Autumn, Digby Neck Maud Lewis c. 1962

My blurb: "Manuel Barcia brilliantly shows how the concept ‘pirate’ … served the vast and violent purposes of empire. He also demonstrates that the theme of piracy broadly conceived now attracts the best scholars exploring the biggest issues in global history.” yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Moment of the season. Grand slam, Daulton Varsho. #BlueJays

Red Sumac Tom Thomson 1916

Autumn's Garland Tom Thomson 1915-16

Autumn Woods Tom Thomson 1915

equinox— I stand on the fulcrum, feel the sun on my cheek

My third peer-reviewed article is now out with the journal Ethnohistory! It is about Powhatan sovereignty in the early 17th century. My thanks go to a number of friends and colleagues who provided feedback on this article over the past three years. It wouldn’t be possible without so much support!

Happy #ImBuyingANewBrunswickBookDay! Here are just some of the #NewBrunswick #books we have waiting to be listed. There are more than 500 on our #website: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... Save the #shipping and exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! #Booksky #LocalHistory

The beloved Salt Marsh Trail. Goldenrod, rose hips, purple asters, teasel. Big skies. Herons and lesser yellow legs.

Just dropped! The Champlain Society's "Witness to Yesterday" podcast convo between @nobyrne.bsky.social & me about "Becoming Green Gables." champlainsociety.utppublishing.com/digital-cont... www.mqup.ca/becoming-gre... #cdnhist #greengables @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

Sky Swirling Over Hills, South of High River Alta. R.F.M. Mcinnis 1984

Assistant Professor – History. Deadline: November 30, 2025. #cdnhist #skystorians cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...

A Tennessee Warbler with a touch of Fall color in the background. I rarely get enough background separation with warblers so that light goes into bokeh ball mode. ("Bokeh" is "the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image" as defined by Wikipedia.)

#JamesBarryDiary 18/9/1875 Some little sunshine and some little rain in the evening, and after dark with a big blow of wind from the West. I was busy in the mill most of the day and after nightfall. John Heron plowing my west field today – cost $2.50. All well. God be praised forevermore. Amen.

Golden, BC Doris McCarthy 1974

#JamesBarryDiary 15/9/1875 Another most beautiful day – sunny and complete. I was drying and grinding. Water somewhat low – can only grind half a day. I was also doing some bookbinding. All well. God be praised.

for a little while longer nights formed of cricket song and a canopy full of stars

Muskoka Passage Philip Craig 2023

Evening Light near Roseville, Waterloo County Carl Fellman Schaefer 1972

Map of Tingham, UK

More tiny beauties from the woods

If you're in Guelph or on Zoom on the 23rd, come hear me talk #GreenGables & rural history. #annewithane

Whodunnit? Rebecca Campbell 2014

#JamesBarryDiary 13/9/1875 Dark mostly all day and in the latter part of the afternoon it rained considerable. I ground some Buckwheat and dried and ground one grist of Oats. All in health, thank the giver of all good.

In the woods. All the green.

'Ejection seat' by Cornelia Konrads, contemporary German artist, known for her land art and site-specific art installations #womensart #Saturday

That’s the pitching performance the season. Kevin Gausman just threw a complete-game shutout with nine strikeouts on 100 pitches. #BlueJays win, 6-0.

Teaching Elizabeth Mancke on comity. Unlike those who stayed, Loyalists “shared a common value: they deplored elite manipulation of unruly youth and populous disenchantment for political ends. They criticized both rebels and the British for responding to a constitutional crisis with armed violence.”

#JamesBarryDiary 9/9/1875 Beautiful day indeed. Autumn is just beginning to make his appearance and I am not sorry for it; I have been very busy all summer, repairing, and I am about to vote tired of it, but I am by no means done with it yet. I was busy drying and grinding and bookbinding. All well.

A Magnolia Warbler in a Winterberry bush. This migrating warbler wasn't interested in the berries, but the leaves caught this bird's attention. This warbler took a quick bath by getting his/her feathers wet from the wet leaves (too quick for me to get any photos but it was fun to watch.)

Cat Moore, Northumberland based printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

#JamesBarryDiary 6/9/1875 Something variable, mostly day [sic] and some considerable rain in the afternoon. The evening was sunny and good. I ground one grist of Buckwheat and dried and ground one of Oats, and dried another. Part of the time I was making a little table and another part Bookbinding.

Enlightenment Forest Taralee Guild c. 2024

#JamesBarryDiary 5/9/1875 Beautiful day indeed, sunny most of the day, and mild. The appearance of the fall are visible. The animal went to Salt Springs, and in the afternoon Josephine went up to the Harmony Church, R. Hill. I was extremely busy reading all day. Oh I!

I'm casting about for low-conflict, useful things to do that suit my skills. Transcribing online archival documents strikes me as one such thing I have sussed out the LAC transcription tool, "Co-lab" Does anyone have requests or suggestions for material at LAC that needs transcription? #cdnhist

#JamesBarryDiary 4/9/1875 Somewhat dark most of the [day] and some little rain now and then, but nothing to hurt anybody. I dried and ground one grist of Oats and done something towards bookbinding. All wonderful well. God be praised.

already falling late sun filling with honey the gaps between leaves

A male Indigo Bunting pauses before a moment before heading off to a tree top to sing.

Jubilant Bird Cee Pootoogook ~ Inuk 2017

Honey Harbour Sir Frederick Banting 1933

Edge of Digby Harbour Maud Lewis 1962

#JamesBarryDiary 29/8/1875 Dark all day and some little rain and wind in the forenoon. All hands at home today. All hands extremely busy, ready and plenty to read mercy knows. The house will soon be full of books principally good ones.

A Viceroy butterfly enjoying some Ironweed. Viceroys look similar to Monarchs, but Viceroys are smaller and have a black line on the hindwings.

Consider submitting a piece to The Oar, an exciting new popular history magazine by some really excellent New Brunswick scholars!

Western Sky Shannon Craig Morphew 2022

We need a film depicting the process where the historian uses Google Scholar, clicks on the desired article, finds that it is paywalled, goes to uni library website, logs in, goes back to article page again, downloads PDF into a folder with 500 other unread PDFs, and repeats the process for 120 min.

Melissa Peter-Paul, contemporary First Nations Mi’kmaq Quill Artist, holding and passing traditions on #WomensArt

29th August 2020 As their owner browses the ‘New and Reviewed’ section at Waterstones, a dog conducts his own appraisal of the passing world. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops

A male Northern Flicker watching an Eastern Kingbird chase Red-headed Woodpeckers around.