Anne Thériault
@annetheriault.bsky.social
Putting the hag in hagiographer. Formerly @anne_theriault on Twitter. Anne.m.theriault@gmail.com
Good - and I cannot stress this enough - night
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Good - and I cannot stress this enough - night
I grew up in a family where, if we didn’t have cash money for something, we just didn’t do it.
Anyway, all of that is to say that it kinda blows my mind to learn how many people carry consumed debt from things like “we wanted to take a big family trip and this was the only way we could swing it!”
Anyway, all of that is to say that it kinda blows my mind to learn how many people carry consumed debt from things like “we wanted to take a big family trip and this was the only way we could swing it!”
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I grew up in a family where, if we didn’t have cash money for something, we just didn’t do it.
Anyway, all of that is to say that it kinda blows my mind to learn how many people carry consumed debt from things like “we wanted to take a big family trip and this was the only way we could swing it!”
Anyway, all of that is to say that it kinda blows my mind to learn how many people carry consumed debt from things like “we wanted to take a big family trip and this was the only way we could swing it!”
Are you ever consumed by thoughts about how everything that you touch has gross germs all over it to the point where you struggle to function in public?
No? Just me?
Anyway, things are fine haha. Very cool, very normal.
No? Just me?
Anyway, things are fine haha. Very cool, very normal.
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Are you ever consumed by thoughts about how everything that you touch has gross germs all over it to the point where you struggle to function in public?
No? Just me?
Anyway, things are fine haha. Very cool, very normal.
No? Just me?
Anyway, things are fine haha. Very cool, very normal.
I was in Toronto this weekend and had to catch an early morning train back to Kingston. The subway doesn’t start running until 8 am on Sundays, so I had to take a cab to the station. I ordered it through the Beck Taxi app, so I could see the driver get close to my intersection before driving away.
January 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I was in Toronto this weekend and had to catch an early morning train back to Kingston. The subway doesn’t start running until 8 am on Sundays, so I had to take a cab to the station. I ordered it through the Beck Taxi app, so I could see the driver get close to my intersection before driving away.
15yo: you know how the Battle of Agincourt was fought on St. Crispin’s Day?
Me: No, I don’t know that.
15yo: Oh. Well, anyway…
Me: No, I don’t know that.
15yo: Oh. Well, anyway…
January 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
15yo: you know how the Battle of Agincourt was fought on St. Crispin’s Day?
Me: No, I don’t know that.
15yo: Oh. Well, anyway…
Me: No, I don’t know that.
15yo: Oh. Well, anyway…
13th day of school since returning from the Christmas break, 6th time the school buses have been cancelled due to a winter storm. Also, wtf is this.
January 21, 2026 at 11:08 AM
13th day of school since returning from the Christmas break, 6th time the school buses have been cancelled due to a winter storm. Also, wtf is this.
Reposted by Anne Thériault
Grateful to be interviewed by Canadian journalist Anne Thériault for “Why today’s spiritual seekers are reviving ancient practices,” for Broadview. A joy to talk of Benedict of Nursia and more! Thank you, Anne! @annetheriault.bsky.social
broadview.org/modern-mysti...
broadview.org/modern-mysti...
January 20, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Grateful to be interviewed by Canadian journalist Anne Thériault for “Why today’s spiritual seekers are reviving ancient practices,” for Broadview. A joy to talk of Benedict of Nursia and more! Thank you, Anne! @annetheriault.bsky.social
broadview.org/modern-mysti...
broadview.org/modern-mysti...
Just booked 15yo’s first solo train trip to visit a friend in Montreal (a responsible grownup will be sending him off and meeting him at the respective train stations), and I’m suddenly crying because how is my baby old enough to be going on solo train trips??
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Just booked 15yo’s first solo train trip to visit a friend in Montreal (a responsible grownup will be sending him off and meeting him at the respective train stations), and I’m suddenly crying because how is my baby old enough to be going on solo train trips??
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January 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Under "report account" you can select "violence" and "human trafficking." Just fyi while you're over there blocking.
🎶 Mon cher Théo, c’est à ton tour
De te laisser parler d’amour
Mon cher Théo, c’est à ton tour
De te laisser parler d’amour 🎶
My kid is camping with Scouts this weekend, but he’s officially 15yo now. The days are long, but the years are short (and seem to grow shorter and shorter as they go by)
De te laisser parler d’amour
Mon cher Théo, c’est à ton tour
De te laisser parler d’amour 🎶
My kid is camping with Scouts this weekend, but he’s officially 15yo now. The days are long, but the years are short (and seem to grow shorter and shorter as they go by)
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 AM
🎶 Mon cher Théo, c’est à ton tour
De te laisser parler d’amour
Mon cher Théo, c’est à ton tour
De te laisser parler d’amour 🎶
My kid is camping with Scouts this weekend, but he’s officially 15yo now. The days are long, but the years are short (and seem to grow shorter and shorter as they go by)
De te laisser parler d’amour
Mon cher Théo, c’est à ton tour
De te laisser parler d’amour 🎶
My kid is camping with Scouts this weekend, but he’s officially 15yo now. The days are long, but the years are short (and seem to grow shorter and shorter as they go by)
Reposted by Anne Thériault
Just divide by zero who gives a shit anymore
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just divide by zero who gives a shit anymore
Speaking of Spanish things, this book combination is just [Italian chef’s kiss]. Like a fine wine paired with the most perfect cheese:
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Speaking of Spanish things, this book combination is just [Italian chef’s kiss]. Like a fine wine paired with the most perfect cheese:
Three months ago we were staying at the most heavenly aparthotel in Granada and I took this video of the birds in the bulding’s courtyard singing at dawn. I watch it whenever the weather feels unbearably cold and miserable.
Wish I was back there drinking an Alhambra Especial on a sunny patio.
Wish I was back there drinking an Alhambra Especial on a sunny patio.
January 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Three months ago we were staying at the most heavenly aparthotel in Granada and I took this video of the birds in the bulding’s courtyard singing at dawn. I watch it whenever the weather feels unbearably cold and miserable.
Wish I was back there drinking an Alhambra Especial on a sunny patio.
Wish I was back there drinking an Alhambra Especial on a sunny patio.
Not to brag, but I have the kind of eczema that makes my hands look like raw hamburger meat 💅
January 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Not to brag, but I have the kind of eczema that makes my hands look like raw hamburger meat 💅
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“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Some people own stocks. I own a collection of travel and sample size expensive skincare products and perfumes that I got from Sephora for free. This is my retirement fund.
January 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Some people own stocks. I own a collection of travel and sample size expensive skincare products and perfumes that I got from Sephora for free. This is my retirement fund.
Just came out of my bedroom and for some reason all of the cats are lined up in the hallway waiting for me
January 10, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Just came out of my bedroom and for some reason all of the cats are lined up in the hallway waiting for me
I borrowed one of 14yo’s hoodies earlier this week and received many compliments on it.
Pros:
- nice to get compliments
- cool that we can now share hoodies
- I bought it for him, so obviously have exquisite taste
Cons:
- no one ever compliments me on the hoodies that are mine alone :(
Pros:
- nice to get compliments
- cool that we can now share hoodies
- I bought it for him, so obviously have exquisite taste
Cons:
- no one ever compliments me on the hoodies that are mine alone :(
January 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I borrowed one of 14yo’s hoodies earlier this week and received many compliments on it.
Pros:
- nice to get compliments
- cool that we can now share hoodies
- I bought it for him, so obviously have exquisite taste
Cons:
- no one ever compliments me on the hoodies that are mine alone :(
Pros:
- nice to get compliments
- cool that we can now share hoodies
- I bought it for him, so obviously have exquisite taste
Cons:
- no one ever compliments me on the hoodies that are mine alone :(
I saw someone refer to Jacob Tierney as Canada’s Shonda Rhimes, and, while a bit premature, it did feel correct
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I saw someone refer to Jacob Tierney as Canada’s Shonda Rhimes, and, while a bit premature, it did feel correct
Happy three kings day from the mother of the front legs of this life-sized camel puppet
Will delete in a hot sec, but here’s 14yo as the front legs of a camel in our church’s Christmas pageant. The woman who made these camels is incroyable, they’re a show-stopper every Christmas, I love everything about it, etc, but it also tickles me to tell people that my kid is playing half a camel
January 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Happy three kings day from the mother of the front legs of this life-sized camel puppet
14yo has been dying for a flat cap all year, so my mom brought one back for him from Ireland as a Christmas present. He wore it to school yesterday and apparently everyone liked it and said he looked like “a Peaky Blinder or a Newsy”.
It’s nice to know that I have given birth to a Character.
It’s nice to know that I have given birth to a Character.
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
14yo has been dying for a flat cap all year, so my mom brought one back for him from Ireland as a Christmas present. He wore it to school yesterday and apparently everyone liked it and said he looked like “a Peaky Blinder or a Newsy”.
It’s nice to know that I have given birth to a Character.
It’s nice to know that I have given birth to a Character.
Playing the long game: I had a kid so that fourteen years later I could send him videos like this
(Now thinking about the time he gave a school presentation about William the Conqueror and was mad that, because it was a francophone school, he had to refer to him as Guillaume le Conquérant)
(Now thinking about the time he gave a school presentation about William the Conqueror and was mad that, because it was a francophone school, he had to refer to him as Guillaume le Conquérant)
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Playing the long game: I had a kid so that fourteen years later I could send him videos like this
(Now thinking about the time he gave a school presentation about William the Conqueror and was mad that, because it was a francophone school, he had to refer to him as Guillaume le Conquérant)
(Now thinking about the time he gave a school presentation about William the Conqueror and was mad that, because it was a francophone school, he had to refer to him as Guillaume le Conquérant)
Genuinely can’t believe he’s going to be fifteen years old in two weeks. This was him explaining a plot point that he feels sceptical about from the book he’s currently reading.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Genuinely can’t believe he’s going to be fifteen years old in two weeks. This was him explaining a plot point that he feels sceptical about from the book he’s currently reading.
14yo, as we’re leaving the theatre after seeing Marty Supreme: “Wait, was that the guy from Shark Tank?”
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
14yo, as we’re leaving the theatre after seeing Marty Supreme: “Wait, was that the guy from Shark Tank?”
I know I’ve been posting a lot of churchy stuff this year. It’s been a really crummy year (with some highlights), and I’ve been going to mass more often. Sometimes my main motivator is that I feel so off my rocker and don’t want to be alone, but also don’t want to have to interact with anyone.
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I know I’ve been posting a lot of churchy stuff this year. It’s been a really crummy year (with some highlights), and I’ve been going to mass more often. Sometimes my main motivator is that I feel so off my rocker and don’t want to be alone, but also don’t want to have to interact with anyone.