Laura Houle 🇨🇦
@lauraearthfarmer.bsky.social
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regenerative earthfarmer in Cascadia on the west coast of British Columbia (zone 9a); writing my first novel, a murder mystery; in a long-term relationship. earthfarm.ca #earthfarm
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Golden Pholiota fungi.
Pretty colours but not recommended to eat ☠️🍄🤢
on the Sunshine Coast, BC.
#fungi #pacificnorthwest #PNW #mushrooms #foodforagers #foodforaging
meant to say, Dr Joan and Dr John Smith
but why isn't her first name included, too. Dr and Dr John Smith should be Dr Joan and John Smith. Sometimes the "correct" way is the old, outdated way...
I liked the chapter which talks about how juries, lawyers, judges evaluate victim/survivors' credibility and the factors they use to decide how believable a survivor's story is, like whether the victim/survivor knew the prep or not. It speaks to the systemic nature of rape culture.
the first chapter was thick, hard to decipher the language. Yes, too academic, and I almost quit. But the following chapters have been more engaging. As they review all these high profile cases, like Cosby and Weinstein and show how the media portrays them. It's insightful...
What r u reading now?
I've been reading fiction all summer but now that autumn's here I'm turning back to non-fiction.
#whatrureadingnow #amreading #currentlyreading
#Booklovers #bookrecs #booksky
"our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate." --Pema Chödrön, The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness
#meditation #lovingkindness #suffering #compassion #Buddhism #findyourtruenature
companies don't have spines. They have shareholders.
by shutting down protest, they shut down free speech.
but will he eat green eggs and ham?
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it wasn't me. Was it you, Jack? No, no, wasn't me either. I think it might have been the cat.
Breaking News: Alberta rewrites order banning school library books containing explicit sexual content to protect the Classics: Danielle Smith
#CdnPoli #politicalsatire #politicalhumor #Alberta #Canada
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Drive your karma slowly when you meet dog on the road.
Set in an unspecified future, some centuries from now, the book opens on a man and a girl driving across a landscape blackened by ashes. The hellscape is worthy of the Mad Max franchise, with slave colonies springing up from the parched earth like termite mounds. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...
Juice by Tim Winton review – life after the apocalypse
Set centuries from now, this gripping tale of retribution against the corporations who fuelled climate breakdown has echoes of Cormac McCarthy
www.theguardian.com