How sad...a trip to Bluestockings was always on my New York itinerary. bluestockings.com

Sunday afternoon reading. As Darryl Pinckney wrote about Murray Kempton: "[H]e moved around the city on his bicycle, from office to courthouse to boxing gym, on the trail, following a story." www.nybooks.com/online/2025/... @nybooks.com

Morning coffee and lime marmelade

Looking forward to reading this collection of Tony Benn's political writings. Almost Alone www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"Seth Klein, leader of the Climate Emergency Unit, urges Ottawa to set up a nationwide program offering every Canadian under 35 a job for two years implementing clean energy solutions, cutting carbon emissions and handling extreme weather across the country." @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

I love it when the right books find the right people.

Currently reading...

Draw The Line! Coming up this Saturday, September 20. to.350.org/5XORt

In case you forgot that you creativity can empower you

The Candidate... Three Days of the Condor... Tonight I will watch All the President's Men--which was still required viewing when I was in J-school.

New books from shop.benmcnallybooks.com

Not today, but at the park

First experiment with my half frame camera balfourbooks.squarespace.com

Ready for autumn

1988's Ana Historic is a CanLit classic! It's the story of Mrs. Richards, a "woman of no history," who appeared in Vancouver's archives of 1837, and of Annie, a modern-day woman who becomes obsessed with Mrs. Richards. Learn more about Ana Historic (and our archive): chbooks.com/Blog/Celebra...

My favourite part of this film is when Big Edie tells Little Edie she "can't dance at all", and Little Edie replies: "You're absolutely crazy, there isn't anything I can't do." I listen to Little Edie.

✨ Meet the finalists for the 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers! ◢ Tea Gerbeza (How I Bend Into More, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social) ◢ Roza Nozari (All the Parts We Exile, Knopf Canada) ◢ Ziyad Saadi (Three Parties, Hamish Hamilton Canada) Winner annc't: Nov 13 #WTAwards.

Announcing finalists for the 2025 #HilaryWeston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction 🏆 Congratulations to: ◢Omar El Akkad ◢Tessa McWatt ◢Vinh Nguyen ◢ @biidaasamose.bsky.social ◢ @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social $75K winner announced Nov 13 at the #WTAwards bit.ly/4lXZqQk

From my first experiment with cyanotype. I picked up new negatives today...

I had a few books, lots of magazines (Sassy, Utne Reader, This Magazine), and a weird record collection because I sometimes bought vinyl at auctions.

Send us your work! For both general and folio submissions, we accept poetry, fiction, essays, excerpted larger works, and translations. When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th. kenyonreview.org/submit/

“Thought does not progress in a single direction; instead, the moments are interwoven as in a carpet. The fruitfulness of the thoughts depends on the density of the texture.” —Theodor W. Adorno

Not great, but not bad. I've learned how to knit, so I'm learning how to darn.

Fall reading from @haymarketbooks.org: Azadi, Arundhati Roy Revolution Today, Susan Buck-Morss A Map of My Want, @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social

I’ve potted ivy, little cabbages, and mums.

Pressed flowers for cyanotypes

Adapting a new fully faithful Frankenstein that begins with Margaret Walton receiving a 120 page long letter from her estranged brother and being like “what the ever-living fuck?!?”

Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves actor, dies aged 73

A September tradition

Take Back The Night 2025: Stop the Violence. Show Up. Speak Out. This September, take to the streets in your city, your neighbourhood, your union. Join a #TakeBackTheNight rally near you and demand real action now. ofl.ca/event/take-b...

A trip to the market for coffee, apples, and flowers

From flight attendants to postal workers, teachers and amusement park ride inspectors—from the PNE to the CNE—Canadian workers are organizing like never before. "It's a sea change." Watch the latest episode of 'Making the Good Society' at perspectivesjournal.ca/rising-tide-canadian-labour/

Kind of autumnal dried flower bouquet

I have just picked up some books at Ben McNally.

Present me is thanking past me for preordering the deluxe edition of GENDERTRASH. Future me can thank us later.

Tuesday is no good for The Eradicator. How about Wednesday?

Little bits of joy, sometimes

The results for the 2025 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest are in! Congratulations to the winning writers. We look forward to publishing these personal essays in future issues: tnq.ca/the-2025-edn...

Lovely plums were in this week's produce box.

Labour Day is coming up September 1st! Got plans? Unions from coast to coast to coast, are hosting the biggest celebrations of the year, and everyone’s invited. #LabourDay2025 📍Find an event near you: workerstogether.ca/events/labou...

Found photography is an obsession, and Winant's Instructional Photography is an inspiration.

Happy anniversary m.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuT...

Moving some books. Fiction and poetry are very well-organized. Non-fiction is not.

Wild geranium

Lake Ontario

James will give you a free hotdog! We will have beverages! We will have books! We will have a special anniversary toast at 8 PM! RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/wayzgoose-...

🎙️ We have much to discuss! As part of the Literary Press Group’s 50 reads for their 50th anniversary, we’re spotlighting one book that is sure to spark conversation. Want to explore more? ➡️ alllitup.ca/fifty-for-fi... #lpg50 #canlit #alu #cbc #canadianbooks #publicbroadcasting

Balcony garden

A selection from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Fifty Poems, translated by Geoffrey Lehmann and available this October: www.nyrb.com/products/fif...