Della Ratcliffe
@badasscrone.bsky.social
Exploring the wild, wise and creative side of my crone years. Living in Vancouver on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples: sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If a Vancouver resident, add your voice and send a letter to Sim and VCR City Council before the NoV 25 budget vote. #StopTheCuts
Ken Sim and ABC are facing huge opposition to their opaque, undemocratic, and detailless budget that will bring huge cuts to city staff, services, and programs.
It only takes 2 minutes to add your voice.
Write to Council: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
It only takes 2 minutes to add your voice.
Write to Council: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
Stop Ken Sim's Cuts — COPE Vancouver
www.votecope.ca
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If a Vancouver resident, add your voice and send a letter to Sim and VCR City Council before the NoV 25 budget vote. #StopTheCuts
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence.”
~ from Letters to Various Persons
Happy Thanksgiving weekend Canada!!!!
🌞🍷🍃🍂🍁🍎🍴🎃
~ from Letters to Various Persons
Happy Thanksgiving weekend Canada!!!!
🌞🍷🍃🍂🍁🍎🍴🎃
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence.”
~ from Letters to Various Persons
Happy Thanksgiving weekend Canada!!!!
🌞🍷🍃🍂🍁🍎🍴🎃
~ from Letters to Various Persons
Happy Thanksgiving weekend Canada!!!!
🌞🍷🍃🍂🍁🍎🍴🎃
September 30th is National Truth and Reconciliation Day, a time to honour the children who never came home, the Survivors of residential schools, and the families and communities forever impacted, and so much more.
Donate to the IRSSS at:
www.irsss.ca/news/truth-a...
Donate to the IRSSS at:
www.irsss.ca/news/truth-a...
Stand with Survivors on Truth & Reconciliation Day — IRSSS | Indian Residential School Survivors Society
September 30th is National Truth and Reconciliation Day, a day to remember the truth, reflect on our shared history, and take action toward reconciliation.
www.irsss.ca
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
September 30th is National Truth and Reconciliation Day, a time to honour the children who never came home, the Survivors of residential schools, and the families and communities forever impacted, and so much more.
Donate to the IRSSS at:
www.irsss.ca/news/truth-a...
Donate to the IRSSS at:
www.irsss.ca/news/truth-a...
Rethinking D’Arcy McGee in a Age of Political Violence
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Rethinking D’Arcy McGee in a Age of Political Violence
As the world watches the frightening spiral of political violence in the United States, I have found myself thinking a great deal about D’Arcy McGee.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Rethinking D’Arcy McGee in a Age of Political Violence
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Today’s experiment. I applied a W/C wash onto each paper strip (1 pink, 1 blue, 2 different yellows), then left to dry. I then topped with soap suds, dabbing various W/Cs onto the suds. I wonder how they’ll look once the bubbles have dried? The last image was taken accidentally by my iPhone ❤️🤩
September 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Today’s experiment. I applied a W/C wash onto each paper strip (1 pink, 1 blue, 2 different yellows), then left to dry. I then topped with soap suds, dabbing various W/Cs onto the suds. I wonder how they’ll look once the bubbles have dried? The last image was taken accidentally by my iPhone ❤️🤩
#KickCancersButtDay!
This month, I am riding 100km in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Today ALL donations will be MATCHED by supporters of the charity.
Please sponsor me now & your donation will be MATCHED - but hurry, it's for today ONLY!
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This month, I am riding 100km in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Today ALL donations will be MATCHED by supporters of the charity.
Please sponsor me now & your donation will be MATCHED - but hurry, it's for today ONLY!
greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/Della...
Support Della now and your donation will be MATCHED - today only!
Della Ratcliffe is riding in the Great Cycle Challenge this month to fight kids' cancer! For today only (Aug 13), all donations will be MATCHED up to $1.3M. Donate now!
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August 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#KickCancersButtDay!
This month, I am riding 100km in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Today ALL donations will be MATCHED by supporters of the charity.
Please sponsor me now & your donation will be MATCHED - but hurry, it's for today ONLY!
greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/Della...
This month, I am riding 100km in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Today ALL donations will be MATCHED by supporters of the charity.
Please sponsor me now & your donation will be MATCHED - but hurry, it's for today ONLY!
greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/Della...
The USA (barely) survived McCarthyism, which ruined so many lives. Can it survive MAGA Trumpism? He is already undermining, destroying or defying the Constitution, women’s rights, education health, parks, environment...
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" (Thank you Joseph Welch!)
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" (Thank you Joseph Welch!)
August 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The USA (barely) survived McCarthyism, which ruined so many lives. Can it survive MAGA Trumpism? He is already undermining, destroying or defying the Constitution, women’s rights, education health, parks, environment...
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" (Thank you Joseph Welch!)
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" (Thank you Joseph Welch!)
Trump’s incompetence is truly dangerous
Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after threatening tweet from Dmitry Medvedev
Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after threatening tweet from Dmitry Medvedev
Order suggests president might be ready to launch nuclear strike against Russia as tensions rise over Ukraine war
Donald Trump has said that he has deployed nuclear-capable submarines to the “appropriate regions” in response to a threatening tweet by Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev, suggesting that he would be ready to launch a nuclear strike as tensions rise over the war in Ukraine.
In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that he had decided to reposition the nuclear submarines because of “highly provocative statements” by Medvedev, noting he was now the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump’s incompetence is truly dangerous
I love Gregory Alan Isakov’s cover of The Parting Glass (a traditional Scottish - Irish ballad) heard in “The Life of Chuck”.
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The Parting Glass
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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August 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I love Gregory Alan Isakov’s cover of The Parting Glass (a traditional Scottish - Irish ballad) heard in “The Life of Chuck”.
youtu.be/nDK5Qv_s6Bc?...
youtu.be/nDK5Qv_s6Bc?...
I would love to know what Tom Smothers would have said about the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert… I still remember the shock of CBS cancelling The Smothers Brothers Comedy hour in 1969, clearly for political reasons.
July 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I would love to know what Tom Smothers would have said about the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert… I still remember the shock of CBS cancelling The Smothers Brothers Comedy hour in 1969, clearly for political reasons.
#GeoARTBlitz 19-27 July! Info in link.
“Imagine a worldwide celebration where art meets science in a frenzy of creativity and exploration. GeoARTBlitz is not just any event, it's a dynamic fusion of geography and art, inspired by the exhilarating concept of bioblitzes.”
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“Imagine a worldwide celebration where art meets science in a frenzy of creativity and exploration. GeoARTBlitz is not just any event, it's a dynamic fusion of geography and art, inspired by the exhilarating concept of bioblitzes.”
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Global GeoARTBlitz 2025
Join us from wherever you are in the world for a free global citizen art-science blitz from 19-27 July 2025.
www.rgs.org
July 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
#GeoARTBlitz 19-27 July! Info in link.
“Imagine a worldwide celebration where art meets science in a frenzy of creativity and exploration. GeoARTBlitz is not just any event, it's a dynamic fusion of geography and art, inspired by the exhilarating concept of bioblitzes.”
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
“Imagine a worldwide celebration where art meets science in a frenzy of creativity and exploration. GeoARTBlitz is not just any event, it's a dynamic fusion of geography and art, inspired by the exhilarating concept of bioblitzes.”
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
I have enjoyed many of the online drawing classes with the Sierra Club BC and there is a free LIVE event (Walk and Draw: Small Forest Life) coming on Saturday, July 26 at 10 AM at Pacific Spirit Park. This event is open to ALL ages.
sierraclub.bc.ca/small-forest...
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social
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@sierraclubbc.bsky.social
Walk and Draw: Small Forest Life | Sierra Club BC
Join us on Saturday, July 26th at Pacific Spirit Park in Vancouver for an art lesson about small forest community members!
sierraclub.bc.ca
July 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I have enjoyed many of the online drawing classes with the Sierra Club BC and there is a free LIVE event (Walk and Draw: Small Forest Life) coming on Saturday, July 26 at 10 AM at Pacific Spirit Park. This event is open to ALL ages.
sierraclub.bc.ca/small-forest...
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social
sierraclub.bc.ca/small-forest...
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social
I invite BC residents to send a message to David Eby to implement the recommendations of the 2022 Extreme Heat Death Review Panel. No action has been taken to date. sierraclub.bc.ca/call-for-cli...
Call for climate-resilient communities! | Sierra Club BC
Climate resilient housing today is housing for the future. It’s time to call for climate-ready communities!
sierraclub.bc.ca
July 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I invite BC residents to send a message to David Eby to implement the recommendations of the 2022 Extreme Heat Death Review Panel. No action has been taken to date. sierraclub.bc.ca/call-for-cli...
Judy Kuhn singing Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ from “Oklahoma!”
All the sounds of the earth are like music…
Truly glorious!
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All the sounds of the earth are like music…
Truly glorious!
youtu.be/eXpOYrF5XIw?...
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' / the Call
YouTube video by Judy Kuhn - Topic
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July 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Judy Kuhn singing Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ from “Oklahoma!”
All the sounds of the earth are like music…
Truly glorious!
youtu.be/eXpOYrF5XIw?...
All the sounds of the earth are like music…
Truly glorious!
youtu.be/eXpOYrF5XIw?...
More revisionist history from #NeverPoilievre? He knows why he lost and WE know why he lost!
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Poilievre says he lost Ottawa riding for being 'honest' about plan to cut public sector jobs | CBC News
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says he lost his riding of Carleton in the federal election due to an "aggressive" campaign by public sector unions after he was honest about wanting to cut ...
www.cbc.ca
July 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
More revisionist history from #NeverPoilievre? He knows why he lost and WE know why he lost!
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I really don’t know how to wish my American friends a Happy Independence Day this year, but I wish them resilience and strength as they band together to create a new / better democracy founded on equal rights for all and led ”by the people, for the people”.
July 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I really don’t know how to wish my American friends a Happy Independence Day this year, but I wish them resilience and strength as they band together to create a new / better democracy founded on equal rights for all and led ”by the people, for the people”.
These caribou need urgent action to prevent extinction. To give them the best chance at survival, Minister Parmar must stop approving old growth logging in caribou habitat. Add your name now.
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Tell Minister Parmar to protect caribou by putting old growth forests immediately off limits to logging
These caribou need urgent action to prevent extinction. To give them the best chance at survival, Minister Parmar must stop approving old growth logging in caribou habitat. Add your name now.
act.stand.earth
July 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
These caribou need urgent action to prevent extinction. To give them the best chance at survival, Minister Parmar must stop approving old growth logging in caribou habitat. Add your name now.
act.stand.earth/page/84645/p...
act.stand.earth/page/84645/p...
The City of Vancouver has finally announced the long overdue intention to plan and build a replacement for the Kitsilano Pool. If you care about the plans for the development, please read on (and complete the survey) at vancouver.ca/news-calenda...
June 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The City of Vancouver has finally announced the long overdue intention to plan and build a replacement for the Kitsilano Pool. If you care about the plans for the development, please read on (and complete the survey) at vancouver.ca/news-calenda...
Finished the organic garlic scape sea salt today, yield 1kg - dried, hand ground, packed and labeled. Should last a while!
June 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Finished the organic garlic scape sea salt today, yield 1kg - dried, hand ground, packed and labeled. Should last a while!
Everything smells like garlic 🧄🤣 I just processed 4 bundles of garlic scapes (about 850 grams after trimming) with coarse sea salt, and scooped onto 4 trays in the dehydrator. I much prefer this to the oven drying method, especially as our oven runs hot: a more vibrant colour and even dehydration.
June 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Everything smells like garlic 🧄🤣 I just processed 4 bundles of garlic scapes (about 850 grams after trimming) with coarse sea salt, and scooped onto 4 trays in the dehydrator. I much prefer this to the oven drying method, especially as our oven runs hot: a more vibrant colour and even dehydration.
Hurray! Kitsilano Pool opens Saturday June 21…my summer hangout!
June 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hurray! Kitsilano Pool opens Saturday June 21…my summer hangout!
The #ArbutusGreenway is so lush at the moment… in just a few steps I came across meadow crane's-bill aka meadow geranium, St John’s Wort (always a sign that Summer Solstice is nigh!), salmon berry (TBC!), some opportunistic blackberries, and yarrow, some of which were entwined with bindweed.
June 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The #ArbutusGreenway is so lush at the moment… in just a few steps I came across meadow crane's-bill aka meadow geranium, St John’s Wort (always a sign that Summer Solstice is nigh!), salmon berry (TBC!), some opportunistic blackberries, and yarrow, some of which were entwined with bindweed.
Not sure what’s worse…Trump for saying that Trudeau (with Obama) kicked Putin out of the G8 in 2014 or the numerous podcasters and media who don’t seem to know that HARPER was Prime Minister in 2014!
June 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Not sure what’s worse…Trump for saying that Trudeau (with Obama) kicked Putin out of the G8 in 2014 or the numerous podcasters and media who don’t seem to know that HARPER was Prime Minister in 2014!