My 2026 Hemlock & Oak planner has just arrived. I am so excited that I am savouring the moment and taking my time opening it.. A new planner is a symbol of hope, and a belief in the future. Blank pages are full of potential. #planner #stationery #journal #hemlockandoak

The city is dense; you'll never see every corner. The photo for now marks where I need to return: Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church. We passed Hemingway’s first apartment. He lived here in the 1920s, newly married, newly poor, carrying stories in his pockets. joellemctigue.substack.com/p/tracing-sh...

Our freedom was won by brave women and men who answered the call — including the heroic First Nations, Inuit, and Métis members of the Canadian Armed Forces. On Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the sacrifice of those who have served, those who serve today, and their families.

Anyone else wondering if the replay of “Germany: 1930s” in the States will have a plot-twist of “France: 1789”? Just curious. I’m not being flippant. I’m just wondering if the possibility of the latter has occurred to anyone enabling Sleepy Pumpkinhead yet.

Oh, sure. NOW they tell the Canadians. 🦃

Happening today! Meet award winning author, Janice Landry and get a signed copy of her book, Every Little Thing rated as a top 10 best book of 2025 for the Maritimes! Janice will be at Indigo Dartmouth from 12-2 today.

We have #biographies of #LesterPearson and #TommyDouglas: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1475... www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1050... #Booksky #Canada #politics #biography

Now on my “Was Stupid of Me, But I Had To” Bucket List:

The world really is ending. www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...

Are “mutual friend selfies" reshaping how we stay connected? For writer @asmaam.bsky.social, these personal, off-social photos—taken specifically for the person missing from the frame—speak volumes about friendship in a digital age. thewalrus.ca/whats-giving-me-...

He is a fragile Orange Pedofuehrer...

Sit with a cup of old gown (or breaky-leg) and unbetty the lexical rooters of Victorian street slang: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dictionary-of-modern-slang/

Rated as one of the top 10 best local books of the year by Indigo/Chapters!

Happy Fountain Pen Day 2025! My yellow Lamy Safari <EF> is my trusty and simple ride-or-die. What are you writing with today? (Louisa May Alcatt doesn’t care about pens, but she thinks I have excellent taste in paper.) #FountainPenDay #FountainPenDay2025 #FountainPens #LamySafari #InkyFingers

AYE WRITE FESTIVAL starts today in Glasgow with lots of fine poetry events to check out. eg tonight at 6pm: Mirrorball Gaelic Showcase with Peter Mackay (Makar), Shane Johnstone, Petra Poncarova, Babs Nicgriogair, Robbie Anndra Macleòid & Martin MacIntyre. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/mirr...

Our plans for November are here! 🔥$15 Basic memberships! 🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social! 🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social! And more👇 litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-p...

Welcome to the editing workshop by Editor @stevexisxok.bsky.social! On identifying common problems and solving them. Featuring pre- and post-revision versions of work from @okaydonkeymag.com First up: BSF winner "1000" by @robroensch.bsky.social www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...

In 1953, three #Pennsylvania hunters disappeared in the woods in #Quebec (bodies were found later). A man named #WilbertCoffin was found guilty of the #murders and hanged. This #scarce 1996 #book covers the controversy about whether Coffin was wrongly convicted. $25. #Booksky #TrueCrime #Gaspe

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Meet author Sarah Engram and get a signed copy of her book The Austens. This book is getting rave reviews all over! If you are a Jane Austen fan, or love historical fiction, add this book to your must read list. Sarah will be at Coles Yarmouth Mall on Saturday, November 8 from 1-3pm.

Castles Made of Sand: As sea levels continue to rise, endangering Atlantic Canada’s coasts and a vital link between provinces, people call out for government leadership and look for new ways to protect their homes. Recent Saltscapes feature by Jeremy Hull.

Another #book by popular #SaintJohn #storyteller, #DavidGoss, is back in stock. Published in 2020, #SeasonalSnippets is dedicated to Saint John #stories. $20. #Booksky #scarce #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NewBrunswick

There are some interesting #articles in this #scarce April, 1930 edition of the ( #London) #QuarterlyReview. $20. #Booksky #periodical #England #politics #trade #nature #buzzards #education #literature

The #American #author of this #scarce 1905 #HistoricalRomance went on to write #screenplays thanks to her #agent being the mother of the #DeMille brothers! Lovely #blindstamped #ArtNouveau cover with #gilt decoration. $50. #Booksky #BeulahMarieDix #fiction #oldbooks #prettybooks

Always has to have the last word, that AI.

In case you missed this incredible news! Both Every Little Thing and In Search of Puffins have been chosen as two of the top 10 books of the year for the Maritimes from Indigo/Chapters! Congratulations to Janice Landry and Marjorie Simmins for this well-deserved accolade.

It's #NationalSandwichDay! Celebrate with a peruse through the 1909 classic The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, which includes such delights as Fudge Sandwich, Dyspeptic Sandwich, and Whipped Cream Sandwich: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #otd #OnThisDay

Integrity, humanity, generosity, and empathy. This last essay is both eulogy and hope. Thank you, @jdickerson.bsky.social. Keep the flame lit from your next hilltop.

Is it bad that I immediately pictured this wearing a red cap?

“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year” — Emily Dickinson. (Essay on Dickinson's unusual manuscript forms, which included sweet wrappers and concert programmes, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-manuscripts-of-emily-dickinson/)

Sometimes there is crying in baseball. #bluejays❤️

Brutal loss. Gutting. But a brilliant season for the Jays and an all-timer World Series. A stunner of a team. Bring it home next year.

Thank you, Toronto Blue Jays, for uniting & lifting the spirits of Canadians in these difficult times. You made us proud to be Canadian.

Baseball is pain.

Baseball is dead to me.

Anyone in Canada breathing right now? #BlueJays

Ok Canada breathe, they got this. #WantItAll.

Okay, boys. Let’s do this. #BlueJays

Just pulled this out of my cedar chest. (The only other article of clothing in that hallowed space is my wedding gown.) It worked in 1992 and 1993. Let it work its magic tonight.

If you’re daunted by the prospect of late autumn & winter & are able to get outside, here’s a film I made for @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social with 5 scientifically proven nature-based tips to alleviate anxiety & lift your mood 🌿🧠: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

As Halloween draws nigh, I always remember my friend who went to a Halloween party dressed in pink with a chair on his head. He was a piece of chewed gum.

"The Michael Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an assessment to help people determine how they perceive the world and make decisions about silently stabbing innocent teenagers while wearing a hideous rubber mask." buff.ly/XtYr27s

Attn. #PeterPauperPress #collectors! This undated #WilliamBlake #poetry #book in a #slipcase was given as a #gift in 1965 (the #inscription is lovely). $25. #Booksky #prettybooks #poems #BritLit

THIS!

After investigation, what had appeared to be a massive zombie uprising in Atlantic Canada turned out to be harmless people who had endured 18 innings of a ball game in a time zone four hours away, only to see the Blue Jays lose to a walk-off homer.

"Photographing the Dark: Nadar’s Descent into the Paris Catacombs", @AllisonCMeier on Nadar’s determined efforts (involving Bunsen batteries, mannequins, and a good deal of patience) to document the beauty and terror of this realm of the dead: publicdomainreview.org/essay/p...

I am swiftly coming to the conclusion that my only acceptable future is "madwoman in the attic."