I wanted to see it for myself. 12 months of regrowing my hair post chemo. I hope it can inspire a few folks on this difficult journey. If I did nothing else in 2025 (besides Zumba & Portugal), it was to grow some fabulous chemo revenge bangs! 💙💜🩵#fuckcancer

I don’t know why I’m compulsively baking over the Christmas holidays but there is something very life affirming and FUCK YOU TO CANCER about being able to care for my kids this way! Today’s menu: cornmeal muffins! #fuckcancer 🧁🎄🧁🎄🧁

I can highly recommend attending a holiday party at the @royalbcmuseum.bsky.social in Victoria! #yyj

Support crafters in your community this Christmas!

November finishes with an ocean on fire. Grateful for this year in remission. #fuckcancer #yyj

Wishing you & yours a glorious start to the advent season! Quite the seashore sunrise in Victoria, Canada today! 🇨🇦 #yyj

Just me & my chemo revenge bangs doing monthly bloodwork for ovarian cancer! Try to look good for the lab staff! 🤣🤣🤣 #fuckcancer

For my friends in Greater Victoria, my talented & undeniably handsome partner is at the Esquimalt holiday farmer’s market in the rec centre this Sunday! He only has a few dozen handmade wooden cellphone stands left so make sure to come early! It runs from 11-5! #yyj #shoplocal #esquimalt

Stunning November sunset in Victoria, Canada. November 20, 2025. #yyj

My first holiday market selling A Gnome With Comb! I’m at Ruth King Elementary with Jason today! And of course I have my two Victoria murder mysteries! Gosh I love talking to readers, just need the strength to get through the day! #shoplocal #yyj #canadian

Jason had a great day at the Ruth King holiday market in Langford with his handmade wooden 🇨🇦 cellphone stands! He’s there tomorrow too if you want to stop by. He will be sold out soon! #yyj www.moonstonewoodworks.com

For friends in Victoria, Jason will be selling his handmade wooden 🇨🇦 cellphone stands at the Ruth King Elementary market this weekend! He’ll be at the Esquimalt Holiday Market on the 23rd & the Cook Street Activity Centre on the 29th! Come say hello! #yyj #shoplocal #xmas 🎄❤️🎄

Do you want to support a Canadian woodworker this holiday season? My partner, Jason, has his 1st market this weekend at Ruth King Winter Craft Fair & then the Esquimalt Farmers Market event on the 23rd! The stands start at $25 & shipping is $5 across Canada. 🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️ www.moonstonewoodworks.com

For the first time in a while, I had the energy to walk my breakwater in the evening! A short but splendid sunset was my reward!

No human being should ever have to line up for food.

Just a cancer warrior sharing the picture book she wrote after losing her hair to chemo. “A Gnome With No Comb” features a bald girl gnome hero going up against the sometimes scary Beetlebub! It’s got a theme of inclusion! #cancer #yyj #alopecia

A perfect wave break across from Ross Bay Cemetery. #yyj #victoria

It’s wet & windy out there folks! My meteorological bangs report about 84km/hour! #yyj

Today is one year since my last chemo. Got up to meet the dawn. #fuckcancer

Standard time Jean indulged in the decadent extra hour of sleep like a 2nd serving of crème brûlée. In a fleeting moment of waking she glimpsed her daylight savings self already tackling Sunday chores. She sent sympathies to her time zone twin before dining on dreams once more.

The fever is real! #bluejays

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

When your daughter is an artist and it’s Halloween! #Halloween2025 🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤🖤🧡🖤🧡

Can you have James bring round the car, darling? I’m in the mood for a Gibson & a Shimmy! #fuckcancer 🪩🖤🪩🖤🪩 🪩🖤🪩🖤🪩🖤

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

My partner Jason Sokoloski is having great success with his new craft business Moonstone Woodworks!

The Capital Daily did an update on my cancer journey & my new book inspired by young cancer warriors, A Gnome With No Comb! Here a couple of snippets from the article! It also announced that the Cancer Society will be holding a presentation on the 30th for the $10,000 raised for research!#yyj 💚💚💚

A spectacular sunrise off the shores of Victoria this morning. #yyj

The smile of a woman who beat back cancer & then danced to @garbage.com #yyj #fuckcancer

An author, a cancer warrior & her breakwater muse. 🩷 #fuckcancer #yyj

Most photographers prefer the shade or the sun, but not both at the same time. This evening I specifically wanted to capture the tension of summer begrudgingly releasing its hold & the first chill breath of winter. Autumnal tides of light & darkness. #fuckcancer

My first official signing of Gnome With No Comb! My Zumba class was cancelled but one of my fellow dancers bought 4 copies of my new book for her grandchildren! It means so much to be supported by community! #ovariancancersurvivor #pediatriccancer #book #yyj

Happy Thanksgiving from an oddly warm Gonzales Beach today! #thanksgiving 🇨🇦

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup" In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation 📹bokareva.solovey.m

Maple leaves glow as they stretch into the vivid blue autumn afternoon sky #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #EastCoastKin #photography #autumninmaine #treescape

Look at how spoiled we Dutch people are with these wonderful bike lanes ♥️ #photography #streetphotography #morningsun #scape #cityscape #EastCoastKin

A massive thank you to Victoria Buzz for writing about my new kids’ book, A Gnome With No Comb, inspired by young cancer warriors!!! It’s so amazing to see this book I put together over the 7 dark months of chemo being shared in my community! #cancer #yyj victoriabuzz.com/2025/10/vict...

Congratulations, to her! 🥳 Also — an interesting lesson in this decision for others who, you know, might want a shot at this prize one day.

My online cancer community around the world made my book a bestseller on Amazon. Today, A Gnome With No Comb visited The Jane Austen Centre in Bath. There were tears. 🥹🥹🥹 #cancer #yyj #bookstagram #janeausten

A massive thank you to everyone who has ordered copy of A Gnome With No Comb! The book inspired by young cancer warriors made it to the top bestseller spot for children’s humourous poetry! Not bad for a book I created while going through the hell if chemo. #cancer #yyj 💚💚💚

My new picture books is #2 on the 🇨🇦 short story bestseller list! I’d love to get A Gnome With No Comb to #1, but I have to get past some writer named Ray Bradbury! 🤣 If you were thinking of picking up a copy this would be a great time to do it! tinyurl.com/NoComb. 💚💚💚 #Cancer #yyj

I’M 1 YEAR IN REMISSION FROM STAGE 3 CANCER! On this joyful day, I’m sharing the book I created during chemo! Fun for all kids, A Gnome With No Comb is inspired by young cancer warriors! 🩵🩵🩵 #yyj #cancer 🇨🇦https://tinyurl.com/NoComb 🇺🇸https://tinyurl.com/NoCombUS 🇬🇧https://tinyurl.com/NoCombUK

Full moon fruit, nestled in autumnal branches. The sweetest of nectars, but can only be plucked when leaning out of a spaceship! #fullmoon #yyj

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

#BreastCancer #Cancer #FuckCancer #WeRemember #October

IT’S FINALLY PUBLISHED!!! The poem I wrote before shaving my head for chemo is in the latest edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association! The Breakup Letter will be read by oncologists around the world! I hope they’ll share it with their warrior patients! #fuckcancer 🩵🫶🩵🫶🩵

On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation I hold space for my children’s family & ancestors who were forced to attend the evil that was residential “school” including the 8 Johnny children who never came home from Kuper Island Residential School. #NDTR2025

Love it when the side effects list for a med makes it sound like I'm going to be wandering around like an extra in La Boheme: may experience mild coughing of blood, fainting spells, spasmodic episodes

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We did an autumnal photo shoot for my handsome partner and his also handsome handmade Canadian cellphone stands. ❤️🤣❤️ www.moonstonewoodworks.com