Speaking of Portunhol, I also learned that there are quite a few hybrid languages in South America, some that incorporate German too!

I’m also planning to go to Brazil and Paraguay afterwards, for a few weeks. Getting read to work on my Portunhol😆

Off to the Bahamas in a few weeks, I haven’t been there since 2009! It’s going to be a special trip, a milestone birthday for an uncle.

no. that can't be 5 years ago. impossible.

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

My friend and I just re-watched The First Wives’ Club a month ago. Diane Keaton was so good in that movie. What a career, RIP.

This news broke my heart😭😭😭😭😭

I'm curious: has anyone ever started a GoFundMe for people in another country where GoFundMe isn't supported? I'd love some guidance.

@timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy Thanks Tim, now I'm craving cheddar cheese crackers😄

Rabbit hole kind of reading day. The essay by Anna Watz in the new edition of The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington from @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social has prompted me to revisit her other works.

Today we’re celebrating the birthday of Beatrix Potter - author, conservationist & lifelong lover of the Lake District. As well as dreaming up Peter Rabbit and friends, Beatrix played a huge role in preserving the Lakeland landscape and its native Herdwick sheep💚 𝙋𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩: 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙭 𝙋𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮

Don’t know about ewe… but we can SMELL the weekend! #LakeDistrict #FridayFeeling 💚

@rowenamonde.bsky.social I often notice tourists taking photos of city buildings here that I've never looked twice at. I usually stop and have a look myself.

Was walking in Gastown today and a lady, definitely a local, was rolling her eyes at tourists waiting to hear the steam clock play its tune. She said something snarky about why would people waste their time waiting on something so “stupid.”

The Owl of Notre Dame in Dijon. Follow the owl path and make a wish here :) #France

Graham Greene also pushed against typecasting and believed that Native actors could play any role; that we don't have to be segregated, or limited, to the "Indigenous section." This interview with Readers Digest: You recently appeared in Te Ata, a…

This is such sad news😪 RIP

Yo come over! We got some of the master's tools and we're gonna wreck his shitty house hahaa

I can't stop laughing at this amazing painting

Photo folks, please join us on September 2! The VII Foundation presents a virtual discussion about photography, community, and digital culture. Learn more and register: www.flakphoto.news/p/please-joi...

This is 100% my cat🤣

Today I learned that Peter Ustinov had some Ethiopian ancestry and had ancestry connections to the Ethiopian royal family.

Dahlia we grew from seed we collected. Keeper?

It's one of the most famous rock songs ever — Bohemian Rhapsody — and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's blessing into Zulu.

I can

I bumped into my 100-year-old neighbour a few weeks ago, she was off to watch a Shakespeare play with friends and she was dressed to the nines! She even had rhinestones glued to her cheeks. That lady is fancy and I love it!

Cathedral bells in Strasbourg

clouds regarding their reflections on the water

There are still some lovely colors in the yard. Orange daylily, blue hydrangea, pink dahlias. 🌱 #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling.

a gentle oracle

They are indeed! The name of the painter is Malik Aksel. He was described as "one of those who put the most human figures in his paintings".

A student in my Digital Humanities grad class this past spring took her final project on Patrice Lumumba and Global poetry and turned it into a legit publication... Well done, Maya! thecontrapuntal.com/patrice-lumu...

Oasis only had one show in the whole of Canada. I would have gone if they had a show in Seattle, or even Portland, but alas.

Interestingly enough, thieves stole my great-aunt's tombstone from my uncle's pick-up truck but they abandoned it when they realized what it was. Back home, people are very superstitious about death so I bet that was a huge shock to them.

I had a lovely chat with someone who is involved in the travel industry, we had so much to share with each other! What I really liked about him was how generous he was with his experience and insights, particularly about publishing. It's so rare to meet someone that generous.

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Local August blossoms.

After a beautiful winter #sunrise there’s nothing better than a quick morning wander through one of our local National Parks 🌱🌿 📍 Clubbed Spider Orchid 📍 Catkin Grevillea 📍 Bird Orchid #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #WesternAustralia

7:30am: egg white omelette with mushrooms 10am: apple 12pm: cut up fruit with yogurt 3pm: banana 6pm: grilled chicken with salad (light dressing) 8pm: frozen yogurt 830pm: 2 cookies 845pm: 4 cookies 850pm: 8 cookies 9pm: bag of Doritos 930pm: Big Mac and fries

Whoa, I didn’t know the late Pope Francis put Gaudi on the path to canonization.

Back in the day I knew so many Canadians who’d cross the border into Washington State to buy groceries and clothes because they were so much cheaper there. I haven’t been to the States since February but the last time I went there I saw how steep the prices were getting.

This is a bit of a big deal to me and as a perfectionist I'm nervous about sharing a creative project, but here we go! This is the trailer I made for a travel YouTube video, if travel is your thing, please feel free to take a look. Thank you:) youtu.be/eBbBklrsP4U

As a lifelong book geek, this makes me sad. People don't know what they're missing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...

🎨 The Owl King (2025) by Angie Livingston, The Glittering Fox

I said to my soul, be still and wait. So the darkness shall be the light. ~T.S. Eliot

“as if the Iliad had finally done them in.” Adam Zagajewski translated by Clare Cavanaugh I hope to one day be this type of funny sad

For the first time in over a century, sockeye salmon are able to return to Okanagan Lake #BritishColumbia Syilx Nation has been working to restore sockeye salmon in Okanagan waters for decades www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Oh he played General Zod! Didn't realise. RIP. https://social.chinwag.org/@sbs_bot/115046382587357273

It is wrong for the federal government to force these workers to go to work and not be paid. No one should stand for that. This move also sets a dangerous precedent and sends the wrong message to Air Canada instead of holding this very profitable company accountable.