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kayemclelland.bsky.social
Late-onset Theology student; otherwise researcher of 17thC sermons; sometime lecturer in Renaissance Lit; occasional preacher; queer; disabled; parent of 5; contralto; liminal creature; recently moved to Wales; she/her. kayemclelland.com
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Got to assist a senior priest at the altar, and she called me Kaye Bach (little Kaye), which is very Welsh but hadn't happened to me before. #TinyJoys #TinyMe

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Discussing with the family whether I should have 'Shine Jesus Shine' on Sunday (for Transfiguration) and now we're all earwormed with 'Sweet Caroline'.

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This was the view as we left church this morning

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Sweeney Todd earworms all round today because a greenfinch has started using our bird feeder (no linnets or nightingales, though)

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In (checks watch) 12 hours time I will be limbering up to give the first session of @romgothsam.bsky.social online charity teachathon Goths For Breakfast Information below 👇

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When you think you've got X pages to read and it turns out to be X/2 because bilingual resources. #TinyJoys

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My lovely wife has been away for 2 days for work. This seems to have coincided with in a sharp increase in me singing little songs to my dog about how wonderful he is.

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I've had to come to Wrexham. It's crowded and busy and I miss my dog! ... (I've been here 10 minutes)

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Child 4: why don't they just call it exorcism rather than ministry of deliverance, so people know what it means? Me: well, it doesn't get talked about much at all, to be honest. Child 4: so, exorcism is Jesus' fight club? Me: ...

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Mozart found a seat he hadn't tried yet!

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Because even during the Horrors, there is work to be done: I'm currently taking on new music students - voice, piano, songwriting/composition-Bluesky, I was wondering if you could help me spread the word? Deeply experienced trans teacher w/a specialism in trans voices... www.cnlester.com/teaching-1

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I used this in Lent last year and it was great!

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Today's news is that I have 2 (TWO) kidneys* and they 'look great', so that's nice. *This was queried because my father discovered at about my age that he'd only ever had one

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Jeoffrey is taking over where Brunhilde left off #CatsAtPrayer #ServantOfTheLivingGod

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One ear deployed!

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Night night from Mozart

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Honoured/flattered to have been featured in this month's The Indie Post Magazine discussing my Windrush Opera with brilliant librettist Edson Burton and Pegasus Opera Company. Had a lovely conversation with Gina Sedman. www.theindieposts.com/the-indie-po...

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This morning's walk

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Escher legs!

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Mozart has a new shirt!

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We've been trying to get the dog to stand on a piece of paper so we can draw round his feet while they're load-bearing and get him the right size boots. So of course he's decided paper is anathema and now there's a shunned piece of A4 in the middle of the living room foor in case he changes his mind

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Mozart did very well in the snow this morning but I think I might get him some boots!

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I am not allowed to go and do things. I am galgo cushion now!

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Southern Spain to North Wales must be a bit of a culture shock!

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We have a dog! This is Mozart. He's a galgo (Spanish greyhound). We brought him home today.

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People measure the age of their children in months for such a long time now. When my 360 month old was younger, we definitely stopped at 2 years old (but you could carry on swallowing little bits of toys until 36 months)

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Happy new year, all! 2024 has brought a move to Wales and zero (0) appendectomies! Let's see if 2025 can be even better!

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Right! I need to crack on with writing this assignment! It's been half done since well before Christmas. Self-imposed deadline is a week before official deadline, but unfortunately my brain knows that, so it's proving tricky.

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