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Jessica Coles

@prairievixen.bsky.social

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(she/her) Poet, editor, finder of lost things, singer of silly songs. Poems in Moist Poetry, Stone Circle Review, CV2, The Fiddlehead & others. Lover of beings that move between worlds. Endearingly uncool. Bestselling poet on a very local level.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, sweet mercy, both my little chapbooks on Edmonton's bestselling books list?? What delightful nonsense!

Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 3d

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending October 5, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending October 5, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 18h

Print copies are here! They've escaped Canada Post strike purgatory!

I'm keeping a paperback 'cause even though I cook these recipes a lot, I don't have them all memorized.

Sending 2 each to Library and Archives Canada and will scatter some among the Little Free Libraries in #NewWest.

A pile of paperback copies next to a pile of hardcover copies of the book *After the Feast*, which has a green cover and an illustration of a partly carved turkey on a wooden cutting board.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 5h

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, my fellow Canadians!

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 7h

Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.

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A festive Thanksgiving dinner table featuring a roasted turkey as the centerpiece, surrounded by an array of dishes including green beans, stuffing, sliced ham, and a pumpkin pie. The table is decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers, candles, and autumnal flowers, with wine glasses and plates set for a meal.

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 1d

NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King

"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"

stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/

#Poem #Poetry

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 20h

May I extrapolate from this that we live on giant space pudding? Because that would be adorable!

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no Hurricane Me has been downgraded to a tropical storm. I'm heading out to sea to gather more energy, but I'll probably just dissipate after the pumpkin pies are in the oven.

(Even though I knew better, I sat down.)

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

I woke up with energy and purpose, and we're hosting Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I am a Force of Nature.

My family is unprepared for me today.

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 1d

Canadian friends! If you're having turkey this weekend, let me set you up for the days that follow 👇

🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 12d

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

ivacheung.com

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

You have just guaranteed that I'm going to give this off-the-cuff comment way too many minutes of braintime this afternoon. 😂

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

That should have been "answers", not "echoes". My creativity is in first draft mode right now.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

I feel disproportionately powerful when I hit the correct vibe for home decor. In my brain, it feels like I have seen inside a person's soul and made a flooring selection that echoes their deepest needs. That's truly not the reality of the situation, though. It's just laminate.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

I woke up with energy and purpose, and we're hosting Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I am a Force of Nature.

My family is unprepared for me today.

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Borrowed a season on DVD from the library, as God intended.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

It's utterly delightful!

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Falk is hilariously comforting, and this show is absolutely visually soothing.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Johnny Cash's character keeps calling Columbo "little buddy".

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 1d

I think you should be able to award posts different amounts of likes cause sometimes you see a post and think "that's at least a three heart post"

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

This episode of Columbo has Johnny Cash in it.

Based on this statement, I am not qualified to comment on anyone's level of cool.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 2d

They are incredibly comfortable! I now have 3 of her dresses and I highly recommend.

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 2d

Little thing that's making me happy. I ordered two new dresses (with pockets!) from The Dressmaker yesterday morning, and she's dropping them off today. I ♥️ local.

www.dressmakerdesigns.com

The Dressmaker

Ready to wear dresses made in Canada that are sweet, simple, cute and comfortable!

www.dressmakerdesigns.com

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 2d

This is real. And these same effing kids will happily and quietly spend 45 minutes doing nothing but sorting and stacking every plastic lid and container in your cupboard.

Claire Taylor @clairemtaylor.com · 2d

A great thing about little kids is how you can spend half an hour setting up an activity that will keep them occupied for 5 minutes and creates a mess that will take another half hour to clean up and the whole time you’ll both be on the verge of tears.

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 2d

I found a pattern for an afghan I want to crochet and now I need to figure out if I have the yarn or need the yarn for it, but either way, I haven't bought yarn in a long time and what if the yarn stores need me??

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 2d

totally agree; canada post should be declared essential (and funded properly, as part of that whole national unity stuff everyone keeps saying we need more of,

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 2d

We could be treating Canada Post as not just an essential delivery service, but an essential social infrastructure in our communities.

Instead the government prefers to treat it as a costly burden that must be subject to death by a thousand cuts.

For isolated seniors, Canada Post delivers more than mail | CBC News

As the Canada Post strike hits the one-week mark, there are growing concerns for one group of Canadians who typically rely on the delivery service more than most — seniors.

www.cbc.ca

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, sweet mercy, both my little chapbooks on Edmonton's bestselling books list?? What delightful nonsense!

Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 3d

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending October 5, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, sweet mercy, both my little chapbooks on Edmonton's bestselling books list?? What delightful nonsense!

Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 3d

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending October 5, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

I'm thrilled to see you at the top of the list! Well done!

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 3d

To rest, go to the woods where what is made is made without your thought or work.

-- Wendell Berry

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