@northstory.bsky.social
I'm a musician and writer living on the East Coast of Canada with my family. Human rights advocate on affordable housing, poverty reduction, and climate change.
Actual colour of an autumn sky.
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Actual colour of an autumn sky.
Petrichor, my love
where have you been?
this long fire year.
All through the salt hours of night
and paths cracked grieving you,
gone
Too many steps
crackle,
sky bled out
bleaching
lips that should be
red from kisses
where have you been?
this long fire year.
All through the salt hours of night
and paths cracked grieving you,
gone
Too many steps
crackle,
sky bled out
bleaching
lips that should be
red from kisses
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Petrichor, my love
where have you been?
this long fire year.
All through the salt hours of night
and paths cracked grieving you,
gone
Too many steps
crackle,
sky bled out
bleaching
lips that should be
red from kisses
where have you been?
this long fire year.
All through the salt hours of night
and paths cracked grieving you,
gone
Too many steps
crackle,
sky bled out
bleaching
lips that should be
red from kisses
Keats just gets it sometimes.
"When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;"
"When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;"
September 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Keats just gets it sometimes.
"When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;"
"When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;"
Good morning, Bluesky. Trying to resurface here.
A bit of Yeats.
"I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
~The lake isle of Innisfree~
A bit of Yeats.
"I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
~The lake isle of Innisfree~
September 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Good morning, Bluesky. Trying to resurface here.
A bit of Yeats.
"I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
~The lake isle of Innisfree~
A bit of Yeats.
"I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
~The lake isle of Innisfree~
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"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap."
— Cynthia Heimel
— Cynthia Heimel
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap."
— Cynthia Heimel
— Cynthia Heimel
Because a ghost was burning in my head
I went down to the river
where water stretched
swallowed light
and air smelled of wet matches.
and there, by smoke, I found it in the sedge:
the final page
I shoved with
bleeding hands into mire
and hoped it gone.
I went down to the river
where water stretched
swallowed light
and air smelled of wet matches.
and there, by smoke, I found it in the sedge:
the final page
I shoved with
bleeding hands into mire
and hoped it gone.
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Because a ghost was burning in my head
I went down to the river
where water stretched
swallowed light
and air smelled of wet matches.
and there, by smoke, I found it in the sedge:
the final page
I shoved with
bleeding hands into mire
and hoped it gone.
I went down to the river
where water stretched
swallowed light
and air smelled of wet matches.
and there, by smoke, I found it in the sedge:
the final page
I shoved with
bleeding hands into mire
and hoped it gone.
The things my hands know (only you matter)
and can find In the dark and, as notes on frets as silent feet through rooms loved I find
always you
and can find In the dark and, as notes on frets as silent feet through rooms loved I find
always you
May 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The things my hands know (only you matter)
and can find In the dark and, as notes on frets as silent feet through rooms loved I find
always you
and can find In the dark and, as notes on frets as silent feet through rooms loved I find
always you
In spaces in pines
Time twists and
Climbs from cracks in
roots from centuries
To gaps in the branches
Where leaves renew
Weary stars
Lose light
Time twists and
Climbs from cracks in
roots from centuries
To gaps in the branches
Where leaves renew
Weary stars
Lose light
May 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In spaces in pines
Time twists and
Climbs from cracks in
roots from centuries
To gaps in the branches
Where leaves renew
Weary stars
Lose light
Time twists and
Climbs from cracks in
roots from centuries
To gaps in the branches
Where leaves renew
Weary stars
Lose light
if there was a space between the wish
and this scrape
of stiffened feather on
thermal
and soar
and float
it is here, in the words
the shape of a wing
and this scrape
of stiffened feather on
thermal
and soar
and float
it is here, in the words
the shape of a wing
May 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
if there was a space between the wish
and this scrape
of stiffened feather on
thermal
and soar
and float
it is here, in the words
the shape of a wing
and this scrape
of stiffened feather on
thermal
and soar
and float
it is here, in the words
the shape of a wing
April 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Anyone out there routinely answer bird-calls because you're subliminally worried their feelings will be hurt if you leave them on read?
Me neither 👀
Me neither 👀
April 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Anyone out there routinely answer bird-calls because you're subliminally worried their feelings will be hurt if you leave them on read?
Me neither 👀
Me neither 👀
"Down, down to goblin town
Down, down to goblin town
Down, down to goblin town
You go my lad
Ho ho my lad"
~Goblins; Trump economy~
Down, down to goblin town
Down, down to goblin town
You go my lad
Ho ho my lad"
~Goblins; Trump economy~
April 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Down, down to goblin town
Down, down to goblin town
Down, down to goblin town
You go my lad
Ho ho my lad"
~Goblins; Trump economy~
Down, down to goblin town
Down, down to goblin town
You go my lad
Ho ho my lad"
~Goblins; Trump economy~
White shall not neutralize the black, nor good
Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:
Life's business being just the terrible choice.
~Robert Browning~ "The Ring and the Book"
Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:
Life's business being just the terrible choice.
~Robert Browning~ "The Ring and the Book"
April 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
White shall not neutralize the black, nor good
Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:
Life's business being just the terrible choice.
~Robert Browning~ "The Ring and the Book"
Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:
Life's business being just the terrible choice.
~Robert Browning~ "The Ring and the Book"
Watching Lutnick desperately warn other countries not to respond to tariffs.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
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www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
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Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick: Won't be effective for the world to retaliate against Trump tariffs
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss President Trump's sweeping tariffs, the administration's tariff formula, impact on global trade, when to expect concessions or retaliato...
www.cnbc.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Watching Lutnick desperately warn other countries not to respond to tariffs.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
He shall step, he
will shape, he
is already also
moving off
into the soil, on to his own bones
~Charles Olsen~ "In cold hell in thicket"
will shape, he
is already also
moving off
into the soil, on to his own bones
~Charles Olsen~ "In cold hell in thicket"
April 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
He shall step, he
will shape, he
is already also
moving off
into the soil, on to his own bones
~Charles Olsen~ "In cold hell in thicket"
will shape, he
is already also
moving off
into the soil, on to his own bones
~Charles Olsen~ "In cold hell in thicket"
Reposted
Climbing over fences, blooming in the shadows
Places that you can't see
Coming through the melody when the night bird sings
Love is a wild thing
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLyrics
#BloomScrolling
Places that you can't see
Coming through the melody when the night bird sings
Love is a wild thing
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLyrics
#BloomScrolling
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Climbing over fences, blooming in the shadows
Places that you can't see
Coming through the melody when the night bird sings
Love is a wild thing
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLyrics
#BloomScrolling
Places that you can't see
Coming through the melody when the night bird sings
Love is a wild thing
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLyrics
#BloomScrolling
I'm ok with winter in Rural Canada. No, really, I am! I'm all ready to shovel and salt to run Saturday errands...
...Wasn't counting on needing a chainsaw though.
...Wasn't counting on needing a chainsaw though.
March 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm ok with winter in Rural Canada. No, really, I am! I'm all ready to shovel and salt to run Saturday errands...
...Wasn't counting on needing a chainsaw though.
...Wasn't counting on needing a chainsaw though.
Reposted
This is lovely.
Volume up! New #TheWaterboys single
- I DON'T KNOW HOW I MADE IT -
Co-lead vocal: Taylor Goldsmith of @dawestheband
B/w photos by Dennis Hopper. Best on full screen
First minute below. Full song youtu.be/VsX2hbPP3PE
Album 4 April, pre-order: linktr.ee/DennisHopper
- I DON'T KNOW HOW I MADE IT -
Co-lead vocal: Taylor Goldsmith of @dawestheband
B/w photos by Dennis Hopper. Best on full screen
First minute below. Full song youtu.be/VsX2hbPP3PE
Album 4 April, pre-order: linktr.ee/DennisHopper
March 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is lovely.
And I slept under the strangest skies, and under them dreamed...
March 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And I slept under the strangest skies, and under them dreamed...
Reposted
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
Trudeau has been effective in the last weeks. With no election before him, he's bolder and more principled.
March 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trudeau has been effective in the last weeks. With no election before him, he's bolder and more principled.
Winning the lottery sounds nice,
But have you ever been pouring seed into the bird feeder and had a chickadee land on you??
Best. Morning.
But have you ever been pouring seed into the bird feeder and had a chickadee land on you??
Best. Morning.
February 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Winning the lottery sounds nice,
But have you ever been pouring seed into the bird feeder and had a chickadee land on you??
Best. Morning.
But have you ever been pouring seed into the bird feeder and had a chickadee land on you??
Best. Morning.
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Ads telling people to get a flu shot save lives.
RFK Jr just ended them. Not because they aren’t effective, but because he chooses to ignore science. He claims to be open to new information, but he’s lying; he made up his mind many years ago.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr just ended them. Not because they aren’t effective, but because he chooses to ignore science. He claims to be open to new information, but he’s lying; he made up his mind many years ago.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. promptly cancels vaccine advisory meeting, pulls flu shot campaign
Kennedy is reportedly planning to remove agency vaccine advisers, too.
arstechnica.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ads telling people to get a flu shot save lives.
RFK Jr just ended them. Not because they aren’t effective, but because he chooses to ignore science. He claims to be open to new information, but he’s lying; he made up his mind many years ago.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr just ended them. Not because they aren’t effective, but because he chooses to ignore science. He claims to be open to new information, but he’s lying; he made up his mind many years ago.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Beauty isn't a luxury. We need it like oxygen.
W.B.Yeats "Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven"
W.B.Yeats "Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven"
February 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Beauty isn't a luxury. We need it like oxygen.
W.B.Yeats "Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven"
W.B.Yeats "Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven"