Karen J. McLean
@kj-mclean.bsky.social
Storyteller/educator/booksniffer/artdabbler. GenX Maritimer. Thoreauvian. Spacetweep. CBC Forever. Dynamic disability. Tree-talker. Quietly witchy. Kindness matters.
Grateful for the support of The Canada Council for the Arts.
⚡️Solvitur ambulando. 🇨🇦
Grateful for the support of The Canada Council for the Arts.
⚡️Solvitur ambulando. 🇨🇦
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My posts ricochet wildly from outrage and horror at current events to art, cute animals, and occasional bad jokes. The former are wounds; the latter are bandages.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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To all those celebrating today, a very happy #Thanksgiving! If you are in need of some last minute improvised table decorations this could be of use... The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling, from 1910: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-ornamental-orange-peeling-1910
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
To all those celebrating today, a very happy #Thanksgiving! If you are in need of some last minute improvised table decorations this could be of use... The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling, from 1910: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-ornamental-orange-peeling-1910
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Happening this Sunday from 10-12 at Open Book Coffee. Authors Janice Landry and Jane Doucet will be there to chat and sign copies of their books at this sweet little cafe. Stop by and say "hello"!
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Happening this Sunday from 10-12 at Open Book Coffee. Authors Janice Landry and Jane Doucet will be there to chat and sign copies of their books at this sweet little cafe. Stop by and say "hello"!
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Buying local is the trend this holiday season and we have local books for everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Buying local is the trend this holiday season and we have local books for everyone.
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
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True! And A**zon won't give you #tea and #cookies when you come to pick up your order (we do that)! daveshootsbookseller.com #Booksky #LocalHistory #oldbooks #prettybooks #NewBrunswick #Canada
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
True! And A**zon won't give you #tea and #cookies when you come to pick up your order (we do that)! daveshootsbookseller.com #Booksky #LocalHistory #oldbooks #prettybooks #NewBrunswick #Canada
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The law school’s Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records - Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.
hls.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The law school’s Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
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This 1946 #book is beige on the outside, but inside is bursting with 48 #ColourPlates and 132 #B&WIllustrations of #Trees, #WildFlowers, #Animals, #Birds, #MarineLife, and #Insects of #Britain! $20. #Booksky #NaturalHistory #art #prettybooks
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This 1946 #book is beige on the outside, but inside is bursting with 48 #ColourPlates and 132 #B&WIllustrations of #Trees, #WildFlowers, #Animals, #Birds, #MarineLife, and #Insects of #Britain! $20. #Booksky #NaturalHistory #art #prettybooks
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Star Trek is so unrealistic—they should all be non-stop watching funny Tribble videos.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Star Trek is so unrealistic—they should all be non-stop watching funny Tribble videos.
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Photograph by Andy Gill Lakeville New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Photograph by Andy Gill Lakeville New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦
My Canadian #SpaceTweep self just squealed in glee, seeing this!
This was such a fun photo to set up, taken by Thomas Reiter through a sleep station window on Mir. The sun was so bright we were all squinting like crazy. But I love how it shows the texture of the Shuttle's rough, protective hide, and the glimpse of humanity (and my moustache) against the universe.
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My Canadian #SpaceTweep self just squealed in glee, seeing this!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#NewBrunswick #Church – Ready for Revitalization Under $44KUS/$62KCAD. oldhousesunder50k.com/new-brunswic...
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#NewBrunswick #Church – Ready for Revitalization Under $44KUS/$62KCAD. oldhousesunder50k.com/new-brunswic...
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Agate is common in the basalt flows of the Jurassic Period here in Nova Scotia, which form the spectacular hills around the Bay of Fundy. Agate became the provincial gemstone of Nova Scotia in 1999.
#NovaScotia #geology
#NovaScotia #geology
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Agate is common in the basalt flows of the Jurassic Period here in Nova Scotia, which form the spectacular hills around the Bay of Fundy. Agate became the provincial gemstone of Nova Scotia in 1999.
#NovaScotia #geology
#NovaScotia #geology
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Award-winning author and literary star, Carol Bruneau, has read and reviewed my book, Every Little Thing - how small acts of kindness make a big impact. She described it as “powerful.”
That is something I will never forget. What an absolute honour. Thank you, Carol. ❤️
@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social
That is something I will never forget. What an absolute honour. Thank you, Carol. ❤️
@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Award-winning author and literary star, Carol Bruneau, has read and reviewed my book, Every Little Thing - how small acts of kindness make a big impact. She described it as “powerful.”
That is something I will never forget. What an absolute honour. Thank you, Carol. ❤️
@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social
That is something I will never forget. What an absolute honour. Thank you, Carol. ❤️
@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social
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Wanda Campbell’s sixth poetry collection, Spring Theory, meets the chaos of the current times with forms that are fractured and familiar in poems of lament and love, hunger and hope. It moves from exploring the darkness of fall to capturing spring’s rejuvenating light.
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Wanda Campbell’s sixth poetry collection, Spring Theory, meets the chaos of the current times with forms that are fractured and familiar in poems of lament and love, hunger and hope. It moves from exploring the darkness of fall to capturing spring’s rejuvenating light.
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This #FirstEdition 1925 #PaulBunyan #book is #illustrated with lovely #woodcuts by #AllenLewis. $15. #Booksky #legends #FrenchCanadians #art
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This #FirstEdition 1925 #PaulBunyan #book is #illustrated with lovely #woodcuts by #AllenLewis. $15. #Booksky #legends #FrenchCanadians #art
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The Berlin of the 1920s is often associated with a certain excess and decadence, but it was a different side of the city — the “sobriety and desolation” of its industrial and working-class districts — which came to obsess the painter Gustav Wunderwald: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Berlin of the 1920s is often associated with a certain excess and decadence, but it was a different side of the city — the “sobriety and desolation” of its industrial and working-class districts — which came to obsess the painter Gustav Wunderwald: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
My 2026 Hemlock & Oak planner has just arrived. I am so excited that I am savouring the moment and taking my time opening it..
A new planner is a symbol of hope, and a belief in the future. Blank pages are full of potential.
#planner #stationery #journal #hemlockandoak
A new planner is a symbol of hope, and a belief in the future. Blank pages are full of potential.
#planner #stationery #journal #hemlockandoak
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My 2026 Hemlock & Oak planner has just arrived. I am so excited that I am savouring the moment and taking my time opening it..
A new planner is a symbol of hope, and a belief in the future. Blank pages are full of potential.
#planner #stationery #journal #hemlockandoak
A new planner is a symbol of hope, and a belief in the future. Blank pages are full of potential.
#planner #stationery #journal #hemlockandoak
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The city is dense; you'll never see every corner. The photo for now marks where I need to return: Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church.
We passed Hemingway’s first apartment. He lived here in the 1920s, newly married, newly poor, carrying stories in his pockets.
joellemctigue.substack.com/p/tracing-sh...
We passed Hemingway’s first apartment. He lived here in the 1920s, newly married, newly poor, carrying stories in his pockets.
joellemctigue.substack.com/p/tracing-sh...
March 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The city is dense; you'll never see every corner. The photo for now marks where I need to return: Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church.
We passed Hemingway’s first apartment. He lived here in the 1920s, newly married, newly poor, carrying stories in his pockets.
joellemctigue.substack.com/p/tracing-sh...
We passed Hemingway’s first apartment. He lived here in the 1920s, newly married, newly poor, carrying stories in his pockets.
joellemctigue.substack.com/p/tracing-sh...
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Our freedom was won by brave women and men who answered the call — including the heroic First Nations, Inuit, and Métis members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
On Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the sacrifice of those who have served, those who serve today, and their families.
On Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the sacrifice of those who have served, those who serve today, and their families.
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our freedom was won by brave women and men who answered the call — including the heroic First Nations, Inuit, and Métis members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
On Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the sacrifice of those who have served, those who serve today, and their families.
On Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the sacrifice of those who have served, those who serve today, and their families.
Anyone else wondering if the replay of “Germany: 1930s” in the States will have a plot-twist of “France: 1789”?
Just curious.
I’m not being flippant. I’m just wondering if the possibility of the latter has occurred to anyone enabling Sleepy Pumpkinhead yet.
Just curious.
I’m not being flippant. I’m just wondering if the possibility of the latter has occurred to anyone enabling Sleepy Pumpkinhead yet.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Anyone else wondering if the replay of “Germany: 1930s” in the States will have a plot-twist of “France: 1789”?
Just curious.
I’m not being flippant. I’m just wondering if the possibility of the latter has occurred to anyone enabling Sleepy Pumpkinhead yet.
Just curious.
I’m not being flippant. I’m just wondering if the possibility of the latter has occurred to anyone enabling Sleepy Pumpkinhead yet.
Oh, sure. NOW they tell the Canadians. 🦃
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oh, sure. NOW they tell the Canadians. 🦃
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Happening today! Meet award winning author, Janice Landry and get a signed copy of her book, Every Little Thing rated as a top 10 best book of 2025 for the Maritimes! Janice will be at Indigo Dartmouth from 12-2 today.
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happening today! Meet award winning author, Janice Landry and get a signed copy of her book, Every Little Thing rated as a top 10 best book of 2025 for the Maritimes! Janice will be at Indigo Dartmouth from 12-2 today.
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We have #biographies of #LesterPearson and #TommyDouglas:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1475...
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1050... #Booksky #Canada #politics #biography
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1475...
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1050... #Booksky #Canada #politics #biography
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM