N.P. Thompson 🍁
@nptwrites.bsky.social
Canadian author of magical middle grade books. Probably in the garden.
CHALICE OF CALADRIAI, book 4 of The Arcanium Saga now available!
shop.nptwrites.com/ | books2read.com/NPTwrites | nptwrites.com/links
CHALICE OF CALADRIAI, book 4 of The Arcanium Saga now available!
shop.nptwrites.com/ | books2read.com/NPTwrites | nptwrites.com/links
Oh, no. I don't even know what to say. I'm so sorry. :(
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oh, no. I don't even know what to say. I'm so sorry. :(
Oh, FFS. If Bluesky goes hard-right the way Twitter did, that will be it for social media for me. I do not have the time/patience/desire to start over on yet another site that will just end up doing the same thing again. 😑
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Oh, FFS. If Bluesky goes hard-right the way Twitter did, that will be it for social media for me. I do not have the time/patience/desire to start over on yet another site that will just end up doing the same thing again. 😑
Okay, even I agree that 2 feet in one snowstorm is too much! Even Canadians have our limits! 😂
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Okay, even I agree that 2 feet in one snowstorm is too much! Even Canadians have our limits! 😂
I will have to take a picture when my baby apple trees get buried. Last year the snow got so deep at the side of the driveway (a lot of that was from my shovelling over to that side, though) that the rabbits hopped right across the snow and stripped the bark off all the *top* branches of my tree!
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I will have to take a picture when my baby apple trees get buried. Last year the snow got so deep at the side of the driveway (a lot of that was from my shovelling over to that side, though) that the rabbits hopped right across the snow and stripped the bark off all the *top* branches of my tree!
15cm is not at all unusual for a single snowstorm around here (though this much is a bit unusual for this early in the season). There will be a heck of a lot more before the winter is through! ❄️☃️
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
15cm is not at all unusual for a single snowstorm around here (though this much is a bit unusual for this early in the season). There will be a heck of a lot more before the winter is through! ❄️☃️
We got about 15cm of snow yesterday, so I think my garden may finally be done for the year. But I still had strawberries flowering and had just picked another bowl of raspberries before the snow hit!
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We got about 15cm of snow yesterday, so I think my garden may finally be done for the year. But I still had strawberries flowering and had just picked another bowl of raspberries before the snow hit!
Reposted by N.P. Thompson 🍁
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 9.2
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 208,300-288,000
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 6.6X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 5.9X higher
Hospitalizations: HIGH; 9.3X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 11.7X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreigh5nngzdygqzqv5qoqrqnzjm5sd77qezjnkrj4tjtd3mrgxkua7q@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 x higher
Oh no!
(I am commiserating on the mess to clean up, kid reading over my shoulder wishes to register profound outrage/horror at the waste of whipped cream. 😂)
(I am commiserating on the mess to clean up, kid reading over my shoulder wishes to register profound outrage/horror at the waste of whipped cream. 😂)
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Oh no!
(I am commiserating on the mess to clean up, kid reading over my shoulder wishes to register profound outrage/horror at the waste of whipped cream. 😂)
(I am commiserating on the mess to clean up, kid reading over my shoulder wishes to register profound outrage/horror at the waste of whipped cream. 😂)
Next in the series is the action-packed Mirror of Wolves, in which the team hunts down a mystical artifact said to reveal one's true destiny and the parents get caught up in all sorts of trouble while trying to find the kids. Also, EPIC magic battles! #BookSky 🪐📚
➡️ books2read.com/MirrorOfWolves
➡️ books2read.com/MirrorOfWolves
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Next in the series is the action-packed Mirror of Wolves, in which the team hunts down a mystical artifact said to reveal one's true destiny and the parents get caught up in all sorts of trouble while trying to find the kids. Also, EPIC magic battles! #BookSky 🪐📚
➡️ books2read.com/MirrorOfWolves
➡️ books2read.com/MirrorOfWolves
The series starts with River of Crows, in which 12yo Ty Baxter accidentally teams up with the weird girl from school to try and help an injured crow... and discovers that magic and other worlds are real. #BookSky #MiddleGrade 🐦⬛ 🪐📚
➡️ books2read.com/RiverOfCrows
➡️ books2read.com/RiverOfCrows
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The series starts with River of Crows, in which 12yo Ty Baxter accidentally teams up with the weird girl from school to try and help an injured crow... and discovers that magic and other worlds are real. #BookSky #MiddleGrade 🐦⬛ 🪐📚
➡️ books2read.com/RiverOfCrows
➡️ books2read.com/RiverOfCrows
Starting to pick up in Ottawa, too! ☃️
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Starting to pick up in Ottawa, too! ☃️
I don't know why they're not inundating their MPs with irate emails and phone calls, and camping out on their premiers' office doorsteps. It's criminal is what it is. And blindingly stupid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I don't know why they're not inundating their MPs with irate emails and phone calls, and camping out on their premiers' office doorsteps. It's criminal is what it is. And blindingly stupid.
In Alberta and Quebec it isn't.
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In Alberta and Quebec it isn't.