Rachael Beale / flossieteacake.bsky.social

It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. This year’s ‘theme’ is anxiety, but I wanted to say something both more general and more personal, since anxiety isn’t something I can speak to from my own experience or that of my loved ones. 🧵 #MHAW2023

We will no longer be posting on X.

woe! woe! been waiting anxiously for the @VanderlyleR email announcing the superlative cashew parfait jars & OF COURSE it arrived when I was between station & desk & OF COURSE it had sold out by the time I opened my email. woe and thrice woe.

Helping out at @camlitfest today & starting off by slipping into the back of David Nicholls’ event with @hattiehattie - packed! Nearly everything sold out today but the odd ticket around if you’re quick… plus livestreams for some. cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/whats-on/

@anattendantlord It was pretty bad tbh.

Is there anything more fitting than sitting reading a book about the deep scars that adolescence can cause, while waiting for people to turn up for the ‘alumni drinks’ of the school responsible for your own adolescent scarring? I think not.

Put a text shortcut on my phone so that ‘ctf’ expands to ‘Cat fed, watered, tray cleaned’ – a phrase I use daily to warn the clan the cat is LYING if he claims to be hungry – and I think I’ll go back to bed now because frankly nothing today’s going to top that for achievement.

@Heather_Bounce Me either & I’m still not totally clear on why I did this time. Literally no one there from my era anyway! Maybe better that way….

@FlossieTeacake Oh hugs! I never go to high school things, tooo ghastly. Maybe a sign of emotional maturity (certainly of your ongoing bravery) to show up / face into it though. I’m not quite there yet! Xx

@anattendantlord I tried most of the alternatives but haven’t really clicked with anywhere. And yet and yet: posting here feels morally compromising & faintly grubby. And still another yet: I can’t quite bring myself to actually leave.

@BetaRish What a splendid sentence

@RobertHanks 😭

All hail Queen Terry. (Goddess, really.)

@greateranglia hi, can't DM because I'm not verified. Is there any way of getting receipts reissued at your stations? I was massively delayed on Saturday but my ticket was retained by the barrier at my destination & I wasn't issued a receipt, so I can't claim delay repay. Thanks.

@lizzycampbell It's behind a paywall or I'd link to it... will DM you a PDF when I'm back on Monday!

Spotted in BookBrunch @lizzycampbell #amazingperson #talentedbrilliantdedicated

Current mood: - reading article entitled ‘10 Ways To Destroy Your Narcissistic Ex-Boyfriend’ (for clarity: not my boyfriend) - searching Facebook Marketplace for pulpits (go on, try it) - Terry’s chocolate orange minis with popping candy.

Me: there literally isn’t enough cupboard space for all the mugs we own already, someone needs to start breaking them strategically Also me: but look at Jon McNaught’s CUTE LITTLE @LRB BISCUITS ok maybe just one more it can live permanently on the table right?

@EmilyDourish @alisonbarrow @nicolaupsonbook @theUL Also bloody love Nicola Upson.

@EmilyDourish @alisonbarrow @nicolaupsonbook @theUL OMG CASE HISTORIES!!!! Emily, how is this even possible? (I had some problems with the local geography but none at all with the overall excellence. I envy you the discovery before you.)

Every now and again I get to do something that the pre-working-in-books me would have KILLED for (reference absolutely intended) and this is one of them. Early news of Kate Atkinson’s new Jackson Brodie? YES PLEASE. Thank you to the moon & back @alisonbarrow 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻