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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel

@wobblygoose.bsky.social
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Wobbly wanderings through worlds of wisdom. Chaplain✝️. TSSF, disabled ♿, ND, #spoonie, printmaker disability advocate,🌈 asexual biromantic, she/her

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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy feast of St Francis to all my fellow Franciscans and all who celebrate. Happy 800th anniversary!
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The packaging company delivered my packaging. The state of their packaging does not inspire confidence!
A broken cardboard box containing bubble wrap envelopes which are poking out
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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Leeds people! I'm given at talk at the Thackray Museum on Saturday 5 September, which is somehow rather soon. 10.30am, with the excellent Fiona Davison from the RHS. I'm talking about Elizabeth Blackwell's 'Curious' herbal. thackraymuseum.co.uk/event/thackr...
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Thackray Insights: Herbal Heroines - Thackray Museum of Medicine
For centuries, women were the keepers of herbal remedies, passing down knowledge of the healing and harmful properties of plants.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Meet Curlicewe, the needle felted sheep. She was made in an excellent and fun workshop at A Wing and a Bear in Durham
A very curly long wooled brown and white needle felted sheep facing the camera. She is perched on red patterned trousers on a station platform Side view of a curly long wooled brown and white needle felted sheepSide view of curly long wooled brown and white needle felted sheepCurly long wooled needle felted sheep flanked by a buff plush elephant and a pale pink/purple plush hippo with a plush bear on her back
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Ruth Harley @ruthh.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Cassie and Daphne say "vote Ebba!" #Episcopuss
A calico cat and a black and white cat lying on a patio staring into the camera.
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Ruth Harley @ruthh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Vicarage cats Cassie and Daphne have cast their vote for Ebba the Episcopuss, and urge you all to do likewise!
A calico cat and a black and white cat sitting on the floor and looking at the camera.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
There's still time to book for the Lino Print Workshop on Wednesday 5th August 10.30-13.30 Leicester Cathedral with me. Learn to make your own images. Materials provided. Beginners welcome. Booking and info: leicestercathedral.org/events/2026/...
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Disabled Christ Lino Print Workshop
Join Rachel Holdforth, the artist of the Seeking the Disabled Christ exhibition to create a lino print image which expresses something meaningful to you.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There's still time to book for the panel discussion of my Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition @Leicester Cathedral tomorrow Monday 3rd August from 6.30pm. In discussion with the wonderful Hannah Lewis, Tim Rourke and David Harknett. Do come! Booking at: leicestercathedral.org/exhibition-s...
a lino print of Christ signing 'I Love you' in American Sign Language
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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you think photographing birds in flight is difficult, you want to try moths!😅 This is a wonderful Hummingbird Hawkmoth, photographed yesterday from my bedroom window, just as it banked around to change direction!😀😍 Just look at that proboscis 🦋 (The moth looks a bit like a fish doesn't it!)😁
A Hummingbird Hawkmoth banking around with its body turned but its wings and head vertical against a dark blue background of a neighbour's car
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Have fun learning lino print with me Wednesday 5th August 10.30am - 1.30pm Leicester Cathedral Create your own art to take home All materials and refreshments provided All welcome, no experience required Book at leicestercathedral.org/exhibition-s...
Lino print image in dark blue ink showing Jesus sitting in an electric wheelchair and using a ventilator which is mounted on the back of the chair
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Purchased a bottle of drink for my journey. I think it may have been translated/ autocorrected badly: 'The cap is stuck for the environment' And 'Best before see bottleneck'
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Want to learn how to make the lino print images in my 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition, and make some of your own design to take home? Come to the Lino Printing Workshop with me Leicester Cathedral on Wednesday 5th August 10.30am -1.30 pm.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A week to go until the panel discussion around my 'Seeking the Disabled Christ ' Exhibition Leicester Cathedral with the excellent Hannah Lewis Tim Rourke and David Harknett. Come to hear from some fabulous Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent theologians as we talk about image, Christ,
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A great conversation about my 'Seeking the Disabled Christ ' Exhibition Leicester Cathedral this evening. Thank you for all the fabulous questions and comments.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Want a copy of my Disabled Christ images? Leicester Cathedral have postcards available in their shop for the duration of the exhibition. If you can't get to Leicester and/or would like an original lino print, you can purchase prints and postcards through my website: www.wobblygoose.com
Display of lino print postcards in Leicester Cathedral Shop
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Leicester Exhibition Launch for the 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition is this evening 6.30pm for 7pm at Leicester Cathedral . It's free, do come if you are in the area and able to.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Seeking the Disabled Christ Exhibition is all set up in Leicester Cathedral ready for tomorrow. Do visit during the cathedral opening hours until 5th August for free.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It's disability Pride Month, a celebration 'disabled' isn't a bad word, and we as disabled people are equally as worthy and made in the image of God as everyone else.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Panel Discussion I will be discussing my Disabled Christ images, disability, Deaf and Neurodivergent theology with the excellent Hannah Lewis Tim Rourke and David Harknett At Leicester Cathedral Monday 3rd August 2026 leicestercathedral.org/exhibition-s...
A dark blue lino print image of Jesus from the waist up. He is signing 'I love you' in American Sign Language and carries a heart shaped pebble in his free hand
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
'Seeking the Disabled Christ Exhibition Launch Event: an evening with the artist Rachel Holdforth Monday 20th July 2026, 6.30pm for 7pm - 8.30 (latest) Free Leicester Cathedral Details & booking via the email address on the Cathedral website leicestercathedral.org/exhibition-s...
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Friends in or near Leicester, my exhibition: 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' will be in Leicester Cathedral 20th July -5th August 2026 and it's free! Details on the cathedral website: leicestercathedral.org/exhibition-s... Do come and pass the details on to anyone you think would be interested
A lino print image in dark blue ink showing Jesus in a powered wheelchair. He is using a ventilator which is mounted on the back of the wheelchair.
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Ruth Harley @ruthh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Each year at our Patronal Festival we sing this hymn, and I absolutely love it. Just listen to those lyrics. Blessed, those who work for justice... Tremble, all who thirst for power... Glory, shines upon all people, equal in God's eyes... Alleluia, alleluia! m.youtube.com/watch?v=FWEL...
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Alleluia! Raise the Gospel
YouTube video by Bernadette Farrell - Topic
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
People at the next door table on the train playing a game with a standard deck of cards which is much more complex and poorly explained than the most complex board game I've ever played! I suspect it might be less complex if better explained
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On Fire Mission @onfiremission.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Roxanne Eversley preaches at our eucharist about the importance of knowing that all people are created in the image of God, and recognising God's calling in a wide variety of people, in order to reveal God's presence in our midst. #OFMonsite2026 #EquippedAndSent
A priest stands at a lectern to preach.
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On Fire Mission @onfiremission.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"Our differences are not ways to measure our value in the eyes of God or of each other." - Roxanne Eversley #OFMonsite2026 ##EquippedAndSent
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On Fire Mission @onfiremission.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The day draws to a close with Benediction (pictured) followed by open mic night (not pictured). It's a varied programme at #OFMonsite2026! #EquippedAndSent
An altar with the blessed sacrament and lots of candles, and a priest and server kneeling in front of it.
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On Fire Mission @onfiremission.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Jarel Robinson-Brown suggests that the question for all of us is: "To what extent am I willing to let love do it's thing in my life? To let my life be turned upside down by the love I call Jesus Christ?" #OFMonsite2026 #EquippedAndSent
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Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
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Alice Wong
Alice Wong had an outsized impact on Disability justice. As a community organiser, activist, mentor, and co-conspirator, as writer, editor, and friend, she is irreplaceable.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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Cartoon of a man lying in a bath eating a sausage. Caption reads " My German translations are going from Bath to Sausage"
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Ruth Harley @ruthh.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I've signed this open letter. #CofEpeeps, lay or ordained, if you want the church to become more fully affirming of LGBTQ+ folks, please read this letter from Inclusive Church and consider signing it. www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
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LLF Open Letter – Inclusive Church
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Sorrel-Christian @storiesofsorrel.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The single biggest thing that would improve my life as a wheelchair user who can't drive would be a reliable, regular, and reasonably priced public transport system. If it were actually properly accessible that would also be nice.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Disability flare resting companions
A black and white cat asleep on a bed next to a brown teddy bear. The duvet is white patterned with grey sloths
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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
If you like bookish things and have access to a child who needs entertaining in half-term you could do worse than bring them to the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social for some #RareBooks -inspired folding, cutting, colouring and sticking next week.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Meet our new cat, Daphne. Hopefully eventually a friend for Cassie
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rarh3.bsky.social @rarh3.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Since I don't know for sure that @girlinthe.bsky.social has seen this, it is necessary to repost. I think @wobblygoose.bsky.social would also appreciate it.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage. When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig. Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
My "Heck, is this project even going to work????" nerves are starting to subside a little! I reckon we've sewn at least 2/3rds of the streets in the town, and I've got 29 memories/favourite places marked on the map and recorded in my little folder too. It's not quite a couple of metres square
A view over a white bed sheet stretched onto a frame. On it are lines of red, orange, black and green, showing the major and minor roads of a town and some of the footpaths
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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New exhibition is alive. Here: history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... and in the physical real world @rcpmuseum.bsky.social. There are books in it. More to follow when I've had the customary lie down in a darkened room.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition has been extended until 8th September, so you have more time to see it if you haven't already. Free in @newcastlecathedral.bsky.social Or online at www.wobblygoose.com if you can't get to the cathedral
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
There's still time to book for this Saturday's Networking Lunch and Quiet Afternoon for disabled, neurodivergent people and those with lived experience of mental health conditions. Details: newcastlecathedral.org.uk/event/seekin... or DM me to book
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‘Seeking the Disabled Christ’ Networking Lunch and Quiet Afternoon - Newcastle Cathedral
For Disabled, Neurodivergent People and Those With Lived Experience of Mental Health Conditions Join us for a relaxed and friendly lunch with fellow disabled* Christians at Café 16 in the... Read more...
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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Delighted to purchase some prints of @wobblygoose.bsky.social 's Disabled Christ artwork from www.wobblygoose.com ✝️⚓
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Lovely to see lots of people in @newcastlecathedral this afternoon to launch and celebrate my exhibition. Thank you for all the great questions and conversations. The exhibition continues until 27th August so there's still plenty of time to visit. Or you can see it online at wobblygoose.com
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
There's still time to book for Saturday's exhibition celebration. 2-4 pm @newcastlecathedral.bsky.social It would be lovely to see you there. You can book using the link below
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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Yes, more people could potentially work with the right job, the right employer, and the right adjustments/support. But many still won't be able to. This is just a fact. And actually it's cruel to have someone work, if it would mean they don't have any capacity left to live.
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
People enjoying looking at, and interacting with my exhibition in @newcastlecathedral today. You can visit for free whenever the Cathedral is open until 27th August Or online www.wobblygoose.com #SeekingDisabledChrist
Four people looking at an exhibition mounted on white exhibition boardsA person standing with their back to the camera feeling a tactile image mounted on the wall in front of them next to the identical printed image. The person is wearing short sleeves and carrying a red drawstring backpackTwo people looking at the exhibition. One is looking at the wall panels, the other is looking at the objects in a case
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
It would be great to see people at a networking lunch & quiet afternoon for disabled, neurodivergent and those with lived experience of mental health conditions near Newcastle. Saturday 16th August 1-4 pm Newcastle Cathedral Cafe, then nave Message or email me to book and for access requirements.
Lino print of Christ signing 'I love you' in American Sign Language
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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel @wobblygoose.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Come to the Launch and Celebration of 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition This time next week: Saturday 9th August 2-4 pm Book using this link: newcastlecathedral.org.uk/event/seekin... Come to meet me, hear about and celebrate the exhibition with drinks and nibbles.
A lino print of Jesus sitting in a powered wheelchair using a ventilator
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Ruth Harley @ruthh.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Homemade jam, using plums from the vicarage garden! Yum 😋
5 jars and one small glass dish full of plum jam.
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