It pisses me off when these local farmers bitch about wind and solar "ruining the landscape" a day after they sprayed 800 gallons of pesticides to kill every living thing in sight.
Starting life over from scratch while making all the things with fibre arts. Vancouver Island.
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It pisses me off when these local farmers bitch about wind and solar "ruining the landscape" a day after they sprayed 800 gallons of pesticides to kill every living thing in sight.
This week is all "intro to the course" stuff but next week I'm excited to teach Catherine Kudlick's "Disability History: Why We Need Another βOtherβ" (still relevant after all these years) and Veronica Strong-Boag's "Raising Clio 's Consciousness: Women 's History and Archives in Canada".
There is a plum tree along the back fence that has been neglected by the neighbor, and until now mostly obscured by the giant tangle of blackberry bramble. I spent August harvesting blackberries, now I will liberate this little plum tree and eat an uncomfortable amount of plums.
Oh my goodness she is so darn cute.
Thunder and lightning! A rare event on the Island. Kali is concerned.
Marianne Stokes (1855-1927), Austrian painter who settled in England, considered one of the leading women artists of her time #womensart
This evening I discovered I am pretty good at making whiskey sours. Eight in total, my friend's house has an old-school bar. It was fun to bartend for an evening!
I went into an "emporium" today and nearly laughed at the higher-than-thrift-store prices for old and second-hand items. Then I heard the haggling. Omg I have to come back to this place, I *love* to haggle with Old Guys.
Well said.
I have two masters degrees and after a year of not being able to get a job, I am now doing an admin role at a university. It pays half of what I was making in my last position.
I met a lot of students and tried to sell them on my very cool history courses! I'm teaching a women in Canada pre 1920 class and it's going to have both demonic possession AND quilts as history of botany and everyone should take it.
I am so ready for cooler temperatures. π₯
No more trophy hunting for big beautiful creatures says British Columbia
Oh you are going to love the bookstore in Ladysmith. π
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Cobble Hill fair is today. I have nine entries in and I would like to win at least two of those categories.
What do you think is the point of no return for democracy in the US?
John's work on Saga Thing was recently featured in an article by his university. It's nice to see him recognized for the efforts he makes to promote the rich culture of medieval Iceland and to normalize public-facing scholarship in our field. Go John! www.bridgew.edu/stories/2025...
age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers! age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
It's very capitalistic- let the developer & market decide what car parking is needed. "For years, minimum parking rules shaped every development decision in the Canadian city - often before anyone even looked at whether the site needed parking at all. " www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
Bluesky, meet Kali.
Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
That was me!
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds π₯
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring youβ start using β-AIβ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Spiders and spider webs embroidered onto US 19thc crazy quilts were thought to help to catch good luck. Spiders are also said to bring luck to weavers & spinners #folklorethursday π·
