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kteahen.bsky.social
Former journalist, now VP, Communications and Marketing at Parachute, Canada's national charity dedicated to injury prevention. Stratford resident. I ❤️ theatre, galleries, gardens, hiking trails, kitchens, libraries, walkable cities. Blog: kelleyteahen.ca
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Took a break from the social stream today for a trip to the Beaver Valley, Fairhaven #BichonFrise , to pick up and bring home the latest #Stratford resident, Ruby Joy Teahen. Welcome to your retirement, mama. #DogsOfBluesky.

Brittlestar brings back two of his most-famous characters (from his big KFC-sponsored skit between these neighbour guys). How so many of us feel about our individual American friends.

At least I'm perfect at something. #colour #design www.xrite.com/hue-test

This is the last display wall in the current #Auschwitz : Not long ago. Not far away. exhibition at @romtoronto.bsky.social . It's a call to dance, to walk, to laugh - to live life, even in the shadow of such enormous death and destruction. I cried, reading this.

So. Rewatching the first couple seasons of the show that made us sign up for Netflix in 2017: The Crown. We are cancelling at the end of the month ‘cause #Boycott . Episode warnings are “language, nudity, sex, smoking.” Says beloved: “Less smoking! Where’s the nudity?” #CoughCough

From the #BuyCanadian beat: A treat from #Saskatchewan Three Farmers. Really tasty, satisfyingly crunchy. Found them on the hunt at @sobeys.bsky.social . Looking forward to trying some of their other products. Website says free shipping for $40+ orders. threefarmers.ca

A big shop to replenish the larder plus stock for potential snow days ahead: #BuyCanadian 🇨🇦 🍁 for everything except #Argentinian shrimp #Vietmanese tuna some #Mexican produce #Peruvian berries #British tonic water. Will search other stores for non-U.S. cauliflower and fresh dill. #Cdnpoli #boycott

Is it just me, or is the repeated use of the word "dispatch" rather than "kill" in this news story verging on newspeak? Sure, the police spokesperson used the word. The journalists didn't have to. Glad no human got hurt but still. The police killed the bear. www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...

For decades, the talk has been of a high-speed train for the Windsor-Quebec corridor. Now it's Toronto-Quebec. This is a fuzzy-end-of-the-lollipop announcement for southwestern Ontario, unless we too get more frequent train service for the 2.8 million people who live here. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I know the NDP don't have a good chance in Perth-Wellington provincial riding that encompasses Stratford because of deep-rooted Conservative loyalties but, alert! The #NDP wants to give us our GO Train back! That has my attention. #transit #SouthernOntario #2025OntarioElection

Updated road closures as of 1:50pm #onstorm #onwx New: Hwy 7 b/w Elginfield and Stratford New: Various roads in Simcoe Co. weatherwatcher.space/road-closures

Artist Ted Goodden created 12 stained glass windows, each month with image & words. They are Perpetual Illuminations: A book of hours from London, Ontario. As a fundraiser, the London library sold posters of these windows where you switch out each month held in an open frame. #February #poem #art

We've been season subscribers for a few years now to Here for Now Theatre - looking forward to the new shows!

The view from my office door window. No shovelling here : just layers of snow accumulation in #Stratford #Ontario Canada

My colleagues are far flung to Morocco at this crucial road safety conference - few (if any) U.S. government delegates there because of the coup chaos: our Canadian team, including @valeriesmith123.bsky.social , will be there to learn about #VisionZero interventions & successes around the world.

I am at the NATO meetings in Brussels. Trump and Putin are plunging the world into dark chaos. Here is my dispatch from day one of the meetings. I decided that it was time to go over the boards for Canada. Please read and share. substack.com/home/post/p-...

What was meant to be a leisurely morning at our friend's place prior to lunch out just turned into a mad scramble to figure out alternate plans to get home later today. @viarailcanada.bsky.social #Train #Cancellation

WE'LL ALWAYS HOLD THE DOOR FOR EACH OTHER - VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦

Adventures on #Toronto snow day: off to @crowstheatre.bsky.social Fifteen Dogs matinee at the CAA Theatre (Yonge Street). This is the closing performance and several cast members move next to @stratfest.bsky.social #Stratford

If you see this, repost with something red from your gallery.

More #snow in #Toronto - the view from our friend’s 7th-floor balcony, where normally we can see the downtown skyline clearly to the east. Today you can see a couple buildings over, then the rest of the city disappears in whiteness.

This evening in #Toronto - at @shakesbashd.bsky.social The Merchant of Venice. #Shakespeare #Theatre

Resistance can be heroic gestures, or even small acts of kindness. There are many ways on many scales to fight back against oppression and fascism. #Auschwitz @romtoronto.bsky.social

When elections stop being elections. Germany 1936. What Tee-rump mused about and appeared to promise on the 2024 election trail. @romtoronto.bsky.social The road to #Auschwitz

The steps of “othering”. @romtoronto.bsky.social #Auschwitz

At the @romtoronto.bsky.social seeing the #Auschwitz exhibition. Not long ago. And especially now: not far away.

Happy 60th Canadian Flag day! 🇨🇦 My Teahen Tales musings about the 52nd Flag day. kelleyteahen.ca/2017/02/15/c...

With the heavy snowfalls all year so far, my partner’s dad can’t risk slippery sidewalks for walking so we go with him a couple early mornings a week to a walking track at our #Stratford #Ontario sports & rec centre. Our very Canadian view this morning ⬇️

So I've been searching for "Stratford" to find other Stratford Canada folks here on @bsky.app . But I keep getting Stratford, England posts. We just got yet another huge snow dump here in Stratford, Canada: a reminder that spring (eventually) will get here too.

Looking forward to seeing this exhibition at the @agotoronto.bsky.social this summer: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and... #Canada #Art