A magical and introspective read for autumn days 🐝 Latest for @theseaboardreview.ca: #CanLit #Poetry #Writing
The Pollination Field by Kim Fahner
A mixture of feminist fairy tale and fantastical verse
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Bryn Robinson, PhD
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A creative and curious sort, writing poetry and photographing all the birds on Wolastoqey lands. UNB PhD '10. Wife, stepmom, she/her. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☕️ Campfire Notebook: brynphd.com Book Reviews: @theseaboardreview.ca
My latest for @theseaboardreview.ca. In Goose, “…the reader is invited to open their minds to a poetic deconstruction and rebuilding of Fort McMurray history - a history that is an oil sands history, but before and throughout that, a Métis history.” #Poetry #CanLit
Goose by Melanie Dennis Unrau
Reviewed by Bryn Robinson
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The covers of the books reviewed in the October 8th issue of The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-Seaboa... #canlit
A great - free! virtual! recorded for future watching! - conference for those in the #MECFS community and their supporters. Please share! #PatientEngagement icancme.ca/research/202... @icancmeresearch.bsky.social
2025 ME Conference - ICanCME
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New lifer! #Birds #Birding #Autumn #Fall #Sandpiper Alt: A juvenile solitary sandpiper stands in shallow water on an early fall evening; the water is blurry fall colours of yellow-greens and oranges.
Solitary
Usually I find shorebirds in massive flocks – so I was concerned that this little fellow was foraging solo along the shores of the Nerepis River. Turns out, that’s just their nature. Li…
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This is a big moment for me because I have a distaste for butterflies, to put it mildly. (Their erratic fluttering and potential to land on me.) #NatureSky #Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #Nature #Photography
Road Trip
A monarch butterfly resting on thistle in Lorneville before setting off for wintering grounds.
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“…Is there any value to resuming the trajectory of “before times”? Can we (or should we) ever truly “let go” of the past?” Today in @theseaboardreview.ca - my review of @premeemohamed.com’s latest post-apocalyptic novella, coming later this month. #CanLit #Books
The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed
Reviewed by Bryn Robinson
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Our first Call for Papers is live! If you are interested in writing the history of New Brunswick, engaging with popular audiences, and supporting small museums, then we would love to hear from you! Proposals for submissions are due 30 September 2025. See below for details:
Today around the Campfire: The courage and community of temporary #Art.
Persistence.
“In a day and age where we are constantly fed information, both through the internet and in our everyday lives, it is important to continue creating, no matter how the world revolves around u…
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“We focus on doing photo-perfect performances for social media...And yet it's the ongoing, often messy, private practice of any of the arts that connects us to ourselves, to each other, that calms us and potentially helps us transcend troubles.” On #art in times of authoritarianism by Sue Clancy.
Art is tangible love
creativity and community
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“Regardless of the relationship between sender and recipient, the written letter stands out amongst the “immedia-sea” of artificial art and content creation as a profoundly romantic act of rebellion.” #Writing #Letters
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There’s a romanticism that comes with the written letter. This came to mind with Mark DeLong’s piece for Three Quarks Daily; his piece initially explores handwriting as a technology tha…
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East Coast Bistro is easily the best restaurant in Saint John send skeet. Clockwise from bottom right: Smoked salmon/goat cheese/dill quiche; pain au chocolat; double chocolate puff pastry pop tart; vanilla crueller; ham/pesto/cheese croissant. #NewBrunswick
Last week on my 3rd trip to the mighty Miramichi I landed my first salmon! A nice little grilse on a royal undertaker. Definitely a great experience!
“…knowledge is advanced by many…working on chipping away at boundaries of knowledge little bit at a time. Sometimes doing so leads to world-changing discovery. Other times it just tells us 1 more thing that doesn’t work, a vital step toward eventually learning what does work.“ Great read for all.
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator. 🧪🌎
For Lorneville, Saint John is bound by tradition to shatter underprivileged communities. medium.com/@ravenblue/s...
For Lorneville, Saint John is bound by tradition to shatter underprivileged communities.
Photo Credit: Ian Maceachern
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Wow, France is offering more services (safety checks, etc). to make up for fewer letters. "La Poste delivers home meals to isolated or vulnerable people priced between €22 and €100 per month. 15,000 of t150,000 daily meal deliveries are made by La Poste— they're largest operator in this sector."
French post office to move focus from letters to… meal deliveries
Only 15% of its work will be from letters by the end of this year, says La Poste CEO
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Kathryn@fivefteditrix.bsky.social · last yr.Something I think abt, w/r/t the turn to exclusively digital services, is that the internet is a mass of cables on the sea floor. Much of it follows 19th c. telegraph lines. Climate change (warming, more frequent quakes, etc.) could v. well break it one day. Then what? www.bbc.com/news/article...
More timeline cleanse. How about some Talking Heads. music.youtube.com/watch?v=_3eC...
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
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August 2000: Sitting at a bus stop in Old Quebec at midnight, and a limo pulls up to the red light. Sun roof opens, two members of Iron Maiden pop out, drunkenly scream “Iron Maiden!”, flash devil horns, and speed away into the night.
Blunderbolt@bolt451.bsky.social · last yr.Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
If you need a new lunch box, the Grand Bay-Westfield Town Yard Sale has you covered.
