Miriam Landor
@orkml.bsky.social
Writer, psychologist, likes to loaf around in Orkney seas
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On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
August 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
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People came out to fly kites in #Orkney in support of the #Burin Kite Festival, Nablus, #Palestine. Mike Robertson captured these wonderful images for The Orkney News
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Orkney Kites Fly High in Support of the Burin Festival
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July 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
People came out to fly kites in #Orkney in support of the #Burin Kite Festival, Nablus, #Palestine. Mike Robertson captured these wonderful images for The Orkney News
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I’ve just been told BookBub has accepted ‘Stumbling Stones’! Book launches can last and last…
June 11, 2026 at 7:55 AM
I’ve just been told BookBub has accepted ‘Stumbling Stones’! Book launches can last and last…
Even the ugliest duckling of a carpet has its moment of glory… April Fun Plank day 23, 2 mins, running total 36 mins. One more week to go! Fundraising link in the comments
April 23, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Even the ugliest duckling of a carpet has its moment of glory… April Fun Plank day 23, 2 mins, running total 36 mins. One more week to go! Fundraising link in the comments
Books I read or listened to in February - so many good ones here!
March 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Books I read or listened to in February - so many good ones here!
A non-slushy valentine story - wonderful writer open.substack.com/pub/jeanette...
The Tree Angel
Valentine's Post.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
A non-slushy valentine story - wonderful writer open.substack.com/pub/jeanette...
The books I finished in January - some are brilliant (top new author find: Mary Lawson), some good-enough, some meh
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
The books I finished in January - some are brilliant (top new author find: Mary Lawson), some good-enough, some meh
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"How, then, can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold" theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/27/h...
“How, then, can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold”
In his Homily on Christmas Day, 25 December 2025, Pope Leo XIV said: “Dear brothers and sisters, since the Word was made flesh, humanity now speaks, crying out with God’s own desire to encoun…
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December 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"How, then, can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold" theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/27/h...
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Q&A about ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me.
Barbara Stevenson, a fellow Orkney author, interviewed me about my recently published memoir Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’. Barbara: Your book focuses on your …
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December 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Two book launches.
Ten years apart.
Note to self: write faster!
Kennedy, H., Landor, M., & Todd, L. (2015). Video enhanced reflective practice: professional development through attuned interactions. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Miriam Landor ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’ 2025
Ten years apart.
Note to self: write faster!
Kennedy, H., Landor, M., & Todd, L. (2015). Video enhanced reflective practice: professional development through attuned interactions. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Miriam Landor ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’ 2025
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Two book launches.
Ten years apart.
Note to self: write faster!
Kennedy, H., Landor, M., & Todd, L. (2015). Video enhanced reflective practice: professional development through attuned interactions. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Miriam Landor ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’ 2025
Ten years apart.
Note to self: write faster!
Kennedy, H., Landor, M., & Todd, L. (2015). Video enhanced reflective practice: professional development through attuned interactions. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Miriam Landor ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’ 2025
Today’s the day! Support local authors and get ahead with your Christmas shopping! 12-4, Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall, Orkney.
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Today’s the day! Support local authors and get ahead with your Christmas shopping! 12-4, Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall, Orkney.
Can you beat my score? I just scored 95 in a Second Guessing monthly challenge! #SecondGuessing www.secondguessing.net/shared/chall...
- Second Guessing
A simple game where you are asked to count a certain number of seconds. Play normal levels, Zen levels for calmness, or the monthly challenge. Completely free!
www.secondguessing.net
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Can you beat my score? I just scored 95 in a Second Guessing monthly challenge! #SecondGuessing www.secondguessing.net/shared/chall...
Writers: this is a fruitful exercise open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...
Are Your Writing Goals in Line with Your Core Values?
Wherever you are in your writing career, it’s easy to assume that what you want is big advances, a high profile, major prizes, and festival appearances because that’s what every writer wants, right?
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November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Writers: this is a fruitful exercise open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...
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Thursday 20th November at 6.30pm: Join us in the bookshop to hear Miriam Landor in conversation about Stumbling Stones. Sign up here: goldenharebooks.com/products/stu... @orkml.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thursday 20th November at 6.30pm: Join us in the bookshop to hear Miriam Landor in conversation about Stumbling Stones. Sign up here: goldenharebooks.com/products/stu... @orkml.bsky.social
If you live nearby, or have friends or family members who do, my London book event for ‘Stumbling Stones:the Holocaust, my family and me’ takes place at the Quaker Bookshop on Tuesday 18 November. All welcome! It will be lovely to see some friendly faces! bookshop.quaker.org.uk/november-18-...
NOVEMBER 18 - STUMBLING STONES – THE HOLOCAUST, MY FAMILY AND ME BOOK LAUNCH
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you live nearby, or have friends or family members who do, my London book event for ‘Stumbling Stones:the Holocaust, my family and me’ takes place at the Quaker Bookshop on Tuesday 18 November. All welcome! It will be lovely to see some friendly faces! bookshop.quaker.org.uk/november-18-...
Friends who are in or around Edinburgh on Thursday 20 November - you’re cordially invited to join me at the wonderful Golden Hare bookshop, St Stephen’s Street in Stockbridge.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Friends who are in or around Edinburgh on Thursday 20 November - you’re cordially invited to join me at the wonderful Golden Hare bookshop, St Stephen’s Street in Stockbridge.
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I just scored 93 in a Second Guessing monthly challenge! #SecondGuessing www.secondguessing.net/shared/chall...
- Second Guessing
A simple game where you are asked to count a certain number of seconds. Play normal levels, Zen levels for calmness, or the monthly challenge. Completely free!
www.secondguessing.net
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I just scored 93 in a Second Guessing monthly challenge! #SecondGuessing www.secondguessing.net/shared/chall...
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Reposted by Miriam Landor
The Testaments, Margaret Atwood:
“‘Life is not about hair,” I said then, only half jocularly. Which is true, but it is also true that hair is about life. It is the flame of the body’s candle, and as it dwindles the body shrinks and melts away.’ What a brilliant writer!
“‘Life is not about hair,” I said then, only half jocularly. Which is true, but it is also true that hair is about life. It is the flame of the body’s candle, and as it dwindles the body shrinks and melts away.’ What a brilliant writer!
August 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Testaments, Margaret Atwood:
“‘Life is not about hair,” I said then, only half jocularly. Which is true, but it is also true that hair is about life. It is the flame of the body’s candle, and as it dwindles the body shrinks and melts away.’ What a brilliant writer!
“‘Life is not about hair,” I said then, only half jocularly. Which is true, but it is also true that hair is about life. It is the flame of the body’s candle, and as it dwindles the body shrinks and melts away.’ What a brilliant writer!