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A pithy quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago.”
Picture of the introductory quote for Part 1 of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book, “The Gulag Archipelago” which reads: “In the period of dictatorship, surrounds on all sides by enemies, we sometimes manifested unnecessary leniency and unnecessary softheartedness” - Krylenko - from a speech at Pomparty trial
May 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Lookit! This merch is hot off the presses at blandshaming.ca

This beaver…I don’t think I have words for how much I love this beaver.

Check out the rest of the lineup at the link above!
April 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Winter in Stratford: a look at the buildup of icicles and snow in 2025. The sunrise photo is only a day or so into the deep freeze we have been in for what seems like months now.

Today feels like spring though, so it’s steadily melting and turning to brown muck.
A picture taken from inside the Stratford Festival, showing a 6’ icicle reaching down from one of the roof eaves. A picture of a beige stucco house with brown shutters and trim, whose gutters sport very lengthy icicles. A picture of a beige brick roof aperture above the stage door of the Tom Patterson Theatre in Stratford Ontario Canada, where the snow has accumulated in an interesting way and it looks like frosting folded into a corner of the roof. A picture of a residential street with a layer of snow on the lawns and roofs of houses, but a clear street. A bare deciduous tree stands in the foreground, backlit by a pink sunrise sky.
February 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 9/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge

Beautiful storytelling.

#BlackHistoryMonth
A picture of the cover of the book Butter Honey Pig Bread, by Francesca Ekwuyasi
February 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 8/20

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#books
#reading
#20daychallenge

Well…
A picture of the cover of the book The Next Civil War, by Stephen Marche
February 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 7/20

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#books
#reading
#20daychallenge

Couldn’t rightly lay claim to my angsty twenties had I not read this classic
A picture of the front cover of a lovely hardcover reissue of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
February 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 6/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge

#blackhistorymonth

Only started reading this on #martinlutherkingjrday
but I know this will stay w me the rest of my life
A picture of the cover of the biography King: A Life, by Jonathan Eig
February 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge

#blackhistorymonth
The cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge
A picture of the front cover of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
January 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge

Oops, missed a couple of days, but eff it, I make my own rules babeeee
January 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge
A picture of the cover of the book My Conversations with Canadians, by Lee Maracle.
January 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge
A picture of the cover of a trade paperback of The Safety of Objects by A.M. Homes.
January 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Picked up this little chapbook at our local arts emporium! @brittlestar.com yay!!
January 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20

#booksky
#books
#reading
#20daychallenge
Shows the cover of a trade paperback of A Happy Death, by Albert Camus
January 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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TIL about Mulga Bill. 🧐 Apt!
January 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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From yesterday: all prepped to give a crash course on Qlab to participants in CITT Connect Conference held at University of Waterloo.

It went really well!!
January 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM