#Sundaysentence “Xiao Wang, let me tell you: By the time you’re my age, you’ll realize that everything you once thought mattered so much turns out to mean very little.” - Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem

If you haven’t signed this petition yet, please do!

Inspired by @shinebriteroom401.bsky.social summer talk on collaborative murals at Online Art of Ed Conference & the work of master carver, Hayalthkin'geme Carey Newman, students created positive/negative hand heart collages for tomorrow’s Day of Truth and Reconciliation. #orangeshirtday #arted

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year? How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

Tree of Spirits Jane Ash Poitras ~ Cree 1995

Some of my favourite art room read alouds for the 1st month of school…ones that help build community, celebrate identity, reinforce proper use of materials & embrace a growth mindset ✨📚🎨 #EduSky

Just writing, that’s all. bwanhill.ca/2025/09/07/q...

When plans go awry, be flexible and pivot. Spin, read, spin and read. Embracing a quiet day.

I can

September Glads Alexandrya Eaton 2014

A small return to my neglected labour of love. Collecting bread seed poppy seeds from the garden.

Oh Canada. ❤️🇨🇦🥰

I am smitten. 💜 ‘Thomas Edison’ dahlia. First time growing in my #yyc garden. Will definitely be trying to overwinter the tubers.

The transition from summer to fall is in the air. If the warm weather is trying to fool us, the golden light and scattering of fallen leaves are speaking the truth. I'm admiring the forest mini card sets in shades of yellows and oranges. A perfect match for the months ahead.

In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.

Yes. Begin again. A perspective change will help… and take time to spin. Back to work.

Beautiful @brbusby.bsky.social 💙

💜 @saylormade.bsky.social

Upgraded the aesthetics of my spindle storage. IKEA Täting

“Forever Canadian’ petition collects signatures in Calgary” #ForeverCanadian #Yyc #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Hopefully, a free link to this article. I can’t even pretend to understand the complexity of these horrific situations. I appreciate the insights of those who are trying their best to report the intricacies of reaching a solution for peace. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/660f8be...

I spoke with CBC Power & Politics on the crisis in #Gaza. Reminder to #Canada from @msf.ca: actions must speak louder than words: 🍁 Back denunciation of IHL violations with real actions. 🍁 Impose consequences on #Israel, alone or with partners. 🍁 No Canadian arms trade fueling war crimes.

Twelve Days of spinning or felting just for you or for someone you love for the holiday season. - I know! It’s hot and summery everywhere and no one wants to think of Christmas but the pre-order is up! With a discounted early bird price! - Shipping in October.

It was a good day: Drawing, beautiful gardens, and chats with a friend. Coutts Centre, August 5, 2025 couttscentre.ca

And yet, most people I know are still on Meta platforms. How do we collectively make changes as a society? I don’t know.

This is my Mom's stunning version of the Floral Fantasy Beanie 🥰 #knitting #knitsky 🧶 The pattern is now available: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Excellent to see end-to-end encryption messaging for open social and a great complement to atproto, thanks to @tessa.germnetwork.com and team at @germnetwork.com .

Tidying up the garden and finding a use for “scrap” flowers.

My semi-monthly search to feed my social media confirmation bias: thelogic.co/news/quebec-...

Hand-dyed yarn based on history: 🤩

Resisting the urge to Substack, latest blog post: bwanhill.ca/2025/07/31/s...

Finding inspiration in content from @bigthink.com Latest: bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/why-great-...

Haiku July, Day 29

The more time I spend with this Lojan ‘Buddy’ wheel, the greater confidence I have it was a satisfying purchase. And now, I can get parts for it at www.tisseetfile.com/en 😊

Bees too busy to sit still for photos. Photographer to impatient to wait. Veronicastrum virginicum beginning to hit its stride. #BotanicalTuesday

I’ve been enjoying seeing these alphabet knits @samantha-west.bsky.social - and this literature that goes with this one, particularly, thank you! 🌱💚

Go Bonnie Critchley! 🇨🇦✨

Bonnie Critchley — a rookie politician running as an Independent against Pierre Poilievre, a gay woman running in rural Alberta, and her candidacy raising a vile ruckus online — is an unlikely giant killer. Michael Harris writes. #abpoli

Beautiful work @abiknitsflora.bsky.social ✨

Senryū: a Japanese poetic form similar in structure to haiku that focuses on human nature

Very rainy July so far, which is highlighting interesting plant forms on this #botanicaltuesday

Packaging a few sets of mini cards and admiring the prints in the ocean and forest sets. The up-cycled envelopes include maps and encyclopedia pages colour coordinated to suit the card stock. At 3.5 by 2.25 inches, they are just the right size for a short and sweet message.

This and that learning: chain-ply spinning, eighty grams. Those warm colours though! 🔥

#Lojan Lazy Kate plying ball place holder. 🧶

Free even to Canada?! I would love this book @suecowley.bsky.social !

Last week’s Tour de Fleece practices and investigations and the spinning tools I used.

Haiku July, Day 13

Back on track. 😅