Hannah

Nature is incredible. One day, my chin is completely smooth; the next, there is a thick dark 1cm hair growing right out of the middle! HOW?!

😂

Today one of my tutees said that our English classes are more like having conversations with friends and I am delighted ☺️

How Super Recognizers See What the Rest of Us Miss How Super Recognizers See What the Rest of Us Miss: The secret to their extraordinary ability lies not in the brain but the eyes.

I frequently recognise people I’ve met once (and often hide that I recognise people because it’s weird when I have made zero lasting impression on them 😅)

So I guess I’m a super-recogniser (hyperfantasia helps!): nautil.us/how-super-re...

Ahh there’s nothing like picking up a box of mixed documents (inc. various health things, letters, PhD research notes, recipes for Minecraft fireworks, a Christmas card from the cats, bills etc.) and the bottom falls out. I am now in the middle of a swamp of random bits of paper of my own making 🙄

It really does restore your faith in people when your car battery totally dies at the petrol station but people will come and help jump it (even if they don’t actually know where the battery on their own car is!) ☺️ anyway, thank goodness Halfords is on my way - new battery incoming!

Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.

Seems kind of crazy that this would be necessary, but then, Brexit looked crazy, Trump looked crazy (both times) and I worry that more crazy is to come

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...

It’s taken 2 years but finally Eric, the most anxious cat we’ve ever had, has curled up and fallen asleep with me ☺️😸 my leg is dead but I’m not moving now!

A beauty - subtle, understated but powerful.

You don’t need to have read the poem Pearl to understand this novel as a love letter to the folk lore and mysticism of medieval literature, but it might inspire you to give it a go (I recommend Seamus Heaney’s version of Gawain)

The slightest touch can be painful - this is why I don’t do long sleeves, why I tend to wear natural fabrics and why I will never wear rings, bracelets or necklaces. I’m not just fussy 😅

Drop what you’re doing and go and read Butter by Asako Yuzuki.

Probably the best novel I’ll read this year with a compelling story and plenty of chewy ethical problems too. Essential reading.

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

Really beautifully written article here.

Every Time I Go Back Home

One of my new favourite albums - if anyone can recommend similar, please do!

open.spotify.com/album/3HZ1jR...

Yep, a bold move from Bournville 😂

I told my friend that my new steroids were making me cuckoo bananas and she said, “I’d argue you were already at least cuckoo.”
And that is true friendship right there.

Anyway, no more steroids for me - I can be cuckoo or bananas but definitely not both 😂

Oh the irony of discovering that the company that installed the fire system that beeps at random intervals and frequently keeps me awake at night has the initials “CFS”.

A question that plagues me with my chronic illnesses is, *am I really that sick?*

I doubt myself because surely I should feel better by now and stop complaining all the time.

Anyway, today I got a test result so high it is literally off the chart.

It’s real. And I’m allowed to complain 🙂

Working my way gradually toward 2025 😂

I guess a first post should be something profound and meaningful… so, here are Eric and Walter contemplating the distinction between napping and waking