My latest newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/thecuref...

Sending so much love and strength to all who are gathering to march and dance and sing and protest in peace. I’m in Nova Scotia, standing with you in solidarity, and making art inspired by resistance, hope and joy. #nokings

Meanwhile in Canada

All right Hoosiers, get on the phone, email, snail mail, etc. and let school admins know this isn’t acceptable! #freedomofthepress

Stay strong, Chicago! Sending love, always. 💗

💉 Nova Scotians can now book seasonal vaccines — COVID-19, flu, and RSV — at pharmacies, drive-through clinics, or Public Health Mobile Units. Appointments can be made online with a valid NS health card. Details: novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca/en/booking/c... #NovaScotia #Vaccines #PublicHealth

My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.

Make plans to visit Pjila'si, now on view at the Museum of Natural History. More than just a gallery, it's an interactive space that celebrates Mi'kmaw culture. Come to engage, learn, and reflect on the knowledge, skills, and adaptability of the Mi'kmaw people throughout history and to this day.

I’m so thrilled to share this news!!!

SAVE THE DATE! It’s the talent portion of our 10th anniversary bash at Block Shop Books in Lunenburg Nova Scotia! #janedoucet @deanjobb.bsky.social @amimckay.bsky.social @tomryanauthor.bsky.social

Rhubarb Days - on rhubarb and resistance, and an upcoming bookstore reading! open.substack.com/pub/thecuref...

For I am a salt hag. The tide turns my blood, calls me down difficult paths. Each descent to the omen shore a chance to fill my garnering bag. Each descent, a rising excitement at wave magics, a beach to be combed for fresh flotsam auguries. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

Looking forward to this!

Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride. "Let the warning ride forth once more: tyranny is at our door."

Thank you for this excellent resource!

Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! open.substack.com/pub/thecuref...

#NationalLibraryWeek #LiteracyMatters

Same here in Nova Scotia, which is just one of many reasons why we need a Coastal Protection Act, now.

“Crocuses and commonplace” The latest Cure for Longing newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/thecuref...

The recording of our virtual event "The Wonderful Woman of Oz" is now available on our website's program archive! This was a fascinating topic to #research and present. To quote #GloriaSteinem, Matilda Joslyn Gage truly was "ahead of the women who were ahead of her time." #history #feminism #witch

America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r... Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

Tales of Merlin and King Arthur Resurface After 750 Years, Hidden in a Bookbinding gizmodo.com/tales-of-mer...

Sidney Crosby - from Nova Scotia, Canada is the greatest Canadian Hockey Player of all time. #SidneyCrosby Sidney Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic...

"Country sloping, northward rolling, grass good" is our favourite poem we've read today.

I know it’s self defeating, but I couldn’t help myself.

Many things contribute to housing insecurity. Aside from the lack of affordable housing, racism often impacts a person’s ability to access housing and feel safe once housed. We all deserve to live in a home without fear or jeopardy.

Today is #WorldFrogDay 🐸 Nova Scotia is home to eight species of frogs. One of the most delightful signs of spring in Nova Scotia? The unmistakable chorus of Northern Spring Peepers. A lovely marker that spring has arrived! #NovaScotia

Please read this entire thread. It contains important information as well as a way to make your voice heard. Thanks!

Oh man I feel this today

How a Little Village farm is reviving prairie land in Chicago: buff.ly/8tmOVjh

#WomensHistoryMonth Celebrating the 226th birthday of photographic pioneer #AnnaAtkins by revisiting my 2024 blog for the @linneansociety.bsky.social. A rare photo of all three volumes of Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions courtesy of Linnean Society. www.linnean.org/news/2024/12...

If you aren't already, follow @aclu.org on all your socials and make donations. They are being super vigilant about pushing back against this administration in these exhausting times, and it is extremely appreciated.

Voice of the Moon 7 Snowdrops and signs of spring. open.substack.com/pub/thecuref...

Thank you. 💗 I’m so grateful for your kindness.

Today work. #sunflowers #slavaukarini

This photo of my parents as newlyweds at Yosemite with ElCapitan watching over them is the inspiration behind this weeks’s newsletter. Hurray for the National Parks Service! open.substack.com/pub/thecuref...

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear.” —Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933

Yesterday in the Nova Scotia legislature I asked why the Premier (or anyone from his 43 member Caucus) didn't attend a rally to end Gender Based Violence, despite being invited. I still don't have an answer. #nspoli youtu.be/uVrro6l1lZk

Accountability and transparency are essential to good governance. It’s painfully obvious that Tim Houston doesn’t think so. #notmypremier

I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired *directly* by the Founding Fathers The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

Today’s work. “You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.” Ursula K leGuin

Today,February 17 is Heritage Day in Nova Scotia. This year, we honour Mi’kmaq activist Nora Bernard, a member of the Millbrook First Nation, was a tireless advocate for Residential School Survivors. She founded a survivor organization in 1995, that led to the start of a class action lawsuit.

When the two-year-old grand kiddo is gleefully obsessed with what’s been called the scariest kid’s show episode of all time (look up Teletubbies, “the Lion and the Bear”) you make them stick puppets of the main characters. Because, love. 💗Happy Valentines Day!💗