Emily Pohl-Weary
@kissmachine.bsky.social
Author of books, comics, weirdness. Tiny Aussie Shepherd's devoted human. Toronto --> Vancouver. Teach creative writing at University of British Columbia (Canada)
https://emilypohlweary.com/
Latest novel: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/H/How-to-Be-Found
https://emilypohlweary.com/
Latest novel: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/H/How-to-Be-Found
OMG. I was literally googling "serving platters that look like fruit and veg" a couple weeks ago. So expensive, but I want all of these. Plus additional platters and bowls that look like other veg and fruit. Sigh. I won't be buying them, but I can drool.
October 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
OMG. I was literally googling "serving platters that look like fruit and veg" a couple weeks ago. So expensive, but I want all of these. Plus additional platters and bowls that look like other veg and fruit. Sigh. I won't be buying them, but I can drool.
Newest and most photogenic member of the family: sweet Leica the miniest Aussie Shepherd. #miniaussie #leicathedog
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Newest and most photogenic member of the family: sweet Leica the miniest Aussie Shepherd. #miniaussie #leicathedog
Astonished that I can eat figs grown on the tree in my Vancouver Island backyard. Hand model is @nalohop.bsky.social #igrewthis
August 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Astonished that I can eat figs grown on the tree in my Vancouver Island backyard. Hand model is @nalohop.bsky.social #igrewthis
Update on fixing up my lil Writing Shed. Have a desk, daybed, and cuddle bear. Still need insulation, windows, electricity, and drywall.
May 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Update on fixing up my lil Writing Shed. Have a desk, daybed, and cuddle bear. Still need insulation, windows, electricity, and drywall.
This spring, I’m renovating a 7x7.5-foot garden shed into a home office. Here’s the first update.
May 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This spring, I’m renovating a 7x7.5-foot garden shed into a home office. Here’s the first update.
Most appropriate public art in Vancouver.
March 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Most appropriate public art in Vancouver.
I am astoundingly grateful to the BC Arts Council for a grant to work on my non-fiction book. For the past year, I've been writing (very slowly) about living with an invisible and debilitating chronic illness since my early teens. Can't wait until May, when I'll have time to work on it full-time.
March 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I am astoundingly grateful to the BC Arts Council for a grant to work on my non-fiction book. For the past year, I've been writing (very slowly) about living with an invisible and debilitating chronic illness since my early teens. Can't wait until May, when I'll have time to work on it full-time.
These little feathered harbingers of spring are only about 2 inches tall and huddle together against the wind.
February 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
These little feathered harbingers of spring are only about 2 inches tall and huddle together against the wind.
Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
Me:
Me:
February 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
Me:
Me:
First snow day this winter, likely the only one, in Vancouver.
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
First snow day this winter, likely the only one, in Vancouver.
Sunset on campus from the door of Tim Horton's. Just finished teaching the second class of intermediate writing for children and teens. Stopped lugging 40 pounds of books to get a hot chocolate and turned around...
January 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sunset on campus from the door of Tim Horton's. Just finished teaching the second class of intermediate writing for children and teens. Stopped lugging 40 pounds of books to get a hot chocolate and turned around...
Benefit of living in the Pacific Northwest is that we can go forest bathing at the end of Dec in tees and light jackets.
December 28, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Benefit of living in the Pacific Northwest is that we can go forest bathing at the end of Dec in tees and light jackets.
My first lecture
December 20, 2024 at 8:52 PM
My first lecture
Isn’t that the most beautiful book cover? Got my holiday reading thanks to @nalohop.bsky.social (and a brand new puzzle) and am ready to cocoon. Bring on the bad weather!
December 15, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Isn’t that the most beautiful book cover? Got my holiday reading thanks to @nalohop.bsky.social (and a brand new puzzle) and am ready to cocoon. Bring on the bad weather!
Fresh cut! 1/2 my hair is gone. Feels so good. 💇🏼♀️
December 10, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Fresh cut! 1/2 my hair is gone. Feels so good. 💇🏼♀️
I ate seafood for my birthday dinner while this guy glared at me. Bad vibes.
November 25, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I ate seafood for my birthday dinner while this guy glared at me. Bad vibes.
I made “invisible” apple cake this evening. Not-so-invisible apple cake, really, with five sliced apples and only 1/2 a cup of flour. Dad ate a piece, announced he’d had better, then asked for a second slice. Ruby wanted a dab of cream to fall in her mouth but no cake. Tough crowd. 🤪😆😋
November 22, 2024 at 5:11 AM
I made “invisible” apple cake this evening. Not-so-invisible apple cake, really, with five sliced apples and only 1/2 a cup of flour. Dad ate a piece, announced he’d had better, then asked for a second slice. Ruby wanted a dab of cream to fall in her mouth but no cake. Tough crowd. 🤪😆😋
How could anyone mind? They’d have to be a monster! 🤣 P.S. Dogturday doesn’t have same ring
November 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
How could anyone mind? They’d have to be a monster! 🤣 P.S. Dogturday doesn’t have same ring
Comes with pre-made excellent company!
November 10, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Comes with pre-made excellent company!
Major investment in my sanity. (A puzzle caddy.)
November 10, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Major investment in my sanity. (A puzzle caddy.)
Spent most of the day worrying about my US friends and what may be coming for us up north in the next federal election. Highly recommend new Stardew Valley update for a fantastical reprieve. Solves nothing, but blocks out the fear.
November 7, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Spent most of the day worrying about my US friends and what may be coming for us up north in the next federal election. Highly recommend new Stardew Valley update for a fantastical reprieve. Solves nothing, but blocks out the fear.
First Bluesky post! Since I mentioned the shrimpy Aussie Shepherd in my profile, thought I'd share some pics of Ruby "Stink Butt/Gooseberry/Ratscallion" Slippers herself.
November 5, 2024 at 6:51 PM
First Bluesky post! Since I mentioned the shrimpy Aussie Shepherd in my profile, thought I'd share some pics of Ruby "Stink Butt/Gooseberry/Ratscallion" Slippers herself.