A Cornish creative nobody. Leaving my mark in words and art.
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Last Notes npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox If there was a character who didn’t require a prequel to delve into their backstory, it’s Ebenezer Scrooge. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q seems odd nobody told you about the surprise party. Do they know you’re not good being out of your routine? Do they think they’re being helpful by not telling you so you can’t get anxious in the run up? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Finally! To put it into perspective: they did this for the penis nearly 30 years ago. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…c5ed @nprofile…25ct npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Looks like the UK is going back to the 1970s. 🤪 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Happy Spring Equinox / Oestara/Ēostre/Ostara 🥚 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…n2fr a lot of fantasy themes in western literature are heavily influenced by the mythology of the Celtic nations. England is only any good for stealing historical spats between the royals (eg Games of Thrones is fantasy War of the Roses). npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…5tkd personal advertising has decided I’m no longer of breeding age and (thankfully) has stopped with all the baby ads and has now categorised me into the invisible woman perimenopause age. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox It’s not Roosevelt we’re dealing with either. It’s not even George Dubuya. In fact, it’s not even the black mould that grows on the seal of my washing machine. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…n93w npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q I’d be amazed if there are writers who don’t feel like this. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox One to report and block. He’s stolen my photo and posted it to his Facebook account without my permission or crediting me. I’ve reported him to his server and reported him to Facebook. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Men-an-tol (translation: holed stone). npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Considering how well they adapted A Christmas Carol, I’m all for a Muppet version of Wuthering Heights. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…25ct And there's probably 50+ different ways to say, 'How are you?' in English. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q I binged and still read Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels after watching the ITV series with Sean Bean. 😍 😍 😂 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q I feel The Hobbit would have faired better as a standalone film. The love interest was an unnecessary addition because it watered down the themes of fellowship, kinship, nostalgia for home. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox If you need somewhere to vent about poorly adapted novels, you’re welcome to join in. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q somehow I’m 43. I’d like to think I look better for my age because I didn’t have children. 😆 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q in the gig club I’m already classed as veteran. 😆 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Enjoying my final night before the age number creeps up another digit. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q I know this one. It’s having your right foot forward. Regular is left foot. I have never been on a snowboard, but I played a lot of SSX Tricky on my PS2. 😆 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q apparently buttering is when you lean into the tail or nose of the board so the opposite end goes in the air. A bit like a snowboarding version of doing a wheelie on your bicycle. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…cm0q my husband wondered if it was another term for a snotty nose. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…zqv6 @nprofile…mdr6 Cornish recently acquired the same protection as the Welsh language and it’s not widely spoken. Bilingual signs aren’t really a thing, but it’s something that is slowly growing. I’ve lived in Cornwall all my life and I only know a smattering of Cornish (and a few good swear words). npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…hgrn they sound like how I would imagine a velociraptor to have sounded like. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…hgrn angry shouting is what jays do best. But I do like it when they leave me one of their blue feathers. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…hgrn how lovely! Cursive should never be allowed to die. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…n93w I do like foxes, and I certainly blame Colin Dann and his Animals of Farthing Wood series for instilling this as Fox was one of the main characters. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Has anyone tried switching the USA off and back on again? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…zshf I find fennel is a good sacrificial plant for deterring aphids from plants you'd rather they kept away from. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…m8jv some newspaper research yesterday had me finding stuff from anti vaxers in the late 19th century. We haven’t changed much. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…m8jv I tell anyone that uses it that they need to ask it questions on a subject they know deeply to see how flawed it is. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf my friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in the places that I used to play… npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 all writing is productive. It's helping you hone in your craft, even if no one else reads it. But it might also spark a new story, or a phrase used might end up getting reused or reworked for a new story. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 my sisters used to take their children there all the time and it was extortionate back then, I’d hate to think how much it is now. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 I’d take the Norfolk wilderness in a one man tent than go to a Center Parc (why can’t they spell it properly?). npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 you’re coming here to Cornwall? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf and over here I wish it would stop raining because I have water pissing from the ceiling and the roofer won't be starting until Monday. 😭 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 you mean there was actually a break in the clouds over the UK? We had a rain and gales weather warning yesterday. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf I hope I do the same. There are other ways to highlight such qualities. Class, would be a good example where it's easy to show someone is rich without physically describing them. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf that's an interesting trick. Is a newer, younger one more beneficial? Less physical aches and pains, or is youth celebrated in the world building? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf I also write fantasy, so diversity is different for me, too. But I do try to add in enough world building and character descriptions to show the melting pot of different people and cultures. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 I was thinking something subtle like deliberate shellfish poisoning. But it could work up to a mass murder as depicted in the film The Menu. That ending was brilliantly bizarre. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Husband: What did we eat last night? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…3tmd you can switch it off. But like all things, I wish they were opt in. I don't see why the default is everyone automatically has it. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf I remember going onto Goodreads and being so relieved to find I wasn’t the only one to find Lila Bard from the Darker Shade of Magic trilogy to be the most unlikeable of protagonists. I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t read a book, hoping the main characters lose and lose badly. 🤣 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf typically, the only time I look at reviews is after I’ve read the book. Usually, it’s because I’ve read an award winning novel that has had heaps of praise showered over it, and I’m looking to see if anyone else believed it was as rubbish as I thought it to be. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 at least you can give them back. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…as30 I did spy festive stuff in the supermarkets back in August. It did feel mildly festive today as I spent most of it in the kitchen cooking a roast. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox I dislike the sudden appearance of Christmas adverts on the telly… npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…90le I can imagine. I’m curious to see if changes how I write. I except I will put more thought into the words I’m about to put down rather than just getting words down knowing i can edit later. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…90le I have a mood for analog at the moment. I’m tempted to hand write the first draft of my next novel which I hope to start proper next month. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf I'm mildly surprised he hasn't repainted the White House gold. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…zshf unless it’s hack. And there have been some big ones recently. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…90le fun! not quite urban, but the rocks used to make the local breakwater where I grew up had hundreds of fossils. That was a fun way to spend a sunny afternoon. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…mwjf It creeps up with my characters. One is menopausal. One has undiagnosed endometriosis and is the adventurous protagonist despite feeling like shite for most of the time. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Do periods exist in your fictional worlds? Do they cause debilitating cramps? Do they throw your characters out of kilter when the perimenopause kicks in? Do women put off creepy men who lust after them by showing them the contents of their menstrual rag?* npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…y3mz all I can remember from those films is in the first film a guy gives the main female character a coat that’s massive on her. But in each scene it shrinks ever so slightly until it fits her perfectly. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #SundayLitQ npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…0qap I really don't understand why we create stories about heroes and villains and everybody would rather be the villain. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v but for the vast majority that isn’t an option because of money and other commitments. Then you have to make the best you can with the free time and precious cash you have left once all the bills are paid. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #WritersCoffeeClub Have you ever gone away somewhere special expressly to write? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #SundayLitQ npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #SundayLitQ npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #SundayLitQ npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #SundayLit #SundayLitQ npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #SundayLitQ npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Any writers from Cornwall might be interested in this. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v wow. Enjoy the trip. My husband grows bonsai and I have a zen-practicing dad and I do reiki. I doubt I will ever visit but I would love to experience the rural places and go to the gardens and the mountains. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…y3mz it depends on how you look at it. For me the 31st October marks the beginning of winter and the new year. It's a time to honour the ancestors and the dead. A time to take stock. To plant the seeds/ideas which need the dark and cold in order to germinate once spring comes. It is a time to turn my gaze inward at the inner work I want to do. What inner housekeeping is needed? What do I want to clear out and what do I want to nurture? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v I regularly mute the hashtags because they are too repetitive on my feed. I feel my answers add nothing new and they rarely spark conversations, even when I’ve made an effort to comment on other people taking part. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…y3mz I’ve not even read the book yet! npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v Intimacy (into me you see) is powerful because it shows the reader when two characters are able to be honest and open with one another. Plus it is an opportunity to show if a character can be open and honest with themselves. It's so much more than sexual intimacy. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…gwm4 It’s not a genre I write, but I’m wondering if this has a similar blurring between epic fantasy stories with a big romance subplot and romantasy stories with a main romance plot within an epic fantasy setting. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox What do you think makes for good alt text? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v I've read a lot of fantasy novels where characters who are followers of a one true god are portrayed in a bad light. Especially in medieval fantasy as it mirrors the early Middle Ages when christianity was exploding and killing the old ways. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox If money wasn’t an issue, where would you arrange a #WordWeavers writing retreat? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…myfn Ah, I'm a bit similar. I grew up near a witchcraft museum. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…myfn thanks for the link. I visited Vancouver when I was 10. I remember the totems in Stanley Park, but was too young for the mythology to sink in. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…myfn now I’m intrigued to read up on the Canadian First Nations. I play with Welsh mythology in some of mine, but being Cornish I’m practically cousins with them, so there is a lot of overlap. But that is the case with a lot of folklore. The Wild Hunt is a good example. Their myth spans across much of Europe. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…myfn your last sentence is a good point. There’s a lot of romantasy about that relies on myth from Celtic cultures, which has irritated some seeing their culture reduced to fairy porn. There was even an American author using cultural names and not even bothering to learn how to pronounce them. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #ScribesAndMakers Which of these would you like best for a weekend creative retreat: lake house, mountain cabin, city apartment, or oceanside hotel? Alone or with others? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Forget baby name websites, I go wandering around graveyards to look for character names. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v I’ve been drying a lot of mine this year so I can enjoy them in the winter. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v Those scenes were certainly an uncomfortable read but done carefully and sympathetically by the author. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v I'm not keen on sex scenes on-page as a writer and reader. Like other bodily functions, I assume it happens. The story needs a reason to show it. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v I had planned a romance in the book I'm querying, but it felt too much like a horribly forced insta-love, which was not at all who the characters were. In the end I settled for building their friendship and hint at a future romance at the end of the story. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v I've always struggled to plan romance because I give my characters too much free rein and they end up not wanting to fall in love with one another. 😄 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v I wish this mentality was the norm. But culturally women either shouldn’t be seen, but if they are seen, they must look young and beautiful. What saddens me even more are women who work in the beauty industry and shams other women to look better. I thought we were becoming more accepting after the photoshopping era, but now weight loss drugs is fuelling fat-shaming again. Preteens are told they’re rotting and are already partaking in long skincare routines. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox #ScribesAndMakers What's the funniest needlework you've ever made or seen? Can you share a picture. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…a0z2 I love spinach. I also like cooking up stinging nettles as they’re a good spinach substitute and a weed so free to forage. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox Foods I can’t stand? npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…a0z2 give your peas to me! I always make extra because I love their sweetness and freshness. There’s nothing better than growing your own and eating them straight from the pod. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…myfn apparently maggots were a good protein source when we were hunter/gathers. Hunt a larger animal down. Take some of the meat to eat. Leave some for the maggots and then keep harvesting them! npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v It might be worth asking the older relatives you've mentioned. But speaking with those who've yet to go through these things is also of benefit since you are sharing your experiences and the listening aspect will help you while they gain knowledge from your experience. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…009v 💚 npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox It's highly likely that societal collapse is coming. We might avoid it if nobody acted like a dick. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox @nprofile…tzh3 yum yum! Enjoy Lughnasdh. npub1zwrtj4682lpyd9g0rfxc67pddja8q4smmh563n52s3gfgm97p5csfv7lnt Emma Cox After @nprofile…gmkt and others suggestions, I added a background to my twisted oak tree pen and ink sketch.
