Theresa Kishkan
@fishgottaswim.bsky.social
a devotee of essays, novellas, hybrid writing, rivers, trees. 17 books. The Art of Looking Back: a painter, an obsession, and reclaiming the gaze, forthcoming (Thornapple Press, 2026). North American half of fishgottaswimeditions.com
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"How lucky we’ve been to witness them over the decades and sometimes I wonder if they have their own observations about us: how we’ve slowed, how we’re less inclined to chase a bear out of the crabapple..."
February 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
"How lucky we’ve been to witness them over the decades and sometimes I wonder if they have their own observations about us: how we’ve slowed, how we’re less inclined to chase a bear out of the crabapple..."
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Alt text: a woman embracing a man on a deck with trees around and a big sky in the distance
Alt text: a woman embracing a man on a deck with trees around and a big sky in the distance
47 years
47 years ago today, John was on a ferry heading to Victoria to participate in a fund-raising poetry reading at Open Space for bill bissett, organized by Warren Tallman. He was going to stay with a …
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February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Alt text: a woman embracing a man on a deck with trees around and a big sky in the distance
Alt text: a woman embracing a man on a deck with trees around and a big sky in the distance
"Kishkan is a lid lifter, bearer of ceilings, and stair dweller who scatters thoughts and emotions with keen insight, Homeric hymns, and the Limners of Victoria’s artistic scene. Her portrait with dark hair, strewn flowers, blue vest, and lateral gaze haunts the pages of her memoir."
Monday morning, grey sky, snow promised -- but my forthcoming book has its first review!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
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The Art of Looking Back by Theresa Kishkan
Reviewed by Michael Greenstein
www.theseaboardreview.ca
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"Kishkan is a lid lifter, bearer of ceilings, and stair dweller who scatters thoughts and emotions with keen insight, Homeric hymns, and the Limners of Victoria’s artistic scene. Her portrait with dark hair, strewn flowers, blue vest, and lateral gaze haunts the pages of her memoir."
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Monday morning, grey sky, snow promised -- but my forthcoming book has its first review!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Looking Back by Theresa Kishkan
Reviewed by Michael Greenstein
www.theseaboardreview.ca
February 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Monday morning, grey sky, snow promised -- but my forthcoming book has its first review!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
Monday morning, grey sky, snow promised -- but my forthcoming book has its first review!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Looking Back by Theresa Kishkan
Reviewed by Michael Greenstein
www.theseaboardreview.ca
February 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Monday morning, grey sky, snow promised -- but my forthcoming book has its first review!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-art-of...
Reposted by Theresa Kishkan
"I remember the darkness of winter and then the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February, the ones we’re approaching now, the same scribble of jet trails across the western sky like a message just for me."
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Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
redux: the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February
Note: this was first posted 6 years and 1 day ago. I talk about my children and their lives; so much of what I wrote is still true, though Angelica shifted from registrar at the RBCM to collections…
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February 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
"I remember the darkness of winter and then the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February, the ones we’re approaching now, the same scribble of jet trails across the western sky like a message just for me."
"I remember the darkness of winter and then the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February, the ones we’re approaching now, the same scribble of jet trails across the western sky like a message just for me."
theresakishkan.com/2026/02/14/r...
Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
redux: the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February
Note: this was first posted 6 years and 1 day ago. I talk about my children and their lives; so much of what I wrote is still true, though Angelica shifted from registrar at the RBCM to collections…
theresakishkan.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
"I remember the darkness of winter and then the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February, the ones we’re approaching now, the same scribble of jet trails across the western sky like a message just for me."
In the greenhouse, arugula and miners lettuce to accompany our Valentine dinner.
February 14, 2026 at 9:20 PM
In the greenhouse, arugula and miners lettuce to accompany our Valentine dinner.
Reposted by Theresa Kishkan
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Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
redux: the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February
Note: this was first posted 6 years and 1 day ago. I talk about my children and their lives; so much of what I wrote is still true, though Angelica shifted from registrar at the RBCM to collections…
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February 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
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Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
redux: the beautiful deep blue evenings of late February
Note: this was first posted 6 years and 1 day ago. I talk about my children and their lives; so much of what I wrote is still true, though Angelica shifted from registrar at the RBCM to collections…
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February 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
Alt text: a green garden border, with a power pole in the middle, a wooden bird house on it.
archives are a tiny, tiny proportion of federal funding, killing them simply increases an amnesia about Canada's past, and that's not a good thing, other than for those who benefit from erasing the past or rewriting it for political means.
February 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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"I was surprised to see the sun rise because the night, like the years, passed in a heartbeat."
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Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
…Theresa Kishkan
There were plum blossoms on the car when we went out this morning, and 3 deer in the parking area of the BnB where we are staying on Rockland Avenue. The sky was huge over the Strait of Juan de Fuc…
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February 12, 2026 at 6:52 AM
"I was surprised to see the sun rise because the night, like the years, passed in a heartbeat."
"I was surprised to see the sun rise because the night, like the years, passed in a heartbeat."
theresakishkan.com/2026/02/11/2...
Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
…Theresa Kishkan
There were plum blossoms on the car when we went out this morning, and 3 deer in the parking area of the BnB where we are staying on Rockland Avenue. The sky was huge over the Strait of Juan de Fuc…
theresakishkan.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 AM
"I was surprised to see the sun rise because the night, like the years, passed in a heartbeat."
Reposted by Theresa Kishkan
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Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
…Theresa Kishkan
There were plum blossoms on the car when we went out this morning, and 3 deer in the parking area of the BnB where we are staying on Rockland Avenue. The sky was huge over the Strait of Juan de Fuc…
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February 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
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Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
…Theresa Kishkan
There were plum blossoms on the car when we went out this morning, and 3 deer in the parking area of the BnB where we are staying on Rockland Avenue. The sky was huge over the Strait of Juan de Fuc…
theresakishkan.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
Alt text: an expanse of blue ocean, blue sky above with white clouds, narrow beach in the foreground
An early copy of my new book from Thornapple Press! It's so beautiful
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
An early copy of my new book from Thornapple Press! It's so beautiful
"Was it last night? I think it was the night before. There was a day when I stood at the textile museum looking at Natalie Toledo’s beautiful creations and thought of what it must be like to be born among the bougainvilleas..."
February 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
"Was it last night? I think it was the night before. There was a day when I stood at the textile museum looking at Natalie Toledo’s beautiful creations and thought of what it must be like to be born among the bougainvilleas..."
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Time to lean heavily on this group of malcontents Working against our country!
BREAKING: Multiple Sources say the U.S. Ambassador to Canada is Actively "In The Loop" With Trump-aligned/Funded Separatists In Alberta
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BREAKING: Multiple Sources say the U.S. Ambassador to Canada is Actively "In The Loop" With Trump-aligned/Funded Separatists In Alberta
Inside Pete Hoekstra’s Role in the Alberta Separatist Play To Turn Alberta (And Their Oil) Into the 51st State
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February 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Time to lean heavily on this group of malcontents Working against our country!