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ottawakiwi.bsky.social
JW Roulston 🇨🇦🇳🇿🇮🇪
@ottawakiwi.bsky.social
Lawyer, social worker, teacher, and writer working where law meets conscience.
Montréal born, Ottawa based. Citizen of Canada, Ireland, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Bilingual/bilingue. Pro Oxford comma. ☘️🍁🥝
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🍉
Late afternoon almost dusk
Autumn in Ottawa
#Ottawa
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Late autumn, late afternoon
#Ottawa
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kept a bag of sugar candies in the car for first kid to get in, fully dressed (snowsuit & all). First kid also got the front seat. It worked. But daughter's school told me she was pushy & competitive & tried to race the other kids on the way out to recess.
#UnintendedConsequences
#CreatedAMonster
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Best coffee is the kind I can drink in my dressing gown, and I suppose I will have to start taking a thermos with me again, the way we used to.

#CorporateCoffee
#MorningCoffee
#DressingGown
#ThermosLife
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My bedmate is taking a firm stand against getting up.

#GloomyNovember
#AutumnInOttawa
#Dogs
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I have been reflecting on the so called male loneliness epidemic. It appears the mystery is solved

#malelonelinessepidemic
#patriarchy
#genderpolitics
#feministanalysis
#misogyny
#datingapps
#emotionallabour
#masculinitycrisis
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We both hate the cold
#Ottawa
#November
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Ottawa dog walk
November chill
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Offloading a bunch of things
I feel lighter
#Charity
#Decluttering
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I will never understand why and sandwich made by someone else is always so much tastier.
#ThymeAndAgain
#Ottawa
#TunaSandwich
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Winter is almost upon us
#CarletonUniversity
#Ottawa
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
View from my bedroom window.
I live in a beautiful place.
But damn, the winter is cold.
#Ottawa
#beauty
#FeministJoy
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
One month post dermatological laser treatment. Almost all the swelling is gone and most of the rosacea and hyperplasia.
#Recovery #Rosacea #Dermatology
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My bed six years ago. Now there are three.
#Pets
#Losses
#Ottawa
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A toast of whiskey for the last day of the much loved Michael D Higgins.

#Ireland #President #MichaelDHiggins #Sláinte #Éire #IrishPresident
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Made it home. Survived US airport chaos, a government shutdown, unscheduled stay in fleabag hotel in NJ.
Canada never looked so good.
#HomeAtLast #TravelTales #EverythingIsFine
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Sometimes I forget that I am the centre of the universe for three furry friends
#HomeFromHoliday
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
No matter how good your holiday, there is nothing like putting on a clean nighty, sliding into fresh sheets, and curling up with your furry friends.
#Home #Comfort #Travel #Cats #Dogs #SimplePleasures
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM