Amy Moen

At the Turn of the Corner
David Wilson
2024

You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”

This is where we get the 'sibling.'

And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”

Over time, it came to mean "close friend."

Now it is something we share w/ close friends...

'gossip.'

Wishing all my friends in the United States a happy National Cat Day. We don't have a National Cat Day in the UK, just a National Cat. Me.
(Pic @pjrfoto.bsky.social)

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Thrilled to listen to my former colleague Kirsten Hillman, 🇨🇦's Ambassador to the US, talk about Canada-US relations yesterday. A once-in-a-generation diplomatic talent of whom Canadians can be justifiably proud.

We went downtown and paid a rat a quarter to gnaw these glorious pumpkins in honor of our comedy hero’s birthday. @chriscandy4u.bsky.social @pulmyears.bsky.social

Blue Jay
Ben Houstie ~ Heiltsuk
2024

Hear me out: stop selling naming rights on everything. Go back to calling things by what they do or what they resemble

Skydome forever. Saddledome & Butterdome, too!

No more Rogers this and Scotiabank that, please. I've no idea what city you're in, they are so overused. Meaningless. Soulless

Same. Last year I declined to pay for a kitchen faucet that would respond to voice commands.

Beware the Internet of Things

Painting of a bird perched on a bare branch against a pink sky

This 1841 watercolour is a painting by writer of 'Wuthering Heights' Emily Brontë. It depicts her pet merlin The bird of prey was rescued from the moors near her home and Brontë named the bird 'Nero'. The Brontë siblings all had good skills in art.

Photograph of a small white cloud in blue sky over angular pink walls

New Mexico based, contemporary photographer Natalie Christensen creates minimalist photography #WomensArt #Monday

The River Sings
Jeff Dillon
2015

Photo of a street with a woman and child looking down to a painting on the stone floor of a view to a cityscape

Shamsia Hassani, fine arts lecturer and first known female street art artist from Afghanistan #WomensArt

Morning Star
Robert Houle ~ Anishinaabe
1976

Painting featuring the head and shoulders of a white woman looking down facing left with gair tied back and wearing a light top, behind are shadows of plants on a yellow wall of

Danish painter Anna Ancher, Self Portrait c. 1890 #womensart

I mean, yes, good and important read.

But oh so devastating because after my recent re-studenting the truest line for me was:

"It felt like I was watching the beginning of the fall of university education in real time."

Monochrome photograph featuring a thin tall tree reflected in flood water with hills and trees in the background

Flood, 1981 by British landscape photographer Fay Godwin #womensart

Scatter
Nicki Ault
2016

Thank God for Canadians. Canada nICE Agents.

Long lines at the polls a result of provincial changes for local elections, not labour shortages - LiveWire Calgary If there was one universal for the 2025 Calgary general municipal election, it’s that long lines and a frustrating paperwork process led to discontent among voters. Social media posts over the past…

Long lines at the polls a result of additional complexity and paperwork requirements for electors and election workers, despite more staff and 73 more polling stations for 2025 versus 2021.

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Oh my dear lord scroll for the comments.

The mezzanine level between hauptbahnhof and terminal at FRA is one of my very favourite liminal spaces. But this may be a bridge too far into another world.

YouTube video by Art Blakey - Topic The Chess Players (Remastered 2005)

You know what rules? Wayne Shorter’s solo on “The Chess Players” youtu.be/fI0S6ioserI?...

2 Screenshots from the movie "Good Will Hunting" (1997): First, a young man with short blond hair sits in a room lined with bookshelves, wearing a dark jacket with light stripes on the sleeves. He has a thoughtful expression as he asks, "So when did you know, like, that she was the one for you?" Second, an older man with a beard and a warm expression responds, "October 21, 1975." He is wearing a green cardigan over a blue patterned shirt, and the background is filled with books and papers.

Oct 21st - Psychology professor, Dr Sean Maguire, met his nocturnally flatulent wife, missing game six of the 1975 World Series.

📽️📅 Good Will Hunting (1997)

The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy

Something about hearing Nora Young on CBC telling me about this AWS outage...is soothing?

I listened to Spark for over a decade:

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In addition to Lupin--which you should watch--have a read through the real-life history of the pieces of the French empire that have actually been stolen:

I posted this because I not-so-subtly made my parents watch Lupin just 2 weeks ago. And they really, really enjoyed it.

Agree. Yesterday my return to YYJ was lovely on the 72 up to McTavish and then it would have been a 30 minute+ wait for the 88.

I took a $12 uber to the terminal. I am not complaining about $15 total to the airport, but very few travelers have my flexibility and patience.

Huh. Just looked at my local SDM: bookings for COVID but the cost is $135 + $20 injection fee. I guess I am not surprised?

I booked in with AHS in November and we will see what they charge (bc I am still not sure if I am eligible for a free shot--and they won't tell me until the appt).

Textile artwork resembling the upper half of a crow-like bird with purple and black textured feathers, the bird looks backwards to the left with large beak in the air

'Raven' collage by Lisa Morales, textile and mixed media artist #WomensArt