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ivory1.bsky.social
@ivory1.bsky.social
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Educator emeritus. Literature, media, music, art, history, environment, food.

Banner: view from highway of underside of a girder bridge
PFP: person with back to camera standing ankle-deep in water beside a mangrove tree
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#Caturday
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Cartoon by Bill Whitehead entitled Unstill Life With Cat. A cat, looking guiltily over its shoulder while sitting on a table filled with fruit, pushes an apple to the floor.
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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“I promise I wrote that line thinking this is the silliest joke I can write and people will obviously think it’s a joke. We’re not trying to make fake news or hoodwink people, and it’s always baffling when anyone thinks we’re real...." @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Thanks for the gift link, @danwagstaff.bsky.social!

Best books on the list include those by @amalelmohtar.com, @guygavrielkay.bsky.social, @susan-swan.bsky.social, @clairecameron.bsky.social, @pulmyears.bsky.social, @marshalederman.bsky.social, and @hertzbarry.bsky.social.
#ReadCanadian 🍁📚
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Appetizers that don't look as good as those made by @goodport.bsky.social. 🙂
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #FoodFriday
Photo of cold boiled shrimp on a white platter. For some reason they have been placed between small tomatoes and whole red and orange peppers on one side and strawberries on the other. There is also a white star-shaped dish with red seafood sauce in it. In the background in a clear plastic stand are paper napkins with orange and lemon illustrations on them. Beside them is a layered sour cream, salsa, and guacamole dip in a clear plastic container.
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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#ShopLocal #BuyCanadian 🍁
Buy local or bye local.
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Rebecca enjoyed walks on the lawn, attended the White House’s annual Easter egg roll, and even accompanied the first family on vacation. Yet she still was caught 'rummaging around local garbage cans multiple times'.
You can try to make a #TrashPanda a pet, but... 🦝
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Happy American Thanksgiving! 🦃
A meme in the style of Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Want painting. A person carving a turkey says: So what are we thankful for? Three other adults at the table answer: My health. My family. That turkey. A child says: My toys. Another child, wearing a suit, says: This 2 year stock market bull run.
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Osage orange fruit. So cute but not edible.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
A photo of the spherical, bumpy, bright yellow-green fruit sitting on a wooden table.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Love this lobster trap tree! 🎄
mizkate.bsky.social Kate Pennington @mizkate.bsky.social · 4d
I'm waiting until after Thanksgiving to put up my own decorations, but it's fun to see some early decor around town. This lobster trap tree is at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.
A stack of lobster traps arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree, with buoys hanging as ornaments and a star on top.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Arugula. Also known as 'lawn lettuce'.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
Photo of a bed of arugula with a few yellow blossoms.
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Iron
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #TextureTuesday
Photo of a red-orange ductile iron grate made by Duracast™.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Echinacea
Fun fact: The name is derived from the Greek word ἐχῖνος, meaning "hedgehog", due to the spiny central disk.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
Photo of pink coneflowers in front of a wooden fence.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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#MondayMotivation
Cartoon by Bill Whitehead of a copy machine spewing copies of a flattened person wearing a beige shirt, red tie, blue pants, and a dazed expression. Another person is kneeling down, using a tool to open the bottom of the machine. A third person yells: Hang in there, Harrington! We'll get you out!
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention
Chorus, Henry V
#ShakespeareSunday #SkySunday
Photo of a pink sunrise over rooftops and trees.
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The Siebel Institute of Technology and World Brewing Academy is moving to Montreal: 'a vibrant, safe, and culturally rich environment for students, with world-class amenities and a thriving food and beverage scene'. 🍁
blockclubchi.bsky.social Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 7d
The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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For this week's challenge, I found six days of unloved boat photos, but I've run out. So here's a positive message from someone in my neighbourhood.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
Photo of chalk graffiti on a sidewalk that says I love you.
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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#Caturday
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Visitors not welcome.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
Photo of a moored houseboat with a sign on the door that says Keep Off.
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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This boat is not unloved by everyone.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #FeatheredFriday
Photo of a half-sunken boat that has become a perch for cormorants.
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Faith no more.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
Photo of a half-sunken boat that is named Faith.
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
Photo of a docked boat that is named The Other Wife.
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Definitely a national treasure! #BOTD #BookSky 🍁
Photo of my copies of MaddAddam, The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, The Heart Goes Last, and The Blind Assassin.
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
Photo of a docked boat that is named Dying Breed.
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Poor Elphaba. Unloved, based solely on the green colour of her skin.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
Photo of a docked boat that is named The Wicked.
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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#MondayMotivation
Meme by Meme me Rdgs. Problems that were overblown: quicksand, people offering me drugs, getting lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Problems I was not sufficiently warned about: arguing with robots about unexpected items in bagging areas, remembering all my passwords, existential dread.
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM