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Proud Canadian. I love gardening, reading, cooking. Dark sense of humour for an old lady. Favourite joke: What do you get when you cross an agnostic, an insomniac and a dyslexic? Someone who lies awake all night, wondering if there really IS a dog.

In terms of Canadian mass opinion; buying something from the US is now regarded somewhere between an act of open treason, and the act of violently soiling yourself in public.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁@minibubbly.bsky.social · 12h ago

'Buy Canadian': Meet the Consumers Boycotting American Products as Trade Rift Widens Canadian consumers have responded en masse to the call. A Build #Canada poll conducted Aug. 31-Sept. 4 found that many are already making sacrifices at the tills, as 69% of /1 thread time.com/article/2026...

Our little town is having the annual fall festival. Today was the parade. Our local Conservative MP showed up, dancing in the back of a pick-up truck. No one booed, but my entire family (and others) turned their backs on him. Petty, but very satisfying.

It's a gorgeous day here, and we have stopped worrying so much about wildfires. I get to watch my 4 year old grandson be a fireman in a parade. Then I get to work in my garden. It's a day to be happy. Still, there's this tension that underlies everything. What a stupid time we're living in.

I am heart-broken over the death of Tim Curry. I’ve not commented about him because it hurts so much. But, as I went down TiKTok rabbit-hole last night, I came across this heartfelt tribute to a man that was an inspiration to so many, including me. May he forever rest in peace. This made my cry.