooo! I want them to wonder about it, man!
I don't want to know the answer. I just want them to wonder about it.
Tom Waits
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Earworm for the day: Belle & Sebastian’s Piazza, New York Catcher. youtu.be/O6RVS_5dsC8?...
youtu.be
Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
YouTube video by Eclectic Waves
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Home in Scotland again. View of the Forth Bridges from the plane.
Forth rail bridge & the two road bridges from the plane before landing in Edinburgh.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Heading home tomorrow. Last night by the pool.
Swimming pool. Blue sky with clouds.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We went to Aubeterre-sur-Dronne today. It’s a must-visit town whenever I’m over.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Starry night.
The Plow. Starry sky. The Milky Way?The Plow constellation above the house.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I had a good long walk across the fields on my own today.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is quite a depressing read. datazone.birdlife.org/publications...
datazone.birdlife.org
State of the World's Birds: A focus on migratory species and their flyways | BirdLife DataZone
This sixth edition of BirdLife's flagship publication focuses on migratory birds and their flyways, and what they reveal about the state of nature, the drivers of biodiversity loss, and the solutions ...
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Another beautiful sunset here in Chalais tonight.
Sunset and trees silhouetted in Chalais, Charente. Moon. Orange sky.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve just discovered that in November there’s going to be a follow-up book to A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson, which I absolutely loved!
The new book by Mary Lawson: Solace in Winter.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New book: Dream State by Eric Puchner.
Front cover of Dream State by Eric Puchner.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is a year old but Calvin and Hobbes - and many other books - were banned in Tennessee school libraries last year. Calvin and Hobbes???? 🤷‍♀️ pen.org/magic-tree-h...
pen.org
‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans
The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There’s a lovely sunset in Chalais tonight.
Sunset in Chalais, the Charente.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Earworm for the day: youtu.be/KXW3c5Z6UQ0?...
youtu.be
Tom Waits - "Rain Dogs"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
No, no. I’m not interested in your food. Not at all. I’m just resting my head.
Dog resting head on my knee, begging for food.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’m bringing forced to watch golf on the tv at my brother’s. The only good thing so far is Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes getting played whenever a shot goes in.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Next up: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler. I meant to start this a few weeks ago but got distracted by other books.
Front cover of The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My sister in law and I went on a charity 9k walk this morning. It was lovely but I’m covered in bug bites now.
Chillac church & chateau. Small town. Rolling hills. The forest section of the walk.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m on holiday at my brother’s house in France with my two older brothers, my mum and sister-in-law. A very rare ‘McTeirs only’ family trip. It’s hot and sunny.i’ll be reading for the week, with some walks too.
Reading by the swimming pool. Blue sky and pool.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Big mushroom.
Large mushroom.
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Sharon McTeir 📚 🐈 @sharonmcteir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It would be great if Jack Lowden was the new James Bond. He’s a local lad - went to Earlston High School, our local school.
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