Rachel
@philommeides.bsky.social
PhD in philosophy (Plotinus on matter). Maritimer. Embodiment of 😭 emoji. Film photography and baking enthusiast. Teaching Great Books at St Thomas University in Fredericton.
Fun new milestone ahead: eating solids!
May 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fun new milestone ahead: eating solids!
My baby is six (6!) months old today and I can’t even express how happy I am she’s in our lives. She’s so curious about the world and such fun company these days
May 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My baby is six (6!) months old today and I can’t even express how happy I am she’s in our lives. She’s so curious about the world and such fun company these days
Once again bad at being here, but: first week of post-baby teaching (on the Timaeus and also business ethics) in the books
January 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Once again bad at being here, but: first week of post-baby teaching (on the Timaeus and also business ethics) in the books
Walked to my local park (about 1.5 blocks away - my upper limit these days) to appreciate the new neighbourhood and its view of the bay
October 22, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Walked to my local park (about 1.5 blocks away - my upper limit these days) to appreciate the new neighbourhood and its view of the bay
I haven’t been on Bluesky much because engagement with my posts was very low and I got lazy trying to locate all my old mutuals, but here’s a big life update: I will be having a baby any day now and also I just moved into a house. Anyway, I will try to be better at being on here!
October 18, 2024 at 12:32 AM
I haven’t been on Bluesky much because engagement with my posts was very low and I got lazy trying to locate all my old mutuals, but here’s a big life update: I will be having a baby any day now and also I just moved into a house. Anyway, I will try to be better at being on here!
Some photos from a glorious late spring walk
May 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Some photos from a glorious late spring walk
My monthly Shakespeare reading group got hijacked by me so I could make my friend spend the next four months reading Middlemarch instead, but the tradition of trying a new cocktail each month is still alive
February 10, 2024 at 12:24 AM
My monthly Shakespeare reading group got hijacked by me so I could make my friend spend the next four months reading Middlemarch instead, but the tradition of trying a new cocktail each month is still alive
Bringing mulled cranberry macarons to the last class tomorrow (on Pride and Prejudice)
December 7, 2023 at 2:38 AM
Bringing mulled cranberry macarons to the last class tomorrow (on Pride and Prejudice)
Pulled up my dissertation so I can plan a talk to undergrads later this month on nothingness and, wow, the footnotes I ended up having to write are almost parodies of themselves
November 7, 2023 at 1:17 AM
Pulled up my dissertation so I can plan a talk to undergrads later this month on nothingness and, wow, the footnotes I ended up having to write are almost parodies of themselves
As a bonus: uptown and the harbour looked BEAUTIFUL at sunset today
October 23, 2023 at 10:25 PM
As a bonus: uptown and the harbour looked BEAUTIFUL at sunset today
46. The Story of Hong Gildong
Started a reading group on Korean classical texts - this was the first!
Started a reading group on Korean classical texts - this was the first!
September 30, 2023 at 12:52 PM
46. The Story of Hong Gildong
Started a reading group on Korean classical texts - this was the first!
Started a reading group on Korean classical texts - this was the first!
45. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Monthly Shakespeare reading group continues, featuring me reading this for the first time in 15 years and exclaiming at how good it is. (Cocktail is a sour with homemade aquavit, celery syrup, and lime juice)
Monthly Shakespeare reading group continues, featuring me reading this for the first time in 15 years and exclaiming at how good it is. (Cocktail is a sour with homemade aquavit, celery syrup, and lime juice)
September 28, 2023 at 2:24 AM
45. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Monthly Shakespeare reading group continues, featuring me reading this for the first time in 15 years and exclaiming at how good it is. (Cocktail is a sour with homemade aquavit, celery syrup, and lime juice)
Monthly Shakespeare reading group continues, featuring me reading this for the first time in 15 years and exclaiming at how good it is. (Cocktail is a sour with homemade aquavit, celery syrup, and lime juice)
44. Gilgamesh
A really nice thing about a co-taught course is seeing all the very smart things your colleagues says about a text that’s new to you
A really nice thing about a co-taught course is seeing all the very smart things your colleagues says about a text that’s new to you
September 25, 2023 at 2:48 PM
44. Gilgamesh
A really nice thing about a co-taught course is seeing all the very smart things your colleagues says about a text that’s new to you
A really nice thing about a co-taught course is seeing all the very smart things your colleagues says about a text that’s new to you
This, from the Merve Emre piece on "mom rage", is so so so good that I would like to print it off and tape it to every surface
September 19, 2023 at 11:32 AM
This, from the Merve Emre piece on "mom rage", is so so so good that I would like to print it off and tape it to every surface
A couple nice things: autumn mums on my deck; a snail friend in my recycling bin
September 18, 2023 at 10:56 PM
A couple nice things: autumn mums on my deck; a snail friend in my recycling bin
40. Jade City - Fonda Lee
41. Louis Riel - Chester Brown
41. Louis Riel - Chester Brown
August 31, 2023 at 11:29 AM
40. Jade City - Fonda Lee
41. Louis Riel - Chester Brown
41. Louis Riel - Chester Brown
Today’s macarons are a little worse for the wear due to the 100% humidity (and having to make a bus ride into the city), but they’re still good: pineapple habanero jam for a filling
August 28, 2023 at 5:51 PM
Today’s macarons are a little worse for the wear due to the 100% humidity (and having to make a bus ride into the city), but they’re still good: pineapple habanero jam for a filling
Whoops, I was counting wrong! This is #39: Foster - Claire Keegan
August 16, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Whoops, I was counting wrong! This is #39: Foster - Claire Keegan
37. Eating Wild in Eastern Canada - Jamie Simpson
38. Antigone - Sophocles
38. Antigone - Sophocles
August 16, 2023 at 12:39 PM
37. Eating Wild in Eastern Canada - Jamie Simpson
38. Antigone - Sophocles
38. Antigone - Sophocles
36. The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
August 14, 2023 at 10:23 PM
36. The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
35. Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
Can’t ever avoid reading an Ann Patchett novel as soon as it hits the shelves
Can’t ever avoid reading an Ann Patchett novel as soon as it hits the shelves
August 14, 2023 at 11:47 AM
35. Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
Can’t ever avoid reading an Ann Patchett novel as soon as it hits the shelves
Can’t ever avoid reading an Ann Patchett novel as soon as it hits the shelves
Made some macarons with homemade nectarine mint jam
August 12, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Made some macarons with homemade nectarine mint jam
It looks (and tastes) soooo good
August 9, 2023 at 2:27 AM
It looks (and tastes) soooo good
More than halfway through the year, but I’m going to begin cataloguing the books I read here:
33. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(Not the best choice when I’m behind my schedule, but no regrets)
33. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(Not the best choice when I’m behind my schedule, but no regrets)
August 7, 2023 at 5:05 PM
More than halfway through the year, but I’m going to begin cataloguing the books I read here:
33. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(Not the best choice when I’m behind my schedule, but no regrets)
33. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(Not the best choice when I’m behind my schedule, but no regrets)