Jeannie Prinsen
@jeannieprinsen.bsky.social
Writer, copy editor, wife, mom of two autistic young adults, "Beloved Child of the House" (S. Clarke, Piranesi).
Born in PEI, live in Ontario.
https://jeannieprinsen.substack.com/
Born in PEI, live in Ontario.
https://jeannieprinsen.substack.com/
Pinned
"The role of
poetry in our time of crisis is the
same as always: to preserve our
minds and language, so we may be
strong for whatever is to come."
– Matthew Zapruder, Why Poetry?
poetry in our time of crisis is the
same as always: to preserve our
minds and language, so we may be
strong for whatever is to come."
– Matthew Zapruder, Why Poetry?
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Blame Tim Allen: An entire generation of people really seems to think Santa Claus is spelled Santa Clause.
a man wearing a red robe is smiling and looking at the camera
Alt: a man wearing a red robe is smiling and looking at the camera, then suddenly morphs into a white-haired, bearded Santa Claus figure
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December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Blame Tim Allen: An entire generation of people really seems to think Santa Claus is spelled Santa Clause.
If there is an accommodation so desirable that a problematic number of people are “faking” disability (doubt!!) to access it, that shows it’s an accommodation that could have wide social benefit is implemented in abundance. This is often the case with accommodations generally.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
@jeopardyofficial.bsky.social Jeopardy! was so cool last night! Winner Ron Lalonde is the identical twin of 2022 13-day champ and Tournament of Champions contestant Ray Lalonde.
Bonus: they're Canadian! 🇨🇦
Bonus: they're Canadian! 🇨🇦
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@jeopardyofficial.bsky.social Jeopardy! was so cool last night! Winner Ron Lalonde is the identical twin of 2022 13-day champ and Tournament of Champions contestant Ray Lalonde.
Bonus: they're Canadian! 🇨🇦
Bonus: they're Canadian! 🇨🇦
Last night I googled a show I was watching to try & get more details about the plot of the last episode of season 1.
AI assistant told me all about the SECOND-last episode & then added this touch: that the main character found some encrypted codes that solved the murder of Gh*slaine M*xwell.
🤦♀️
AI assistant told me all about the SECOND-last episode & then added this touch: that the main character found some encrypted codes that solved the murder of Gh*slaine M*xwell.
🤦♀️
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Last night I googled a show I was watching to try & get more details about the plot of the last episode of season 1.
AI assistant told me all about the SECOND-last episode & then added this touch: that the main character found some encrypted codes that solved the murder of Gh*slaine M*xwell.
🤦♀️
AI assistant told me all about the SECOND-last episode & then added this touch: that the main character found some encrypted codes that solved the murder of Gh*slaine M*xwell.
🤦♀️
This is the only energy I am bringing into the holiday season.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is the only energy I am bringing into the holiday season.
I named my fists So Sweet and So Cold, because I used them to break the lock on the icebox so I could eat the plums you were probably saving for breakfast
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I named my fists So Sweet and So Cold, because I used them to break the lock on the icebox so I could eat the plums you were probably saving for breakfast
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
On this day in 1874, Lucy Maud Montgomery was born.
She wrote 20 novels, 530 short stories, 500 poems and 30 essays. Her most famous book was Anne of Green Gables, which has sold 50 million copies in 36 languages.
She died in 1942 and is considered a Canadian icon.
She wrote 20 novels, 530 short stories, 500 poems and 30 essays. Her most famous book was Anne of Green Gables, which has sold 50 million copies in 36 languages.
She died in 1942 and is considered a Canadian icon.
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1874, Lucy Maud Montgomery was born.
She wrote 20 novels, 530 short stories, 500 poems and 30 essays. Her most famous book was Anne of Green Gables, which has sold 50 million copies in 36 languages.
She died in 1942 and is considered a Canadian icon.
She wrote 20 novels, 530 short stories, 500 poems and 30 essays. Her most famous book was Anne of Green Gables, which has sold 50 million copies in 36 languages.
She died in 1942 and is considered a Canadian icon.
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
This is just to say
I have binned
the condiments
that were in
the back of the fridge
and which
we could not possibly
have been saving
for any discernible purpose
I ask no forgiveness
They were antique
so cold
and so impossibly past their use-by dates.
I have binned
the condiments
that were in
the back of the fridge
and which
we could not possibly
have been saving
for any discernible purpose
I ask no forgiveness
They were antique
so cold
and so impossibly past their use-by dates.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is just to say
I have binned
the condiments
that were in
the back of the fridge
and which
we could not possibly
have been saving
for any discernible purpose
I ask no forgiveness
They were antique
so cold
and so impossibly past their use-by dates.
I have binned
the condiments
that were in
the back of the fridge
and which
we could not possibly
have been saving
for any discernible purpose
I ask no forgiveness
They were antique
so cold
and so impossibly past their use-by dates.
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
Wait!!! Travis Kelce's girlfriend is a professional singer??!?!?
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Wait!!! Travis Kelce's girlfriend is a professional singer??!?!?
My latest post: "So. Tired. Or, stumbling into Advent like an exhausted zombie."
jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/so-tired
jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/so-tired
So. Tired.
Or, stumbling into Advent like an exhausted zombie.
jeannieprinsen.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
My latest post: "So. Tired. Or, stumbling into Advent like an exhausted zombie."
jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/so-tired
jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/so-tired
If you've never read this one, do -- it's so worth your time! The way the drama plays out is hilarious.
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4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If you've never read this one, do -- it's so worth your time! The way the drama plays out is hilarious.
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Watching season 3 of a show last night–and bear with me, because I am annoyed!
In a s1 episode, the main character asks another character how her husband is, but (on purpose?) gets the name wrong: "How's Desmond?" "You mean Derek."
Then later in s1 the second character tells the first, "Derek & I
In a s1 episode, the main character asks another character how her husband is, but (on purpose?) gets the name wrong: "How's Desmond?" "You mean Derek."
Then later in s1 the second character tells the first, "Derek & I
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Watching season 3 of a show last night–and bear with me, because I am annoyed!
In a s1 episode, the main character asks another character how her husband is, but (on purpose?) gets the name wrong: "How's Desmond?" "You mean Derek."
Then later in s1 the second character tells the first, "Derek & I
In a s1 episode, the main character asks another character how her husband is, but (on purpose?) gets the name wrong: "How's Desmond?" "You mean Derek."
Then later in s1 the second character tells the first, "Derek & I
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
And did he even say "Thank you"?
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And did he even say "Thank you"?
Rejoice with me, for I have slept from 10pm until after 5am with only 1 wakeup by his nibs. (And he is still asleep! ❤️)
I feel like an actual human being this morning rather than a dazed zombie. May it continue – for him and us. 🙏
To those struggling with poor sleep: I see you. It's brutal.
I feel like an actual human being this morning rather than a dazed zombie. May it continue – for him and us. 🙏
To those struggling with poor sleep: I see you. It's brutal.
Our son's sleep has been disrupted the last few nights (probably due to a new medication – we're trying to adjust dosage times to see if that helps). I feel like I've been thrust back to the newborn baby days – that stunned, blurry feeling. I've probably slept 7 hours total in the past 2 nights. 😫
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Rejoice with me, for I have slept from 10pm until after 5am with only 1 wakeup by his nibs. (And he is still asleep! ❤️)
I feel like an actual human being this morning rather than a dazed zombie. May it continue – for him and us. 🙏
To those struggling with poor sleep: I see you. It's brutal.
I feel like an actual human being this morning rather than a dazed zombie. May it continue – for him and us. 🙏
To those struggling with poor sleep: I see you. It's brutal.
This Is Just To Say
I have desired
the plums
I have desired
desiring the plums
I have desired
desire
This amounted
to a test
of my self-
mastery
Forgive me
I understood this
just as I came
to understand how
the sweet cold plums
fit within what
I thought I understood
of my soul
I have desired
the plums
I have desired
desiring the plums
I have desired
desire
This amounted
to a test
of my self-
mastery
Forgive me
I understood this
just as I came
to understand how
the sweet cold plums
fit within what
I thought I understood
of my soul
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This Is Just To Say
I have desired
the plums
I have desired
desiring the plums
I have desired
desire
This amounted
to a test
of my self-
mastery
Forgive me
I understood this
just as I came
to understand how
the sweet cold plums
fit within what
I thought I understood
of my soul
I have desired
the plums
I have desired
desiring the plums
I have desired
desire
This amounted
to a test
of my self-
mastery
Forgive me
I understood this
just as I came
to understand how
the sweet cold plums
fit within what
I thought I understood
of my soul
Our son's sleep has been disrupted the last few nights (probably due to a new medication – we're trying to adjust dosage times to see if that helps). I feel like I've been thrust back to the newborn baby days – that stunned, blurry feeling. I've probably slept 7 hours total in the past 2 nights. 😫
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Our son's sleep has been disrupted the last few nights (probably due to a new medication – we're trying to adjust dosage times to see if that helps). I feel like I've been thrust back to the newborn baby days – that stunned, blurry feeling. I've probably slept 7 hours total in the past 2 nights. 😫
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
The emergency brake on this train says "FINE FOR MISUSE" so I guess it's okay if you want to mess with it
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The emergency brake on this train says "FINE FOR MISUSE" so I guess it's okay if you want to mess with it
Reposted by Jeannie Prinsen
A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
Just finished Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy – I could not go to bed last night until I'd read the final few pages. What a beautiful, gripping novel.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Just finished Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy – I could not go to bed last night until I'd read the final few pages. What a beautiful, gripping novel.
Thread 🧵 | My Experience with Bullying
#AntiBullyingWeek 1/8 Everyone says school
days are “the best days of your life.” I wish
that were true. Here’s what I went through.
#AntiBullyingWeek 1/8 Everyone says school
days are “the best days of your life.” I wish
that were true. Here’s what I went through.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I have a new post up this week: "The world offers itself to your imagination." * It's about a walk in the forest, an encounter at a coffee shop, and the realization that grace can reach us wherever we are.
*words from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
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*words from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/the-world-...
"The world offers itself to your imagination"
Maybe nothing is untouched by evil, but nothing is untouched by grace either.
jeannieprinsen.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I have a new post up this week: "The world offers itself to your imagination." * It's about a walk in the forest, an encounter at a coffee shop, and the realization that grace can reach us wherever we are.
*words from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/the-world-...
*words from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/the-world-...