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messy palette.bsky.social 🇨🇦
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Artist, dog lover and avid reader. 🇨🇦
Currently reading "Small Boat" translated by Helen Stephenson from the original french "Naufrage" by Vincent Delecroix. It's very good so far! ⛵🛟📚 #translatedbooks #booksky
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Coming up Sept 11 -

CAM After Dark: Conversation with Elizabeth Smith
An illuminating lecture on the life and work of Helen Frankenthaler presented by Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

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CAM After Dark: Conversation with Elizabeth Smith - Cameron Art Museum
Join us for CAM After Dark with Elizabeth Smith, executive director of the Frankenthaler Foundation, as she presents an illuminating lecture.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
True story.
Me, watching TV: "Man, this actor looks so familiar, what do I know him from?"

Joe: "This show. It's this show. He's a recurring character on the show we're currently watching."
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Odyssey of an Acquisition
Story By Katherine Jentleson | Photos by Gregory K. Day
Art by Nellie Mae Rowe
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Odyssey of an Acquisition — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Cross country quest or wild goose chase? The High Museum’s Katie Jentleson takes us on an acquisition adventure.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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it's that time of night - a traditional Irish lullaby
Seoithín Seothó · Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Seoithín seothó, mo stór é mo leanbh
Mo sheod gan chealg, mo chuid den tsaol mór.
Seoithín seothó, nach mór é an taitneamh
Mo stóirín ina leaba ‘na chodladh gan bhrón

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Seoithín Seothó
YouTube video by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh - Topic
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July 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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My first history book, Canada's Main Street: The Epic Story of the Trans-Canada Highway, has been out since May!
You can pick up a copy at most bookstores, Amazon and from my publisher Sutherland House 👇
sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/cana...
July 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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This man will listen to you talk about anything, and he won't charge a dime

Retired N.S. social worker is on a cross-Canada listening tour with two chairs and a sign #NovaScotia #Canada

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This man will listen to you talk about anything, and he won't charge a dime | CBC Radio
Talking to your loved ones about your problems can be uncomfortable. Talking to your therapist can be expensive. Paul Jenkinson, however, is neither.
www.cbc.ca
May 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Reminder that early voting begins tomorrow and continues through to the 21st. Information regarding voting can be found at the Elections Canada site www.elections.ca/home.aspx Please vote. #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
Elections Canada - Home page for the 2025 Federal Election
Find all the information you need to know to vote in the 2025 federal election. You will learn whether you are registered to vote, where to vote, what your riding is, who the candidates in your ridin...
www.elections.ca
April 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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This federal election send your message to all party leaders telling them to put people and planet above polluter profits: dsfdn.org/MakeElection... (Artist unknown.)
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Canadians! I'm looking to interview 🇨🇦hockey fans who have ✨opinions✨about Gretzky's politics and how that's impacting their feelings about Ovechkin tying (and likely breaking) his record. Drop me a DM / signal golbeck.56 / jengolbeck@gmail.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just starting this.

#booksky #currentlyreading
April 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.

Mrs. Dalloway lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops, and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place...
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.

In a hole in the ground there lived Mrs. Dalloway.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they executed Mrs. Dalloway, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
March 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
🇨🇦 VOTE! We need a high voter turnout to ensure a strong, united Canada. 🇨🇦 Register and look at your voting options here: www.elections.ca/home.aspx/ho...
Elections Canada - Home page for the 2025 Federal Election
Find all the information you need to know to vote in the 2025 federal election. You will learn whether you are registered to vote, where to vote, what your riding is, who the candidates in your ridin...
www.elections.ca
March 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The election has just been called for April 28.

If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:

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Canada election live: Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election
Carney has asked the governor general to dissolve Parliament, launching an election campaign amid a trade war with the US.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Coming in late.
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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She’s thought to be Canada’s first Black woman painter, now the public can finally see her art
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#EdithMacDonaldBrown #womenartists #artherstory
She’s thought to be Canada’s first Black woman painter, now the public can finally see her art
The News Daily to Artist Self Promoting
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March 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Dear Canada, I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light & heart. It's made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada 🇨🇦❤️✌️💪

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Dear Canada...
Dear Canada... I felt compelled to do something, to make something for my country. To stick up for, and to honour it. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy,…
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March 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM