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Apollo Lemmon
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I'm a library socialist, runner, vegan, and aficionado of the whimsical, weighty and weird.

I track books I read at @apollo.

I blog at @apollo.

Most days I'm #running […]

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We didn't have a quorum for playing D&D tonight so we played Citadels. I had forgotten how fun that hidden role, city building game can be.

#citadels
Cards from the game Citadels, with a king token and gold tokens rest on a table. A hand holds Citadels site cards above a table. A king token and other cards sit on the table.
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Here's one more batch of sculptures from the ice festival.
An ice sculpture of a bird sitting on a branch above a nest that holds eggs. An ice sculpture of a feather with a stylized use of snow-white portions. An ice sculpture of an anchor. An ice sculpture of an eagle in flight.
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Here are some more highlights from the ice festival this weekend.
An ice carving of a hand making a peace sign. An ice sculpture of an inukshuk. An ice sculpture of a bear raising it's right paw. Light shines through the paw. An ice sculpture of an owl.
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Saturday and Sunday I visited the Dartmouth Ice Festival with my family. The ice carvings were stunning.
An ice carving showing a cat sitting on a television that has a cat cartoon showing on it. An ice carving of a tyrannosaurus rex. A child points to an ice carving of a skate. Two children stand beside an ice carving of a ferry.
February 2, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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While in Dartmouth today we stopped at a shop my sister knew and they had many stickers with local themes. I got a few to add to my laptop and lapdock.
Four stickers celebrating Nova Scotia sit on a cushion. Two stickers are maps of Nova Scotia, one made of flowers and the other inspired by Super Mario Bros. Another sticker says "Dartmouth" and features three smokestacks. The other sticker has three bouys and the words "Nova Scotia".
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Our intrepid Coldbrew Thunderhammer survived his third delve. He defeated a Vampire Queen and left with spoils. Rolls were more in my favour today, so I had a better experience in this play through of One-Shot Dungeon.

#oneshotdungeon
A hand-drawn One-Shot Dungeon map rests on the orange character sheet of Coldbrew Thunderhammer. Two dice rest on the desk beside those.
January 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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In his second outing, Coldbrew Thunderhammer barely made it out alive after a dungeon crawl ending in a battle with a Gargoyle. One-Shot Dungeon continues to be a tough but fun diversion.

#oneshotdungeon
A character sheet and map from One-Shot Dungeon. The character Coldbrew Thunderhammer hammer has 2 HP remaining and the map shows a dungeon ending at a gargoyle lair.
January 27, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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HeroQuest's goblin miniatures are definitely among my least favorite depictions of goblins, but were one of my earliest exposures to the creatures.

#goblinweek #goblins #goblin
Four goblin miniatures from the game HeroQuest sit on a paper box lid. They are green and are holding axes and swords.
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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I picked up One-Shot Dungeon this week and got around to playing it today. It's a dungeon crawling RPG built with 1d6 for all rolls and uses tables heavily to build and populate a dungeon. The simple mechanics make for a tough but fun game. Coldbrew […]

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A photo of the game book for One-Shot Dungeon with a character sheet, a hand-drawn map on graph paper and two dice from Skull & Dragon.
January 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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I was given Sushi Go! years ago but today I finally sat down to play with Celestine. The cute cards and simple mechanics are big plusses. She bounced off the scoring and strategy, but I think it will eventually be a game we return to often.

#sushigo
Five cards from the game Sushi Go! Have been arranged on a scarf. Cartoonish sushi, wasabi, pudding, and chopsticks are depicted on the cards.
January 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Today we visited the Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity at Dalhousie University for the first time. It's a modest space but Celestine loved seeing the aquariums, whale skeleton, and other displays. Seeing hermit crabs swapping shells was a highlight. It was […]

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A child stands in front of a mural of a horned figure standing on a whale. A child stands in a tube inside an aquarium. In the foreground two bottom-dwelling fish can be seen. A child smiles while standing in a tube within an aquarium. An orange lobster can be seen in the foreground. Two hermit crabs walk along pebbles.
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Nintendo's 2025 recap arrived yesterday. I spent most of the time playing in 2025 with Xenoblade Chronicles X. I still love that game.

Before it was released I played some of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and in November and December I played some of […]

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A 2025 Nintendo year in review image. It shows Apollo played 36 games for a total of 128 hours. Xenoblade Chronicles X was played for 107 hours. 28 hours were played in April. Play style was Action and Role playing. A chart of monthly play time from Nintendo Switch. An image of the top three games played on Nintendo Switch. Those top games are The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (7), Pokémon Legends: Z-A (11), and Xenoblade Chronicles X (107).
January 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Today I found some time to install and play The Legend of Zelda - Zelda's Awakening DX ROM hack. From the little I was able to play, it feels like a loving, careful insertion of Zelda into Link's role.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/9332/

Wonderful work by @ciatmusings

#zelda #gameboy
An R36S handheld showing the start screen of the ROM hack The Legend of Zelda - Zelda's Awakening DX with a giant egg sitting atop a mountain. A hand holds an R36S handheld showing a scene from The Legend of Zelda - Zelda's Awakening DX with Zelda holding onto a mast and rope.
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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The MacDonald Bridge is closed all weekend, so instead of our typical grocery shopping I took Celestine to Bayer's Lake. While there I found another adaptation of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Arrives, at a thrift shop. I've been reading any adaptation of the book […]

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Two books sit on a bed. On the left is Anne Arrives, an adaptation of Anne of Green Gables that shows a redhaired girl holding a bag and wearing a yellow dress. On the right is the first volume of She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, a manga that had two women holding pancakes on the cover.
January 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Earlier this week I played Escape from Atlantis for the first time with Celestine. I had been given the game by a friend years ago and finally sat down to play.

The pieces are excessively bulky, but it was a fun game once setup was done. The mechanics are easy […]

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An early game playthrough of the board game Escape from Atlantis. The beach pieces have been partially removed and sea creatures have been placed in the water. An early state of the board game Escape from Atlantis. Only one beach square has been removed and one boat moved.
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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In 2025 I set a gentler goal for myself to read 50 books in the year. I passed that with 60 books, averaging 5/month.

I track my reading at BookWyrm, a bright part of the fediverse.

I'm at @[email protected] .

This year I set a goal to read 52 books so I […]

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An image showing the top of a 2025 in the books report from Bookwyrm. 2025 in the books Apollo’s year of reading In 2025, Apollo read 60 books for a total of 16,077 pages! That’s great! Their shortest read this year… The communist manifesto by Martin Rowson 80 pages …and the longest American Comics by Jeremy Dauber 592 pages An image showing the middle of a 2025 in the books report from Bookwyrm. Apollo left 60 ratings, their average rating is 3.60 Their best rated review Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff Their rating: 5 An image showing the bottom of a 2025 in the books report from Bookwyrm. 60 book covers are shown of all the books read by Apollo in the year.
January 1, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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I learned today that Charles de Lint published a new novel this month and that earlier in the year he released this image as merch. Newford stories enriched my compassion and solidarity, and I'm happy de Lint continues to centre that in his fiction.
A Newford: A Sanctuary City logo, with the city shown under a rainbow.
December 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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In 2025 I ran more kilometers (1261) than any year since I started running consistently in 2014 after I started with Zombies, Run! I'm happy I could be more consistent this year and was especially thrilled to finally get back to doing an in-person race in September.

#running #zombiesrun
A graph of kilometers run during 2025 in Zombies, Run! 1261.21 total km were run at an average pace of 6'33" km.
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I taught Celestine to play the game Atlantis tonight. I thought it might be too complicated, but after the fairly complex setup, she was able to play through to the end. Tonet joined us mid-game, so it was a brief family game night.
A child sits at a table in front of the tile and card game Atlantis. Tiles connect between Atlantis and the mainland. Cards are stacked to one side.
December 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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[Selfie, eye contact]

I had my first haircut in many months today.
A person with shoulder-length red hair looks at the viewer while standing in front of a waterfall backdrop. A neon line filter has been applied to the photo.
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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[Selfie, eye contact]

It took some effort to capture the Astro Boy head on the shirt my sister gave me.
A person with shoulder-length red hair wears a white Astro Boy shirt. A person with shoulder-length red hair wears a white Astro Boy shirt.
December 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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We met up with Celestine's oldest friend and his mom at the oval for skating today. She's learning fast.

Afterwards, the kids had a great time sliding around the skate park nearby.
A child uses a red support to skate on an outdoor oval. A child and his mother skate to the left. A child uses a red support to skate on an outdoor oval. A child and woman skate beside her. Other skaters can be seen around them. A child uses a red support to learn to skate on the left. On the right a woman helps another child to do the same. Two children run through snow at a skate park.
December 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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[Selfie, eye contact]

I took a Christmas Day neon line selfie.

#selfie
A person with shoulder-length red hair looks at the viewer. A neon line filter has been applied to the photo.
December 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Today's Marvel holiday panels come from Spider-Man: Holiday Spectacular 2025.

#xmen #xmas #spiderman #marvel #comics
Three comic panels show Spider-Man visiting X-Men for Christmas and sitting down at a table to eat. Jubilee and Gambit greet him and they sit down with the others.
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Our Marvel holiday panel for today comes from the wordily titled Mighty Marvel Holiday Special - Happy Holidays, Mr. Howlett from 2021.

#nightcrawler #xmas #xmen #marvel #comics
Nightcrawler kneels beside a North Pole with the sign "Visit the North Pole". He says goodbye to a family he took to the North Pole with his powers.
December 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM