Yesterday, the most generous and intelligent consideration of my forthcoming book, The Art of Looking Back, and new books by Kerry Clare and Peter Darbyshire. In this difficult world, kindness and attention means everything. transactionswithbeauty.com/home/threebo...

Books and coffee and what you learn from failed book projects. My Coffee Date with Selena Mercuri. open.substack.com/pub/coffeeda...

Not a great environmental message: the two tour buses idling in the Blanchard St bike lane outside Royal Theatre today. #yyjbike

The great thing about solar energy is that nobody starts wars to control it. #EnergyRevolution

Such exciting news. Thrilled for @lornedaniel.bsky.social !!

Bold policies can improve the air that we breathe. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #LungSky @btsrespiratory.bsky.social

Well. Purdy Prize Longlist. Amabile, bissett, Bowering, Dandurand, Daniel (?!), Lau, Solie, Sze, Vulpe, Wayman. It's an amazing honour to be here. Huge thanks to judges Sid Marty, A.F. Moritz & Susan Musgrave 🙏 Congratulations to all the nominees & gratitude to all. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

I am pleased to host featured readers Amber Nuyens and Irina Moga at Planet Earth Poetry, this Friday March 20, starting at 7:30 pm (doors at 7, Zoom stream around 8 pm). Open Mic sign up at 7. Join us in person at Russells Books (Fort St, Victoria), live on Zoom, or video (later) on YouTube.

Great new program by @capitalbike.ca - donate a bike. Got an extra bike in the household? “Bike It Forward”

Pandora Bike Lane’s future. 👇

With skyrocketing fossil fuel costs, and an almost certain return to inflation, this is a good opportunity for senior governments in Canada to subsidize the transition to electrification — batteries, solar, heat pumps, EVs. Decarbonization brings peace, prosperity, and security.

Author copies! No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, from Catapult (NY). 32 writers on "the complex grief, healing and authenticity found in rupture from family." I'm honoured to have work here alongside so many writers I admire. Deep thanks to editor Jenny Bartoy for this important anthology.

This article cites my research indicating "peak car" and increasing demand for non-auto travel. Local travellers want better sidewalks, crosswalks and bikeway. See my "Active Transportation Investment Talking Points" (www.vtpi.org/CRD_AT_TP.pdf ) www.timescolonist.com/local-news/w...

Remember the things they can’t take away

Don't forget - Wednesday this week at 12 noon Pacific time, I'll be talking about my book for the Women Geoscientists in Canada! Everyone is welcome. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I keep misreading Year of the Fire Horse as Year of the Fire Hose. Just seems like it’s a Fire Hose kinda year already… 🚒

Read my interview with @melissasevigny.bsky.social in @terrainorg.bsky.social - Melissa is such a great interviewer, she brought out things I hadn't even thought about. www.terrain.org/2026/intervi...

What do these cities have in common with Victoria? Saanich, Esquimalt, Edmonton, Winnipeg, ❤️Minneapolis❤️, Chicago, Austin, Tampa, Boston, Nashville, Ann Arbor, and many more. Moving forward with protected bike-and-roll infrastructure. #urbanism #safety #yyj davethompsonvictoria.ca/victoria-has...

Lots of respect for @deanmurdock.bsky.social as he announces he won't run for re-election as Mayor of Saanich. These are such demanding jobs at the best of times, and especially so when family needs extra energy. Best wishes to you and your family, Dean.

Thanks to @davethompsonvic.bsky.social for helping address some dangerous trends in vehicle design, including blinding headlights and monstrous truck hoods with no visibility of pedestrians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Bikes. Sailboats. Sea. Mountains across the channel. Quite pleasant today at Cattle Point.

Excellent read. Tragic, funny at times, and a wise perspective on how we accommodate one another in traveling around Greater Victoria. www.timescolonist.com/islander/bik...

Hey (Canadian) writing community! Any reading opportunities coming up in '26? I'd love to join fellow poets / authors at events outside BC/AB. Reading series organizers in SK, MB, ON, QC -any openings? I know everyone is hit hard by grant cutbacks, so full funding not always necessary. Ideas? DM me.

Safe streets? Majority of British Columbians surveyed support 30km/h residential speed limits and speed enforcement cameras. Don't let auto lobbies tell you otherwise. cheknews.ca/majority-of-... #urbanism #visionzero

Time to listen: city noise is a health issue, and an equity issue. My blog post for Victoria Placemaking. #noise #yyj #victoriabc #urbanissues victoriaplacemaking.ca/2026/gvpn/be...

A remarkable book. I'm on my third time through.

“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.” — Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation

Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at DAVOS is really, really, really good. He's not pulling punches about the collapse of world institutions. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

My article about what science memoir is, now up at @hippocampusmag.bsky.social www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/craf...

Proud to be a 'Brave & Brilliant' poet. Big thanks to the team at @ucalgarypress.bsky.social for their belief in, and support of, What is Broken Binds Us. #poetry #newbooks

A great perspective on how life alongside busy streets CAN be improved, with better movement but also healthy levels of quiet and calm.

"America is an oil company with an army." —George Carlin

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

I did a bunch of interviews this fall & just got them listed & linked, if you're interested in poetry and the breaks and bonds in families. www.lornedaniel.ca/post/a-fall-... Huge thanks to all the radio and podcast hosts! #poetrycommunity @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

Must say, after some months on here, getting virtually no interaction. I haven't invested a lot of time, but it seemed that the old Tweet place generated its own energy. Here, a post gets maybe a couple likes, rarely comments, almost never back-and-forth conversation. Will likely set B'sky aside.

Lovely reflection on colour and emotion and all our complications.

“An isolated bike lane is a toy; a useful network of bike and roll lanes is core infrastructure.” I love this commentary on how empowering it is to have choices in your community. It’s also invigorating to know many communities in the region are contributing to a useful network of transportation ♥️

A poem that deepens with each reading, and each time haunts me differently…

Trains have got winter sorted. Next challenge, please.

#5 Bestseller in November among books by Alberta publishers. Thanks so much to readers, to the great independent bookstores who have stocked What is Broken Binds Us, and to the 'Brave & Brilliant' crew at University of Calgary Press. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social readalberta.ca/articles/bes...

Read Kathryn MacDonald's review of @lornedaniel.bsky.social's What is Broken Binds Us (pub. U of Calgary P) in Issue 33! Lorne Daniel is a mature poet who has honed the poetic craft. What is Broken Binds Us is a collection to read, to enter, to understand. www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...

Thanks so much Harold Rhenish and The BC Review.

For those who have #Tillicum Rd on their commute, there's been a watermain break.😬🌊 Good luck to the crews in this already-wet weather. #Esquimalt #yyj #Saanich #yyjtraffic

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How are poetry collections marketed by @triohousepress.org, BOA Editions, & The University Press oh SHSU? Find out in this gift article from The AWP Writer’s Chronicle, featuring Associate Editor @natashakane.bsky.social! writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/TWC/2025...

Thanks Kathryn MacDonald for the deep reading and thoughtful review of What is Broken Binds us in The Temz Review: #poetry #canadianpoetry #bookreview @thetemzreview.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...

We are currently OPEN until Jan. 31, 2026 for Issue 34 journal submissions! www.thetemzreview.com/submissions....