The Maltese Muppet

There’s an alternative literary universe where someone slipped this under the door of Lord Sepulchrave Groan

Beam Stoker’s Muppets

The Muppets of Navarone

The garden will be a surprise in the morning. Acrylic, 13x18cm. Finished yesterday.

Mr Socks says goodnight

"10 Rules for Those who Love ME/CFS and FM Patients" From the Massachusetts ME/CFS and FM Association #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS 1 of 2

The book Invisible Illness has caused a bit of a stir among many patients. Here are some further thoughts on the controversy. virology.ws/2026/02/16/t...

The loudest ritual of early spring in Ottawa! We should make a bigger deal about dynamiting the ice in the Rideau River to mark the approaching end of winter.

Happy Shawinigan Handshake Day to those who observe.

Bouquet. Detail from an old painting in my Universal Anxiety Protection Suit series.

The creator of a very popular ME/CFS awareness image has taken feedback on board and updated it #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfsAwareness 1/

Finished, and first coat of varnish on. Provisionally titled “Monolith”, acrylic, 25x30 cm.

Productive day in the studio. Feeling conditionally satisfied with this one. No title yet…

Age verification? I learned to program with punch cards.

"I'll be damned, it's a Beaver" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork #AnimalArtTuesday #embroidery #WildlifeArt

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Detailed scale dioramas of museums, kiosks, cafés. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes. Yn the cozye glowe of the far future ther ys onlye WARMTH.

Have been able to make a little progress on this one tonight. Hoping that means my latest run of crash days is ending.

Adding this to my CV…

"Pacing in the Real World" Another blogpost I liked a lot by this OT who specialises in ME/CFS & long Covid. Contains lots of practical tips. As she says, an emphasis is harm reduction rather than perfection onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/pacing-in-... #MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME #Pacing

Thirty years with ME. Fell ill with the virus that triggered my case of ME in the evening of Feb 6th 1996. The three most important improvements I’ve seen in that time are: 🧵

Here's my take on some of the debate over Invisible Illness, the new medical anthropology book that has triggered debates and controversy. This post examines the back and forth over the chapter that includes PACE and the history of the creation of the CFS construct. virology.ws/2026/02/01/t...

Keeping our feet warm on a January morning.

I had the pleasure of playing with Jeff several times, he was a wonderful man and a gifted musician. He will be missed.

Had both time and energy to paint yesterday for the first time since early December. Progress so far…

9/ The core epistemic problem is premature closure. Because biology is incomplete, theory & metaphor rushes in to fill the gap. But in ME and Long Covid, the gap should remain open until evidence arrives. Filling it early shapes self-perception, care, and stigma.

In county folklore, the Queen of Owls reigns from dusk to dawn. In each of her feathers, a map of wisdom. On each of her talons, three drops of blood to cure or curse. Her carved avatars are everywhere. Each one providing her with intelligence. From pew to pub, she peers upon us all. – Dr. M.Benn

When I started painting my series on submarines patrolling the Mer Bleue (a bog in eastern Ottawa) I didn’t expect them to be even remotely prescient.

Great, we hadn’t had to do this since the 1930’s, but here we are again. Alt text - Photo of Globe and Mail front page, the headline is:“Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American Invasion”

My #MECFS scandal explainer video has just passed 200,000 views. Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since. medium.com/@abrokenbatt...

Woohoo!!! The waterslide of the creative process... 🤘🤣❤️🤣🤘

A great art story. I was very impressed by his art that I saw, delighted to hear about his qualities as a person.

The Phantom Hunter William Blair Bruce 1888

RT this with your home river The Ottawa / Kichi-Sibi View from inside the old house at Pinhey’s Point

Walrus Teeth! Received this delightful gift from an old friend. She’d found a bag containing these in her late mother’s button box. No info attached, but I recognized them from a walrus tooth I had been given by an Inuk ivory carver.

I'm probably preaching to the converted, but I did a little video on why you shouldn't call ME/CFS 'chronic fatigue syndrome'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn41...

Worth reading, secondary trauma can be a serious issue. I’ve seen it cause crippling PTSD.

What can long COVID teach us about centuries of dismissed illness? In @thinkglobalhealth.org, SFS Prof Emily Mendenhall traces the history of post-viral conditions—and how society has long misunderstood them. Read more: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

The winter crash set in harder than usual this year, so here’s an older painting while I wait to get back into the studio more regularly. Risk Calibration Point, from my Universal Anxiety Protection Suit series.

Sir Sam Steele was a Canadian legend. One of the first members of the North-West Mounted Police, he served in the Boer War and the First World War and ensured that the Klondike Gold Rush was the most orderly gold rush in history. This is his story. 📸 U of A 🧵 1/10

Visiting the locals on our winter holiday

In celebration of the upcoming Full Moon The first snow of the season Oh, to be a fox 🦊🐾🌔 #FoxFriday #FoxMoon #FullMoon

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with December 21 data (😬) - Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, MB, NB, NS, PEI, QC, SK - Happy new year! wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'

Ruin two bands by combining them: Homer and Jethro Tull

What’s your most niche Canadian celebrity encounter? I once almost bumped into Joe Clark on the sidewalk on Bank Street at Slater. Bonus encounter: the then Commissioner of the RCMP once asked me how my divorce was going….

"Stop me if you've heard this one before" Beowulf, 2013 Meghan Purvis 🇬🇧