Mark Coakley
@markcoakley.bsky.social
* romance-horror novel, Murder Bugs: A Love Story * history of psychedelic therapy, Shroom Boom: Canada's Psychedelic Pioneers * journalism on law and cyber Now writing truecrime book 3, after Hidden Harvest and Tip & Trade https://markcoakleybooks.com/
Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon "a screaming comes across the sky" This book inspired a teenaged me to be experimental in creative writing and not conform to what's popular at the time. My taste has changed since then but my goal of making a wild book like this remains #booksky #writingcommunity
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Hunter Thompson Transgressionary literature at its best. Shocking & hilarious & brave from the #Homer of stoners Great illustrations by Steadman #journalism #nonfiction #reporting #drugs #newjournalism #vegas #hi
Books I Love The Fight by Norman Mailer About a boxing fight in central Africa between two Black Americans. Ali v Foreman. "Rope-a-dope." Mailer's fiction is boring but his journalism is great #boxing #sports #seventies #70s #ali #foreman #mailer #journalism #nonfiction #africa #congo #colonialism
Books I Love Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh Written in England in 1941, when the democracies were losing WW2, this is a wild comedy about a society moving from frivolity to purpose. Brings back characters from Waugh's earlier novels. Fun, sad, entertaining #booksky #writingcommunity #fiction
Silverfish have been on earth longer than any other kind of insect: over 400 million years. Modern humans have been here less than 200 thousand, making us all a bunch of total noobs.
A symphylan is not an insect; insects have six legs. They are distant relatives of the centipede and the millipede. Symphylans are much smaller than centipedes and millipedes (the size of uncooked piece of rice) and live in tiny cracks in the soil, deep underground, almost everywhere in the world.
Current view Hamilton Public Library, West Harbour Branch. Until until 8 p.m. tonight. Hamilton's newest (and best) study spot. #HamOnt [The branch is being well used today, this was the only photo I could get without people visible.]
Vida Silvestre de Cuba 2024 ¡Algún tipo de hormiga, supongo, realmente no tengo idea de qué tipo! markcoakleybooks.com
On Cayo Coco -- a little island in the north of Cuba, not far from the Bay of Pigs and where Hemingway wrote -- we found this lovely couple of Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterflies. They were resting together, protected from the strong ocean winds in the shelter of a flowering bush.
This metallic green solitary bee is eating mud because mud contains minerals its body needs ... Many other kinds of bees and butterflies do this
The six spotted tiger beetle may not always have six spots as advertised, like this eight-spotter here I found on a trail near McMaster University, but it is still always the most stylish bug in the forest, fashion experts agree
A sand tiger beetle that I found watching me carefully on a Lake Erie beach, near Buffalo, New York ... Tiger beetles are the fastest-running insects on earth, by far, and their vision is amazingly good.
Baby jumping spiders are cuter than baby humans and a lot better behaved #cute #baby #spider #spider #arachnids #arachnid #eyes #parenting #invertebrates
Matthew Good, Tom Arnold, Holly Cole coming to Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre #HamOnt #Hamilton #Ancaster #livemusic #comedy
Matthew Good, Tom Arnold, Holly Cole coming to Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre | urbanicity.com
After that, Canadian alternative rock legend Matthew Good & His Band will be joined by the Kevin Fox String Quartet on November 2nd for an unforgettable
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Books I Love Circe by Madeline Miller A great novel about ancient Greek mythology, by the author of The Song of #Achilles. #booksky #writingcommunity #odyssey #theodyssey #iliad #theiliad #mythology #circe
