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Book worm, cat lady, introvert, liberal. All views my own...

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@beffybadbelly I was never as disappointed as I was when my period restarted and my leg/arm pit hair started to regrow 6 months after I’d left hospital!

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@autcareandshare The Lion King does a relaxed performance. Took a friend with autism to it - was very well run and no issues at all with noise/movement etc.

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@BridgeBooksDro1 Inspired by The Correspondent though!

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@BridgeBooksDro1 Lonesome Dove - I’m not entirely sure which of the above is actually the main character 😂

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

"Why aren't the BBC reporting XXXXX when social media has been showing it for 2 hours?" Maybe because they are checking and verifying it like a proper, professional news outlet rather than just throwing any old half-understood, possibly fake shite out into the world.

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Re-reading!

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@Sally_writes I’ve just been re-easing the Malory Towers books - not too bad a price on Kindle but last time I looked at the cost for the Faraway Tree books I was shocked!

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@beffybadbelly Feel better soon! Hope you’re getting the good stuff!

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@jennielovebooks One of the few books that genuinely scared me!

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@TheCinesthetic

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@grahamhmiller @GrumpyOldBooks @Lukesblog1 @portybelle @yvonnembee @bethreadscrime @davidtells_ @goodreads @BexBookaholic Several attempts at Lord of The Rings, anything Dickens, Richard Osmans book - the non-Thursday Club one.

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@TheBookshopMan Rivers of London series!

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@DavidBartram_ Number 4 for me!

[Dogs On The Streets @dotslondon]

WE ARE STILL HERE... BUT ONLY JUST.

This post isn’t easy to write. But we need to be real with you all.

Right now, our small charity is under immense pressure. Every day, our phones don’t stop ringing ,emergency services, domestic violence teams, police, and individuals in desperate need are reaching out to us for help.

Not because they want to, but because we’ve become their only hope.

This past week, we’ve dealt with one of the most extreme safeguarding cases we’ve ever seen. A dog, trapped in the middle of an unthinkable situation ,we got them out and safe. But the reality is... that was just one of many.

Dogs are coming into our care DAILY.
We’re being contacted from all over the UK.
Yet, we receive NO FUNDING from the services relying on us.

We’ve had to urgently bring on new team members at the sanctuary just to keep up and more dogs are on their way.
Every life we take in costs the charity, and our vet bills are growing by the day. It’s terrifying.

We know we’ve been quiet on socials, but that’s not because we don’t care. It’s because we are drowning in cases and trying to keep up.

We're helping a client with severe trauma through rehabilitation ,she’s doing amazing, but therapy costs money.
We’re attending endless meetings with her with housing, medical, welfare.
We’re trying to plan fundraising ,but we barely have time to breathe.
We are a small charity with big hearts, and we stand for the dogs who can’t speak up for themselves.

We don’t walk away from the hard cases we walk into them.

This is where we need YOU.
Whether it’s £1, £5, £10, or £100, every single donation makes a difference.

We’re fighting for these dogs, and we’re fighting for the people who love them but are trapped in situations they never chose.

Please, if you can help, donate, share, or even just comment to boost this post. We need all the love and strength right now.

Thank you to everyone who continues to stand with us ,we see you, and we are so, so grateful.

When we go quiet, it’s not silence — it’s survival. 🧡

https://t.co/g2X779vxbh

#DogsInNeed #SanctuarySupport #CharityInCrisis #AnimalRescueUK #SupportLocalCharity #BehindTheScenes #DomesticViolenceSupport #EveryDogMatters

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@SarahjevsEvans Always thought ferrets were quite rare as pets until local Facebook groups became a thing - seems like there being lost every other week!

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

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"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

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Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[Reece Dinsdale @reece_dinsdale]

When are we going to realise that people from foreign lands are not automatically our enemy… but the likes of Michelle Mone and her husband (and those millionaires and billionaires who are making money out of your misery and at your expense) are!

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@BexBookaholic I remember watching an ancient version of Macbeth that had Keith Chegwin in, probably the equivalent of that version of Romeo and Juliet now!

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@HWarlow Wow, I assumed it was a photo!