Anne Thériault
@annetheriault.bsky.social
Putting the hag in hagiographer. Formerly @anne_theriault on Twitter. Anne.m.theriault@gmail.com
Hanging out with this cuddly 15 lb menace. His father is a large neighbourhood stray named Dirk Moosehead. His mother is a delicate sweetheart who’s named Sabine after one of the dolls in Eloise. Together they’ve created one of the most terrible cats of all time.
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Hanging out with this cuddly 15 lb menace. His father is a large neighbourhood stray named Dirk Moosehead. His mother is a delicate sweetheart who’s named Sabine after one of the dolls in Eloise. Together they’ve created one of the most terrible cats of all time.
Will delete this in a hot second, but something I totally forgot about until this week is that when I did a 23 & Me test many years ago (before I realized that the whole enterprise was problematic - I didn’t properly think it through), I learned that I was allegedly part Spanish
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Will delete this in a hot second, but something I totally forgot about until this week is that when I did a 23 & Me test many years ago (before I realized that the whole enterprise was problematic - I didn’t properly think it through), I learned that I was allegedly part Spanish
A friend and I have a running joke that images of St Sebastian are always the gayest, sluttiest works in Catholic art history. Anyway, this 16th c. painting by Luis de Vargas isn’t beating the allegations. Love Sebastian’s crop top paired with the extreme low-rise skirt, plus the gladiator sandals.
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A friend and I have a running joke that images of St Sebastian are always the gayest, sluttiest works in Catholic art history. Anyway, this 16th c. painting by Luis de Vargas isn’t beating the allegations. Love Sebastian’s crop top paired with the extreme low-rise skirt, plus the gladiator sandals.
Belated, because it would have given away our exact location at the time: the view from the deck of our accommodation in Seville. Sunrise and sunset, with the iconic Setas (mushroom-like wooden structure that you can climb) lit up in bright purple. Loved, loved, loved that city.
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Belated, because it would have given away our exact location at the time: the view from the deck of our accommodation in Seville. Sunrise and sunset, with the iconic Setas (mushroom-like wooden structure that you can climb) lit up in bright purple. Loved, loved, loved that city.
Today in emails from my grandmother: I told her that 14yo got a kick out of her swearing and jokingly flicking an elastic at him (while he defended himself with a Coke bottle), and this was her response
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
November 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Today in emails from my grandmother: I told her that 14yo got a kick out of her swearing and jokingly flicking an elastic at him (while he defended himself with a Coke bottle), and this was her response
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
14yo plans on dressing up for trick or treating but is eschewing wearing a costume to school. My baby, etc.
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
14yo plans on dressing up for trick or treating but is eschewing wearing a costume to school. My baby, etc.
Happy Halloween from the Archdiocese of Toronto, who would like to remind you to pray to St. Michael the Archangel before going trick or treating
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Happy Halloween from the Archdiocese of Toronto, who would like to remind you to pray to St. Michael the Archangel before going trick or treating
Uh not to brag but it’s not even 4:30 am and I’ve already achieved Queen Bee
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Uh not to brag but it’s not even 4:30 am and I’ve already achieved Queen Bee
Last day in Spain. Again, I didn’t do a great job of taking pictures. We went to the Alcazaba and the Castillo Gibralfaro in the morning. Then we had tapas and 14yo sang the “fine ham abounds” song from Kids in the Hall. Then to the Picasso museum, where I felt very seen by this painting.
October 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Last day in Spain. Again, I didn’t do a great job of taking pictures. We went to the Alcazaba and the Castillo Gibralfaro in the morning. Then we had tapas and 14yo sang the “fine ham abounds” song from Kids in the Hall. Then to the Picasso museum, where I felt very seen by this painting.
Second-to-last day in Spain: 14yo admiring the view at breakfast in Nerja, and various scenes from the video game museum in Málaga (including a VR slide). Can’t believe tomorrow is our last day here (and the last day of my extended patio season)
October 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Second-to-last day in Spain: 14yo admiring the view at breakfast in Nerja, and various scenes from the video game museum in Málaga (including a VR slide). Can’t believe tomorrow is our last day here (and the last day of my extended patio season)
Three more nights in Spain, and I’m getting excited to see my cats and sleep in my own bed. We’ve had such an amazing time and have done so much that, when we were talking about our favourite parts over dinner, we forgot a bunch of stuff.
My God, the Mediterranean is beautiful.
My God, the Mediterranean is beautiful.
October 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Three more nights in Spain, and I’m getting excited to see my cats and sleep in my own bed. We’ve had such an amazing time and have done so much that, when we were talking about our favourite parts over dinner, we forgot a bunch of stuff.
My God, the Mediterranean is beautiful.
My God, the Mediterranean is beautiful.
Oh also 14yo was served this a few days ago when he ordered chocolate milk at breakfast and now he is obsessed. At least it has vitamins and minerals?
October 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oh also 14yo was served this a few days ago when he ordered chocolate milk at breakfast and now he is obsessed. At least it has vitamins and minerals?
Córdoba day 2: the archeological museum of Córdoba (free, fascinating, and built on the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre), Casa de Sefarad (pictured: 14yo with a statue of Maimonides, who was born here), and a pair of linked museums about alchemy and medieval Islamic life in the city. I’m beat.
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Córdoba day 2: the archeological museum of Córdoba (free, fascinating, and built on the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre), Casa de Sefarad (pictured: 14yo with a statue of Maimonides, who was born here), and a pair of linked museums about alchemy and medieval Islamic life in the city. I’m beat.
I didn’t do a very good job of taking pictures today, but here’s 14yo with a statue of Athena at the Casa de Pilatos in Seville, the interior of the Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba, 14yo pulling a face at dinner, and my current view while I read before bed
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I didn’t do a very good job of taking pictures today, but here’s 14yo with a statue of Athena at the Casa de Pilatos in Seville, the interior of the Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba, 14yo pulling a face at dinner, and my current view while I read before bed
That’s what a neighbour of mine said! He wrote this for the Queen’s Journal and included a pic of the store
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
That’s what a neighbour of mine said! He wrote this for the Queen’s Journal and included a pic of the store
Seville day 3 part 2: a courtyard at the fine arts museum, a painting of a death as a spooky skeleton by Juan de Valdés Leal titled “in the blink of an eye”, the Virgin of Hope of Macarena, and a pretty great mural of a book shelf
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seville day 3 part 2: a courtyard at the fine arts museum, a painting of a death as a spooky skeleton by Juan de Valdés Leal titled “in the blink of an eye”, the Virgin of Hope of Macarena, and a pretty great mural of a book shelf
Seville day 3 part 1: the museum of navigation, where we got to climb this many-storeyed viewing tower and I learned that Magellan’s expedition departed from here, Virgin of the Good Books Street, and this excellent tree I saw
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Seville day 3 part 1: the museum of navigation, where we got to climb this many-storeyed viewing tower and I learned that Magellan’s expedition departed from here, Virgin of the Good Books Street, and this excellent tree I saw
Seville day two, afternoon: the Itálica Roman ruins just outside of the city. 14yo stands pensively at the entrance to the amphitheatre, while some excellent bird mosaics look as if they could have been made yesterday. A mosaic of various mythical logical figures rounds out the bunch.
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Seville day two, afternoon: the Itálica Roman ruins just outside of the city. 14yo stands pensively at the entrance to the amphitheatre, while some excellent bird mosaics look as if they could have been made yesterday. A mosaic of various mythical logical figures rounds out the bunch.
Seville day two, morning: the place where we ate breakfast churros dipped in warm chocolate, and a few scenes from the gardens of the Real Alcázar (which bills itself as the oldest still-inhabited palace in Europe)
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Seville day two, morning: the place where we ate breakfast churros dipped in warm chocolate, and a few scenes from the gardens of the Real Alcázar (which bills itself as the oldest still-inhabited palace in Europe)
Saw a really good Spanish cat at the Real Alcázar today!
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Saw a really good Spanish cat at the Real Alcázar today!
Tomorrow we go to Seville, and then Córdoba on Thursday, though I’m not sure I can love anywhere as I’ve loved Granada. Staying in the Albaicín has been perfection (even if I do feel like I’ve walked up and down the same steep hill one thousand times over the past two days).
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tomorrow we go to Seville, and then Córdoba on Thursday, though I’m not sure I can love anywhere as I’ve loved Granada. Staying in the Albaicín has been perfection (even if I do feel like I’ve walked up and down the same steep hill one thousand times over the past two days).
Now I’m having a beer by the tiny pool while 14yo has a short siesta (read: plays on his switch)
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Now I’m having a beer by the tiny pool while 14yo has a short siesta (read: plays on his switch)
This morning we went to the Inquisition museum, which also had an adjacent museum/exhibit about Lorca that featured some stuff about Leonard Cohen. Something for everyone! Then I happened upon this excellent statue of the BVM on our walk back to our accommodations.
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This morning we went to the Inquisition museum, which also had an adjacent museum/exhibit about Lorca that featured some stuff about Leonard Cohen. Something for everyone! Then I happened upon this excellent statue of the BVM on our walk back to our accommodations.
Sunrise view from my window in Granada (sound on if you want to hear the birds)
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Sunrise view from my window in Granada (sound on if you want to hear the birds)