Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙

Non-conformist Orkney historical writing by an actual Orcadian.
Disabled, decolonizing, feminist historian.
Natal chart says 'likes to fight with men'

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

I don't really use x, find me on Instagram @
Carolyn.anderson.shepherd

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

Just some one of a kind pieces that went up the road to @craftyweebirdiegiftshop in Nairn last week. I bet you can't guess the colour of box the pink heart went in...

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

I don't know why these earrings don't sell better. With their nod to the earth and sky, or continents in an ocean, I thought they'd be a firm favourite, but no. I feel back for them that they never get picked 😅

https://t.co/6Rr91QQ3Ix

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

Send this to that friend that always stops to take photos of rainbows and pretty colours 📸🌈

I'm always stopping for reflections in puddles and peeling paint, and details of flowers and berries. I'm a pain in the butt to go anywhere with 😅

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

These are my bestsellers, and they are in navy and gold because I was thinking about the twinkling of stars against the night sky...
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[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

These diddy baby heart earrings are just so cute 😍
I've done red, burgundy and denim blue so far.

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

⭐ RESTOCKED ⭐ My all time best sellers, in both shops and online, these dusty blue and rose gold stud earrings are back in my Etsy shop and ready to go.

https://t.co/pQuIZFit3V

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

I'm glad I took part in xponorth yesterday. I met some great like minded folk and got up today eager to have a proper look through all the pitches

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

@LorettaMulholl1 It really is! I hope I can convey it as such

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

What happens when an Orcadian speaker and a Cree speaker get together?
We solve an old mystery.
Read our history as written BY us in my book about how Orcadians colonized Canada
Social history #xponorth

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

A first of it's kind easily readable book by an Orcadian author about the role Orkney folk played in colonizing Canada. Told through stories of real people. Darkly funny, irreverent and deeply tragic.
Non-conformist social history
#xponorth

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

For 3 years I've traced Orcadians colonizing Canada through the lives of ordinary folk to help decolonize myself and the minds of readers with an accessible, interesting read about what we did and the impact we had
Social history
#xponorth

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

A historical figure with a story so good you'll need to read my book to get her name. Everything written about her until now is a lie, every photo a fake. I'm the first to research her properly along with other Orcadian figures who colonized Canada
#xponorth

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

Haven't been here in so long but delighted to see some Blowhole! #uglydogs

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

(Metis pals, please know this is tongue in cheek and you reach for whatever you like x)

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

Scots Metis should be reaching for bride's koges no tartan. A controversial statement in a couple of ways! Real history of Orcadians in the fur trade and how hbc impacted communities both sides of the Atlantic
#xponorth

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

@veewalkerwrites You too 😊

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

Hudsons Bay company played a huge role in creating Canada. In peak years 80% of their staff was Orcadian and they targeted Orkney folk to recruit from 1702 until 1970s. True stories of ordnar folk, for the first time with the unique view of an Orcadian female historian
#xponorth

[Carolyn Anderson 💖💜💙 @knittykittybang]

The Revenant meets Sunset Song - true stories of ordinary Orcadians in the Canadian fur trade and the impact on communities on both sides of the ocean both then and now
Social history non-fiction #xponorth