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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 Have lived here & there. The flags represent my citizenship. I love books, dogs and Nature. I am 77, and a grandmother to 4. Have been a social worker and a teacher, mostly in remote places…..And, I sleep in a hammock :-)
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From CBC Canada Protests against Trump are spreading — and creating a labour movement #USA Ordinary Americans behind some of an expected 1,500 rallies planned for Saturday www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Canada’s Stand Begins Now: Mark Carney Slams Trump’s Empire Games in a Warning to the World “If we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.” – Mark Carney #cdnpoli deanblundell.substack.com/p/canadas-st...

American Robin [Turdus migratorius] Been busy digging worms… #bird #robin #garden #spring #photograph #portrait

Greyfriars Kirkyard at midnight. Lit up by the lighting in adjacent Candlemaker Row, during filming of Ghostwriter.

One of my favourite places👇

Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s acclaimed production of Sunshine on Leith is set to return to the Theatre in the Hills from 25 July to 27 September 2025

Some recent theatre writing at Scotsman Arts. Here's Alan Cumming and the Pitlochry team on the magic of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, and their 2025 summer season, including the in-house production of Grease set to open there in ten days' time! www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Pitlochry Festival Theatre, in collaboration with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, will present a special script-in-hand reading of And Midnight Never Come, a new play by acclaimed crime writer Val McDermid

Luxembourg opens Ottawa embassy as Canada shifts its attention to Europe www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...

Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock within you. Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word.

How close are we to getting a vaccine for Lyme disease? Many thousands of Canadians have been infected with the tick-borne illness www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Way to go 🇨🇦! keep those elbows up 💪 www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

This weekend, Canada will welcome Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Ottawa. The ties between Canada and the United Kingdom are historic and enduring. Prime Minister Starmer’s visit will further strengthen them — as we build on the partnership that keeps our nations safe and our economies strong.

Do I know anyone in Peterborough, ON who might be available to drive 7 baby buns to a wildlife rehab centre tomorrow if mama bun doesn’t return to the nest tonight? Apparently the closest center is 100 km away. Please get in touch via DM.

The UK Labour government’s Spending Review proves it yet again: To Westminster, Scotland is an afterthought. Here’s why 👇

If you haven’t heard of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove… you have now. When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥 @kamlager-dove.house.gov

Well what a surprise Starmer needs to get a grip The current UK nuclear deterrent is dependent on Trump land and as a toddler could have predicted he is completely unreliable Ditch trident and get it out of Scotland #YouYesYet

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The US is evacuating diplomatic personnel from Iraq after Iran threatened US bases in the region.

Hedgehog droppings collected from gardens can measure biodiversity, according to Oxford biologist Dr Hedgehog - real name Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen. She is crowdfunding DNA analysis at £172 per fecal sample. theconversation.com/hedgehog-poo...

One of the greats has slipped into the surf. Rest in peace, Brian Wilson—I only ever picked up the sweetest, most golden vibrations from you. “My cousin Brian said his mom told him dogs pick up vibrations we can’t hear—that’s where the song’s ‘vibrations’ came from.” – Mike Love

Anyone else playing Beach Boys Music tonight? R.I.P BrianWilson 🏄🎶🏄‍♀️🎶🏄‍♂️

R.I.P., Brian Wilson. Incredible innovator in music and in recording sounds. Years of mental health problems, but still created amazing, fresh music and leaves a deeply influential legacy. Thanks, Brian, for all the good vibrations. #BrianWilson #music #musique #BeachBoys #RIP

In 2016 ScotGov prepared a much-respected 'Scotland's Place in Europe' doc, proposing a solution for Scotland remaining in the EU whilst rUk left. Westminster dismissed it immediately. Now that both NI & Gibraltar have special EU deals that proposal *must* be revisited. www.gov.scot/publications...

View to Parliament Hill, Rideau Canal Locks, from Kiweki Point, Ottawa. #spring #nature #trees #skies #city #travel #biking #architecture #photography

I am deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Peter Krykant. His powerful voice on drugs policy reform, in particular his tireless work to deliver safe consumption rooms, leaves an important legacy which will be remembered.

And of course, Canada shares a border with Denmark

Fingers crossed this is a good sign, more Puffins than I have ever seen on the Holm of Papay today.

Fascism makes it hard to get a good night's sleep. They don't tell you that in the history books.

He speaks the truth with fluency and eloquence. Listen to him 👇

This will be an incredibly worrying time for workers at Alexander Dennis and their families. The Scottish Government will leave no stone unturned and explore all options that could protect jobs and manufacturing at Larbert. We stand ready to support anyone affected.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have had the opportunity to vist Canada's Parliament Buildings many times. About protesters... there are always people protesting on Capital Hill. Sometimes I disagreed with their position. But I always remembered how important is the right to protest. It is a foundation of democracy.

Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.

It's absolutely doable and given that we have so much property here in Nova Scotia that could be cleared and set up for tiny home communities everywhere or container communities my gosh we're a harbour surrounded by water.. we have lots of containers that we can make tiny homes with

'I love books that feel real but possess that fairytale-like facet of opening a door in reality, through which the reader can step into an impossible land.' Sam Taylor on eight books that inspired his latest novel for @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social‬ 📚 uk.bookshop.org/lists/sam-ta...

We are looking to recruit a Publicity Executive to plan and implement publicity campaigns and events for commercial non-fiction, fiction and crime titles on the adult list. Could it be you? Apply now. www.faber.co.uk/careers/publ...

Nature will always resist and rebel against the man-made constructs

I am overcome by nostalgia. So many fine memories of going into my local Beer Store for a peewee Steam Whistle or Molson’s Dry. Sigh…

It’s a fine day in #Edfinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🦠 A vaccine for Lyme disease could be a game changer as cases continue rising across Canada. Human trials are underway, offering hope for future protection. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #LymeDisease #CanadaHealth #NovaScotia #VaccineResearch

My little gift shop Coralbox 😀 www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/ar...