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Lucy McCaul

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Librarian, fan of theatre, ballet, opera and certain television programmes. Creator of knitted people and eccentric fanfiction. Benton and Hawthorne Investigate coming soon https://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/bentonandhawthorneinvestigate.html

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18.02.2026 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hurrah it is Wednesday and the weasels are dancing to Just like Heaven by The Cure. Never mind fire horses, dance like a choklit weasel, you know you want to!
#weaselwednesday

18.02.2026 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Yes, just about (it feels that way, anyway)

18.02.2026 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I suppose so. It all seems creepy to me

17.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That was what I meant; it shouldn't be allowed to impersonate dead people.

17.02.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It ought to be illegal.

17.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And there it was, gone again!

17.02.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At last!

17.02.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The same curling match is on both channels

17.02.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Skating? Please?

17.02.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shrews celebrate the old ways. Today is the new moon and Imbolc from the time before human calendars. They lit a candle in the earth to welcome in Spring

17.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My favourite result of that film was when Trev and Simon pretended that they thought Gary Olsen was Gary Oldman. "Did you cross oceans of time to bring us this duvet?"

17.02.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white photo of a sheep in a field . Alt: a black and white close up of a sheep chewing.

It says something about me that when the ice hockey commentator says, "There's three units for Czechia," my first thought is, "Absolute Units?" @themerl.bsky.social

17.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By me, certainly! Others may not mind so much

17.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the Hitchcock 39 Steps had me spitting feathers!

17.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Respect the source. "Wuthering Heights" isn't meant to be Wuthering Heights, I get it. I hope it inspires people to read the novel too.

17.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Francis Ford Coppolla's "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

17.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

at 14, then grew up to be a daring and original filmmaker. I read it at 17, then grew up to be a librarian. I'm also still annoyed about Kenneth Branagh's "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein."

17.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

As I'm a person who, as Mark Kermode puts it, gets off their bike about film makers making films based on novels that don't resemble the source material, I'm giving "Wuthering Heights" a miss. My reading of the novel and Emerald Fennell's reading are very different and that's fine. She read it...

17.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

YES IT IS

17.02.2026 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As I've been suspended from X I want to make new friends on here. So if anyone I follow has suggestions please let me know or if you know me from X as @thebrainofspock please follow me here too.

17.02.2026 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Blimey!!!! #PairsSkating

16.02.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Oh good," I thought, "maybe if the snowboarding is delayed, we'll see more skating?" But no, of course not.

16.02.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oi! I was watching that skating!

16.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh! I'd have won Pointless!

16.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Felted shrew with a handwoven shawl and basket looking at wild daffodils in the woods

Felted shrew with a handwoven shawl and basket looking at wild daffodils in the woods

Shrew paused on her beech nuts gathering to sniff the air. Spring is coming, she thought.
I must light a new moon candle tomorrow to welcome it in.

16.02.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Deepest Dark The Deepest Dark is a tragic, GM-less horror TTRPG about being trapped underground.

It's My BIRTHDAY! I've left my twenties behind and hit the ol' thirty. How did that happen?

If you'd like to support any of my endeavors today (I'm allowed to shamelessly birthday plug) consider backing the TTRPG I've been illustrating for @gejwatts.bsky.social, The Deepest Dark. We're so close!

16.02.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday!

16.02.2026 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reposting this again in case it helps some people. Do it if you can! It doesn’t hurt for more than a few seconds, and you might save some kid’s life.

16.02.2026 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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a white duck with an orange beak is standing next to a fence and the word inhales below it Alt: a white goose inhales and honks

And at 7,872 words, the story is FINISHED!

15.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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