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Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.

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Vase with tulips, a card, glass on the desk, and again a view of the wall of her studio with various cards and paintings, and a bookshelf.

Vase with tulips, a card, glass on the desk, and again a view of the wall of her studio with various cards and paintings, and a bookshelf.

#SomethingBeautiful another still life from my aunt, Mary Lace, Vase with Tulips.

07.03.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pebbles the tabby-Bengal cat sleeping in luxury on top of a small couch cushion that is on top of a purple velvet blanket.

Pebbles the tabby-Bengal cat sleeping in luxury on top of a small couch cushion that is on top of a purple velvet blanket.

(I can't photograph her without waking her up, so here is a photo from Monday instead.)

05.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of wren, description from ebird: β€˜A small, warbler-like wren of Andean cloud forest. Plumage is gray and white with a barred tail and vent, brownish crown, and faint streaking on the head. When seen from below in poor lighting conditions, the barred tail is usually the best feature to look for. Stays high in the canopy and is almost always encountered with mixed-species flocks. Vocalizations are very high-pitched and include gravelly trills and siren-like whistles.’

Photo of wren, description from ebird: β€˜A small, warbler-like wren of Andean cloud forest. Plumage is gray and white with a barred tail and vent, brownish crown, and faint streaking on the head. When seen from below in poor lighting conditions, the barred tail is usually the best feature to look for. Stays high in the canopy and is almost always encountered with mixed-species flocks. Vocalizations are very high-pitched and include gravelly trills and siren-like whistles.’

Wren of the Day:
Grey-mantled Wren
πŸ“· Mario CΓ³rdoba H.

05.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's always time for this anti-fascist moment from Casablanca.

06.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 632 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

I can't see them either. I'm convinced they're a scam. Either that or it's "the emperor's new magic eye picture" thing.

06.03.2026 08:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Or What You Will: A Novel Amazon.com: Or What You Will: A Novel eBook : Walton, Jo: Kindle Store

"She won't let me tell all the stories. She says it'll make them all sound the same."

Or What You Will, my fantasy novel about story, Florence, imaginary friends and real friends too is just $2.99 as an ebook today (probably just US, probably just today, who knows.)

www.amazon.com/dp/B07QPGSYL...

06.03.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A pink rosebud in a clear glass vase, with a fringed cloth hanging behind and lots of reflections

A pink rosebud in a clear glass vase, with a fringed cloth hanging behind and lots of reflections

#SomethingBeautiful another still life from my aunt, Mary Lace: Rose in Norwegian Vase.

Alas, this vase, a gift from a friend in 1976, got broken last summer, but it lives on in this painting.

06.03.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Virago cover of Renault’s The King Must Die

Virago cover of Renault’s The King Must Die

Continuing books I’ve loved. This is a cover I’ve never seen, but really like. The book? For me it is Renault’s best, and she’s just superb. #worldbookday

05.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrate #WorldBookDay with a look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the β€œmodern” book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-book-covers-1820-1914

05.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
Starred Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Ada Palmer and JoΒ Walton Library Journal:Β This collection of essays, some original and many revised and updated, represents a wide range of thought and many sterling examples of what makes science fiction and fantasy popular and so appealing for readers, along with what causes some readers not to like it. They also offer insight into where the speculative fiction conversation with itself, its past, and its readership is going in the future.

Starred Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Ada Palmer and JoΒ Walton

Library Journal:Β This collection of essays, some original and many revised and updated, represents a wide range of thought and many sterling examples of what makes science fiction and fantasy popular and so appealing for readers, along…

05.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In Time of War 4: Remembering the Falklands | Jo Walton Get more from Jo Walton on Patreon

New sonnet on my Patreon Remembering the Falklands www.patreon.com/posts/152218...

05.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's been some time since I posted. I Had a lot of stuff happening in my life. This piece is my oc falling to Wonderland✨️ #blueskyart #art #oc #digitalart #dnd #wonderland wink wink I may be writing a book on my oc 🌟

05.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A cream jug on a table, with a cloth with oranges, on the wall behind a study of a man sitting on a bed.

A cream jug on a table, with a cloth with oranges, on the wall behind a study of a man sitting on a bed.

#SomethingBeautiful another still life from my aunt, Mary Lace. The painting on the wall is one she did in college.

05.03.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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In Time of War 3 | Jo Walton Get more from Jo Walton on Patreon

Here's another one www.patreon.com/posts/in-tim...

04.03.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Elephant in reds and pinks, with an ear that looks like a trefoil, attacked by blue dragon wrapped around it.
Aberdeen Bestiary, University of Aberdeen, MS 24

Elephant in reds and pinks, with an ear that looks like a trefoil, attacked by blue dragon wrapped around it. Aberdeen Bestiary, University of Aberdeen, MS 24

Medieval elephant!
Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts
#SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky #elephants

02.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it is really good.

04.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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In Time of War 3 | Jo Walton Get more from Jo Walton on Patreon

Here's another one www.patreon.com/posts/in-tim...

04.03.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In Montreal, no, and people I've talked to about it are unaware of real robins and kind of fond of the migratory pink-breasted thrushes because they herald the coming of spring.

04.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Artwork of a woman with black hair in a bright yellow dress holding flowers. Leafless tree in the background.

Artwork of a woman with black hair in a bright yellow dress holding flowers. Leafless tree in the background.

Spring's Promise, Marjorie Miller (circa 1925).

03.03.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Now Live: Renaissance Medals Online The ANS is pleased to announce the launch of Renaissance Medals Online (RMO), a new, open-source research tool focused on the beginnings of medallic art in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth …

It's been online for a few weeks while putting on the final touches, but we are formally announcing the launch of Renaissance Medals Online, starting with the condottieri of Italy, with large contributions from the National Gallery of Art, British Museum, and Berlin: numismatics.org/pocketchange...

03.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

This is fabulous, tbh.

03.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sad but accurate

04.03.2026 05:44 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh me too. I always call it "American Robin" as if it has Robin for a middle name like "Christopher Robin". The worst thing is that they migrate and come back in spring, while real robins stay all year. I don't blame modern people, but the colonizers who saw those and called them robins were fools.

04.03.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”΄ OFERTA

Durante marzo pueden comprar por solo 4,27€ Entre extraΓ±os, de Jo Walton.

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04.03.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes, she paints every day, often through all the hours of daylight, and as soon as one is done she's setting up another one.

04.03.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A windowsill with a vase of anemones, and a window with a lace curtain, some walnuts, and behind a Matisse painting of anemones, various shadows and reflections

A windowsill with a vase of anemones, and a window with a lace curtain, some walnuts, and behind a Matisse painting of anemones, various shadows and reflections

#SomethingBeautiful another still life from my aunt Mary Lace, Matisse Anemones.

04.03.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, we're doing at event in Seminary Co-Op in Chicago on March 30th from 4-5pm.

03.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My guess would be cost, and technical print issues in earlier years, but I don't know. @malf.bsky.social do you know?

03.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Autorinnen, die ich gerne lese.
Eine Autorin pro Tag, den ganzen Monat hindurch, in zufΓ€lliger Reihenfolge.

Tag 3: Jo Walton
Lieblingsbuch: Die Stunde der Rotkehlchen

GesamtΓΌbersicht >> www.sf-lit.de/31-autorinnen/

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#31Autorinnen #JedenTagEineAutorin #Frauenlesen #Weltfrauentag #Weltfrauenmonat

03.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spring in Time of War | Jo Walton Get more from Jo Walton on Patreon

New sonnet on my Patreon: Spring in Time of War www.patreon.com/posts/spring...

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