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Catje
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I work in libraries and also the woods.
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The Spectre of Communism? Really?
A hand-printed image of a ghost in red shoes, throwing a peace sign and carrying the Communist Manifesto. Beneath it reads: A spectre is haunting Europe and they are feeling cute.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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This is from the acknowledgements for T.J. Klune's Somewhere Beyond the Sea, in which he describes his ambition to be the Anti-J.K. Rowling.
In 2022 I did an event where I got asked the question: "What do you think your legacy will be?" Me being me, I gave a pithy response. "What do I care? I'll be dead." I still mostly think this way. The idea of a legacy makes me weirdly uncomfortable. I want to focus on the here and now, the present, and not worry about how I will be viewed in a hundred years, if I even am at all. But in writing this sequel, I realized I do want to be remembered as something, and it's very specific: not the Antichrist, but the Anti-J.K. Rowling. I want to be her antithesis, her opposite. I want my stories to fly in the face of everything she believes in. At the end of the day, she has no idea who I am, and that's okay. I'll still be here, chugging away, making sure queer stories are told. And I won't be doing it alone. There are so many queer authors writing stories that matter, important stories that show all the different facets of our lives. To make it unequivocal: J.K. Rowling's beliefs are abhorrent and have no place in a modern society. People like her - people who believe trans people are somehow lesser- deserve to be shunned until they disappear into the ether. As Arthur says in the novel, "Hate is loud." He's right. People tend to love quietly and hate loudly. But here's the thing: I don't do anything quietly. I'm a loud motherfucker, and I will continue to be, especially when my community is under attack. To my trans readers: this book is dedicated to you.
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Last October we visited Malaspina Castle in Fosdinovo, Italy. Today we went to the Malaspina Galleries on Gabriola Island. Only one of these sites has a fake ghost.
On the right is a sandstone overhang eroded by millennia of wave action. On the left is the ocean. A view from the roof of a medieval castle, looking towards the courtyard. A fake ghost hangs in one interior window.
October 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Got to see the Rocky Point Bird Observatory crew banding Saw Whet Owls this evening.
If you're in #yyj you can join them for free: www.eventbrite.ca/o/rpbo-owl-b...
A small brown Saw Whet Owl with golden eyes is carefully held in the hands of a volunteer as they assess its health. A small brown Saw Whet Owl with mottled white brown and gold chest feathers peers owlishly toward the camera as a volunteer holds it.
September 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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A beautiful evening with #NewEarthBandits2.

One more show tomorrow night: snafudance.com
A strange cast of characters stand on an old gun emplacement against the sunset sky. A giant humanoid puppet with a wrinkled face and a crown of oak leaves stretches its giant hands out, palms up, toward the camera. A mysterious robed figure is visible against the light at the end of a dark grey tunnel.
August 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Saw orcas off Malcolm Island yesterday and took terrible photos. I used to say if there's anything that would make me buy a good camera with a long lens it would be birds, but maybe the real impetus will be whales . . .
The black dorsal fin and upper back of an orca is visible above the surface of the ocean. Blue mountains in the background.
August 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Like is this just a Canadian thing, or ?
Red squeeze-bottle of Heinz tomato ketchup with a label shape and background colour eerily similar to the new Portland Fire logo.
July 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Harbour seal in banana pose.
A smooth, shiny harbour seal balances on a rocky islet with its head and tail pointing up. The islet is surrounded by blue ocean, with a forested island in the background.
July 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Roosevelt Elk!
Seven Roosevelt Elk foraging among the underbrush. A single Roosevelt Elk stands on a ridge with ferns and stumps below it and the treeline behind.
June 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Saw a Cinnabar Moth today. Not a native species but very beautiful.
A magenta and navy blue moth sits on a speckled concrete floor. A Cinnabar Moth with all four wings outstretched. The lower set are magenta with navy blue edges. The upper set are mostly navy blue, with magenta dots near the bottom and magenta bars at the top.
May 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Sooke Lake Reservoir from the dam.
View of a wide lake with wind rippling its surface. Forested hills extend down to it on either side. White and grey clouds shadow the lake, with patches of blue sky behind them.
May 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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First chocolate lily of the season.
A purple and white checkered flower with downward hanging petals sprouts among trillium leaves.
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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I think someone carved a raven on the top of this telephone pole by Camosun College.
A birdlike carving sits atop a telephone pole in the snow.
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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TinTin enters the public domain next year, so get ready for more updates like this one . . .

Credit to Kevin Moore for the drawing: mooretoons.com/sketchbook-t...
A drawing of the famous French comic character TinTin, sitting in a chair looking startled and dismayed while reading Edward Said's Orientalism. His small white dog Snowy looks on suspiciously in the background.
December 19, 2024 at 6:36 AM
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Photographing the Henderson road Christmas tree from the window of the double decker bus.
A Christmas tree photographed so quickly it seems to be made of rectangular fragments of coloured light.
December 19, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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BC Transit offering moustache rides . . .
A city bus stopped on a rainy evening displays a moustache icon instead of its route number.
November 14, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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A little late for #caturday, but here's someone I met in the old city of Pontremoli.
An orange cat poses in a narrow medieval Italian street.
October 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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Beautiful doors in Venezia.
Worn green double doors somewhat randomly graffitied in yellow and blue.
October 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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I voted!
Feels weird to do it so early but nice to have it done.
#bcpoli
A hand holds an Elections BC Return Envelope in front of a Canada Post mailbox.
September 26, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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My last day in The Other Place was the day after Henry Kissinger died. It felt like going out on a high note, but I'm happier to be here.
September 20, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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Morning fog in the forest.
A moody photo of tall Cedar and Douglas Fir trees in the fog.
July 22, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Hasli too!
A small black dog in a rainbow bandana sits on a Muskoka chair and looks out at a green lawn.
June 30, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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An old Doonesbury cartoon panel from the Watergate era: radio DJ Mark Slackmeyer announces "That's guilty! Guilty, guilty, guilty!
May 31, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Saw a Western Toad today.
Western Toad hiding in some salal leaves. Its skin is mottled with various shades of green and has the characteristic toad bumps.
May 24, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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The first camas I've seen this spring.
Purple camas flower blooms against a backdrop of pink rhododendrons.
May 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM