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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well done! I’m looking forward to reading it!

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They haven’t forgotten - they just don’t care anymore.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Recommended reading, in case you haven’t already: Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Gathering Moss.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And finally: @guygavrielkay.bsky.social talks re: history & his “quarter turn” to the fantastic, but Terry Pratchett did it too (more a half-turn in his case). I came across an interview with one of the surviving participants from the barricades of Cable Street. spitalfieldslife.com/2026/10/03/b...

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Beattie Orwell, Veteran Of The Battle Of Cable St | Spitalfields Life

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Plus, the news that Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi is going to be adapted by the Royal Shakespeare Co next year, and that a play I’ve been yammering to my family & friends about wanting to see - Born With Teeth, about Shakespeare & Marlowe - will also be staged by RSC. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/o...

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RSC embraces ‘hugely challenging’ task of staging Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

The Royal Shakespeare Company announces ambitious adaptations of novels in season that includes Elizabeth Debicki as Richard II and Damien Molony as Coriolanus

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But you have a great outfit to wear while you’re talking about dead nuns!

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I LOVE IT. And as you know from seeing me in a winter coat bundled to the gills, I have excellent fashion sense.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I particularly like the comparative section, talking about dolphins poking pufferfish until they expand, then using them as beach balls.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I hope that person's genitals itch *constantly* for telling such lies & for undervaluing the work of their colleagues.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m sorry you were sad, and hope the morning is better.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Apparently in my area, it’s the season when wasps are looking to the sugary things on my plate & in my glasses, the larvae to whom they used to feed meat in exchange for sweet treats having grown up & gone. Yesterday, as it licked root beer off the edge of a glass, I saw a wasp’s TONGUE. #TinyJoys

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have some pre-Euro coins left too. Thinking of having them turned into jewellery.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is *exactly* what it’s like to do the readings, for a lot of them. (And yes, it’s really really why I don’t like to exercise.) Will you share this bit with them?

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This snapdragon plant is literally growing between cement on the ground & stairs made of piled red bricks. It seems *very* happy. #SmallOrdinaryMagic #TinyJoys

In full sun, the bright pinky-red heads of a snapdragon plant.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I just read that the current placeholder name for Toronto Zoo's new baby wombat is "pouch potato." I adore this. #TinyJoys

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And from the sounds of things, yours is more about the blood. I hope it gets sorted out soon.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I wake up most mornings thinking, “I’m so tired.” In my case, I *know* it will get better as my body readjusts to the new timetable & to the decreased sun, but it’s hard to *believe* it will, and it still takes a while. So I’m sending hugs to you.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I do (am in my 50s, always liked sending them); I print out the addresses on stickers ahead of time, buy postcards on trips, and mail them when I get home (Canada) where it’s mostly local postage.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

*Cabbage & kale still going strong in the garden. Carrots & beets, too. *Learning to roast beets for salad. *Finding some new books for my course on scary children. (And adding Gremlins to the viewing list.)

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

*Most of the garden basil turned into pesto before yellowing on the stalk. Other herbs dried & mostly bottled: oregano, mint, catnip, lemon balm. Plans to make chili crisp with dried thai peppers upcoming. *Wearing my snazzy heels again, because I’m back in the classroom. *Migratory bird-watching.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

*Working my way up to full-body push-ups. *The remaining cucumber vine is not only recovering, but has at least seven fruits that will probably ripen! *Tomatoes slowing down, but so many good uses for garden-grown tomatoes. *A bit of a Buffy re-watch. *Family brunch on Saturday.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

*The autumnal honking of geese overhead, squeak-hoot-bubble-laugh of starlings out front, and cardinal peeps & sparrow cheeps out back. Happy squirrels in the birdfeeders. *Finding the right silicone lubricant for the treadmill. *All the cats getting along this morning.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#TinyJoys in the past week or so. *An impromptu trip yesterday to a butterfly conservatory that also had adorable birds & a blue-tongued skink named Bumble. *Chumbawamba’s “Laughter In A Time of War”. Oysterband’s “Long Dark Street.” * Excellent production of The Tempest at Stratford (Ontario).

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In this aisle, however, I fear that someone misunderstood the assignment...

An end-shelf with statues in the same shop as the werewolf, and near the other Hallowe'en decor. On these three shelves stand, from top to bottom: two angels flanked by geese the same size as the angels; six bunny statues, two small ones in the centre holding flowers, flanked by two larger bunnies on each side wearing tee-shirts & overalls, waving & holding little signs that say "welcome"; two more angels that match those on the top shelf flanked by *different*, slightly larger & of a different colour.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I watched a golden lab at CDN Tire today, wagging its tail happily as it gazed up at this:

An 8-foot tall animatronic werewolf wearing a plain shirt & dark pants, with furry paws & chest and a huge head with open mouth, stands in a shop display in front of other hallowe'en items. Occasionally it moves & roars, but I didn't catch that.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Really wish I were in London for this.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yay! That's the best kind of work day! Happy for you!

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That sounds like a lovely day! And isn’t it great to be excited about your students?

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What’s the reason? (That fox was my first crush.)

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What a cool bargain. I may crib your notes… The first time Trump took the presidency in the US, a friend of mine down there made a vow: every time he got angry about something Trump did, he’d drop & do a push-up. Then ten. By the end of the first year he was … swole, I guess …

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You’ve been one since at *least* the defense…

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sending hugs. I hope Index is okay.

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witchysara.bsky.social @witchysara.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The line "sticky as Bluebeard" is horribly wonderful.

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