drdeberg
@drdesdemona.bsky.social
Medieval & early modern scholar
Feminist harpy
Kitchen & hedge witch
Herbivorous killjoy
Feminist harpy
Kitchen & hedge witch
Herbivorous killjoy
This is a truly spectacular (and extremely useful) coinage.
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is a truly spectacular (and extremely useful) coinage.
Lá Fhéile Bríde, blessed Imbolc, and white rabbits! "O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" 🐰💨❄️🌞🌹
February 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Lá Fhéile Bríde, blessed Imbolc, and white rabbits! "O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" 🐰💨❄️🌞🌹
"Have you heard of cheese? Allow me to explain..."
January 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Have you heard of cheese? Allow me to explain..."
On this date in 1649, Charles I performed his amazing floating hat trick at Whitehall.
January 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
On this date in 1649, Charles I performed his amazing floating hat trick at Whitehall.
See also: taking a bath and getting into my pajamas.
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
See also: taking a bath and getting into my pajamas.
It would be funny if it weren't so completely plausible.
January 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It would be funny if it weren't so completely plausible.
I, for one, welcome our new baby overlords.
January 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I, for one, welcome our new baby overlords.
This is a lovely tribute from Dominic Dromgoole.
Claire van Kampen: a world-class theatre composer and bright star of Shakespeare’s Globe
The pianist, director and playwright of Farinelli and the King, which starred her husband Mark Rylance, is remembered by the Globe’s former artistic director
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a lovely tribute from Dominic Dromgoole.
"Take me to bee town, Thomas."
January 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Take me to bee town, Thomas."
(And that's all I have to say on that subject.)
January 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(And that's all I have to say on that subject.)
Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah! To all my friends who are celebrating, may this time be filled with love, peace, comfort, and all good things. And God bless us, every one!
❤️ ❄️ 🎄 🕎☃️ 🎁 🌟
❤️ ❄️ 🎄 🕎☃️ 🎁 🌟
December 25, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah! To all my friends who are celebrating, may this time be filled with love, peace, comfort, and all good things. And God bless us, every one!
❤️ ❄️ 🎄 🕎☃️ 🎁 🌟
❤️ ❄️ 🎄 🕎☃️ 🎁 🌟
Wishing a happy winter solstice to my Northern Hemisphere friends, and a cool Yule to all. May warmth, peace, and love balance the chilly darkness as we turn back towards the light!
❤🎄🔥🌟❄️☮️
❤🎄🔥🌟❄️☮️
December 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Wishing a happy winter solstice to my Northern Hemisphere friends, and a cool Yule to all. May warmth, peace, and love balance the chilly darkness as we turn back towards the light!
❤🎄🔥🌟❄️☮️
❤🎄🔥🌟❄️☮️
"Mrs. Cratchit said that now the weight was off her mind, she would confess she had had her doubts about the quantity of...GAAAAAAAH!"
December 5, 2024 at 1:59 PM
"Mrs. Cratchit said that now the weight was off her mind, she would confess she had had her doubts about the quantity of...GAAAAAAAH!"
“A pub is for life, not just for Christmas.” (Think twice before giving someone a freehouse this holiday season!)
December 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM
“A pub is for life, not just for Christmas.” (Think twice before giving someone a freehouse this holiday season!)
"Sorry -something came up."
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
"Sorry -something came up."
I'm enjoying my UK friends & family's snow photos! (Meanwhile, here in Massachusetts it’s going to be 57°F/14C° today. Oof.)
November 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I'm enjoying my UK friends & family's snow photos! (Meanwhile, here in Massachusetts it’s going to be 57°F/14C° today. Oof.)
The photo caption should read "Landlady Mandy Davis (left) of the Kings Head pub in Finsbury Park, London, raises a glass to pubs on Friday."
Sticky carpets, pickled eggs and pints for a fiver: why there’s life in the old-school boozer yet
Pubs are closing at an alarming rate, but a new list of London’s best reveals a preference for traditional ‘wet-led’ venues, with Irish music nights and seat-stealing cats
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:05 PM
The photo caption should read "Landlady Mandy Davis (left) of the Kings Head pub in Finsbury Park, London, raises a glass to pubs on Friday."
A useful and timely reminder: get on with it.
November 17, 2024 at 4:53 PM
A useful and timely reminder: get on with it.
