Lover of words. Writer of poetry. Reader of books. Keeper of notebooks. Taker of pictures. Thalassophile. (Just outside of) Hull. Very proud Mum. Notices stuff.
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🧵Painted by John Atkinson Grimshaw just two years before his death in 1891. Perhaps the best comment on his work came from James McNeill Whistler, whom Grimshaw worked with in his Chelsea studios. He said, "I considered myself the inventor of nocturnes until
ALT The painting is Briggate, Leeds (1891) by Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893). A damp, bustling twilight or evening scene looking down Briggate, one of the oldest and primary commercial thoroughfares in Leeds
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We've been hearing multiple reports that there is a 'd' in 'handkerchief.'
We're monitoring the situation.
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“And just for a moment / You forget / The error and the crimped / Paths of light”
— Rebecca Elson
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This poem appeared in A Responsibility to Awe by Rebecca Elson, published by Carcanet Press Ltd., 2001. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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“Midnight says / the little gifts of loneliness come wrapped / by nervous fingers.”
— Ted Kooser
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This poem appeared in Valentines by Ted Kooser, published by University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Shared here with deep gratitude.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0033q… Happy to have heard an incredible poem in his choices.
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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (31st October 🎃) was at 6.57am, sunset is at 4.42pm ⛅️ #Samhain
Rare Halloween Fireballs will be visible in the night sky this weekend. Here’s where to look and when | BBC Sky at Night Magazine share.google/G2AgPzxHEGJnwuh…
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#Scarborough #Friday #morning ... cool ... gloves weather ... still and no wind ... some mist on the hills ... have a good day 🌅
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“Elsewhere, food / in the file folders. ”
— Brenda Shaughnessy
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This poem appeared in Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy, published by Copper Canyon Press, 2012. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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Mispronouncing words you only know from reading is sometimes called ‘Calley-ope (Calliope) Syndrome’.
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10/29/26 “After losing my AirPods at O’Hare on Saturday, I had no choice but to listen”
