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a devotee of essays, novellas, hybrid writing, rivers, trees. 17 books. Let A Body Venture At Last Out of its Shelter forthcoming (Thornapple Press, 2026). North American half of fishgottaswimeditions.com theresakishkan.com

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I loved the sunlight filtering through these quilts airing on the clothesline.

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"last night I was out in deep water watching two loons about twenty feet away, one warbling a little, then the other, I was treading water, watching them, the sun moving further along the western horizon"

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"last night I was out in deep water watching two loons about twenty feet away, one warbling a little, then the other, I was treading water, watching them, the sun moving further along the western horizon"

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I talked to Alan Haig-Brown about his new book Raincoast Chronicles 25: m̓am̓aɫa Goes Fishing: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/23...

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"A hundred years ago today, she was thinking about Mrs. Dalloway, which had sold 1070 copies. (“Doing surprising well,” she wrote.) I have just come in from the upper deck where the dog roses are coming into bloom, this one fully out, sweet-smelling. I never planted it."

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Two excellent ways to begin Monday: snyder.substack.com/p/last-years... and www.meditationsinanemergency.com/staying-with...

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"A hundred years ago today, she was thinking about Mrs. Dalloway, which had sold 1070 copies. (“Doing surprising well,” she wrote.) I have just come in from the upper deck where the dog roses are coming into bloom, this one fully out, sweet-smelling. I never planted it."

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This week's quotes: pottery, poetry, puttery. enjoy! and come to the reading with me, rob & Christine tomorrah if you're in Ottawa and feel up to an afternoon literary extravaganza with 3 gorgeous and talented writers :) amandaearl.substack.com/p/qotw-25-05...

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Some musings about John Muir... boughtbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/john...

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"An lyric essay, leaving the confines of its syllabic lines, the rhetorical device of repetition emphasizing the soil, sunlight, a quick rinse in cool water with a dash of salt to deter snails, a essay in bitter green."

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"An lyric essay, leaving the confines of its syllabic lines, the rhetorical device of repetition emphasizing the soil, sunlight, a quick rinse in cool water with a dash of salt to deter snails, a essay in bitter green."

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" ...I want to sleep and dream the life of trees, beings from the muted world..." --Dorianne Laux, "The Life of Trees" (I swim in the shadow of this tree every morning.)

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I loved the sunlight filtering through these quilts airing on the clothesline.

"last night I was out in deep water watching two loons about twenty feet away, one warbling a little, then the other, I was treading water, watching them, the sun moving further along the western horizon"

"last night I was out in deep water watching two loons about twenty feet away, one warbling a little, then the other, I was treading water, watching them, the sun moving further along the western horizon"

theresakishkan.com/2025/06/03/d...

theresakishkan.com/2025/06/03/d...

I talked to Alan Haig-Brown about his new book Raincoast Chronicles 25: m̓am̓aɫa Goes Fishing: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/23...

"A hundred years ago today, she was thinking about Mrs. Dalloway, which had sold 1070 copies. (“Doing surprising well,” she wrote.) I have just come in from the upper deck where the dog roses are coming into bloom, this one fully out, sweet-smelling. I never planted it."

Two excellent ways to begin Monday: snyder.substack.com/p/last-years... and www.meditationsinanemergency.com/staying-with...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"A hundred years ago today, she was thinking about Mrs. Dalloway, which had sold 1070 copies. (“Doing surprising well,” she wrote.) I have just come in from the upper deck where the dog roses are coming into bloom, this one fully out, sweet-smelling. I never planted it."

theresakishkan.com/2025/06/01/a...

theresakishkan.com/2025/06/01/a...

This week's quotes: pottery, poetry, puttery. enjoy! and come to the reading with me, rob & Christine tomorrah if you're in Ottawa and feel up to an afternoon literary extravaganza with 3 gorgeous and talented writers :) amandaearl.substack.com/p/qotw-25-05...

Some musings about John Muir... boughtbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/john...

"An lyric essay, leaving the confines of its syllabic lines, the rhetorical device of repetition emphasizing the soil, sunlight, a quick rinse in cool water with a dash of salt to deter snails, a essay in bitter green."

"An lyric essay, leaving the confines of its syllabic lines, the rhetorical device of repetition emphasizing the soil, sunlight, a quick rinse in cool water with a dash of salt to deter snails, a essay in bitter green."

" ...I want to sleep and dream the life of trees, beings from the muted world..." --Dorianne Laux, "The Life of Trees" (I swim in the shadow of this tree every morning.)

Could this thrift-store watercolour of a Dutch landscape have a (tangential) Group of 7 connection? Maybe... a #FridayFinds🧵 #cdnhist #arthist

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Every year we take the same photos. And every year, the same beauty...