Caroline Hack

I've been to brilliant queer history talks by Sacha.
Can confirm you should hire him

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Anything like our Priors and it’s “No More Nails” every time. (Coat racks, towel holders, loo roll holders, toothbrush holders, VENETIAN BLINDS)

Art. Subway-style map of the itinerary in The Hobbit. The main journey is show in three different lines: red (Hobbiton to Goblin Town); green (Goblin Town to the Elvenking's Halls); and blue (Elvenking's Halls to Erebor). There are multiple stops on these lines. There is a yellow line going back from Erebor to Hobbiton, making stops at Beorn's Hall, Rivendell, and the Troll's Lair. There is an orange line directly from the Iron Hills on the map's right side to Erebor, and a purple line from Gundabad directly to Erebor. The map's title reads: "Hobbit Transit Map" and there are directions for both There and Back Again listing the lines and transfer points. Between them, in the middle of the page, is a dragon drawn to resemble the dragon on Thror's Map from The Hobbit. A key shows the names of each colored line: Red: Western Lands Line Green: Mountains and Forests Line Blue: Barrel Line Yellow: Gandalf Express Orange: Iron Hills Business Line Purple: Orc and Goblin Reserve Line Text at the bottom right reads Surprised Eel Maps, 2025

Art. Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named: "Shire-Bree Commuter Line Old Forrest Crescent Wildland Scenic Line Fellowship Line Gollum / Sméagol Line Uruk Hai Express Three Hunters Line Fangorn Slow Service Rohan to Gondor Business Line Black Ships Ferry Service Oliphant Direct Line Army of the West Line Gandalf Express A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines: "Eagle Express Paths of the Dead Line Nazgûl Search & Resuce Valinor Ltd." A note at the bottom reads: "* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."

Art. A subway style map on a parchment background. The map's title reads: "Narnia Transit Map: Talking Beasts Ride Free." The map has seven keys, one for each of the seven books in C.S. Lewis's Narinia series. The main movements of characters and action in each book are traced by colored lines, like a subway map. Locations in each book are marked out as stops in the lines. There is a drawing of a lion above the title of the map, and in the lower right corner there is a compass rose.

Do you like supporting your local eel historian? Well! Have I got some opportunities for you!

1. Over at my ETSY store, I'm selling subway-style maps of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and Narnia. You can get them as prints or as digital versions!
#LOTR #maps

www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

This could be a long and rambling thread. Be patient with me.

I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯

A wooden replica siege engine, stands in front of a stone castle. A piece of purple fabric is wrapped around the tall central support beam.

#NationalPoetryDay ✒️

Roses are red,
Water comes in litres,
Trebuchets can use a counterweight to launch a 90kg stone projectile over 300 metres.

#Wales

Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Most books contain insufficient whale facts

White beads with emoji happy and sad faces in a rainbow of colours woven in circular peyote.

Two of the white beads with yellow and red smiling faces are pressed together as if in love.

I’m struggling with #beadweaving some happy/sad faced beads. But I’m delighted that these two have found each other.

A muntjac deer standing in leaf litter looks up

A muntjac deer emerges from behind a tree trunk with its head down looking for food.

Deer of the day from this morning’s walk

Umbellifer seed heads against the green

A toadstool standing proud of the rough grass

A view through the trees of receding grassland to distant hills

A stream bursts out of a culvert babbling on its way.

Walking from Creswell Crags to the Harley Collection just now.

Person speaking at a podium with "Auschwitz Birkenau" visible on the front, against a red brick backdrop. He is an older man wearing a hat and a scarf with blue and white stripes - symbols of prisoner uniforms.

1 October 1925 | 100 years ago, Stanisław Zalewski, a Polish man, was born in Sucha Wola.

Join us on the occasion of his birthday and share your birthday wishes in the comments.

The best toastie makers: 10 favourites for quick and tasty toasted sandwiches, tested Make a sarnie worth swooning over with our pick of the top toastie makers, from stovetop to microwave models

And now I REALLY want a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. Sigh.

www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...

An embroidered illustration of a walrus with 4 feet a whale-like tail and upwards pointing tusks. The body is covered in embroidery and fabric paint.

Finished my lovely #HandEmbroidered 1579 #Walrus from the illustration in the exhibition at #Aberdeen Art Gallery. Stitching the gaps between the stripes and scallops has really transformed it.

A grey squirrel sits side on, on a large branch of an oak tree

A different grey squirrel sits on a smaller branch on the green lane with houses behind.

Forgot to post these squirrels from this mornings walk. Lots of noisy squirrels this morning.

A close up of a hand embroidered sample of digitally printed image, hand embroidery and beading on plain calico

A close up of a hand embroidered sample of digitally printed image, hand embroidery and beading on plain calico

A close up of a hand embroidered sample of digitally printed image, hand embroidery and beading on plain calico

A hand embroidered sample of digitally printed image, hand embroidery and beading on plain calico with a red section of layered red opaque fabrics ribbons and beads and red raffia

This is a sample from a while ago that didn’t really work overall but enough time has passed for me to appreciate the bits that did. The digitally printed image is from a jar containing a jelly from @noc.ac.uk and the #HandEmbroidery is all mine!

reminder:

Burrell?

Part of a hand embroidered walrus from 1579 it has bands of pale gold with darker gold scallops painted on its body. There is some black outline sewing in the body.

Some #Embroidery progress on the,er, walrus with its upturned tusks and four feet…

Watching the Police on Top of the Pops and I am transported back to 14 year old me in autumn 1979 and my first gig, seeing them live at Brighton (I think).

What does it cost to produce a book? Why small presses in the UK are struggling - and what can be done about it.

An article on the pressures on publishing, rising costs, what can be done about it - and how readers can also help.

open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w...

(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)

do I know anyone who studies icebergs? I need to talk to icebergerians for an article! Please share and thank you! 🧪

IMO it’s the chapter that divides readers more than any other.

Cross stitch in a hoop that says “I heart Chapter 32

Drums fingers*

1579 engraving of an elaborate stripy walrus, sort of.

Line drawing of stripy walrus in black ink

Part completed hand embroidered walrus on a variable orange green purple satin fabric that is a total pain to sew and I wish I’d never started it

Walrus on light teal cotton (which is a joy to sew,and paint) with some shimmery fabric paint highlights prior to me commencing hand embroidery.

How it started -how it’s going.
Saw this gorgeous 1579 Walrus engraving and knew I had to sew it. Made a drawing and currently slogging my way through two versions. The scallop borders are a nightmare in #HandEmbroidery

A muntjac deer looks head on at the photograph in the rough shrubby area near the green lane.

A smaller muntjac hides badly behind a tree, being side on so head and rear are visible.

Deer of the day from this morning’s walk. These two Muntjac were together so are probably related

A simple beaded Christmas tree shape with miracle beads and a red beaded base on a 1 cm gridded mat

A simple beaded Christmas tree shape with miracle beads and a red beaded base as a brooch on my warm grey cardigan

2d depiction of a specimen jar containing a labelled Cookie Star rendered in hand embroidery and turned into a brooch 4.5 x 3cm

Thinking of working up some Christmas Tree and Cookie Star brooches for sale (not US or EU sadly) in the run up to Christmas. What do you think?

Common Feedback What Dr. A is Writing on Papers Over & Over Again First things first. You must work to establish an authoritative, stylish writer’s voice that is all your own. Take pride in this voice. Read your pa...

I’m a professor & was writing the same feedback on all the papers I received so I wrote a letter I now give students early in the semester with this feedback articulated. it’s made a huge difference so I’m sharing in case anyone wants to use or adapt it.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Heating on for the first time this autumn.

Feeling very pleased that last night me thought to check and set the central heating timer properly so the this morning me had a warm house.