Rohan Maitzen
@rohanmaitzen.bsky.social
English prof at King's / Dalhousie (mostly Victorian lit, detective fiction), critic, blogger at 'Novel Readings'. Essays and reviews in the TLS, LRC, Q&Q, CNQ, LARB, etc. It's pronounced "Rowan." She / her. Halifax, NS. http://rohanmaitzen.com
Fred seems to have somehow relocated her head. 😂❤️🐈⬛
January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Fred seems to have somehow relocated her head. 😂❤️🐈⬛
Trying to figure out if NSCAD cancelling all classes means extended studies classes too (so far, no messaging about this and no reply to my email). My online "loose landscapes" watercolour class is supposed to start tonight! 😞 (I'm thinking maybe no news is good news and it's going ahead.)
January 26, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Trying to figure out if NSCAD cancelling all classes means extended studies classes too (so far, no messaging about this and no reply to my email). My online "loose landscapes" watercolour class is supposed to start tonight! 😞 (I'm thinking maybe no news is good news and it's going ahead.)
Watercolour practice: pretty good clouds, pretty good foreground of snow dusted terrain, lousy leaves. I really need to learn how to create leafy effects!
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Watercolour practice: pretty good clouds, pretty good foreground of snow dusted terrain, lousy leaves. I really need to learn how to create leafy effects!
Reposted by Rohan Maitzen
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Trying not to let the pretty good odds that we'll have a snow day on Monday deter me from prepping my classes. They're on Browning and The Mill on the Floss so it's not so tough. 🙂
January 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Trying not to let the pretty good odds that we'll have a snow day on Monday deter me from prepping my classes. They're on Browning and The Mill on the Floss so it's not so tough. 🙂
When the vet's office said it was cheaper to buy the expensive preventive medicine in bulk because I was eligible for a rebate that way, I somehow expected to get back more than $7.50 CAD. 😅
January 23, 2026 at 1:12 PM
When the vet's office said it was cheaper to buy the expensive preventive medicine in bulk because I was eligible for a rebate that way, I somehow expected to get back more than $7.50 CAD. 😅
Fred is really getting into her nap tonight. 😍🐈⬛
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Fred is really getting into her nap tonight. 😍🐈⬛
So what does is mean when the power outage map says “outage requested by local authorities”?
January 23, 2026 at 12:23 AM
So what does is mean when the power outage map says “outage requested by local authorities”?
Reposted by Rohan Maitzen
Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities
By Genevieve Boulet and Nathaniel Street
By Genevieve Boulet and Nathaniel Street
Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities - Halifax Examiner
The bill directs its strongest tools toward academic restructuring while bypassing scrutiny of how universities are funded, governed, and managed financially. If sustainability is the objective, then ...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities
By Genevieve Boulet and Nathaniel Street
By Genevieve Boulet and Nathaniel Street
There is a new "55+ community" being created locally called Bloomsbury and they just opened the Tavistock residence and honestly, I'm so tired, maybe this is a sign.
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
There is a new "55+ community" being created locally called Bloomsbury and they just opened the Tavistock residence and honestly, I'm so tired, maybe this is a sign.
There are only 320 people ahead of me with holds on The Correspondent so I guess I’ll be reading that in June or July if I’m lucky. 🙃
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
There are only 320 people ahead of me with holds on The Correspondent so I guess I’ll be reading that in June or July if I’m lucky. 🙃
Got the royalty statement from Taylor & Francis and I am delighted to say I made $36 USD and will get paid $0 USD because they don't bother cutting such tiny cheques. 🙃
January 20, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Got the royalty statement from Taylor & Francis and I am delighted to say I made $36 USD and will get paid $0 USD because they don't bother cutting such tiny cheques. 🙃
Wait Norway doesn't give out the peace prize and neither do any governments and why is a petulant toddler who is clearly ineducable shaping world events anyway wtaf.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Wait Norway doesn't give out the peace prize and neither do any governments and why is a petulant toddler who is clearly ineducable shaping world events anyway wtaf.
Lord of Scoundrels. It should star Richard Armitage as Dain and maybe Jenna Coleman as Jessica. It would be a massive blockbuster sensation. 😍
Name a book that should be made into a movie or TV series
January 20, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Lord of Scoundrels. It should star Richard Armitage as Dain and maybe Jenna Coleman as Jessica. It would be a massive blockbuster sensation. 😍
My iPad updated and I hate it. Why do they have to change so much? I get fixing bugs and stuff but changing how things look and work without giving us any control is so annoying.
January 20, 2026 at 1:25 AM
My iPad updated and I hate it. Why do they have to change so much? I get fixing bugs and stuff but changing how things look and work without giving us any control is so annoying.
All evening meals should just be chips and dip. Or at any rate that should be a legit option. 🙃
January 19, 2026 at 8:44 PM
All evening meals should just be chips and dip. Or at any rate that should be a legit option. 🙃
"Must old age be so shapeless? The only escape is to work the mind. I shall write a history of English literature, I think, in those days. And I shall walk. And I shall buy clothes, & keep my hair tidy, & make myself dine out."
VW, Diary, 11 March 1930
VW, Diary, 11 March 1930
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"Must old age be so shapeless? The only escape is to work the mind. I shall write a history of English literature, I think, in those days. And I shall walk. And I shall buy clothes, & keep my hair tidy, & make myself dine out."
VW, Diary, 11 March 1930
VW, Diary, 11 March 1930
I don't really mind missing class time on Hemans this morning but this afternoon was for "Maggie runs away to the 'gypsies'" and "Tom starts school and becomes 'like a girl'" in The Mill on the Floss. 🥲 (We will 100% talk about those incidents in our *next* class, but we'll have less time for them.)
January 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I don't really mind missing class time on Hemans this morning but this afternoon was for "Maggie runs away to the 'gypsies'" and "Tom starts school and becomes 'like a girl'" in The Mill on the Floss. 🥲 (We will 100% talk about those incidents in our *next* class, but we'll have less time for them.)
Snow day! Too bad Fred didn’t get the message. Or maybe she did and thought that meant I should start the day extra early for more quality time with her. 🙃😴
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Snow day! Too bad Fred didn’t get the message. Or maybe she did and thought that meant I should start the day extra early for more quality time with her. 🙃😴
Torn between avoiding the news because there's nothing I can do and feeling I should keep up with it in case there's anything I can do. And the thing is, it so does not need to be this way. It's a such a small planet, really. I wish we could take care of it and each other instead of all this.
a blue circle on a black background that looks like a diamond
ALT: a blue circle on a black background that looks like a diamond
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Torn between avoiding the news because there's nothing I can do and feeling I should keep up with it in case there's anything I can do. And the thing is, it so does not need to be this way. It's a such a small planet, really. I wish we could take care of it and each other instead of all this.
Got my #stormchips so I think I'm well prepared!
Sunday, Jan. 18 | 11:15 a.m. - A messy weather system of rain changing to snow is expected later today and overnight into Monday morning. Prepare for winter driving conditions.
More on winter storm prep - www.halifax.ca/safety-secur...
More on winter storm prep - www.halifax.ca/safety-secur...
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Got my #stormchips so I think I'm well prepared!
I finished My Father's House last night. It's a very good book but I can't decide if now was exactly the right or exactly the wrong time to read it. I couldn't stop projecting onto it my own fears about how things are going in our time.
January 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I finished My Father's House last night. It's a very good book but I can't decide if now was exactly the right or exactly the wrong time to read it. I couldn't stop projecting onto it my own fears about how things are going in our time.
Reposted by Rohan Maitzen
There are a few people who are very heavily invested in this tech. They have a lot of resources and a very strong interest in getting you to believe that this stuff delivers what it promises. But it doesn’t.
January 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
There are a few people who are very heavily invested in this tech. They have a lot of resources and a very strong interest in getting you to believe that this stuff delivers what it promises. But it doesn’t.
TGIF (thank goodness it's Freddie!) 😁🐈⬛❤️
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
TGIF (thank goodness it's Freddie!) 😁🐈⬛❤️