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Tara Benson

@tarabluesky.bsky.social
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I live in Devon by the sea, I'm a public servant, and life used to be the exact opposite of that. Unfairness, abuse of privilege and inequity are the baddies. Into Arsenal, The Archers, dressmaking, landscapes, ballet, dance, art, walking, reading, yoga.

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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
OMFG IT HAPPENED 😭 CHAMPIONS 🏆 #Arsenal #TheArsenal #league #PremierLeague ❤️⚽❤️⚽❤️⚽❤️⚽❤️⚽
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Monday 30th December.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is such sad news 💔
bbc.co.uk
Birmingham Royal Ballet's 'leading light' Caroline Miller dies
Colleagues in Birmingham pay tribute to Caroline Miller, remembering her as an inspiration.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Absolutely perfect! Immensely watchable and gloriously knowledgeable foodie #masterchef www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
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Grace Dent to replace Gregg Wallace on next series of Celebrity MasterChef
Guardian restaurant critic will be judge on show after Wallace stepped away from role amid claims of misconduct
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Archive December 15, 2024 Wordle 1,275 4/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Monday 16th December 2024.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Is there a more addictive substance on earth than roasted salted cashews? I don't think so.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Saturday 14th December 2014 and home to a beautiful sunset after a Dartmoor walk where we didn't get lost!
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
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Astronomy pictures @astronomers.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Crescent Earth seen from the moon. Captured by Orion
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Tuesday 10th December 2024, half an hour before sunset 🙏
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Monday 9th December 2024. A beautiful dawn. Wishing us all a beautiful day.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Listening to #TheArchers with @rebeccapeyton.bsky.social so we'll be alternating between snark and forgetting it's on because we're discussing something like tallow and medieval soap-making ☀️
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Sunday 8th December 2024 and #StormDarragh has passed ☀️
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Saturday 7th December 2024 and staying cosy while #StormDarragh rages out there. Zoom in to see some of the ships taking shelter in the bay.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer
From an early age boys are treated as though they are smarter and more talented than girls. It can lead to a damaging overconfidence
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Friday 6th December 2024. All is calm, all is bright. Went to #carolsinthecaves #kentscavern last night and it was so beautiful and sweet and emosh, singing by candlelight with a four-part harmony choir in majestic prehistoric spaces 🥹🥰🕯️⭐🎄💕
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Thursday 5th December 2024.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Wednesday 4th December 2024.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Reposting with alt text, because it’s lovely
Dear Mr. Fasano,
My mother is 92 years young and living with dementia, which makes communication challenging. I brought your book of poetry prompts to her yesterday and she was very excited to use one to write a
"poem." We worked slowly through the prompt and she said the words to me aloud. Here it is below. (She was a ballet dancer in her youth, which explains some of her word choices). I don't know quite now to thank you for helping people find their voices.
AFFIRMATION
Let the days be warm.
Let the fall be long. •
Let every child inside me find her shoes and dance wildly, softly, toward this world.
I have a story I have never told:
Once, when I was small,
I looked up at the sky and saw the wind and knew I was a dancer made of song.
I am still a dancer made of song.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Tuesday 3rd December 2024 ☀️
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/football/202... ⚽❤️
theguardian.com
‘Prison didn’t touch the sides’: Tony Adams on addiction, losing the man who saved him and helping others
The former Arsenal and England captain Tony Adams tells Michael Butler that he has finally ‘grown up’, with ‘no tentacles’ from his troubled past
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 01/12/2024
what about the 8,024,999,999 people in the world who *haven’t* accused me of murder, your honor?
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Middle class women of a certain age have the lowest power imbalance they'll ever have compared to men, and zero (0) fucks left to give. That's why.
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Amazing #TheArchers Visitors sleeping in a barn. Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys. Scam awareness. All in 75 minutes. In awe. Have a great week everyone!
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This whole thing is utterly mad, isn't it? #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Thanksgiving is surely the time to whip out a turkey for the newly arrived guests, Clarrie? #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Wait. The wedding barn is for fit people to ACTUALLY STAY in? I'm so confused #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
One of these scammed guests are going to end up staying permanently in Ambridge, aren't they? #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
"This is like a bad romcom." #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
"I'm not sure why she can't go home and the scriptwriters CBA to do the backstory so let's put these homeless visitors in the BARN during ADVENT." #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I've just been Archersplained 😃 #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Clarrie's annual turkey-plucking-related breakdown #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
OMG IT'S AN EPIDEMIC OF SCAM HOLIDAY BOOKINGS IN AMBRIDGE! #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This is like Goldilocks only Goldilocks is making the bears dinner! #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Who are these people? Who is CHUCK? #TheArchers
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It's #TheArchers! Morning all!
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Tara Benson @tarabluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Sunday 1st December 2024.
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