Kate Sheehan-Finn

‘Go!’ Crescens hisses, ‘You’ll scream for death if the lord sends you back.’

Barates swallows disgust, turns away.

In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
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‘Go!’ Crescens hisses, ‘You’ll scream for death if the lord sends you back.’

Barates swallows disgust, turns away.

In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC

Love this! I'm going to miss the monthly competition.

Fabulous! Can't believe this is the end of #WriteCBC. I'll miss reading these every month and taking part too.

They are great. Hoping to go back there this autumn.

1. Ancient Rome
2. Pompeii
3. Ostia Antica
4. Herculaneum

📸 my own. Posting because I need a timeline cleanser.

#AncientRome #Archaeology #Campania

YouTube video by BBC Global Karl Ove Knausgård: The writer who broke the rules | Arts in Motion

This from Karl Ove Knausgard on his writing is so beautiful - worth a look.
Many of us will identify with this:
'It's like going to your day job and failing every day.'

He succeeded when he accepted that his writing was for him.

#WritingCommunity #WritingLife
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I've been a member of #BeingAWriter for several years. Wellbeing is crucial to my creativity, and creativity is crucial to my wellbeing. @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social have created community for writers that is safe, supportive and welcoming.
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Thanks 🤩

Thank you ☺️

a penguin is writing on a piece of paper with a quill pen ALT: a penguin is writing on a piece of paper with a quill pen

I'm not here much at the moment. I'm in writing mode and it is taking up all of my headspace, as is meant to be. I'll be back sporadically when I come up for air.
#HistFic #AmWriting #WritingLife #WritingCommunity

Love this blog post. Thank you for quoting my words.

Coping Strategies with Game Hobbies “ It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness, and a mood of helplessness prevail.” — Lech Walesa I am resisting r...

#HobbyGamesRecce

I offer a glimpse into my own adventure gaming hobby-based coping strategies so readers might find some inspiration for their own self care activities in these trying times. Thanks to @katesfwriter.bsky.social for her concise reminder to balance the despair with joy.

Indeed it does. There was a little intentional irony in my post.

One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription.

The inscription translates:

Envious creature, I trample you

Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own

Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii' The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.

Many congratulations to Dr Alex Langlands & team from Swansea for this stunning new discovery from Margam Park in south Wales 😮🥳.

The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌

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One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription.

The inscription translates:

Envious creature, I trample you

Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own

Thank the tech gods/goddesses for translate!

The sculptors were highly skilled.

Portrayal of women and men in art changed as Greek influences became popular due to emperors being heavily influenced by all aspects of Greek culture. Idealising tendencies gradually replaced realism of the Republican era. This is a generalisation of a complex process of cultural appropriation.

On January 11th & 15th,Romans celebrated a festival to goddess Carmenta (or Carmentis) a goddess of prophecy and childbirth.She had power of looking back into the past and forward into the future.The festival was chiefly observed by women #Folklore #Myth www.vindolanda.com/blog/the-fes...

Meet Helena, mother of Roman emperor, Constantine (AD 249-325). The form of the statue is derived from a 5th C BC Greek work. The statue was once at the Vatican. Pope Pius V gifted it in 1566.

I love how popes owned items like this.

📸 mine Capitoline Museums.
#RomanWomen
#AncientRome #Archaeology

Don’t #doomscroll. Fill your timeline with beautiful moments.

This is not ignoring the harsh stuff or unbearable news, and big things beyond your control.

It’s a balancing act. There is beauty and goodness. Lean into what makes you smile.

📸 my own. Reggie is adorable. He’s seeking doggie treats.

Necklace made from jet beads

Very similar to the jet necklace found at Dunragit by #GuardArchaeology
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Amazing! That must have been fun 🤩

Wow! Thanks for sharing. They look almost identical.

I think it’s stunning too.

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Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology

📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.

#FindsFriday What's he got in his pocket today? Fresh from the ground in Suffolk, having been seriously mucked about in the past. Note the markings around the edge on the left image.