I'll be reading at this wonder-ful event along with Carol Bruneau, Jill MacLean, Alexander MacLeod and Margo Wheaton!
Anna Quon
@annaquon.bsky.social
Mad, mixed race, mobility impaired poet, novelist and Halifax Regional Municipality's Poet Laureate 2024 - 2027
Late posting this one, but it's a poem about our city a couple hundred years in the future so there's time. annaquon.wordpress.com/2026/10/31/p...
Poem to Council April 2026
Today it’s budgets and bike lanes,infilling, attrition and cutstomorrow, it’s terror in schoolsand abandoned streets,rationing of water andthe lotteries for power. How far can you see?Several centu…
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How do people keep their lives together? By which I mean, have a clean bathroom, clean clothes and a clean dental check up at the same time as working, working out and cooking/raising kids/ walking a dog? Is it humanly possible to be a fully functioning human? My hypothesis is no. No it is.not.
On this day, we remember Ashley Smith and acknowledge all who have experienced and are experiencing unimaginable violence and harm within the prison system. Let us honour their memories and voices by creating a system that truly protects people and that is more just for all.
Knees are like thumbs. Kind of a necessary basic to be able to do a lot of things. Yes that's right. I've been thinking about that instead of contemplating my belly button, the ultimate balloon tie I wish my knees worked and I could think about something else.
Missed working the Mosaic, missed Nocturne. Twingey knee which i cannot easily walk on. But did manage to see the livestream of the unveiling of the design for the Baha'i temple for Canada. It's going to be such a beautiful space for prayer and reflection for people of all faiths.
On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let us recognize that ending poverty is inseparable from protecting human rights, dignity and peace.
Mosaic for Mental Health online art sales going live at 6 pm. Here's where to find the Mosaic Market place... www.cmhahalifaxdartmouth.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association
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Preview Mosaic for Mental Health tonight! Online sales go live tomorrow evening!
Dodge City: In Conversation Anna Quon, Patrick deWitt, Laurie Brown Sunday November 1, The Carleton. Doors at 3:30pm, 4pm to 6pm. $15 Halifax Poet Laureate Anna Quon opens the 8th annual AfterWords with poetry. Then it’s Patrick deWitt in conversation with Laurie Brown. DeWitt’s new book 1/2
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we must recognize that improving mental health requires more than raising awareness. It is imperative that we address the social and economic conditions that dictate people’s well-being.
World Mental Health Day today. Where to start? The world's mental health is under siege. The mental health of individuals in this world is stressed by conflicts, poverty, hunger, lack of access to mental healthcare, loneliness, trauma and many social conditions that governments have failed to solve
Booktoberfest at the Halifax Central Library was a fun time. Bought a book (thanks, Veronica), was given a book (thabks, Tim), missed all readings and workshops but was there with my Dad who found it too noisy to hear anything. Still glad he got to see people selling their books!
#SealeyChallenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social 17/31 #TodaysPoem #poetry Dropping Grandad off at the bridge by Freddy Hyun Smith (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/20/d...
Dropping Grandad off at the bridge by Freddy Hyun Smith
“Dropping Grandad off at the bridge” is a poem by Freddy Hyun Smith. Designed by Annick MacAskill, this pamphlet is published in a limited run of 50 copies. Out of print. about the poet…
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My life is such a jumble of necessary tasks and responsibilities, missed windows and opportunities, stretches of waiting that do not feel like free, unfettered time. Just not really sure how to wrangle them all into a recognizable, meaningful shape.
It's not easy to be old. I'm not quite there yet but have aged, not aging, parents... they who have picked me up so many times i can't count. Now they struggle with technology and paperwork and things I struggle with too but can sometimes help with. They are still strong, kind, wise and generous.
Humanity is wonderful. Humanity is terrible. I hope the price of survival isn't that most of us perish before we see the light of day, in order for the for remainder to see that light-- but it's looking like rock bottom is where humanity likes to go first to contemplate its existence. Just stop it.
www.madewithlau.com/recipes/char... This is a wonderful recipe for Chinese BBQ pork. It's not complicated but ties a person to the kitchen for a bit. Worth it!
The Char Siu Pork My Dad's Made 100,000 Times
Check out why millions of people love my dad's recipes! Learn from a 2x James Beard Award Winning Chinese Chef with 50+ years of experience
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It's a wild world where "walk- in clinic" means you need to get in line on the sidewalk for an hour and a half to get a spot to see a doc. On my best day I couldn't stand for more than about 15 minutes. The ER is likely full of people like me. I'm not an emergency. Walk in? Nope. Stand and suffer.
My covid rapid tests expire today. I tested megatjve today and two days ago.. hoping the tests are accurate. They are certainly accurate gauges of my current mood, since I've been uncomfortably sick since sunday. Negative..yup.
There's stuff that needs doing but it's too hot. I'm between two fans in a hammock of air, the sun is long down, and I've drunk enough cold water to fill an aquarium but it's still to hot to do the stuff that needs doing.
Where's the American politics in my feed? Suddenly it's full of kitties, puppies and a single antifa librarian.
My undifferentiated cloud of mind is either a drug induced fog or a hormonally- shaped nothingness, or maybe both. Welcome to middle aged
Happy Mad Pride! Here's a video from Toronto's Mad Pride celebration 8 years ago. youtu.be/clbEoFR-4E8?...
Mad Pride - Breaking the Silence
YouTube video by Recovery Mental Health
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