Laurie Stras

@lauriestras

Feminist, musicologist, musician, extreme knitter, gardener. Not necessarily in that order. Girl groups from Ferrara to Motown; all the nuns, all the time; disability studies Prof Emerita of Music, Uni of Southampton; director @musicasecreta.bsky.social

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Laurie Stras@lauriestras· 28d

While I’ve had my head down over external examining my OH has been doing work around the house. Small break in proceedings while I excavated a relic of the One True Cross from his finger.

A large splinter of wood, slightly bloodied, displayed on a white paper towel.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jul 10

Celebrating Belgium’s goal with Courtois (aka Curtis) - yes, also @christinamartin.bsky.social there on the sofa! #TheFootball #ESPBEL

An elderly tabby cat stares at the camera, with an out of focus television behind him. The corner of a book can just be seen on the sofa in the bottom right hand corner

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jul 8

This one. I sat beneath it in a trattoria in Ferrara while on a research trip in 2009. I left the city, came back a while later and it was still there, so I asked the artist if I could buy it. One of the most impulsive things I’ve ever done, and she still gives me pleasure when I see her every day.

A painting of the rear view of a woman’s body, from buttocks to the back of her head. She has a short straight bob, her right elbow is a little away from her body but her hands are concealed from view. The colour is shades from a dark peach to a dark reddish brown, as if she was standing in shadow.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jul 8

I watered the catnip but didn’t secure the cage. Leo was on it before I came back outside #cat #high

On the right there is a paver path with some drying bits of turf spilling over on to it. On the left, a bed with crushed seashells as mulch and some small plants. There is a two-part cage over a few plants that has not been pushed together, and inside the cage, standing triumphantly over a small plant, is a small tabby. Her nose is in the air - her face partially obscured by the cage, but you just know she looks simultaneously silly and smug.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 27

Can’t get the picture out of the clip frame because it’s melded to the glass but just so you know that somewhere in Verona in 1992 someone had a sense of humour

A street corner in an Italian city. An ancient building is covered with scaffolding and hoardings. Just on the corner of the building there are two signs. One pointing down the side street says “senso unico” (one way). Beneath it is the street name, via Paradiso (paradise), with a blue “P” next to it, indicating that there is a parking lot further down the street.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 25

I had a similar problem with the door knockers on the porta della vigna. Similar, but not quite the same. Someone in the visitation team had way too much time on their hands. #nuntastic

A hand-drawn illustrated map of a convent cloister with a well. The porta della vigna, on the top right hand corner of the drawing, has door knockers that look like small penises.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 18

Been moved for seven months, finally got some pics up yesterday

A framed picture by Moose Allain on a cream coloured wall.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 15

Been watching Tiger Island on #bbcone and loving the footage of the tiger females with their cubs. But watch how our fox mama provides for *her* cubs. #londonwildlife #foresthill #gardenrenovation #bbcspringwatch

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 12

I’ve … just made a foxlet playground, haven’t I? #gardenrenovation #londonwildlife #foresthill

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 5

This is a cat checkpoint. Relinquish the most recent cat picture on your phone. #ProofofCat

A large dark tabby rests contentedly on a pair of human legs.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 2

Can I just say, this is my nearest convenience store, and it used to be a studio. A-Ha recorded an early version of Take On Me there… transpont.blogspot.com/2017/11/musi...

A white two storey building with a convenience store on the ground floor. A red pillar box is out the front.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 2

Watching #springwatch @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social but got distracted. Iolo may be in London but so are these darling cubs - I thought it was funny but no…. The first time we’ve seen two cubs together. What toys can I put out for them? #tinyjoys #wildlondon #londonwildlife

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Jun 2

Leo loves #Springwatch. She loves any wildlife programme, tbf.

A small tabby cat sits in a living room on a striped rug. She is staring up at a
Large television on a white mantelpiece. The television shows a picture of a housemartin in its nest

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 31

It’s not a garden planter - it’s Leo’s planter!

A beautiful tabby cat with highly contrasting dark and pale markings stares up at the camera. She’s lying in an old wooden garden planter that is lined with three barrier. She has an inscrutable expression on her face.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 31

I mean, come ON

A screenshot of a YouTube live video, showing the edge of an island cliff in the morning mist, with rocks and guillemots on the left, and sparse and tufty scrub on the right. In the top right hand corner this is a window labelled "Sleeping Puffin Cam" - in the window, a puffin is advancing towards the camera with a small piece of organic material in its beak. Its orange feet, white eyes and coloured beak contrast sharply with the main image.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 30

Listening to this while doing my own seemingly endless task. If this were not adequate proof of being alive, the pain of smashing my finger while breaking up the rubble certainly helps.

A plastic bucket rests on a large pile of rubble and dust contained by a brick wall in what appears to be an old pond. At the back of the pond there is a wooden lace painted grey also resting on the rubble is a green iron rake. In front of the pond is a newer brick wall seen almost from above And More wood painted grey.

View of the edge of a patio and what is the beginnings of a rubble garden bed. At the back of the scene there is a covered veranda. In front of the veranda slipping down pathway and the edge of the patio running perpendicular towards the camera. To the left of the patio edge is an area that is still initiated by a black edging material and bricks propping that up to the letter of that ground with dead grass that will become a path on the edge of a green top pool. There is a green spade on the patio by the bed.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 27

The internet: Pope Leo Me, every damn time:

A portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici, Pope Leo X (1475-1521). A man wearing a red velvet gown and skullcap, edged with ermine.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 26

“Our” fox cub this evening. Tenant under the shed, we think #foresthill #londonwildlife

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 25

Pick a Bond villain from pictures you already have on your phone

A black cat weary a white Elizabethan ruff sits in a doorway with at the bottom of a wooden staircase. He stares grumpily at the camera.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 25

I know it’s hot but I made perfect cacio e pepe with a method I learned from one of the singers I was coaching in Basel and just look at that, folks

A frying pan full of linguine in a silky yellow sauce, scattered with bits of vegan bacon and chopped parsley. There is a wooden spoon at the back, and an orange pasta scoop resting on the left

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 25

You never looked lovelier

A still from “Singing in the Rain”: Debbie Reynolds is wearing a pink and gold dancing outfit and Gene Kelly is wearing black tie; they are looking at Jean Hagen, horrified. Jean Hagen, as Lina Lamont, is wearing a pale green beaded ballgown. Her face is covered in custard pie.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 16

Bought a tile cutter for the next stage of the Money Pit refurb. Got a surprise 10-min lecture on the economics of builders merchant cartels, the uselessness of politicians, and the revolutionary power of the working classes from the 20-something duty manager at the shop. Kids are alright.

An open car boot with a large orange cardboard box inside. The text on the box reads “Titan” and there is a picture of a power tool on the side.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 8

Our furry overlords have made sure that any future visitors will know who is in charge. We can’t put flooring over this now, can we? #caturday #caturdayeve

An area of new cement inside a porch doorway. It has not set yet, and there are cat prints everywhere.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 8

Just the picture makes my eyes start watering and my sinuses start aching.... tree pollen is the worst, change my mind. Here is a splendid border in Hyde Park. Much safer. #bloomscrolling

A splendid multi-coloured flower border in a sunny city park.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· May 8

This morning I am enjoying this splendidly troped Salve Regina, especially its concluding trope: Funde preces tuo nato, Crucifixo, vulnerato, Pro nobis est flagellato, Spinis puncto felle potato. Maria. 1/2

A manuscript of medieval chant with a gloved hand holding it open, , showing the left hand page.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Apr 30

It’s 2326 on a Thursday night and of course I had to dig out my Capelli because something was bugging me. #earlymodern

A cream coloured book on a batik tablecloth. The books title is in a black antique font with red capital letters: Lexicon Abbreviaturarum A. Cappelli, Dizionario di Abbreviature latine ed italiane, Sesta edizione, Ulrico Hoepli, Milano.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Mar 20

Still reeling from the news of the death oh Bonnie Blackburn, FBA. She was the kindest, smartest, most generous scholar I’ve ever known; she fought my corner from the time we first met 33 years ago; she made everything I’ve ever written about early modern music better. I cannot process our loss.

A book with the title Eroticism in Early Modern Music, edited by Bonnie Blackburn and Laurie Stras. The picture I. The front is a baroque painting of naked nymphs playing musical instruments

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Mar 19

Been crafting today with @vidda.bsky.social for @transunityquilt.bsky.social Stage one complete !

A table covered with a light blue cloth onto which a series of hexagons representing a molecular structure are placed. A pin cushion, a spool of thread, and a pair of glasses are also in the cloth

A pale blue square is lying on a brown rug. On the square is a a white quilting cloth molecular structure of oestrogen, tacked on. The element labels are in pink and blue. Below this, two white cloud shapes with the words “more in common”: the letters “mor” are pale blue, and the final “e” of the word is in upper case, in pink.

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Mar 17

Amarilli mia bella #TinyJoys

An amaryllis, salmon with green veins, in full bloom, against a wooden floor

Laurie Stras@lauriestras· Mar 11

Let's play a game Your pet gets chosen to be immortalised on a banknote Which picture are you submitting?