Elizabeth

Tell us about St Piran, said Wolf, who loved the well-worn tales. "Well," said Old Fox, as if telling for the first time, "he was tied to a mill-stone by jealous fellows in Ireland, and thrown over the top of a cliff as high as our White Nothe. The sea below was dark and stormy and heaving, but the moment that worn old stone broke the water, it calmed, calmed to the glassy still of a mill pond itself! He floated day and night like a calm, spinning otter, gazing up at the passing summer clouds and the bright stars, until he reached the coast of Cornwall. He washed up at first light, and was found and untied and blanketed and fed and watered by his very first disciples - a Fox, a Badger & a Bear. A very scholarly trio from the nearby village. Good and sensible companions. Kind as could be. Noble Cornish folk. And he taught them there on the long, curved beach of Perranzabuloe, where we went that time on our holiday, where the Atlantic roars day and night. Their seminary was in a sheltered hollow full of flowers - shepherd's needle and sea thrift and weasel's-snout - and butterflies, so many butterflies, their wings as silvery and bright as a mermaid's scales.

Happy St Piran's Day, one and all!

Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), "Bamboo" from the series "Three Beauties as Pine, Bamboo and Plum."

For sale! A beautiful & highly auspicious original Edo-period c.1838 woodblock print by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). "Bamboo" from the series "Three Beauties as Pine, Bamboo and Plum." Dm for more details (very open to offers) or buy directly from my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

Times have changed since the last time we had a draft.

Can they draft young men without also drafting young women?

My first ever protest march was when Carter reinstated draft registration. I think it was during the Iran hostage crisis.

We chanted:

HELL NO WE WON’T GO
FIGHT AND DIE FOR TEXACO!

unitednations # Top 10 countries that have achieved gender equality: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 9. 10. There are none.

I’m another long time SL resident but rarely in-world now. Usually a tabby dinky in overalls and hard hat.

The Mandarin Menace has a new favorite word:

Decimating.

Good afternoon and greetings on a rainy day in Chilean Patagonia! Sharing some personal news to help those with hearts burdened by the fog of war.

A beautiful 1821 Edo-period Japanese woodblock print from the series "Remarkable women of the floating world" (浮世名異女図会) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).

A beautiful 1821 Edo-period Japanese woodblock print from the series "Remarkable women of the floating world" (浮世名異女図会) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).

For sale! A beautiful 1821 Edo-period Japanese woodblock print from the series "Remarkable women of the floating world" (浮世名異女図会) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865). Dm to buy or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

Hand painted map of Pembrokeshire

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy #StDavidsDay!
Here's a #map I painted of my favourite Welsh county: #Pembrokeshire. 😍 Have you been?
More info: janetomlinson.com/products/pem...
#painting #art #cartography #visitPembrokeshire
@bancyreithin.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #StandingStoneSunday

Kevin Foote (American, b.1983)
"Save Me," 2025
Mixed media on canvas
18 x 24 in

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Yes, Rubio’s statement strikes me as iranic.

I’m still window shopping for #beef.

My dad flew F4s in combat. Whenever the US launched a military campaign based solely, or primarily, on air power, he used to complain that:

“Pilots don’t have mothers.”

The American public is always more willing to accept military action that doesn’t use boots on the ground.

#pilots
#F4
#iran

Miss Sparks, Miss Stevenson, and the Art of Planning Menus | Anne Louise Avery Get more from Anne Louise Avery on Patreon

A new story over on my patreon! A week of Old Fox's meals, the art of menu planning, and a brand-new character! Join for this and thousands of another tales and recipes! patreon.com/posts/miss-s...

A golden box with an oval cartouche painted with a barn owl. A pair of black spectacles for scale beneath it . White marble in the background

The inside of the box with the words I love you painted in white

A close up of the owls face

Today’s moment of calm.
A love owl box. I created this as a place to keep those special things away from prying eyes

I second the recommendation for @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social ! I look for her every day.

I needed that this morning.

Today’s moment of calm

This is unthinkable. Horrendous. Literally sickening.

Dang, I got that backward. I meant to say photo. *facepalm*

I thought for moment it was a painting.

Aww. I was afraid it must be.

YouTube video by Margaret Hutto 5th grade boys Synchronized Air Swimming Talent Show Skit W A Porter Elementary

A palette cleanser. Hilarious. Non political. 3 minutes.

#palettecleanser
#synchronizedswimming
#5thgrade

youtu.be/S59NCvIUfng?...

Fledgling?

Old Fox

Hare

The interior of an ancient church

After tea, in the fade-light, Old Fox walked to the sheep church on the Downs. It was dark, lit by a single oil lamp & deserted but for an elderly hare in the front pew. He was wiping tears away. It's all so hard, he said. I know, said Old Fox & went to sit with him.

The Rabbit, by a branch of red berries in a snowy field.

There was once a rabbit who dreamt of wild adventure, of liners sailing to Brazil, carrot fields in Norfolk, creameries in Normandy. I have a small life, he said. But before he died, he looked up at his beloved human & he realised that a life of love is never slight, not at all.

Today’s moment of calm is brought to you by Liza Adamczewski and Mozart. Always a pleasure to listen to a bit of Mozart when the world feels like it’s tilting on its axis a bit. You know that feeling of the earth shifting under foot. Steady the buffs 🩷

Today’s moment of calm.
It’s Monday morning and with a new week bearing down upon us if like me you’re rushing around spinning plates metaphorically, take a moment to stop, concentrate on your breathing and think of one thing that you’re truly grateful for.

I love this…it like like he’s peeking in through a window.