Bess Hamilton
@besshamilton.bsky.social
Writer. Canadian. May I be a star in the dark time. She/her. My opinions & views are mine alone. Am guaranteed AI-free.
Where I'm at today given what's happening in the world.
If you "not all men" in response, I will block you.
If you "not all men" in response, I will block you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Where I'm at today given what's happening in the world.
If you "not all men" in response, I will block you.
If you "not all men" in response, I will block you.
A short but amazing read. The plot moves along at an accelerating pace until the end arrives to take the wind out of you.
Not a word goes to waste.
As a lifelong bad sleeper, I felt this one in my bones.
Not a word goes to waste.
As a lifelong bad sleeper, I felt this one in my bones.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A short but amazing read. The plot moves along at an accelerating pace until the end arrives to take the wind out of you.
Not a word goes to waste.
As a lifelong bad sleeper, I felt this one in my bones.
Not a word goes to waste.
As a lifelong bad sleeper, I felt this one in my bones.
I love how wildlife friendly gardening fits neatly with my laziness and hatred of soulless pristine lawns.
I love how the ghosts of my summer flowers remain throughout winter, breaking up the visual starkness of winter's grayscale landscapes.
And my laziness helps feed overwintering birds.
I love how the ghosts of my summer flowers remain throughout winter, breaking up the visual starkness of winter's grayscale landscapes.
And my laziness helps feed overwintering birds.
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I love how wildlife friendly gardening fits neatly with my laziness and hatred of soulless pristine lawns.
I love how the ghosts of my summer flowers remain throughout winter, breaking up the visual starkness of winter's grayscale landscapes.
And my laziness helps feed overwintering birds.
I love how the ghosts of my summer flowers remain throughout winter, breaking up the visual starkness of winter's grayscale landscapes.
And my laziness helps feed overwintering birds.
Genetics are fun. I'm built like and have the colouring of my dad's Scottish ancestors. Yet, my nose is directly from my maternal great-grandmother.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Genetics are fun. I'm built like and have the colouring of my dad's Scottish ancestors. Yet, my nose is directly from my maternal great-grandmother.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
I raced through this. Hendrix creates a world & characters who feel alive & his style steps back to let them breathe. I'd call it breezy, but that's not quite right. Because it's definitely not light.
If you have a teen horror fan in your house, hand them this. Say a witchy auntie recommends it.
If you have a teen horror fan in your house, hand them this. Say a witchy auntie recommends it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I raced through this. Hendrix creates a world & characters who feel alive & his style steps back to let them breathe. I'd call it breezy, but that's not quite right. Because it's definitely not light.
If you have a teen horror fan in your house, hand them this. Say a witchy auntie recommends it.
If you have a teen horror fan in your house, hand them this. Say a witchy auntie recommends it.
Don't buy into their contempt for you.
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Don't buy into their contempt for you.
Reposting with alt text.
Meta scamming the scammed does nothing to protect people, but sure does line Meta's pockets.
In one story from the article, someone lost $40,000. A life-changing amount for a regular person.
That's nothing to Meta.
We need tougher international laws. And consequences.
Meta scamming the scammed does nothing to protect people, but sure does line Meta's pockets.
In one story from the article, someone lost $40,000. A life-changing amount for a regular person.
That's nothing to Meta.
We need tougher international laws. And consequences.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposting with alt text.
Meta scamming the scammed does nothing to protect people, but sure does line Meta's pockets.
In one story from the article, someone lost $40,000. A life-changing amount for a regular person.
That's nothing to Meta.
We need tougher international laws. And consequences.
Meta scamming the scammed does nothing to protect people, but sure does line Meta's pockets.
In one story from the article, someone lost $40,000. A life-changing amount for a regular person.
That's nothing to Meta.
We need tougher international laws. And consequences.
She was a lab/Akita cross. Sweet as could be, but would have fought God himself for a chance to eat out of our compost bin.
This is her 2 days before we let her go. Eyeballing some grapes I was eating even though I told her they're bad for dogs
This is her 2 days before we let her go. Eyeballing some grapes I was eating even though I told her they're bad for dogs
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
She was a lab/Akita cross. Sweet as could be, but would have fought God himself for a chance to eat out of our compost bin.
This is her 2 days before we let her go. Eyeballing some grapes I was eating even though I told her they're bad for dogs
This is her 2 days before we let her go. Eyeballing some grapes I was eating even though I told her they're bad for dogs
These look great! I may be biased because they look very much like ones my grandpa is wearing in one of my favourite photos of him.
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
These look great! I may be biased because they look very much like ones my grandpa is wearing in one of my favourite photos of him.
Who's your favourite Hannibal Lecter? All have been great, but for my money, it's Brian Cox. He's so bitchy, yet menacing & has more physicality. I believe he could easily kill someone. Mads Mikkelsen is a strong second because he adds black humour. And he wears the heck out of a suit.
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Who's your favourite Hannibal Lecter? All have been great, but for my money, it's Brian Cox. He's so bitchy, yet menacing & has more physicality. I believe he could easily kill someone. Mads Mikkelsen is a strong second because he adds black humour. And he wears the heck out of a suit.
Happy Halloween, witches!
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Halloween, witches!
Wild that nearly 30 years after they released, Romeo + Juliet and Ever After, are still influencing Halloween costumes for teens and young adults.
I was in high school and then university when these movies came out and the stranglehold these had on girl aesthetics can't be fully described.
I was in high school and then university when these movies came out and the stranglehold these had on girl aesthetics can't be fully described.
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Wild that nearly 30 years after they released, Romeo + Juliet and Ever After, are still influencing Halloween costumes for teens and young adults.
I was in high school and then university when these movies came out and the stranglehold these had on girl aesthetics can't be fully described.
I was in high school and then university when these movies came out and the stranglehold these had on girl aesthetics can't be fully described.
We adored this movie. Im pretty sure we had it on VHS, even though our family didn't own many VHS tapes because they were very expensive.
We also had these pleather E.T. toys. Which we played with until the pleather peeled off.
I remember this movie wrung us out emotionally every viewing.
We also had these pleather E.T. toys. Which we played with until the pleather peeled off.
I remember this movie wrung us out emotionally every viewing.
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We adored this movie. Im pretty sure we had it on VHS, even though our family didn't own many VHS tapes because they were very expensive.
We also had these pleather E.T. toys. Which we played with until the pleather peeled off.
I remember this movie wrung us out emotionally every viewing.
We also had these pleather E.T. toys. Which we played with until the pleather peeled off.
I remember this movie wrung us out emotionally every viewing.
I wish I still had my Blue Jays shirt from 1990. It was this design, but on a purple shirt. Very 1990.
October 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I wish I still had my Blue Jays shirt from 1990. It was this design, but on a purple shirt. Very 1990.
That would be fun.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
That would be fun.
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When I was 6 or 7, my grandma knitted this cat-eared hood for me, my sister and our cousin. Although none of us looked as menacing as this child. I think mine was yellow to match my snowsuit.
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When I was 6 or 7, my grandma knitted this cat-eared hood for me, my sister and our cousin. Although none of us looked as menacing as this child. I think mine was yellow to match my snowsuit.
My rainy morning commute was significantly improved by the spectacular sunrise.
Not shown: when I looked out the driver's side, I saw double rainbows over bush lots ablaze in autumn colours.
Not shown: when I looked out the driver's side, I saw double rainbows over bush lots ablaze in autumn colours.
October 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My rainy morning commute was significantly improved by the spectacular sunrise.
Not shown: when I looked out the driver's side, I saw double rainbows over bush lots ablaze in autumn colours.
Not shown: when I looked out the driver's side, I saw double rainbows over bush lots ablaze in autumn colours.
American baseball fans: It's the Kendrick vs Drake World Series.
Canadian baseball fans: We disavow Drake and will not stand for this Geddy Lee erasure.
Canadian baseball fans: We disavow Drake and will not stand for this Geddy Lee erasure.
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
American baseball fans: It's the Kendrick vs Drake World Series.
Canadian baseball fans: We disavow Drake and will not stand for this Geddy Lee erasure.
Canadian baseball fans: We disavow Drake and will not stand for this Geddy Lee erasure.
Finding treasure in my garden.
October 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Finding treasure in my garden.
My toxic trait is how much I enjoy Kerr's Halloween molasses kisses. Allegedly, the Kerrs, Scottish immigrants, based them on a popular Scottish candy.
I look forward to these every year. And they must be Kerr's. Shoppers Drug Mart's Carnaby Sweet brand has knock-offs & they don't taste right
I look forward to these every year. And they must be Kerr's. Shoppers Drug Mart's Carnaby Sweet brand has knock-offs & they don't taste right
October 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My toxic trait is how much I enjoy Kerr's Halloween molasses kisses. Allegedly, the Kerrs, Scottish immigrants, based them on a popular Scottish candy.
I look forward to these every year. And they must be Kerr's. Shoppers Drug Mart's Carnaby Sweet brand has knock-offs & they don't taste right
I look forward to these every year. And they must be Kerr's. Shoppers Drug Mart's Carnaby Sweet brand has knock-offs & they don't taste right
I think someone got raptured?
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I think someone got raptured?
October seemed like the right month for finally watching Yellowjackets.
I'm not quite through season 1 and I'm loving the braiding of Gothic, folk, and body horror to focus on teen girls and middle-aged women.
Also, I love how this era of TV gives us stories about women over 40.
I'm not quite through season 1 and I'm loving the braiding of Gothic, folk, and body horror to focus on teen girls and middle-aged women.
Also, I love how this era of TV gives us stories about women over 40.
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
October seemed like the right month for finally watching Yellowjackets.
I'm not quite through season 1 and I'm loving the braiding of Gothic, folk, and body horror to focus on teen girls and middle-aged women.
Also, I love how this era of TV gives us stories about women over 40.
I'm not quite through season 1 and I'm loving the braiding of Gothic, folk, and body horror to focus on teen girls and middle-aged women.
Also, I love how this era of TV gives us stories about women over 40.
If Bluesky goes the way of Twitter, I'll leave, but I won't migrate to another social media site. I'll finally be free.
October 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If Bluesky goes the way of Twitter, I'll leave, but I won't migrate to another social media site. I'll finally be free.
I think it's important you see the face my dog makes as she's politely asking me to share my lunch with her.
She's missing her top incisors and she has an underbite, so her top lip often gets stuck like this.
She's missing her top incisors and she has an underbite, so her top lip often gets stuck like this.
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I think it's important you see the face my dog makes as she's politely asking me to share my lunch with her.
She's missing her top incisors and she has an underbite, so her top lip often gets stuck like this.
She's missing her top incisors and she has an underbite, so her top lip often gets stuck like this.
Drop something VAMPIRIC. 🧛♀️🖤🦇
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Drop something VAMPIRIC. 🧛♀️🖤🦇