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jesslyn delia derkson
@jlyndelia.bsky.social
writer • luddite • cut & paste
nanaimo BC 🪺

read my gloomy blog: jesslyndelia.com
this is a square house: @asquarehouse.bsky.social
what perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
turned 40 yesterday & took advantage of the birthday lunch discount at carlos o’bryans, where we saw a little otter playing on the docks. 10/10
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
dalton & i started a little poetry press + distro! we’re hosting our first reading series and open mic in january (details to come) 🐒

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November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
results from collage club last week

we’re all making artist trading cards for the next few months & will have a swap event in the spring 🧡
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
current collage
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
okay i just LOVE my local bookstore 🧡
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
yes new writing journal (yes finally a home for my kk slider sticker)
October 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
in an effort to spend even slightly more time offline, this week i made micro-collage bookmarks & keychains for fun in my apartment
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
results
October 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
it’s the first sunday of the month & that means it’s collage club day at the library!

these two are the beginnings of what eventually will be bookmarks i’ve been making out of playing cards 🃏
October 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
sunday-scaries themed collage night slash temporary escape from the real world
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
i must have been the only one
September 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
short but sweet trip out to the prairie ends today 🌾
September 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
my vacation in saskatchewan has yet to disappoint
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
blessed to live in a community that offers a collage club once a month at the local library. yet another spectacular afternoon of casual expression, spontaneity, and new friends

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September 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
took a little day trip to vic yesterday for the under the bridge art gathering! such a fun and cool community project.

visual art, music, writing, paint, collage, performance, crochet, photography all set up on fences & blankets under the bay street bridge.
August 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
last night at collage club i collaged my most immediate & visceral response to the absolute bummer verdict of the hockey canada trial
July 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
enjoyed a blissful afternoon yesterday, hanging out @ the local library for ~~collage club~
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
finally a day where the air is cold & the ocean is warm
July 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
fun night trying out some monoprinting at the sip & print event last night at the NAG! reusing old candy wrappers into ~*works of art*

more about the exhibition/event: nanaimoartgallery.ca/shop/program...
July 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
currently reading (and absolutely loving) i remember lights, by the wonderful one & only @helloiamben.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
collected paper from my spring trip to ottawa & mtl
May 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
read thru my moms teenage diaries when i was back at her house for the first time since she died in august.

i have many thoughts, but the most immediate is that even the squarest of teenagers were wild in the 70s.
April 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM