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Catherine Sharp

@csharpwords.bsky.social

Reader, writer, gamer, chill swimmer, rugby fan, SFF geek, conrunner (currently Chair of Octocon); back in Wales after many years in Ireland. She/her

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I did have 4 cats under 6 months old at one point many years ago... that was an experience.

15.02.2026 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Curling is of course INCREDIBLY technical but all you hear the mic'd players say is things like "have a look at this, what you reckon?" and then another one goes "yeah, tricky" with a broom in his hand.

15.02.2026 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 182    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sometimes I miss having kittens around (it's been 20 years!) and then I read about your 3 and I am relieved I don't have any. ๐Ÿ˜ธ

15.02.2026 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two of the women's skeleton athletes are married to each other so they might be happy with that as a result.

14.02.2026 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Matters in Wuthering Heights - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

This is a great post about Wuthering Heights, the book, and its various filmed adaptations: smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2026/02/what...

(Honestly, I hated the book when I read it as a teen, but this post actually made me consider, for the first time, re-reading it as an adult.)

14.02.2026 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like how you picked a bottle to match your shirt! ๐Ÿคฉ

14.02.2026 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are some deleted scenes on my DVD which are fabulous - I understand why they were the ones that got cut, but they add even more to the side characters.

14.02.2026 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have just washed a teaspoon I would swear I have never seen before in my entire life. Where the hell has it come from? If the universe is giving me a Valentine's gift, I don't want it. (It's a weird shape and size.)

14.02.2026 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have now familiarised myself with why you've been referring to the pope.

And no worries on the shouting! I felt for you when Yuma fell but yay for him making the podium.

13.02.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's had it to, from at least one of them!

13.02.2026 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Checks out.

13.02.2026 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 743    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still have no clue because I was watching skeleton and then in a meeting, and I only just joined back in time to watch poor Adam.
Guess I'll have to watch back to find out?

13.02.2026 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

13.02.2026 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4854    ๐Ÿ” 1188    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I've seen the same photo but without the extra hoardings, and labelled as a town near me....

13.02.2026 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NOT NOW, RADIOACTIVE HYBRID TERROR PIGS.

13.02.2026 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 161    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Sooo tasty. (Thank you IKEA frozen food department.)

13.02.2026 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is absolutely INFURIATING because it is so relentless, and yet it's still... it's still KIND of funny because honestly who is out there trying to get money from WRITERS, that's like holding a cup underneath a Bigmouth Billy Bass and hoping for caviar to come out

11.02.2026 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 438    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

A bit of google fu and some Reddit threads have finally led me to this comic - it was called The Mows, by Jay Dyke, and the cats were named Tigey (brown), Nonie (black) and Indy (grey) plus Minxy the girl-cat next door.
So that's a long-term mystery solved for me, hurrah.

11.02.2026 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's odd, we do use manky in Britain.
Cat is a very Irish thing though.

11.02.2026 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am sitting on the edges of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers, which makes sense given my following/followers.

09.02.2026 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just came here specifically to see how many exclamation marks you are up to. ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ’“

08.02.2026 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My secondary school 1st year English teacher told us all to pick a poem to read aloud in class.

She stopped me before I even got onto the bit about Tim the ostler creeping on Bess...

08.02.2026 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning Womble! I am trying to get through my TBR and am currently reading Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland.

08.02.2026 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bridgerton filming locations: Fans flock to Bath and Greenwich Dive in to the Bridgerton corner of TikTok and you'll see fans posing in the show's real-life locations.

Today I learned that the cafe I had breakfast in when visiting Bath last summer is also the Bridgertons' modiste. And I didn't recognise it at all. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

07.02.2026 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

07.02.2026 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I finished the washing up just in time to see the Wales try, so that was nice!

07.02.2026 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am watching through gritted teeth and thinking of just listening while I do the washing up.
I watched the 2nd part of Italy v Scotland (after the curling) and was thinking sympathies in your direction...

07.02.2026 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where did you get the pasty toy? Would love to buy one for cat-having friends who recently moved (back) to Cornwall.

07.02.2026 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
07.02.2026 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16644    ๐Ÿ” 4682    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132    ๐Ÿ“Œ 156

I put a library book back on the shelf last week because the print was small and dense. So rude.

06.02.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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