#remembrance sunday 15

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Timeline: Part 8 - November 2017

For earlier timeline posts: click here or here.

The one where Meghan's hustle finally starts paying off.

Also, Meghan's PR loyalties begin changing during this month. By mid-December 2017, she's stopped leaking to her usual sources - Star Magazine, US Weekly, and E News.

And when the engagement is announced, you can watch the official stories of how Meghan and Harry met begin changing in real-time.

11/1/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/2/2017: Meghan teases an engagement with adoption of a royal wardrobe.

11/3/2017: Meghan's role on a 2009 TV show resurfaces. Samantha Markle reveals internal family racism towards Doria and Meghan, and William's friends reopen a nightclub that Harry used to party at.

11/4/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/5/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/6/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/7/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/8/2017: Soho Farmhouse announces expansion plans. Meghan merches beauty products and calls Kate a fashion copycat.

11/9/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/10/2017: A television program searches for a Meghan Markle lookalike.

11/11/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/12/2017: Remembrance Sunday for the UK. The press points out that Harry is breaking military code by keeping his beard whilst wearing a military uniform. Doria sells her high school photos to the Daily Mail.

11/13/2017: Meghan papped filming wedding scenes for Suits.

11/14/2017: Meghan papped again on Suits sets. She fuels engagement rumors by hinting she plans to leave the show (but technically she already confirmed it last month).

11/15/2017: Affair rumors about Prince Philip resurface, ahead of The Crown Season 2 release. Promos reveal that the season will focus on tension in Philip and Elizabeth's marriage.

11/16/2017: Meghan lays groundwork for a PR narrative that the royal family is jealous of her popularity by reminding everyone that The Queen and Prince Philip were angry about Diana's popularity.

11/17/2017: Meghan's body-double/Suits stand-in reveals Meghan is moving to London soon. Meghan moves her dogs to the UK and merches her boots.

11/18/2017: Genealogists discover that Meghan's ancestor was beheaded by Henry VIII.

11/19/2017: Meghan owes her celebrity to her father's lottery win. Diana's former lover, Hasnat Khan, announces his engagement.

11/20/2017: The Queen and Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of marriage and Her Majesty appoints Philip Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. The royals celebrate with a swanky party at Windsor Castle; Meghan is not invited (her absence is confirmed next month). Meanwhile:

Meghan is papped arriving at the UK airport.

Samantha Markle gives an interview declaring desire to be invited to the royal wedding.

Financial reports announce that the Royal Family has contributed 1.8 billion pounds to the UK economy.

A rumor begins that Prince George will make a special guest appearance on Fireman Sam.

11/21/2017: Meghan is papped in London doing her Christmas shopping. She leaks to US Weekly that she has officially moved out of her Toronto house, her furniture was put into storage, and her personal belongings have been shipped to the UK.

The Daily Mail fires a warning to Meghan about how the 'needy' King Edward trapped Wallis Simpson and made it so she couldn't leave him. The implication is that Harry is similarly needy and will trap Meghan in a similar unhappiness.

11/22/2017: Meghan merches her scarf.

11/23/2017: Meghan gets a facial and merches the spa, fueling engagement rumors.

11/24/2017: Revisiting Prince Philip's stag party. Kensington Palace announces William and Kate will attend the Royal Variety Performance. Meghan leaks to E News that she and Harry are "practically" engaged, fueling more engagement rumors.

11/25/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

11/26/2017: Meghan merches her facialist and her treatment. The Daily Mail scoops Buckingham Palace and reveals an announcement is coming. They also recap Harry and Meghan's relationship and reveal that both Doria and Meghan have received RPO security details.

11/27/2017: Kensington Palace announces the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and:

The Telegraph republishes its "Meghan Markle: The Making of a Hollywood Princess" story.

Meghan merches her coat, shoes, health tips, beauty, skincare, and boots.

They hint at receiving Sussex titles.

Revisiting all of Harry's ex-girlfriends.

Meet Meghan's besties and potential bridesmaids.

The Markle family comments on the royal engagement.

Meghan and Harry will live in Nottingham Cottage.

How Meghan Markle went from seedy LA tenement to the Palace.

How Catholic Meghan Markle survived her parents' LA divorce.

Meghan's life in photos

Meet the Markles

Meghan and Crown Princess Mary (of Denmark) are style sisters.

Mishal Husain was hand-picked by Harry to conduct the engagement interview.

Speculation about the wedding dress begins, with Meghan teasing an Australian designer.

Meghan leaks to US Weekly that she and Harry spent the weekend away before announcing their engagement.

Meghan leaks about her preparation and support from Harry to become royal.

Diana and Meghan would have been best friends.

Meghan retires from acting.

How Meghan tamed Harry

Royal fashion showdown: Meghan, Diana, and Kate

11/28/2017: Engagement coverage continues.

Violet von Wesetenholz is the royal matchmaker.

Doria gives a statement on the engagement.

Meghan's sixth grade school photos are published.

Meghan's sexy online photos resurface.

Quid pro quo: How Meghan supports her friends

Meghan and Harry merch Luckington Manor as a prospective home.

No, it's not Violet. The royal matchmaker is Misha Nonoo.

Harry papped at the gym in Chelsea.

Meghan did the calligraphy for Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding.

Actually, Markus Anderson is the royal matchmaker. (I believe this one; the source is US Weekly, which is a confirmed Meghan ally. The Violet and Misha stories are from the Daily Mail.)

Samantha Markle says Thomas wants to walk Meghan down the aisle.

Meghan leaks that she and Harry secretly visited The Queen after announcing engagement.

See? Meghan can do royal glam too -- 11 times she won the red carpet.

Meghan merches her fashion sense and style.

11/29/2017: Engagement coverage continues.

All about Meghan's genealogy (again)

Meghan reveals Bogart was too old to fly and was left behind in Canada. She also leaks that the BRF is forcing her to stop acting and that the BRF is also making her stop her private charity work.

Meghan the humanitarian

Ninaki Preddy sells pictures to the Daily Mail. The motherlode includes a photograph of Meghan posing outside Buckingham Palace.

Meghan expected to join the royal family at Sandringham for Christmas.

Meghan merches tongue massages.

Aaron Korsh, the creator of Suits, reveals that Meghan was written out of Suits in 2016.

Meghan leaks her expectations to be better than Princess Grace of Monaco.

Meghan merches her beauty routine again.

11/30/2017: New day, same story.

Meghan is on the cover of Elle France.

Meghan merches her nose.

Meghan's soap commercial resurfaces.

Meghan's sorority pictures are published.

Kensington Palace announces wedding will be in May.

Remember when Meghan was a fashion expert/consultant for the Today show?

Northwestern University remembers Meghan.

Meghan has royal ancestors.

How will Meghan become a British citizen?

[queerasfact]

Queer Calendar 2023

We put together a calendar of key (mostly queer) dates at the start of the year to help us with scheduling - so I thought I’d share it around! Including pride and visibility days, some queer birthdays and anniversaries, and a few other bits and bobs. Click the links for more info - I dream one day of having a queer story for every day of the year!

This is obviously not an exhaustive list - if I’ve overlooked something important to you, feel free to add it in the reblogs!

January

3 - Bisexual American jazz-age heiress Henrietta Bingham born 1901

8 - Queer Australian bushranger Captain Moonlite born 1845; gay American art collector Ned Warren born 1860

11 - Pennsylvania celebrates Rosetta Tharpe Day in honour of bisexual musician Rosetta Tharpe

12 - Japanese lesbian author Nobuko Yoshiya born 1896

22 - Lunar New Year (Year of the Rabbit)

24 - Roman emperor Hadrian, famous for his relationship with Antinous, born 76CE; gay Prussian King Frederick the Great born 1712

27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February

LGBT+ History Month (UK, Hungary)

Black History Month (USA and Canada)

1 - Feast of St Brigid, a saint especially important to Irish queer women

5 - Operation Soap, a police raid on gay bathhouses in Toronto, Canada, spurs massive protests, 1981

7 - National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (USA)

18 - US Black lesbian writer and activist Audre Lorde born 1934

12 - National Freedom to Marry Day (USA)

19-25 - Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week

March

Women’s History Month

1 - Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Day

8 - International Women’s Day

9 - Bi British writer David Garnett born 1892

12 - Bi Polish-Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky born 1889 or 1890

13 March-15 April - Deaf History Month

14 - American lesbian bookseller and publisher Sylvia Beach born 1887

16 - French lesbian artist Rosa Bonheur born 1822

20 - Bi US musician Rosetta Tharpe born 1915

21 - World Poetry Day

24 - The Wachowski sisters’ cyberpunk trans allegory The Matrix premiers 1999

April

Jazz Appreciation Month

Black Women’s History Month

National Poetry Month (USA)

3 - British lesbian diarist Anne Lister born 1791

8 - Trans British racing driver and fighter pilot Roberta Cowell born 1918

9 -  Bi Australia poet Lesbia Harford born 1891; Easter Sunday

10 - National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (USA)

14 - Day of Silence

15 - Queer Norwegian photographer and suffragist Marie Høeg born 1866

17 - Costa-Rican-Mexican lesbian singer Chavela Vargas born 1919

21-22 - Eid al-Fitr

25 - Gay English King Edward II born 1284

26 - Lesbian Day of Visibility; bi American blues singer Ma Rainey born 1886

29 - International Dance Day

30 - International Jazz Day

May

1 - Trans British doctor and Buddhist monk Michael Dillon born 1915

7 - International Family Equality Day

7 - Gay Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky born 1840

15 - Australian drag road-trip comedy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert premiers in 1994

 17 - IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia)

18 - International Museum Day

19 - Agender Pride Day

22 - US lesbian tailor and poet Charity Bryant born 1777

22 - Harvey Milk Day marks the birth of gay US politician Harvey Milk 1930

23 - Premier of Pride, telling the story of the 1980s British activist group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners

24 - Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day; Queer Chinese-Japanese spy Kawashima Yoshiko born 1907

26 - queer American astronaut Sally Ride born 1951

29 - Taiwanese lesbian writer Qiu Miaojin born 1969

June

Pride Month

Indigenous History Month (Canada)

3 - Bisexual American-French performer, activist and WWII spy Josephine Baker born 1906

5 - Queer Spanish playwright and poet Federico García Lorca born 1898; bi English economic John Maynard Keynes born 1883

8 - Mechanic and founder of Australia’s first all-female garage, Alice Anderson, born 1897

10 - Bisexual Israeli poet Yona Wallach born 1944

12 - Pulse Night of Remembrance, commemorating the 2012 shooting at the Pulse nightclub, Orlando

14 - Australian activists found the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands in 2004

18 - Sally Ride becomes the first know queer woman in space

24 - The first Sydney Mardi Gras 1978

25 - The rainbow flag first flown as a queer symbol in 1978

28 - Stonewall Riots, 1969

28 June-2 July - Eid al-Adha

30 - Gay German-Israeli activist, WWII resistance member and Holocaust survivor Gad Beck born 1923

July

1 - Gay Dutch WWII resistance fighter Willem Arondeus killed - his last words were “Tell the people homosexuals are no cowards”

2-9 - NAIDOC Week (Australia) celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture

6 - Bi Mexican artist Frida Kahlo born 1907

12 or 13 - Roman emperor Julius Caesar born c.100BCE

14 - International Non-Binary People’s Day

23 - Shelly Bauman, owner of Seattle gay club Shelly’s Leg, born 1947; American lesbian cetenarian Ruth Ellis born 1899; gay American professor, tattooist and sex researcher Sam Steward born 1909

25 - Italian-Australian trans man Harry Crawford born 1875

August

8 - International Cat Day

9 - Queer Finnish artist, author and creator of Moomins Tove Jansson born 1914

9 - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

11 - Russian lesbian poet Sofya Parnok born 1885

12 - Queer American blues musician Gladys Bentley born 1907

13 - International Left-Handers Day

22 - Gay WWII Dutch resistance fight Willem Arondeus born 1894

24 - Trans American drag queen and activist Marsha P Johnson born 1945

26 - National Dog Day

30 - Bi British author Mary Shelley 1797

31 - Wear it Purple Day (Australia - queer youth awareness)

September

5 - Frontman of Queen Freddie Mercury born 1946

6 - Trans Scottish doctor and farmer Ewan Forbes born 1912

13 - 1990 documentary on New York’s ball culture Paris is Burning premiers

15-17 - Rosh Hashanah

16-23 - Bisexual Awareness Week

17 - Gay Prussian-American Inspector General of the US Army Baron von Steuben born 1730

23 - Celebrate Bisexuality Day

24 - Gay Australian artist William Dobell born 1889

30 - International Podcast Day

October

Black History Month (Europe)

4 - World Animal Day

5 - National Poetry Day (UK)

5 - Queer French diplomat and spy the Chevalière d’Éon born 1728

8 - International Lesbian Day

9 - Indigenous Peoples’ Day (USA)

11 - National Coming Out Day

16 - Irish writer Oscar Wilde born 1854

18 - International Pronouns Day

22-28 - Asexual Awareness Week

26 - Intersex Awareness Day

31 - American lesbian tailor Sylvia Drake born 1784

November

8 - Intersex Day of Remembrance

12 - Diwali; Queer Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz born c.1648

13-19 - Transgender Awareness Week

20 - Trans American writer, lawyer, activist and priest Pauli Murray born 1910; Transgender Day of Remembrance

27 - Antinous, lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian, born c.111; German lesbian drama Mädchen in Uniform premiers, 1931

29 - Queer American writer Louisa May Alcott born 1832

December

AIDS Awareness Month

1 - World AIDS Day

2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

8 - Pansexual Pride Day; queer Swedish monarch Christina of Sweden born 1626

10 - Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners host Pits and Perverts concern to raise mining for striking Welsh miners, 1984

14 - World Monkey Day

15 - Roman emperor Nero born 37CE

24 - American drag king and bouncer Stormé DeLarverie born 1920

25 - Christmas

29 - Trans American jazz musician Billy Tipton born 1914

[fictionfixations]

yknow that like hsr character ranked list

or basically. (this is all the options btw)

Favourite Character List: 1. Aventurine 2. Misha 3. Sparkle 4. Yingxing 5. Dan Feng 6. Legwork 7. Sunday 8. Imbibitor Lunae 9. Kafka 9. Blade 11. Herta 12. Baiheng 13. Robin 14. Yanqing 15. Xipe (Harmony) 16. Arlan 17. Acheron 18. Dan Heng 19. March 7th 20. Himeko 21. Tingyun 22. Yaoshi (Abundance) 23. Firefly 24. Oroboros (Voracity) 25. Peppy 26. Nanook (Destruction) 27. Constance 28. Siobhan 29. Caterina 29. Dubra 31. Caelus 31. Stelle 33. Pom-Pom 34. Luka 35. Jing Yuan 36. Luocha 36. Bailu 38. Xueyi 39. Dr. Ratio 40. Jingliu 41. Ruan Mei 42. Topaz 43. Huohuo 44. Hanya 45. Argenti 46. Welt 47. Pela 48. Asta 49. Bronya 50. Yukong 50. Silver Wolf 50. Seele 53. Fu Xuan 54. Guinaifen 54. Numby 54. Lynx 57. Natasha 57. Serval 57. Gepard 60. Sampo 60. Svarog 62. Tail 62. Sushang 62. Qingque 65. Clara 65. Hook 67. Phantylia 68. Cocolia Rand 69. Boothill 70. Black Swan 71. Jade 71. Gallagher 73. Akash 74. Elio 75. Duke Inferno 76. Screwllum 77. Tiernan 78. Razalina 79. Diting 80. Clockie 81. Lan (Hunt) 82. Ena (Order) 83. Tayzzyronth (Propagation) 83. Aha (Elation) 85. Long (Permanence) 85. Fuli (Remembrance) 85. Qlipoth (Preservation) 85. IX (Nihility) 89. Nous (Erudition) 90. Hanu 91. Owlbert 92. Oleg

[roman-catholic-mass-readings]

25th August >> Mass Readings (USA)

Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

(Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II))

First Reading Joshua 24:1–2a, 15–17, 18b We will serve the Lord, for he is our God.

Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, summoning their elders, their leaders, their judges, and their officers. When they stood in ranks before God, Joshua addressed all the people: “If it does not please you to serve the LORD, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are now dwelling. As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” But the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD for the service of other gods. For it was the LORD, our God, who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a state of slavery. He performed those great miracles before our very eyes and protected us along our entire journey and among the peoples through whom we passed. Therefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God.”

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 34:2–3, 16–17, 18–19, 20–21

R/ Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will hear me and be glad.

R/ Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

The LORD has eyes for the just, and ears for their cry. The LORD confronts the evildoers, to destroy remembrance of them from the earth.

R/ Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.

R/ Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Many are the troubles of the just one, but out of them all the LORD delivers him; he watches over all his bones; not one of them shall be broken.

R/ Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Second Reading Ephesians 5:21–32 This is a great mystery, regarding Christ and the Church.

Brothers and sisters: Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word, that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. So also husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation John 6:63c, 68c

Alleluia, alleluia. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life; you have the words of everlasting life. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel John 6:60–69 To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Many of Jesus’ disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.” Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who would betray him. And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by my Father.” As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

[sillyguywhoplaysgames]

I did a Honkai: Star Rail fav sorter :3

Favourite Character List: 1. Nanook (Destruction) 2. Dr. Ratio 3. Boothill 4. Screwllum 5. Sunday 6. Jing Yuan 7. Imbibitor Lunae 8. Topaz 9. Black Swan 10. Aventurine 11. Acheron 12. Numby 13. Phantylia 14. Lan (Hunt) 15. Fuli (Remembrance) 16. Aha (Elation) 17. Tayzzyronth (Propagation) 18. Long (Permanence) 19. Oroboros (Voracity) 20. Bronya

[world-of-wales]

─ • ✧ WILLIAM'S YEAR IN REVIEW : NOVEMBER ✧ • ─

1 NOVEMBER - William attended the 2022 Tusk Conservation Awards at Hampton Court Palace.

2 NOVEMBER - William attended the Tusk Awards Symposium. Later in the afternoon, he attended Film Africa Workshop.

3 NOVEMBER - William and Catherine visited Scarborough for the first Community Impact Day. They met the Two Ridings Community Foundation youth grant panel and beneficiaries of the funding generated to support local young people's mental health, at The Street. Subsequently, they visited the Rainbow Centre.

4 NOVEMBER - William appeared in a video announcing the finalists for the 2022 Earthshot Awards to be held in Boston.

7 NOVEMBER - William appeared in a very special episode of 'Game of 5s' along with his boyfriend Harry Kane and the child they were babysitting Declan Rice. (@duchessbitch)

8 NOVEMBER - William held an Investiture at Windsor Castle.

9 NOVEMBER - William attended a Meeting with the Duchy of Cornwall Rural Committee. Later in the evening, he attended the Child Bereavement UK Chairman's Dinner at Oswald's.

11 NOVEMBER - William received Ms. Hannah Jones (Chief Executive, The Earthshot Prize). Afterwards he received Mr. Alastair Martin (Secretary of the Duchy of Cornwall).

12 NOVEMBER - The Prince and Princess of Wales along with other members of the Royal Family attended Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

13 NOVEMBER - The Prince of Wales placed a joint wreath at the Cenotaph along with the Princess on the occasion of Remembrance Day as they attended the Remembrance Sunday Service.

14 NOVEMBER - William attended Service of Thanksgiving for the Earl of Home KT which was held at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Later he visited the England Men's World Cup team ahead of the upcoming tournament at St. George's Park.

15 NOVEMBER - William and Catherine attended a Reception following the Platinum Jubilee at Windsor Castle given by The King.

16 NOVEMBER - William was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan (Mrs. Morfudd Meredith) as he visited Senedd Cymru.

17 NOVEMBER - William and Catherine attended a Reception at Coutts and Company.

18 NOVEMBER - William visited Royal Air Force Coningsby where he was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (Mr. Toby Dennis).

21 NOVEMBER - William shot promotional material for Earthshot Awards Boston.

22 NOVEMBER - The Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed The President of South Africa on behalf of His Majesty at the Corinthia Hotel. They then travelled by car to Horse Guards for the official Guard of Honour. Following this they drove in a Carriage Procession to Buckingham Palace where an afternoon Reception was held. In the evening, William and Catherine attended the State Banquet given in the President's honour.

24 NOVEMBER - The Duke of Cornwall made his first visit to the duchy since taking over as he stopped by Newquay Orchard where he was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall (Colonel Edward Bolitho). He also appeared in a promotional video for Earthshot Awards for BBC.

29 NOVEMBER - William held a Meeting with Mr. Alastair Martin (Secretary of the Duchy of Cornwall).

30 NOVEMBER - William and Catherine kicked off their Trip to Boston as they departed from Heathrow Airport for the United States of America where upon arrival at the Boston International Airport by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Mr. Charles Baker) and Mrs. Baker. They then called upon Ms. Michelle Wu (Mayor of Boston) at Boston City Hall and subsequently attended a Welcome to Earthshot event there. In the evening they attended a NBA match between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat at TD Garden.

[mythical-illustrator]

I HAVE COME WITH TISSUES TO ASK FOR THE SISTER-PADAWAN😭

For the suffer asks that I will regert asking after

future me's problem

How do they view the world? Are they an optimist? A pessimist? A realist?

If they could go back in time for 5/10/15 minutes and change something, what would it be?

How do they kill? Do they try to minimize suffering?

I'm asking 3 (though you can eliminate any if you wish) cuz apparently I want to suffer

😭😘💜💜💜

We're gonna Hurt your sister Padawan this time OC Sunday

But Grace: sorry sorry my beloved.

Grace views the word pretty...half and half. She is a realist but she wants to be optimistic. She wants to be positive, she believes in heroes and thinks they exist. She just doesn't see herself as one. She thinks given half the chance people do Good. Choose good. Will help their fellow and stand up for what's right and wrong. It's why she tries to use negotiation tactics first like Obi wan and Shaka-ti. She wants to give people that one minute to think past their panic and dark thoughts and choose good. She chose the halls of healing to be someone's one good thing in some of their worst moments so that there is continuous good in the world no matter where.

Grace however believes for heroes to exist, people like her- who will do anything to protect the ones they love. - have to exist too. She will do Anything for her cherished ones. She has darker thoughts on how to end the war and protect her chosen few. She tries meditating on this often, being a Jedi these are pretty un-jedi like thoughts but the more her people are in danger the more loud those thoughts get.

If she could go back, there are two times she would love to go back and change. Back to her childhood when her brother is getting separated she'd choose to stay away under the torture another few minutes, just enough to see where he went, who took him. Or if she could have held onto him a little longer so both of them could have been found by the Jedi. Anything to give her a clue where her twin has gone rather than waiting for the Force to decide if they will meet again one day. She doesn't want to change becoming a Jedi, she just wants her brother to be safe.

The second time is the battle of Korhm. She'd got back to either set the medical tent else where, have better rotation guard or more scouts, spot the bomb first, anything to save her men. She thinks about it on her worst days, all the What Ifs she could have changed. She eventually met her soulmates, but she thinks about the men she lost daily, she remembers all their names and keeps their one photo In her tunic all the time. If she were mandalorians she'd do a whole name of remembrance for them.

Grace has and will Kill, for the most part Grace will kill someone quickly, and with as little pain as possible. She's a healer first, she wants to ease someones passing, to hold their hand and take their emotions in as they breath their last.

In combat she keeps a calm and steady and and will fight to keep casualties to a minimum- of her negations fail.

But Ventriss - Grace wants to Hurt ventriss, draw the battle out and make the assassin suffer. Grace like most nights Sisters feed off fear when they use their magick, and she Wants Ventriss to Be Afraid.

After the battle of Korhm, Ventriss had to flee from her because Grace would not Stop, there was no Jedi mercy/patience there. She didn't fall but Ventriss was fighting a night sister for a moment, not a Jedi and she was afraid.

Thank you for asking my friend. 💜

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[mithliya]

Article about the brave men who stopped the gunman

Club Q Colorado shooting: Attack was ended by dad and drag performer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63698165

A father and a drag performer managed to subdue a gunman who opened fire at an LGBT nightclub in the US state of Colorado, it has emerged.

The attacker killed five people and left 17 others with injuries at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday night.

Officials named the "heroes" who halted the attack as Richard Fierro and Thomas James, without detailing their actions.

Mr Fierro provided his account of events, saying he tackled the suspect, took the weapon and hit him with it.

It is not clear if Mr James is the drag performer Mr Fierro says then stepped in to help.

At a Monday afternoon press conference, police identified the victims as Daniel Aston, Derrick Rump, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh and Raymond Vance. Family members say Aston and Rump were both bartenders at Club Q.

The suspect, named by police as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, is in police custody in hospital.

The gunman was stopped by a 15-year US Army veteran who was attending a drag performance at the club with his wife and daughter.

Speaking to reporters on Monday evening, Richard Fierro said his combat training kicked in as he pounced on the gunman, pulling him to the floor by his body armour.

"I just ran over there. Got him. I'm thinking, 'I gotta kill this guy. He's gonna kill my kid. He's gonna kill my wife'," said the Iraq and Afghanistan veteran.

"It's the reflex," Mr Fierro said from the front yard of his suburban Colorado Springs home. "Go. Go to the fire. Stop the action. Stop the activity. Don't let no-one get hurt."

The local brewery owner said he and his family had dropped to the floor as the bullets began to fly.

He described seeing the gunman move in the direction of a patio where other club-goers had fled, before charging at him.

He said the man dropped his rifle as he fell. They began wrestling on the ground. Mr Fierro said he snatched the attacker's pistol from him and used it to beat him.

"I kept whaling on [hitting] him. I'm a big dude and this guy was bigger," Mr Fierro said.

He told reporters that he urged a drag performer to kick the attacker in the head.

"One of the performers was walking by and I told her kick him," he said. "And she took her high heel and stuffed it in his face."

Mr Fierro said one of the dead included his daughter's boyfriend, 22-year-old Raymond Vance.

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers hailed the bystanders' "incredible act of heroism".

He said that he had spoken to Mr Fierro on Monday, telling reporters: "I have never encountered a person who engaged in such heroic actions that was so humble about it."

Praise also came from the governor of Colorado, as well as the owner of the club - who said the "heroes" had probably saved lives.

Police are looking into who owned the rifle allegedly used in the shooting, as well as a handgun the suspect was carrying at the time of his arrest.

The investigation will determine whether the shooting - which came on the eve of Sunday's Transgender Day of Remembrance - was a hate crime, and if the suspect acted alone.

The suspect is facing five murder charges and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, according to US media. Investigators said on Tuesday that no charges had yet been formally filed.

Club Q has been described as the heart of the LGBT community in Colorado Springs, a city 70 miles (110km) south of Denver.

The suspect had reportedly previously come to police attention over an alleged bomb threat in 2021.

According to a police report at the time, his mother had called emergency services saying "he was threatening to cause harm to her with a homemade bomb, multiple weapons, and ammunition".

President Joe Biden said Americans "cannot and must not tolerate hate".

In 2016, 49 people were killed in a shooting at the Pulse gay club in Orlando, Florida. At the time it was the deadliest mass shooting in US history.

[otter-love-asl]

Chicago PD Fics Master List

Multi-Chapter

It's Just the Flu | Complete

Man's Best Friend | In Progress

Rock Bottom | Under Construction

A to Z Jay Halstead Whump | Complete

Silence is a Strange Sound | In Progress

Series

Upstead Appreciation Week 2021

Day 1: Yours, Mine, & Ours | Complete

Day 2: Eyes Only for You | Complete

Day 3: The Perfect Sentient | Complete

Day 4: Φίλα με | Complete

Day 5: What is a Home? | Complete

Day 6: Home is Where the Heart is | Complete

Day 7: Suprise Coming Soon! | Complete

One Chicago Appreciation Week 2021

Day 4: "You promised!"/ "I guess we both broke our promises." | TITLE | DNS

Day 5: "I don't... I don't feel good." | TITLE | Complete

Awareness One-Shots

Unusual Notification | Deaf Awareness Month | September

The Innocent Victim | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | September

Untold Past | National POW/MIA Recognition Day | Third Friday in September

22 a Day | Suicide Awareness Month | September

A Different World | Hispanic Heritage Month | September 15 to October 15

Breaking the Cycle | Domestic Violence Awareness Month | October

Little Angels Gone Too Soon | Infant Loss & Pregnancy/Miscarriage Awareness Month; World Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day | October; October 15

One-Shot Sunday

Flu Shot

Babysitting & Zooz & Accusations, Oh My!

Secret Fear

Busy Work

Chicago Fire

A Family

Trapped

Jack-O-Lantern

Was it At First Sight?

Alleyways & Pizza

Just You

Revelations

Thanksgiving Escape

We Balance Each Other

An Old Tradition

Holiday Timber

Gingerbread Fun

Unexpected Christmas

Eight Nights

New Year, New Start

Luck of the Irish

An Unlikely Hand

Moving Forward

Love You All the Same

A Tradition Once More

[chalkrevelations]

So, Piety Fortnight achieved, EXCELLENT, which means it’s time to turn toward prep for Winter Fortnight, because the speedrun of Saturnalia-Solstice-Christmas-New Year’s with various permutations of community/coven/household/family is Too Much to not have everything possible lined up beforehand. (Srsly, once we hit the final quarter of the year, that’s it, my calendar year is booked, and there’s no time for additions. Which is why I’m not precisely sad that I’ve missed the registration deadline for December CHPN certification testing and will have to finish studying and register for the March test instead. I don’t know why I thought I’d have time to take it in December, and March will still let me get it done (fingers crossed, Fortuna please smile on me) before my next annual review. ANYWAY.)

In addition to the usual end-of-year scrummage, we’ve also got the contractors working downstairs – walls are back in, which means I can stop worrying about the cats exploring the foundation and getting lost/stuck somewhere, but also means we’ve had to pick paint colors, if we wanted to take advantage of the chance for re-painting. More on all THAT later.

Meanwhile, I’m working over Thanksgiving and into the holiday weekend, which means I had a chance at a seven-day stretch off leading into it, but I was a dumbass and said I’d go in and work a short shift on Monday because we’re going to be short-staffed. But it’s hard to say no to the kind of money we’re getting for extra shifts right now, and it’s only eight hours, so I’ll get out in the afternoon, so there’s that, but still, why tf did I think it was a good idea to break the last stretch of off days I can possibly have until January?

At any rate, queue is definitely in charge in the upcoming weeks. On the fannish tip: I’m planning a re-watch of KP after New Year’s, ostensibly in pursuit of character and plot background material for fic, so likely an uptick in KP posting then. Meanwhile, I’m likely to keep working my way through LITA in my bits of downtime. I’m thinking I’ll also watch The Eclipse after the New Year, but I’ve been saying I was going to finally watch Not Me for a year now, before KP knocked me over, and I still haven’t gotten to it, so I guess we’ll see what actually happens.

Anyway anyway, making a to-do list to see if I can keep on track, and possibly keep adding to. (ETA: Oh, wow, OK that’s a lot.)

This weekend

PAY BILLS

Go through holiday gifts already in-hand

Make holiday gifts list

Buy that thing, and also that other thing

Order candles (gifts and for ritual)

Call insurance company back

Documents to bank

Hair color?

Send out email re: Saturnalia ritual

Get the last of the canning jars that are stacked in the dining room washed and boxed and ready to go back downstairs ffs

2 birthday gifts for November

3 2 1 birthday gifts for December

HOLIDAY BRUNCH RESERVATION

VT meeting (Sunday) (INITIATION RITUAL WRITING)

Note to self: Sunday is Trans Day of Remembrance

Upcoming week:

BIRTHDAY LUNCH WITH MOM

For December

Tattoo + consult

Rune ordeal assist

Community Solstice party

12/3 birthday gift

Haircut

Ed meeting (12/8)

TREE

Cookies with Mom

Make turkey stock (12/10 pm)

Admin meeting (12/11)

Resource meeting (12/15)

Saturnalia (w/coven) (+ SOUP with turkey stock) (12/15)

Holiday brunch

M’s birthday

L’s birthday

Solstice Vigil (21st into the 22nd) – review existing ritual

Christmas Eve/Christmas with family

Priesthood initiation ritual

New Year’s dinner?

NEXT YEAR

CHPN REVIEW

Daily observance (litanies for the dead) (WRITE THIS)

Hospice volunteer paperwork (OUTSIDE of my hc system, I want a very clear bright line re: roles and duties)

cord-cutting ritual? (WRITE THIS)

finish knitting Water shawl

finish knitting Earth shawl

finish knitting Air shawl

for January

tattoo second session (presumably)

REGISTER for CHPN testing (2/15 deadline)

Mystic South registration

for February

Election ritual follow-up (check probable date) – revamp existing ritual

for March

CHPN testing (earlier is better)

Community Croning/Saging (?) ritual – planning/writing/written material/announcement

 Reading list:

Transformative Witchcraft (Mankey)

The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Scot)

Agrippa’s Occult Philosophy (including IV)

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Timeline: Part 7 - October 2017

For earlier timeline posts: click here or here.

There are three installments of the "Meghan's PR Timeline" today, which will see us finish out 2017: October 2017, November 2017, and December 2017.

One particularly interesting observation about this period of time is that from mid-October to mid-November, there are actually whole days without a single item or piece about Meghan. It's very strange because from about the end of April 2017 to the end of September 2017, we were being bombarded DAILY by stories about Meghan.

Is the missing coverage because those pages, stories, and articles were scrubbed in 2018/2019 when Meghan's PR was cleaning up her image?

Did Meghan finally get the ring in early October and no longer needed her PR to pressure Harry and force him to propose?

Or is it the quiet before the storm (i.e., the engagement announcement)? Meghan decided to drop coverage to get more bang when the engagement was announced?

10/1/2017: Toronto Invictus Games Closing Ceremony. Meghan, Doria, Jess, and Markus arrive early and are in a box. Meghan arrives first and is caught directing photographers where to go and what angles to use. Harry arrives later. Meghan leaks that Harry and Doria met at the closing ceremony and they get along fabulously.

(For additional context timeline-wise: 10/1/17 is the Route 19 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas)

10/2/2017: Harry returns to London via Heathrow Airport and it's listed in the Court Circular. Meghan teases an engagement to E News and says that her friends have become Harry's family.

10/3/2017: Meghan merches her shoes from a September 2017 papwalk. She also tells Elle Magazine that she and Harry are unofficially engaged, and everyone knows.

10/4/2017: Meghan modernizes the monarchy if she marries Harry. Charles is in Malta.

10/5/2017: Ronan Farrow's Weinstein expose is published by The New York Times. Meghan merches her Invictus Games clothing - Opening Ceremony Outfit, Closing Ceremony Coat.

10/6/2017: Carole Middleton and Doria Ragland are the same.

10/7/2017: Charles's letter to Tony Blair about the hunting ban is published.

October 7th is the first day with no Meghan stories or Harkle coverage since early summer.

10/8/2017: Meghan has moved to London and is being driven by a royal chauffeur.

10/9/2017: Harry's ex Cressida makes the news for being connected to Harvey Weinstein. Jess Mulroney sources an "all about Meghan's bestie, Jess" story.

10/10/2017: Meghan's PR takes a dig at William and Kate, asking why they never hold hands. Kate makes her first public appearance since announcing her third pregnancy, implying that she is on the mend from HG.

10/11/2017: Meghan's 2011 film, Dysfunctional Friends, resurfaces. Her character is a photographer for male underwear models. Meghan tries to be a fashion influencer, gets linked to Julia Roberts, Naomi Watts, and Greta Lee as a major "power dresser". She also merches the nail polish she might wear for the wedding and/or the engagement announcement.

Meanwhile, Harry attends the 100 Women in Finance Gala Dinner. Kate's aide, Rebecca Deacon, receives the Royal Victorian Order. Buckingham Palace announces that Charles will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph for The Queen during the Remembrance Sunday service, and The Queen returns to London, ending her summer Balmoral haloriday.

10/12/2017: The Queen's first day back in London/work following summer holidays. Harry has #1 sexiest celebrity beard. (No, they're not talking about Meghan. They mean the actual hair on his face.)

10/13/2017: Meghan and Harry leak that they're house-hunting in the Cotswolds for a marital home and merch a few properties in the Daily Mail. Meghan also teases wedding speculation and Soho Farmhouse's newest financial report reveals that they lost $34.48 million in 2017 (hence the Harkle sponcon throughout 2018)

10/14/2017: Royals living in the US - forgotten Spencer cousins who call the American Pacific Northwest home.

10/15/2017: Meghan confirms that she is finished with Suits when Season 7 wraps in November. #MeToo movement begins and James Middleton, Donna Air split is revealed.

10/16/2017: Meghan leaks that she and Harry are already engaged but won't announce it until Suits filming has ended. Harry attends the WellChild Awards. Also, Harry tells people that he doesn't want a formal pageanty Cambridge-like wedding.

Meanwhile, Harry accompanies William and Kate to an engagement celebrating the release of Paddington 2.

10/17/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories, but Eugenie is papped in Los Angeles; William and Kate announce the baby is due in April; and Camilla gives a landmark speech on osteoporosis.

10/18/2017: Meghan leaks to the Daily Mail that she and Harry had tea with The Queen at Buckingham Palace on October 12th, and it's the first time Meghan met Her Majesty.

Note: This version of events contradicting Harry's claim in Spare that Meghan met The Queen for the first time on Sunday at the Royal Lodge while visiting the Yorks. October 12th is a Wednesday.

10/19/2017: Meghan teases Harry's proposal plan.

10/20/2017: Meghan's copycatting of Diana's outfits and behavior finally gets noticed. Meghan hints about etiquette lessons and teases the engagement.

Samantha Markle sets up a gofundme to raise money for an accessible home as her MS progresses, capitalizing on Meghan's fame.

10/21/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

10/22/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

10/23/2017: Harry has an away day in Lancashire.

10/24/2017: Meghan makes a dig at Kate - why she never wears red nail polish.

10/25/2017: Meghan merches her voice (perhaps this is when she starts negotiating for a Disney documentary voiceover gig...).

10/26/2017: DailyMailTV discusses Meghan's ancestry. Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan leak that:

Harry has had a crush on Meghan since 2015 when he saw her on Suits and he did tell friends back then that she was his ideal woman.

KP aides have been instructed to begin wedding planning and are reviewing dates.

The Cambridges announced Kate's pregnancy early because protocol requires the wedding can't take place until after the baby is born.

10/27/2017: Channel 4 broadcasts a "10 Things About Meghan Markle" documentary.

10/28/2017: Meghan and Harry are actually related! They're distant cousins.

10/29/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

10/30/2017: No new Meghan or Harkle stories.

10/31/2017: Harry is in Chicago to attend the Barack Obama Foundation Summit, and Charles and Camilla are in Singapore for royal tour.

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales’ Stats - Fourth Quarter

In the final three months of 2022, the Princess of Wales completed 40 engagements, averaging around 13.3 engagements a month. Her busiest month was November, during which she completed 20 engagements. She undertook 12 engagements in December and 8 in October, where she also appeared in four released photos, videos, or statements. In December, Catherine appeared in 6 officially released photos, videos, or statements (most of which were related to her 'Together at Christmas' carol concert) and she was spotted once (on Christmas Day). While 2022 was a notably quiet October for the Princess, it was Catherine's second busiest December (behind 2014 and 2020 - both of which also included 'tours'), and busiest November ever.

Of her 25 patronages, (Catherine became Patron of Captain Harpreet Chandi's solo expedition to cross Antarctica in October), she has visited or completed work for 4, totalling 15 engagements in total. In October, Catherine completed two engagements on behalf of her patronages. 1 of those was the above mentioned Captain Chandi patronage, where Catherine made a phone call to Polar Preet. The other was for the Royal Foundation. In November, she completed five engagements on behalf of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, one for the Rugby Football League and one for the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. All her patronage work in December (6 engagements) was related to the Royal Foundation.

Of her 40 engagements, 19 have been solo while another 16 were when she was accompanied by her husband, the Prince of Wales. Seven engagements took place with wider range of members of the British Royal Family - many of them related to Remembrance Sunday, as well as the Diplomatic Corps Reception, the South African State Visit, and Catherine's own Carol Concert.

Her engagements have mostly taken place in the UK, in England (25) and Northern Ireland (3). Her other 12 engagements took place in the USA, in Boston. Of her UK-based engagements, 15* took place in London, while she had two telephone meetings. She also undertook engagements in Windsor, Surrey, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Scarborough, Wigan and Reading. NOTE: A number of her engagements were meetings and could have taken place in either London or Windsor. As the Princess of Wales’ official residence remains in London, I will be counting these as taking place there until informed otherwise.

With a tour, State Visit and the Diplomatic Corps reception, many of her engagements have been diplomatic in nature, with seven engagements falling in that area specifically, while the majority of her engagements were once again under the mantle of Early Years (8). 4 of her engagements have focused on the mental health, while 3 engagements have been focused on sport. Two engagements apiece were on the themes of the military and culture. She also undertook an engagement specifically linked to the outdoors, as well as one linked to children and young people. Twelve of her engagements did not fit into the theme headings I have created.

Clotheswise, her most worn identified designer has once again been Alexander McQueen, followed by Gabriela Hearst and Roland Mouret, although she has worn three unidentifed looks. Her most carried bag designer was Mulberry, followed by DeMellier. Her most-worn shoe designer is, again, Gianvito Rossi, althought she has three unidentified shoes (thought to be bespoke Rossi designs). In terms of jewellery, she has predominantly worn Kiki McDonough pieces or pieces inherited from the late Princess of Wales (with 5 wears each), closely followed by items borrowed from the late Queen with 4, and Bentley and Skinner and Annoushka with 4. When it comes to hats, Catherine was seen in three hats, with Philip Treacy creating 2 of them (the other is from Sean Barratt). She also wore two tiaras - the Lotus Flower Tiara and Queen Mary's Lovers Knot Tiara.

Tomorrow, the full review of Catherine’s work in 2022 will be released.

[leicamoments]

Railway on the Right Tracks

Sunday and I headed down to Station View to cover the WRCWFL Premier Division game between table-topping Farsley Celtic and a closely chasing Harrogate Railway.

I was hoping the recent spell of overcast weather would break in time for the game, as the Met Office had promised that the cloud cover would start to have some gaps after two weeks of total horizon-to-horizon greyness.

The cloud was thinner, and it was a little brighter, but we weren’t to be graced by the sight of blue sky just yet. At least it wasn’t raining – got to take the positives!

It was the Sunday closest to Remembrance Day, so shortly before kick-off both teams stood around the centre circle and fell silent to show their respect for all those that gave up so much for our freedoms and safety.

A short blast on the whistle at the end of the minute and the teams faced each other, ready to battle it out for what could be one of the pivotal fixtures of the season. The 90 minutes that followed wouldn’t disappoint.

The opening stages of the game showed just how good both teams were; Farsley Celtic playing some nice passing football, but with the home team settling the better of the two sides and pushing forward.

In around the tenth minute, a corner won by Railway was delivered beautifully into the Celtic penalty area where Caitlyn Atkin met it perfectly and volleyed the ball past Leigh Bamford, the Farsley keeper, and into the roof of the net, 1-0.

Things were about to get better for the home team more or less straight from the restart as Railway won possession and attacked down their right. Krista Shuttleworth got onto the ball and ran in towards the Farsley penalty box; a little look up and a deft lob beat the Celtic stopper who was off her goal line, 2-0.

Harrogate Railway were looking sharp, with decisive direct attacks that were causing the visitors all sorts of problems. However, Farsley Celtic were certainly not out of this game, and were showing signs of their own attacking prowess.

As the half-hour mark approached, Celtic were clawing their way back into the game, starting to win a lot of the 50-50 challenges, attacking down both wings, and creating some good half-chances…but being honest, without seriously troubling Charlotte Donnelly in goal.

That was about to change.

Having created a couple of good chances and wasting them, Farsley attacked down their right and laid a ball across the Railway penalty box, with their skipper Lauren Rigby collecting it and calmly finishing into the bottom left of the goal, 2-1.

With around ten minutes of the first half remaining, the visitors were in the ascendency, causing Railway all sorts of problems, pushing them back into their own half and making the Station View side defend deep. Farsley were to create two further chances to score…one in particular, put wide when in reality they should have hit the back of the net.

The half-time whistle blew, and Harrogate Railway headed in 2-1 up, but probably the more relieved of the two teams to have reached the break and still find themselves ahead.

The first 30 minutes had belonged to the team from Harrogate, and they could have scored more. Farsley weren’t top of the league for nothing, they had come back strongly in the final 15 minutes and could have scored more than the one that they had.

Second half got underway, and it was Harrogate Railway that raced out of the blocks, seemingly determined to reassert their control on the game.

Just shy of the 15-minute mark, Rail won a throw-in on their left. A ball from Caitlyn Atkin to Krista Shuttleworth saw the tricky forward run across the edge of the Celtic penalty box with three defenders trying to close her down. Reaching the right side of the box, Krista created enough space to get her shot away, lobbing the keeper to score her second and give Railway a two-goal cushion, 3-1.

Farsley’s response was to push forward down their right and move the ball across the pitch to the left side. Their winger cut inside, angling for the box, creating a glorious chance to instantly respond but couldn’t hit the target.

Farsley Celtic were now pressing hard to get back into the game, and another chance saw Charlotte race out from her goal line to meet the oncoming striker…clearing the ball with a sliding challenge to put it out for a throw-in to the visitors…a wonderful bit of goalkeeping to command her area.

Farsley were turning the screw a little bit at this stage of the game, but Railway’s defence was handling the threats well and increasingly restricting the visitors to long range shots from outside the box.

With about a quarter of the game remaining, Rail were increasingly counter attacking the visitors as spaces were opening up. In one foray forward, a ball in from the left found Elisa Hodson who stepped across the centre back, and with only the keeper to beat, fired the ball wide.

As the minutes ticked by, Railway were starting to dominate once more and another incisive run down the left saw a high ball sent into the box; Elisa rose to try and head it, stretching with every sinew to get something on it but…it was just a little too high for her to make contact.

Farsley picked the ball up and immediately pushed forward, getting to just outside the Railway penalty area before sending in another shot which was comfortably collected by Charlotte.

With time running out, Elisa was to have another chance, putting her effort over the bar this time…but Railway were playing some good football and looked the more likely of the two teams to score.

Into injury time and Paige Swales played a wonderful ball into Georgia Binns who turned the Farsley Defender and sent an unstoppable shot past the Celtic stopper into the roof of the net to seal the game, 4-1.

There had been a few stoppages in the half, so there was a little bit of injury time to add on, and it was Harrogate who were to capitalise in the final few minutes. 

A pass back from a Farsley defender towards the keeper was under hit and the lively Elisa pounced on the opportunity. Controlling the ball with her first touch, she skipped around the keeper and with her mother Jules watching from the technical area, sent it unerringly over the line from the angle…a wonderful finish and a goal that her performance deserved, 5-1.

The full-time whistle blew shortly after and Railway had won 5-1, collected a vital three points, and underlined why they will be up at the top of the league fighting for promotion in March/April.

The margin of the scoreline was probably a little unfair on the visitors, as Farsley Celtic played some good football, controlled a few periods of play throughout the game, and could have scored more. They achieved promotion last season, and I am certain on the evidence from Sunday that they will be in the reckoning come the end of this one too.

Goals: Caitlyn Atkin, Krista Shuttleworth (2), Georgia Binns, Elisa Hodson. POTM: Lou Donnelly. Referee: Amy Fern.

[theretirementstory]

10/11/2024. Bonjour et bienvenue on this Sunday morning when towns and villages in the UK will be commemorating “Remembrance Day”. Here in France Armistice Day is a “jour férié” and the commemoration will take place tomorrow. I have worn my “bleuet” all week in remembrance of two great uncles killed in the Great War and buried here in France.

Weather wise it has been a strange week, we have had sunny afternoons after mist and cloud in the mornings. To see the sun in November, really does make you feel like being outside and smiling. This morning however météo tells me we have 7 (feels like 8c) with 95% humidity. So we have “one misty moisty morning”. Well I should still manage to go to the shop 🚶🏿‍♀️.

I have worked in my garden and the second border now has cardboard and bark down, which is a relief to me.

My cleaner (who has left now) was using Anie as a “go-between” I felt so sorry for her. On Wednesday she had spent the day with family and had driven home in the dark, only to have to come to my house to pick up paperwork and take it to this lady (who was moving the following day). I always think that driving in the dark is very tiring but as always, Anie did not complain.

I was a little stressed on Tuesday as my blood test results showed my platelets had fallen below 20, which I had been viewing as my “new norm”. Anyway I had my transfusion on Thursday and although I did feel better I am very very tired.

Sarah, an English friend who lives in Haute Marne, came to visit on Thursday. She left about 12:15 and goodness me my taxi for the hospital arrived at 12:40……..it was due around 13:30 but there was another person going so that’s why they were early. So my companion was an elderly gentleman, who just happens to be English! As I learned he has lived here since 2013 (so I am not the first English person living here) . We didn’t have a long conversation as he is very deaf so it was a little difficult. Actually when I heard him speaking French I thought that we sounded similar (not necessarily the accent, just the fact that English was our native tongue). In his life he had been a French teacher, he is married to a French lady who was an English teacher. Fascinating, they have been married 64 years 😳.

My appointment with a GP in town was on Friday. He made a home visit and arrived around 11:40. I don’t think he is going to be made permanent until January so couldn’t take me on as a patient yet. However, he checked my blood pressure and my heart and lungs. I have actually seen him before, he is Romanian and speaks really good English so I am pleased. He read the letters from Paris and told me to continue being positive, to keep getting outside and enjoying my garden.

Monique came down for a chat on Friday. I was tired and it was getting dark so she left after an hour and a half. It was nice to see her but my plans for my evening meal were pushed to one side as I started feeling nauseous.

Here is the music section, the first song I thought maybe was just from 10/12 years ago, oh goodness me no! 24 years ago this was released, it’s by Anastacia, “I’m Outta Love” as you will have guessed it was released in 2000.

The second song is by another lady (no longer with us) it’s by Laura Branigan “Gloria” released some 42 years ago in 1982 🙈.

“The Photographer” and “The Jetsetter” went to a restaurant on Thursday, “The Angel on the Green”, I laughed when I heard the name as I know the road it is on and said “there is no green on that road” “The Photographer” replied with “No Angels either” we did laugh!

Yesterday they had a ride out to Wetherby, which stands on the river Wharfe. They spent a pleasant time and “The Photographer” managed to buy a lens for his camera in a charity shop of all places.

It has been “haircut” weekend for “The Solicitor”. We had a lovely long chat on Friday evening then it was an early wake up on Saturday to go to the barbers. Afterwards, it was shopping so hopefully Saturday tea was something delicious. Let’s hope that today is more relaxing for him. Remember positive thinking wins the day 😁. Oh yes, I do hope you like the music choices too 😉.

“The Recovery Coordinator” has had the usual busy week. Yesterday morning she was up to go with “The Solicitor” to the barbers and then shopping. I suppose getting it out of the way on a Saturday means that having a lazy day on a Sunday makes you feel better. By all accounts it is cold in the North East of England and I don’t envy her having to be up early to drive to work. Even if I was well, I would hate the commute, maybe I did it so long. In all my working life I never once worked in the town I lived in. “The Solicitor is fortunate in that it’s only a few minutes walk to his office so no great rush on a morning and home quickly at night.

I spent quite a lot of time collating statements, bills etc which have limits on the length of time they need to be kept here in France. I do it on the computer which can be time consuming if you haven’t done it for a while but it’s satisfying when it’s done. It’s the same with messaging friends, calling family, replying to emails etc it takes a large part of your day. Yesterday I spent time downloading information ready to be filed in the appropriate folders.

Still no news from Paris hospital, so at the moment, I have just one appointment next week in Troyes for my transfusion. Maybe I will get on with the knitting I picked up again. Don’t think I will be doing a jigsaw for a while as it’s nice to have the table free for a while.

Let’s hope that next week is nice enough to let me have my walk, I really must give the car a little run around the block too.

Until the next time…….

[stevishabitat]

Here's the list I've compiled.

I'll work on mashing these two lists together...

Tumblr Holidays

January 8 - Spiders Georg Birthday

January 13 - Trogday (Trogdor's Birthday)

January 15 - Boston Molasses Flood Day

January 19 - Buffy Summers' Birthday

January 27 - Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 29 - Star Trek Voyager Threshold Day

February - Black History Month

February - Going to Eeby Deeby Month

February 2 - Groundhog Day

February 8 - The day King Taejong fell from his horse

February 13 - Goodnight Oppy

February 13 - Galentine's Day

February 15 - Discount Chocolate Day

The week after 14 February (Sunday-Saturday) - Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week

February 19 - All or Nothing

March - Women's History Month

March 8 - International Women's Day

March 12 - Happy Birthday World Wide Web

March 14 - Pi Day

March 15 - Ides of March

March 23–29 - Ever Given Week

March 25 - Tolkien Reading Day

March 31 - Trans Day of Visibility

April - Autistic Pride Month

April 1 - March 32nd

April 2 - Nyan Cat Birthday

April 5 - First Contact Day

April 6 - International Asexuality Day

April 10 - Siblings Day

April 13 - Neil banging out the tunes

April 17 - Haiku Day

April 20 - 4/20

April 22 - Earth Day / Happy Birthday to the Ground

April 23 - World Book Day

April 25 - The Perfect Date

April 26 – Lesbian Visibility Day

April 28 - GNU Terry Pratchett

April 30 - It's Gonna Be May

May - Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 

May - Mermay

First Saturday in May - Free Comic Book Day

May 1 - May Day

May 1 - It's ------ May

May 4 - May the Fourth Be With You

May 9 - Kermit the Frog's Birthday

May 10 - Good Omens Anniversary

May 12 - Limerick Day

May 22 – Harvey Milk Day

May 22 - World Goth Day

May 24 – Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day

May 25 - Towel Day

May 25 - Glorious 25th of May

May 25 - Star Wars Release Anniversary

May 25 - Geek Pride Day

June - LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

June - Junicorn

First Friday of June - Gun Violence Awareness Day

June 5 - Aromantic Visibility Day

June 10 - Last Communication from Opportunity

June 15 - Happy Halloween, It's the Middle of June

June 16 - Captain Picard Day

June 18 - Golden Ratio Day

June 26 – U.S. Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage Anniversary

June 28 – Stonewall Uprising Anniversary

June 28 - CAPS LOCK DAY

July 11 - Dashcon Day

July 20 - Moon Landing Day

July 29 - Crab Day

Last Weekend in July - San Diego Comic-Con

July 31 - Harry Potter's Birthday

August - Yeehawgust

First Friday in August - International Beer Day

August 3 - Esther Day

August 12 - Federation Day

Last Saturday in August - International Cosplay Day

September 1 - Back to Hogwarts Day

September 8 - Star Trek Anniversary

Sept 15 - Oct 15 - Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15 - Amoktember

September 19 - Emoticon Day

September 19 - Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 20 - Unification Day (Firefly)

September 22 - Hobbit Day

September 16-22 - Bisexual Awareness Week

September 23 – Celebrate Bisexuality Day

October 1 - Drawtober/Artober Begins (formerly inktober)

October 1 - Dancing Pumpkin - Official start of Spooky Szn

Second Tuesday in October - Ada Lovelace / Women in STEM Day

October 11 - Coming Out Day

October 13 - Treat Yo Self Day

October 19 - None Pizza With Left Beef

October 21 - Back to the Future Day

October 25 - Bredlik Poetry Day

October 26 – Intersex Awareness Day

October 23 – 29 – Asexual Awareness Week

October 21 - Earth's Birthday (Good Omens)

November 1 - NaNoWriMo Begins

November 5 - Destiel Canonization Day

November 8 – Intersex Day of Remembrance

November 20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 23 - Doctor Who Day

December 1 – World AIDS Day

December 8 – Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day

December 10 – Human Rights Day

December 10 - Please, It's Christmas

December 23 - Festivus

December 24 - Decemberween

December 25 - January 1 - The Liminal Time

ok since i don't think i've seen any semi-comprehensive lists of the tumblr holidays for the reddit refugees, here it is.

IT JUST HAPPENS

DAY 15 GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 15

Thursday the 20th

The Fifth of Wednesday

Sometime in June: That One Halloween Post Starts Circulating

Sometime in July: Dancing Pumpkin Man Video/Gif

WEEKLY EVENTS

Every Monday: El Muchacho Monday

Every Tuesday: Tuesday Again? No Problem...

Every Wednesday: Wet Beast Wednesday

Every Thursday: Out of Touch Thursday

Every Friday: Flat Fuck Friday

Every Saturday: Don't @ Me, I'm Chilling/Caturday

Every Sunday: Fingers In His Ass Sunday

YEARLY EVENTS

January 16: Appreciate a Dragon Day

January 29: Threshold Day

All of February: Funguary

February 14: Aromantic/Asexual Day

March 9: Miku Day

March 10: Mario Day

March 14: Pi Day

March 15: Ides of March

March 23: Ever Given Got Stuck Today

April 1: Mishapocalypse

April 2: Dashcon Announcement Anniversary

April 3: Dannypocalypse

April 8: Rex Manning Day

ALSO April 8: MARGARET THATCHER IS DEAD

April 13: Neil Banging Out The Tunes

ALSO April 13: Homestuck Day

April 20: haha 420 blaze it

April 25: The Perfect Date

April 28: Ed Balls Day

April 30: It's Gonna Be May

All of May: Mermay

May 3: Beginning of Dracula Daily

May 4: May the 4th Be With You

May 5: Revenge of the Fifth

May 25: The Glorious 25th of May

All of June: Pride Month

ALSO All of June: IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

June 5: Barricade Day

June 16: Let Papyrus Say Fuck

July 20: Moon Landing

September 8: The Queen Is Dead and Sans Undertale Killed Her

September 21: DO YOU REMEMBER-

All of October: SKELETON WAR

ALSO All of October: Inktober

October 3: Mean Girls Day

ALSO October 3: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Day

October 20: Unnecessary Feelings Day

October 31: HALLOWEEN

November 5: honestly what didn't happen that day

November 19: Goncharov

All of December: Will the Gävle Goat Get Destroyed Again?

December 10: Please, It's Christmas

December 24: ALMOST CHRISTMAS MEANS IT WASN'T CHRISTMAS

[thepastisalreadywritten]

All Souls' Day, also called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed observed by Christians on November 2.

Through prayer, intercessions, alms, and visits to cemeteries, people commemorate the poor souls in purgatory and give the departed their favorite indulgences.

If this falls on a Sunday or a solemnity, the feast is celebrated on November 3.

The Office of the Dead must be recited by the clergy on this day, and all the Masses are to be of Requiem except one of the current feast, where this is of obligation.

The Catholic Church teaches that the purification of the souls in purgatory can be assisted by the actions of the faithful on earth.

The theological basis for the feast is the doctrine that the souls which, on departing from the body are not perfectly cleansed from venial sins or have not fully atoned for past transgressions, are debarred from the Beatific Vision.

And that the faithful on earth can help them by prayers, almsgiving and especially the sacrifice of the Mass.

In the early days of Christianity, the names of the departed brethren were entered in the diptychs.

Later, in the sixth century, it was customary in Benedictine monasteries to hold a commemoration of the deceased members at Whitsuntide.

In Spain, there was such a day on Saturday before Sexagesima or before Pentecost at the time of Saint Isidore (d. 636).

In Germany, there existed (according to the testimony of Widukind, Abbot of Corvey, c. 980) a time-honoured ceremony of praying to the dead on October 1.

This was accepted and sanctified by the Church.

Saint Odilo of Cluny ordered that the commemoration of all the faithful departed be held annually in the monasteries of his congregation. 

From here, it spread among the other congregations of the Benedictines and among the Carthusians.

Of all the dioceses, Liège was the first to adopt it under Bishop Notger (d. 1008).

It is then found in the martyrology of Saint Protadius of Besançon (1053-66).

Bishop Otricus (1120-25) introduced it into Milan for October 15.

In Spain, Portugal and Latin America, priests say three Masses on this day.

A similar concession for the entire world was asked of Pope Leo XIII. He would not grant the favour but ordered a special Requiem on Sunday, 30 September 1888.

In the Greek Rite, this commemoration is held on the eve of Sexagesima Sunday, or on the eve of Pentecost.

The Armenians celebrate the Passover of the Dead on the day after Easter.

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, copyright 1907.