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michelleedgerley.bsky.social
Lover of classical music (especially opera and art song), compulsive reading, knitter, parent, fairy grandmother, public servant, has-been musician.
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Hello from a delinquent social media user. Hope you are well or otherwise doing your best. Here are some photos from my run this morning along Te Awakairangi | Hutt River. Autumnal morning runs are the best runs IMHO

Gorgeous acoustic live version of Don McGlashan’s “Anchor Me” youtu.be/qlAJjSpi5T0?...

Not gonna lie, one of the best public servants Aotearoa has had in a long time. Recommend. youtu.be/mz9DaAjYueQ?...

Ping @sinceritasc.bsky.social The sample tracks on this new album are wonderful. Think I'll be listening to the whole thing later today www.prestomusic.com/classical/pr...

Makereti Papakura: born New Zealand,1873, her mother was a high ranking Te Arawa woman, her father an English shopkeeper. She was raised by her maternal relatives until aged 10, Her thesis, published in 1838, considered Te Arawa customs through a woman-centred lens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jagde, Grigorian, and Golovatenko in Otello, directed by David Alden next season in Madrid www.teatroreal.es/es/espectacu... (ENO/Amsterdam coprod!)

Today’s Bluesky stats: 23 accounts followed me overnight. 21 now blocked because of clear signs of botness. 2 genuine accounts. 1 account now followed back. 5 minutes of my life I won’t get back. This level of bot glomming is unusual in my experience of Bluesky. Anyone else experiencing this, too?

One thing I will say about Middlemarch is that its bulkiness is not particularly backpack friendly. But I’m sure I will cope

@sinceritasc.bsky.social Frog and Toad are here!

My George Eliot reacquaintance mission continues. Just finished Felix Holt. About to start Middlemarch

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