Laid up with a leg injury and limited mobility, I have turned to audiobooks to supplement my reading. I'm so bored😔 'Living with the Devil' by Stephen Batchelor explores good and evil through Buddhism, framing the devil as anything that blocks freedom and growth. www.idonthaveacoolname.com/r/c2e1

Gabriel Dharmoo’s Wanmansho transforms orchestral music into ritual and myth, blending voice, breathwork, and theatre. Paired with Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, the NAC Orchestra explores heroism past and present, under Alexander Shelley’s final season. www.idonthaveacoolname.com/straussdharm...

It's #WaterfallWednesday and while Skútafoss wasn't an impressive falls, it had a fantastic framing device. #photography #WaterfallsWednesday #Iceland #hiking #caves #WaterWednesday

Very cool. Listen to the #ReconcileThis anthem from Indigenous hip-hop artist MC RedCloud! nac-cna.ca/reconcilethis

The Hólmanes-Eskifjörður Nature Preserve was my favorite hike of the trip to #Iceland. It had it all -- scenic variety, an interesting and challenging trail, critters, flowers, and solitude. More INFO in ALT #photography #fjords #wildflowers #rocks

#Toronto How to mark National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in the GTA Listen to Inuit throat singing at Nathan Phillips Square or be part of a fire ceremony at Kempton Howard Park www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Today we honour the children who never came home, and the Survivors, families, and communities who carry this truth. Wearing orange, we affirm every child matters and commit to reconciliation through memory, justice, and dignity. Honouring truth, healing, and every child’s worth.❤️ #orangeshirtday

Standing outside the gates of the Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School. This is a haunted, dark place. A 5-year-old taken through these gates had a lower chance of survival than a Canadian soldier fighting in WW2. The red dress and the orange shirt hang on the gates. We remember. #OrangeShirtDay

Alberta Next Panel suggest spanking teenager asking about why taxpayer dollars fund private schools. Spanking? A threat of violence for asking a question? Then they cut his microphone! Why does the Right hate children? Why do they hate freedom of speech? streamable.com/vzmcwe

Mosaics from yesterday’s visit to the Roman site of Tres Tabernae, on the Via Appia. More on Tres Tabernae: romeandbeyond.altervista.org/tres-tabernae/ #MosaicMonday #archaeology #history

#imageandverse #eastcoastkin Here I love you. In the dark pines the wind disentangles itself. The moon glows like phosphorous on the vagrant waters. Days, all one kind, go chasing each other. —Pablo Neruda

A few iPhone photos from an outdoor dance performance yesterday at the Mackenzie King Estate performed by Les Scénographies‑Paysages for my #eastcoastkin #stunday

Where Landscape Dances: An Afternoon with Les Scénographies‑Paysages: Attending yesterday at the Mackenzie King Estate on a clear autumn afternoon was like stepping into a dialogue between movement, memory, and place. #Dance #NAC 🇨🇦 www.idonthaveacoolname.com/kingestate-l...

#ForestFriday for my #eastcoastkin The forest is one of my happy places. #photography #nature

Masks from the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. Always worth a visit when in #Paris. #eastcoastkin #photography #travel

The beautiful Palais Garnier in #Paris For my #eastcoastkin. It was a grey Paris day, perfect for wandering. #photography #travel

Long Road to the Chapel (2024) #iceland #classicmono #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #eastcoastkin #photography #travelphotography #monochrome #hellissaandur

Anatomy of a Wave

This is how politicians see us

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This is literally the first time that I have watched Jimmy Kimmel but I cannot stand by when freedom is threatened. Boycotts work. End the corporate takeover of our democracies. #JimmyKimmel #boycott www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

Digital literacy is more than knowing how to use our devices. @heidsky.bsky.social says it’s about understanding the risks, the power dynamics, recognizing misinformation on all platforms, and knowing who collects our data.

Macro photography unveils the intricate worlds hidden in plain sight, reminding us that beauty often resides in the smallest details, waiting to be seen through a lens of curiosity. #macroMonday #eastcoastkin #photography

"They are the money, we are the many." -Avi Lewis A breath of fresh air here in Canada.🇨🇦 lewisforleader.ca

Colwood, B.C., is innovating where outdated ideas serving politicians and entrenched interests have failed: hiring family doctors as municipal employees so they can focus on patients. This is the approach Canada needs: policy that puts people first. 🇨🇦

Railing against what you hate on social media is not advocacy. It is amplification, and it drains you more than it hurts them. If you want to act politically, build something, support someone, or join with others to change conditions. Stop giving what you despise free oxygen. #medialiteracy ❤️🇨🇦

'Downward Curtains' (2025) -- Resembling Aurora Curtains, the Imposing Yet Mesmerizing Architecture of the Via Shopping Plaza Facade is a Must See in Person, Downtown Oslo, Norway Sunday is #Stunday ✨ #Photography #Architecture #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

#angles from the beautiful Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal showing the metal suspension and the stairwell. #eastcoastkin #photography

The Great Sphinx of Tanis is an ancient Egyptian pink granite sculpture of a sphinx. It was discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Amun-Ra in Tanis, Egypt's capital during the 21st and the 22nd dynasties. #eastcoastkin #photography #Paris #Louvre

A photo of the train tracks to Naples from Paestum for my #EastCoastKin FYI the Greek ruins are spectacular as is the buffalo mozzarella! #BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Photography

Sometimes, I'll be taking a walk I've done thousands of times through our very ordinary #Indiana woods and suddenly be stunned by their beauty. #Stunday #photography #creeks #green

Some photos from the Rideau River shoreline for my #eastcoastkin #nature #photography #monochrome

A few photos of #angles from buildings at the University of Ottawa for my #EastCoastKin #travel #photography #monochrome

A few photos of the always beautiful Paris for #stunday for my #eastcoastkin. #travel #photography

A little wrapped up in politics lately but happy to get back to showing some photos to my #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Photography

Canada’s recognition of Palestine is rooted in support for human rights and self-determination, not opposition to Israel. While right-wing American politicians may attempt to pressure #Canada, we will not be swayed from standing by our principles. Peace is built on dialogue, not threats.

Exactly. All the so-called 'national interest' projects are really just tied to the old economy, benefiting oligarchs and billionaires. What #Canada needs is an economy that prioritizes citizens, not corporations. #inequality #austerity ❤️🇨🇦

Earth and Venus this morning. This is a combination of two exposures (see alt). #scape #SkyScape #MoonScape #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #Moon #Venus #MoonVenus #MoonVenusConjunction

"They are the money, we are the many." -Avi Lewis A breath of fresh air here in Canada.🇨🇦 lewisforleader.ca

I feel this.

This essay traces the three wise monkeys from 17th-century Japanese shrines, where they cultivated virtue and disciplined perception, to contemporary tv, where they signal complicity, and moral blindness. 🇨🇦 #tv #medialiteracy #OMITB #AlienEarth #WhiteLotus www.idonthaveacoolname.com/threemonkees/

Street selfie, 2025

This essay traces the three wise monkeys from 17th-century Japanese shrines, where they cultivated virtue and disciplined perception, to contemporary tv, where they signal complicity, and moral blindness. 🇨🇦 #tv #medialiteracy #OMITB #AlienEarth #WhiteLotus www.idonthaveacoolname.com/threemonkees/

Canada has addressed housing crises before by treating homes as a public good, not a commodity. Today, market-driven policies favour investors while many Canadians are locked out. Social housing, rent control & public mortgages can restore affordability. Homes should be for living, not speculation.

What I'm re-reading this week: This book made a lot of sense to me when I read it years ago but it is especially relevant now as global trade shifts to China in a post-US world. #booksky www.ucpress.edu/books/reorie...

I feel this.

#home for me is amongst the flowers and the water and the rising of the sun. #eastcoastkin #photography #nature

Our attention is mined as fuel: anger and outrage keep us clicking, while focus is fractured into $$ To attend fully is no longer neutral but a moral act, a resistance that safeguards thought and preserves the integrity of self against the architectures of distraction. #dataliteracy #medialiteracy🇨🇦