GrantMcM
@grantmcm.bsky.social
University guy and artist (sculptor). https://grantmcmillan.wordpress.com/gallery/
Yes I am a university Registrar. Yes I am a stereotypical woodworker. I enjoy both! It’s not often I get to bring those two worlds together but this week I did when I restored TWU’s Board Room table (just the edges).
December 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes I am a university Registrar. Yes I am a stereotypical woodworker. I enjoy both! It’s not often I get to bring those two worlds together but this week I did when I restored TWU’s Board Room table (just the edges).
I quite enjoyed reading this novel harbourpublishing.com/products/978...
Cambium Blue
DescriptionSet in the British Columbia Interior, the novel Cambium Blue is an homage to resource towns, independent women and local newspapers. In 1994, at the outset of the bark beetle epidemic that ...
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December 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I quite enjoyed reading this novel harbourpublishing.com/products/978...
The Vancouver Canucks are a decent team that can’t score! 😒
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The Vancouver Canucks are a decent team that can’t score! 😒
Ray Ferraro is very funny! You can hear the smirk in his voice as he says, while describing a cross-checking penalty against the Redwings: “Not sure if it was the second or the third one that got called…” 🤣
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Ray Ferraro is very funny! You can hear the smirk in his voice as he says, while describing a cross-checking penalty against the Redwings: “Not sure if it was the second or the third one that got called…” 🤣
The Vancouver Canucks season is going according to plan… tanking with the best of them! Bring on the draft!
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The Vancouver Canucks season is going according to plan… tanking with the best of them! Bring on the draft!
One of my favourite lines from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It is “My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things - trout as well as eternal salvation - come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.”
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
One of my favourite lines from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It is “My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things - trout as well as eternal salvation - come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.”
I have finished carving the Coat of Arms which took me a year to complete. Here’s the story: grantmcmillan.wordpress.com
Grant McMillan Wood Carvings
Wood carvings by Grant McMillan
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November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I have finished carving the Coat of Arms which took me a year to complete. Here’s the story: grantmcmillan.wordpress.com
The coat of arms is finally carved and here it is with the first coat of finish applied. Now you can see the elements of the shield that tell the family stories, like the lion rampant, the stone castle, the Viking ship, and the hand with nine stirrups around it. #gvmstudio
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The coat of arms is finally carved and here it is with the first coat of finish applied. Now you can see the elements of the shield that tell the family stories, like the lion rampant, the stone castle, the Viking ship, and the hand with nine stirrups around it. #gvmstudio
Here’s an interesting article about small town movie theatres in Canada. Well done, CBC! www.cbc.ca/arts/for-sma...
For small town cinemas across Canada, the show must go on | CBC Arts
In communities across the country, the local movie theatre is a cultural hub. With major chains pulling back, indie theatres are stepping up to face big challenges
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November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here’s an interesting article about small town movie theatres in Canada. Well done, CBC! www.cbc.ca/arts/for-sma...
I’m going to this event in November. Really looking forward to it www.shiftintomidlife.com
SHIFT – 7 Mindsets for an Inspired Midlife
SHIFT is a practical and soulful guide for the second half of life. Drawing on positive psychology, lived experience, and coaching, Peter Reek introduces seven mindsets that help readers replace autop...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’m going to this event in November. Really looking forward to it www.shiftintomidlife.com
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The Fifteen is out: read all about Trump's Compact, Starmer's participation rate retreat, African academic salaries, Vietnam's merger mania and the curious practice of selling water (allegedly) drawn from the lake on the Peking U campus.
The Fifteen: October 17, 2025 | HESA
Welcome to The Fifteen, a global round-up of the stories animating higher education institutions and systems around the globe. Let’s get … Continued
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October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Fifteen is out: read all about Trump's Compact, Starmer's participation rate retreat, African academic salaries, Vietnam's merger mania and the curious practice of selling water (allegedly) drawn from the lake on the Peking U campus.
Reposted by GrantMcM
Tonight I received the City of Vancouver's Award of Excellence in the Entrepreneurial Cornerstone category along with fellow recipient Celine Bacani.
A very person came up to me afterwards and said: I'm so excited to see two things I love to use everyday get recognized: Lee's Donuts and Miss604 ❤️
A very person came up to me afterwards and said: I'm so excited to see two things I love to use everyday get recognized: Lee's Donuts and Miss604 ❤️
Rebecca Bollwitt Receives City of Vancouver Award of Excellence
Miss604's Rebecca Bollwitt is a recipient of the 2025 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence in the Entrepreneurship Cornerstone category.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Tonight I received the City of Vancouver's Award of Excellence in the Entrepreneurial Cornerstone category along with fellow recipient Celine Bacani.
A very person came up to me afterwards and said: I'm so excited to see two things I love to use everyday get recognized: Lee's Donuts and Miss604 ❤️
A very person came up to me afterwards and said: I'm so excited to see two things I love to use everyday get recognized: Lee's Donuts and Miss604 ❤️
Rather apropos for me this morning 😃 Wordle 1,577 4/6
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October 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Rather apropos for me this morning 😃 Wordle 1,577 4/6
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A bust of Aslan that I carved for the CS Lewis Library room at @trinitywestern.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A bust of Aslan that I carved for the CS Lewis Library room at @trinitywestern.bsky.social
I’m getting close to completing this commission carving. The family wanted their traditional coat of arms.
September 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’m getting close to completing this commission carving. The family wanted their traditional coat of arms.
I trimmed the sides down to let me have better access to undercut the acanthus leaves and make the carving jump off the background.
September 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I trimmed the sides down to let me have better access to undercut the acanthus leaves and make the carving jump off the background.
Carving the helmet on the MacNeil #coatofarms. Have to adjust the perspective a bit but it is almost there.
September 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Carving the helmet on the MacNeil #coatofarms. Have to adjust the perspective a bit but it is almost there.
I installed the cross today. The client was very pleased which made me feel pleased too!
September 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I installed the cross today. The client was very pleased which made me feel pleased too!
Finishing up making a large cross (5’6”) in the mid-century modern style for a client. Installation is scheduled for tomorrow.
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Finishing up making a large cross (5’6”) in the mid-century modern style for a client. Installation is scheduled for tomorrow.
Do you even read bro? I carved a few of these book spreader thing-a-ma-jigs in walnut. We like using them. Not recommended for Kindle or iPad 😉
#woodcarving
#woodcarving
September 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Do you even read bro? I carved a few of these book spreader thing-a-ma-jigs in walnut. We like using them. Not recommended for Kindle or iPad 😉
#woodcarving
#woodcarving
This is sad!
Greg Moore’s helmet has been stolen from the BC Sports Hall of Fame
Historic Greg Moore Helmet Stolen from BC Sports Hall of Fame - BC Sports Hall of Fame
The BC Sports Hall of Fame is appealing to the public for assistance following the theft of a priceless piece of Canadian motorsport history: a racing helmet worn by legendary IndyCar driver and Maple...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is sad!
My 29th year of welcoming new students in the post secondary world gvmcmillan.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/f...
First Day of College
As I was getting coffee at (or @ as this kids say) my favourite coffee shop this morning, I was greeted “I guess your summer break is over now.” Sigh. How many times have you heard that? We know th…
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September 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My 29th year of welcoming new students in the post secondary world gvmcmillan.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/f...
Progress. One more quadrant to go and then the helmet is next. #coatofarms
September 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Progress. One more quadrant to go and then the helmet is next. #coatofarms
Lucky start to Labour Day! Wordle 1,535 1/6
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September 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Lucky start to Labour Day! Wordle 1,535 1/6
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