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I love my hometown, But Kyiv has the most special part of my heart ❤️ I am having a #warcoffee in one of my favourite places. And grateful for those who protect my love day and night.

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Well blow me down, whatever did we do before Mrs Badenoch turned up to save us?

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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In praise of excellent genre books! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2017/11/its-...

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More about fictional witches, mostly from children's literature. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/08/witc...

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Some of the witches in children's fiction! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/08/wick...

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Lady Gaga’s speech after winning Best Pop Duo Performance with Bruno Mars: “Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love, thank you.” #GRAMMYs

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First of three posts about witches; this one's about "Goddesses, Queens and Witch-Queens". steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/09/godd...

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This is indeed very good news for the #bees 🌱🐝

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All about Cinderella's extraordinary shoes! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/01/glas...

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Food in fantasy - stewed rabbit, or a banquet? Given all the stuff we authors provide for our characters so that they can make it over mountains, forests and deserts (backpacks, water-flasks, oats, grain) most of us draw the line at dreaming up menus too... steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/04/banq...

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At the shore, I am a salt-hag. Gull- gossiper, whisperer to waves. At saline blur where sea and river meet, I am a brackish witch. All eel-knots, curlew augury. Upstream, I am of the river alone. My sorceries are fluid. My enchantments refuse every obstacle. – #EmilyCBanting, 982 #WitchSky

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How many books did you read as a child, where the discovery of a concealed room was one of the most exciting parts of the story? Here's a post about secret rooms - and Bloody Chambers! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2016/07/secr...

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A post for those of you with a penchant for historical fiction or historical fantasy: how to get the names right for the correct century! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/04/pers...

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Happy New Year to you all and thanks for following me. Here is a ballad: 'The Song of the Winter King'. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...

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For anyone who loves fairy tales, a version of the Russian tale 'Father Frost': steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/12/fath...

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Wishing everyone a happy Christmas/winter holiday, and here's a seasonal post: "Flying Reindeer, Little Gerda, and the different histories of Father Christmas and Santa Claus": steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/12/flyi...

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Did a Scots legend about a fairy flag and a otherworldly army influence Tolkien's 'Paths of the Dead'? steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-...

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A few years ago a young man on twitter posted that he was sick of women warriors in modern fantasies, because women never had been warriors. I could think of plenty from history, legend and song (Boudicca anyone?) but here's the woman who trained Cuchulain. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-...

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I just discovered ghost apples! They are utterly charming! 👻 🍎🍏👻

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I love this!

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All about a Narnian fish! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/07/conc...

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Wonderful to see the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales (etc) arrive here. Do follow if you love this stuff!

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Join Folklore Thursday's session next Thurs!

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Forests can be spooky places even at midday, and here's a post about a phenomenon that turns up in similar folk beliefs from the NE woodlands of Canada, to the islands of Polynesia, to Japan. I'd love to hear of any European versions! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2022/11/fall...

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#FolkyFriday #BookChatWeekly "Infected be the air whereon they ride, And damned all those that trust them!" [MacBeth] The spectral Oskoreia - The Wild Hunt - sweeps through the midwinter forests of northern Europe carrying off any unfortunate souls it encounters ... 🎨alusiaM

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