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Evening meal. But on the Aunt Lily blog. Eat, drink & be very well read! Magic. Will there be cake? Of course.

Today it's my turn on the Aunt Lily blog Tour. And what a triumph! Second in a coming trilogy & adding so much more wool wrapped magic. A world of Ley Lines Witches & dark deeds. A lot of research here shows. There is more cake of course. But also horse drawn caravans, Spirits, Hebden Bridge. Read!

I’m old enough to remember when the BBC started their obsession with dead parrots 🤨

The second book in the Aunt Lily series is here! Well researched absorbing piece of world building on the Yorkshire Moors. Ley lines magic & timeless threats of gates to evil. Our seemingly immortal wool wrapped saviour. Hebden Bridge. Horse drawn caravans. Travelling Roma history. Spirits & danger.

Church roofs. Stunning views. Amazing stonework. Faith moves mountains of stone. No matter if you believe or not. It's fascinating.

I find it depressing that for all the death, destruction and despair Trump is forcing on the world, the disgusting behaviour, the Epstein files, the criminality, all the lies… yet the one thing that causes Americans to turn on him is the cost of living.

Thank you to the hundreds of devoted supporters who were there to cheer me on at the press conference today.

Breakfast! Well, brunch. Ideas?

The Knights left watch towers on every piece of coast here. To guard against pirates, slavers & invaders. Today they watch for the new invaders who are guests, the tourists. History everywhere under this burning sun.

Sunday 6 PM. The medieval bells are jangling. The citadella broods across from my armchair. Those clouds caressing bastions for centuries. I sit here held by times weight & yesterday's lives. Tomorrow? It's not promised to us. Unknown natural shocks. Today is real but drawn in pencil lead & shadow.

Extras in every edition of our #Murderbot graphic novel that we haven't mentioned in a while: a new and exclusive Murderbot short story by @marthawells.com and an introduction by David Dastmalchian! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

There's never been a better example of "Fool's Gold."

DEATH sighed as the screen froze "Empires, they love to invade each other inventing ever more efficient ways to kill, yet the real enemy is me" FAMINE tasted the amuse bouche "Science did a good job of slowing you my friend, but they prefer magic" WAR stood "Well science gave me drones so I love it"

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Overcast but love the mast, a throwback to a glorious past.

The MAGA song: I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of mumbles Such are promises All lies & jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear & disregards the rest The bridge over troubled water is on fire. They are fanning flames rather than having to cross it to look for America. Neon God?

Meghan says she was informed about 'disturbing allegations' against her father in 2018 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... They knew, they all knew. The Mail, the Royals and they let everyone vilify her for disowning her father.

Exile on Main Street. I just had a crystal clear memory of buying New Musical Express with a free flexy disc that promoted it. Scratchy, jangly, bluesy with a sort of pirate feel. Curved Air track too. Saw them live that year so must have been around 1972/3. Funny how that popped into my head.

Just a few of my pals who’ve put their weight behind my quest to help #SaveSquareChapelArts in Halifax. But my eternal gratitude goes to each and every single one of you good people out there who’ve supported my cause… you are bloody awesome! 🙌 x

A community arts centre, staging events and performances for ordinary people, in an ordinary Yorkshire town. Doesn't seem much to ask for, does it? My Bluesky friends, could you please repost Reece's message below, to bring this to as many people's attention as possible? Thanks 👍

Look at the amazing support for Reece Dinsdale's campaign to save Square Chapel Arts Centre 👇 www.canncomms.co.uk/post/open-le... #SaveSquareChapel #ForTheLoveofArts #Yorkshire #OpenLetter @reecedinsdale.bsky.social

🎶 ‘I get by with a little help from my friends’ 🎶 But a huge THANK YOU to each and every one of you good people out there who has shown support in my quest to help #SaveSquareChapelArts 🙌 #Halifax Let’s make some noise! 🥁

Brunch. Blue sky thinking. Friends messages full of frosty morning heating stories & extra duvet nights. Here? Well, it's 25c & Ottoman Eggs. No regrets. gozosunsetstay.com

So proud of my boy. Still only 22, & tonight he launches his first range of athleisure wear… designed by himself! It’s called matchr. You can find it on instagram on the link below. Please share if you like what you see. 🤞 www.instagram.com/matchr.clo?o...

Every gothic horror:

Fruit. Fresh fruit. I am eating some. I feel a saintly glow. Personally I think it's a hunger urge for a giant croissant or chocolate or affogato. Back to the fruit. Yummy. 🍰 Stop it imagination. If there is fruit on cake is it a healthy option? I really think it is. As long as I eat the fruit.

DEATH slammed down the laptop "Passwords! Why do they need resetting as soon as you want to do something important?" WAR grunted "Annoying on the battlefield too, it's all electronic now & who has time to remember your first pet's name?" FAMINE jumped up "Bones, my pet cactus name" Time stood still

DEATH looked at PESTILENCE "A business plan to make us a tourist destination?" WAR sniggered "Saying it's the last place you will ever visit could be the truth, do we have to act as guides to the meat sacks?" FAMINE grinned "Food outlets, so many franchise opportunities" PESTILENCE coughed "Germs!"

Ferry back home from Malta. Sunset on a hot day. Shimmer.

I’ve written an open letter (found IN the link below) in my attempt to help #SaveSquareChapelArts (Halifax) & managed to get a group of well-known pals to back my cause. 🙌 I’d be enormously grateful if you could read the letter & repost. 🙏🏻 Many thanks x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/open-le...

WAR was throwing an axe at the Trump picture "Why Gozo when we could be based anywhere in space & time?" FAMINE crunched a pastizzi "Why not?" DEATH rattled bony fingers "Ease of travel, great scenery, timeless place, deep caves & tunnels & no one cares about Gozo, its stable" The Pale horse farted

Cheesecake. In a Can. The food you can get delivered here is extensive. But this one was a surprise! It was very tasty and at €6 a not too guilty pleasure. The modern world continues to amaze me.

Much of the media isn’t picking up on the ITV investigation into Reform UK (WONDER WHY???). Anyway, I wrote about it for LBC Views and more specifically how if we tolerate this we will become the United States - www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

The £40k stretch goal would give me the chance to introduce you to four more great artists on the @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk #Murderbot graphic novel! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

COVID. Care Homes. UK government. 43,000 deaths. Do not pretend COVID is fake! Do not ignore the inquiry. Many died due to the failures, lies & corruption that marked its passage across the UK. World wide it killed millions. There are huge failures of government still glossed over. Accountability?

For those of you who’ve been following my quest to help #SaveSquareChapelArts in Halifax, I haven’t stopped…it’s just that me & my fellow collaborators are presently in a waiting game to see if we’ve made the cut to take our interest to the next stage. Fingers crossed & stay tuned! 🙏🏻

Oh, honey . . . You don’t even know how to close that umbrella.

I’ll be at MCM London this Friday, on a panel about adaptations at 2pm (talking #Murderbot) and signing with @rachaelsmith.bsky.social at 5pm at her table A15, both in Artists’ Alley.

You sit at home confident you will never suffer like Gaza or Ukraine? Your defence is in the hands of people who see you as useful idiots. 🎼Every breath you take 🎼Every move you make 🎼Every bond they break 🎼Every step you take 🎼They'll be watching you Every Single Day Song credit: Secret Police

TV Subtitles. Gods way of telling you are old. Yet the greatest invention. Ever. It's a film. It's a TV series It's a book. It's a play. It's no longer confusing. Even a Scandinavian noir does not hide in plain sight. Who dun it? Well, here's my theory, based on several Easter eggs I noticed.☑️