Ursa Borealis
@ursaborealis.bsky.social
Alaska-dweller with a grá for West Kerry. Scribbler, yearner, aspiring Banshee. Ag foghlaim Gaeilge.
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Gasp, the Moon.
December 15, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Gasp, the Moon.
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Dogs + snow. Name a better combination. 🐶❄️
December 15, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Dogs + snow. Name a better combination. 🐶❄️
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Dutch photographer and artist Scarlett Hooft Graafland,
Journey (2007)
Journey (2007)
December 10, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Dutch photographer and artist Scarlett Hooft Graafland,
Journey (2007)
Journey (2007)
My team and I have been working for YEARS to get DOWA to divest from the proposed Palmer Mine at the headwaters of the Chilkat Watershed. Good news: DOWA divested, de-funding the project! The fight isn't over, but this is a big win. Let's celebrate it! #CherishTheChilkat
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Celebrate a Victory in Alaska!
Good news for the Chilkat Valley: The proposed Palmer Mine has been de-funded! Thanks to all who have supported our work to protect the Chilkat Watershed!
#CherishTheChilkat!
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December 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM
My team and I have been working for YEARS to get DOWA to divest from the proposed Palmer Mine at the headwaters of the Chilkat Watershed. Good news: DOWA divested, de-funding the project! The fight isn't over, but this is a big win. Let's celebrate it! #CherishTheChilkat
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Shear pin break break!
December 2, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Shear pin break break!
Feeling good about Actually Writing in my cozy cabin as this snowstorm blows in, rather than spending the day dissociating and thinking I’m writing….
Also feeling good about achieving coziness in my cabin despite the very cold weather of the last few days!
#AmWriting
Also feeling good about achieving coziness in my cabin despite the very cold weather of the last few days!
#AmWriting
December 1, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Feeling good about Actually Writing in my cozy cabin as this snowstorm blows in, rather than spending the day dissociating and thinking I’m writing….
Also feeling good about achieving coziness in my cabin despite the very cold weather of the last few days!
#AmWriting
Also feeling good about achieving coziness in my cabin despite the very cold weather of the last few days!
#AmWriting
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And now for something completely different: map of the pre-contact Anchorage bowl, with indigenous (Dena'ina Athabaskan) names for the rivers, mountains, and oceans.
#alaskatwitter
#anchorage
#dena'ina
#alaskatwitter
#anchorage
#dena'ina
November 30, 2024 at 7:46 PM
And now for something completely different: map of the pre-contact Anchorage bowl, with indigenous (Dena'ina Athabaskan) names for the rivers, mountains, and oceans.
#alaskatwitter
#anchorage
#dena'ina
#alaskatwitter
#anchorage
#dena'ina
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Remembering Shane MacGowan who died a year ago today.
Here he is with Christy Moore accompanied by The Benzini Brothers (The Hothouse Flowers) performing the Irish ballad ‘Spancil Hill’.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlL...
Here he is with Christy Moore accompanied by The Benzini Brothers (The Hothouse Flowers) performing the Irish ballad ‘Spancil Hill’.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlL...
Spancil Hill - Shane MacGowan & Christy Moore, 1994
YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults
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November 30, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Remembering Shane MacGowan who died a year ago today.
Here he is with Christy Moore accompanied by The Benzini Brothers (The Hothouse Flowers) performing the Irish ballad ‘Spancil Hill’.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlL...
Here he is with Christy Moore accompanied by The Benzini Brothers (The Hothouse Flowers) performing the Irish ballad ‘Spancil Hill’.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlL...
Missing my boyfriend Bobby the sheepdog something fierce.
November 28, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Missing my boyfriend Bobby the sheepdog something fierce.
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November 27, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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All of this year, I kept bumping into the work of Harry Clarke, which was not a hardship, not at all 😍
(in National Gallery of Ireland, National Museum and St Mary’s church, Cong, Co.Mayo)
(in National Gallery of Ireland, National Museum and St Mary’s church, Cong, Co.Mayo)
November 25, 2024 at 10:15 PM
All of this year, I kept bumping into the work of Harry Clarke, which was not a hardship, not at all 😍
(in National Gallery of Ireland, National Museum and St Mary’s church, Cong, Co.Mayo)
(in National Gallery of Ireland, National Museum and St Mary’s church, Cong, Co.Mayo)
The USA is so fucking intense.
November 27, 2024 at 4:04 AM
The USA is so fucking intense.
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Teach Yourself Irish is also FREE here - I link this because the publisher has given permission to share it (see publisher comments towards the end of this version) drive.google.com/file/d/14r6u... #Gaeilge #Irishlanguage
TYI Retypeset - David R Smith.pdf
drive.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Teach Yourself Irish is also FREE here - I link this because the publisher has given permission to share it (see publisher comments towards the end of this version) drive.google.com/file/d/14r6u... #Gaeilge #Irishlanguage
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Molaimse go mór mór an leabhar so! Highly recommend Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail for learners - so good that I have two copies! But seriously, if you're learning Connacht Irish, t'is a must-have.
Otherwise, for Munster, I recommend Teach Yourself Irish 1961 version NOT the new one!!!
Otherwise, for Munster, I recommend Teach Yourself Irish 1961 version NOT the new one!!!
November 26, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Molaimse go mór mór an leabhar so! Highly recommend Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail for learners - so good that I have two copies! But seriously, if you're learning Connacht Irish, t'is a must-have.
Otherwise, for Munster, I recommend Teach Yourself Irish 1961 version NOT the new one!!!
Otherwise, for Munster, I recommend Teach Yourself Irish 1961 version NOT the new one!!!
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Hey new followers! Excited to meet ya! Did you know that I’m a writer, editor, AND a hidden drawer? Right now I’m running a sale of prints of my art and illustrations at my Etsy. Stop on by for 20-30 percent off of everything through Dec 18! hiddendrawerdesigns.etsy.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Hey new followers! Excited to meet ya! Did you know that I’m a writer, editor, AND a hidden drawer? Right now I’m running a sale of prints of my art and illustrations at my Etsy. Stop on by for 20-30 percent off of everything through Dec 18! hiddendrawerdesigns.etsy.com
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Here's a Presidential Timeline cleaner for you.
November 26, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Here's a Presidential Timeline cleaner for you.
My favorite moment in 21st century Alaska politics.
Happy 16-year anniversary to Sarah Palin's turkey pardon to all who celebrate. 🦃
Countdown: Sarah Palin's Turkey Pardoning Fiasco
YouTube video by heathr456
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November 25, 2024 at 10:14 PM
My favorite moment in 21st century Alaska politics.
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
November 24, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
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Your writing process will change on a daily basis with every project, because every project is different. Whatever gets you to the final product is the way that that book needed to be written.
So I need you to stop scrolling and say this aloud right now.
"My writing process is not broken."
So I need you to stop scrolling and say this aloud right now.
"My writing process is not broken."
November 24, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Your writing process will change on a daily basis with every project, because every project is different. Whatever gets you to the final product is the way that that book needed to be written.
So I need you to stop scrolling and say this aloud right now.
"My writing process is not broken."
So I need you to stop scrolling and say this aloud right now.
"My writing process is not broken."
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This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.
March 4, 2024 at 2:20 AM
This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.
Gorgeous day to be flying home up Lynn Canal.
November 22, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Gorgeous day to be flying home up Lynn Canal.
It’s true!! 💗💗💗
A great day for Dingle. Fair play to Cillian Murphy & Yvonne McGuinness for saving the wonderful Phoenix. Deascéal go háirithe do mhuintir na háite. 💜
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Murphy, McGuinness to purchase iconic Kerry cinema
Actor Cillian Murphy and artist Yvonne McGuinness have confirmed the purchase of the iconic Phoenix Cinema in Daingean Uí Chúis, Co Kerry.
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2024 at 6:31 PM
It’s true!! 💗💗💗
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felt coot, might delete later
November 22, 2024 at 6:01 PM
felt coot, might delete later
OMG 💗
One from the archives. Fungie, Síoda and Shergar, playing poker in heaven. [not actual photo: artist's rendition]
November 22, 2024 at 6:28 PM
OMG 💗