Trevor J. Adams
@trevorjadams.bsky.social
Canadian, Nova Scotian, Haligonian. Editor-in-Chief, Saltscapes Magazine/Advocate Media. Author of Long Shots (Nimbus Publishing). 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰
Good morning! 1.5 weeks until Christmas vacation, so tucking into the holiday playlist. "Thank God it's them instead of you" remains an odd lyric, but this one is nostalgic fun.
Do They Know it's Christmas Band Aid 1984 lyrics onscreen
YouTube video by youtube fan
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December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good morning! 1.5 weeks until Christmas vacation, so tucking into the holiday playlist. "Thank God it's them instead of you" remains an odd lyric, but this one is nostalgic fun.
Reposted by Trevor J. Adams
Night Snow
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Night Snow
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
How to celebrate the holidays like a Saltscaper — Vernon Oickle explores Belsnickling, Apuknajit, first-footing, and Tibb’s Eve.
How to celebrate the holidays like a Saltscaper - Saltscapes Magazine
Belsnickling, Apuknajit, first-footing, and Tibb’s Eve
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December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
How to celebrate the holidays like a Saltscaper — Vernon Oickle explores Belsnickling, Apuknajit, first-footing, and Tibb’s Eve.
Greetings, new American followers, apparently arriving in response to a post about Wayne Gretzky. You'll find I discuss your country and its strange politics as little as possible, but if you dig hockey, beer, music, books, and history, all with a heavy Atlantic Canadian focus, welcome aboard.
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Greetings, new American followers, apparently arriving in response to a post about Wayne Gretzky. You'll find I discuss your country and its strange politics as little as possible, but if you dig hockey, beer, music, books, and history, all with a heavy Atlantic Canadian focus, welcome aboard.
This is the kind of day that separates the drivers with good winter tires from the drivers trying to get through another winter on their old all-seasons. Learn more in my recent Saltscapes story.
‘Every hour can be different’ - Saltscapes Magazine
The fundamentals don’t change but an Atlantic Canadian winter brings daunting new challenges for first-time drivers
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December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is the kind of day that separates the drivers with good winter tires from the drivers trying to get through another winter on their old all-seasons. Learn more in my recent Saltscapes story.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Good morning! Feeling kind of festive out there today
Johnny Cash - I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day (Official Audio)
YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO
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December 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Good morning! Feeling kind of festive out there today
Weekend Nova Scotian beer and cider highlights. Revolution is probably my single favourite local brew.
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Weekend Nova Scotian beer and cider highlights. Revolution is probably my single favourite local brew.
“You just have to say, ‘My childhood hero is a MAGA bro’ and move on.”
Wake up, Canada: Wayne Gretzky is MAGA - Toronto Life
How many friendly golf games will it take for us to accept the obvious?
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December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“You just have to say, ‘My childhood hero is a MAGA bro’ and move on.”
100% smoke free since early July. I'm not going to claim it was easy, but it wasn't nearly as difficult as I expected, which has been a pleasant surprise. If I had known it was going to go this way, I would have done it a decade ago.
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
100% smoke free since early July. I'm not going to claim it was easy, but it wasn't nearly as difficult as I expected, which has been a pleasant surprise. If I had known it was going to go this way, I would have done it a decade ago.
An epic battle of wits in which both sides forgot to bring any wit whatsoever. (Or do anything in service of their country, which is their actual jobs.) Also, I had entirely forgotten that Michelle Rempel Whatever even exists.
'You are a very bad minister,' Conservative immigration critic says at tense committee meeting | CBC News
Immigration Minister Lena Diab sparred with her Conservative critic at a tense House of Commons committee meeting Thursday as the two disagreed on everything from immigration levels and deporting non-...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
An epic battle of wits in which both sides forgot to bring any wit whatsoever. (Or do anything in service of their country, which is their actual jobs.) Also, I had entirely forgotten that Michelle Rempel Whatever even exists.
Brewing Change: Atlantic Canadian coffee shops bring people together and create opportunities. Recent Saltscapes feature by Andrea Perchotte. (No paywall)
Brewing change - Saltscapes Magazine
Atlantic Canadian cafés bring people together and create opportunities
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December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Brewing Change: Atlantic Canadian coffee shops bring people together and create opportunities. Recent Saltscapes feature by Andrea Perchotte. (No paywall)
Rolling into Friday with a festive vibe and the mandatory Roger Whittaker album.
Roger Whittaker - The Holly and Ivy (1995)
YouTube video by Mr. Whittaker's Music
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December 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rolling into Friday with a festive vibe and the mandatory Roger Whittaker album.
Someone on our street has a bumper sticker that says “Katy Perry saw your flag.” I appreciate a person who custom orders a bumper sticker to troll their right-wing neighbours.
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Someone on our street has a bumper sticker that says “Katy Perry saw your flag.” I appreciate a person who custom orders a bumper sticker to troll their right-wing neighbours.
Bit fresh out, wha?
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Bit fresh out, wha?
Saltscapes is locally owned, locally written, and locally published — a subscription is unique Christmas gift that supports East Coast creators.
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Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Unique Retail, Healthy Living.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Saltscapes is locally owned, locally written, and locally published — a subscription is unique Christmas gift that supports East Coast creators.
Castles Made of Sand — As sea levels continue to rise, endangering homes and a vital link between provinces, people call out for government leadership and action on the climate crisis. Recent Saltscapes feature by Jeremy Hull. (No paywall)
Castles made of sand - Saltscapes Magazine
Sea levels rise, endangering Atlantic Canada’s coasts and a vital link between provinces
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December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Castles Made of Sand — As sea levels continue to rise, endangering homes and a vital link between provinces, people call out for government leadership and action on the climate crisis. Recent Saltscapes feature by Jeremy Hull. (No paywall)
Deckin' those halls — Saltscapes gardening columnist Jodi DeLong shares festive plants for your halls, walkways, mantles, tabletops, and beyond. (No paywall)
Deckin’ those halls - Saltscapes Magazine
Festive plants for your halls, walkways, mantles, tabletops, and beyond
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December 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Deckin' those halls — Saltscapes gardening columnist Jodi DeLong shares festive plants for your halls, walkways, mantles, tabletops, and beyond. (No paywall)
Good morning! I have recently discovered Electric Callboy and the surreal and rewarding world of — I don't even know what you call it — German dance metal, I guess? Anywho, here's the audio equivalent of a double espresso.
Electric Callboy - WE GOT THE MOVES (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Electric Callboy
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December 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Good morning! I have recently discovered Electric Callboy and the surreal and rewarding world of — I don't even know what you call it — German dance metal, I guess? Anywho, here's the audio equivalent of a double espresso.
Nova Scotia Power reports 107 service failures affecting 28,514 ratepayers. Weather is a mix of seasonal rain, sleet, and wind gusts, all typical for early December.
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Nova Scotia Power reports 107 service failures affecting 28,514 ratepayers. Weather is a mix of seasonal rain, sleet, and wind gusts, all typical for early December.
Off to do the thing — In his final column for Saltscapes, Alec Bruce muses on staying curious and moving forward.
Off to do the thing - Saltscapes Magazine
On staying curious and moving forward
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December 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Off to do the thing — In his final column for Saltscapes, Alec Bruce muses on staying curious and moving forward.
Canada should engage in no negotiations of any sort with a country that disrespects Franklin the Turtle.
a man says " the line must be drawn here "
ALT: a man says " the line must be drawn here "
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December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Canada should engage in no negotiations of any sort with a country that disrespects Franklin the Turtle.
Reposted by Trevor J. Adams
The Changing Face of Death and Dying: From aquamation to mourning jewelry, death can be as distinctive as the deceased. Recent Saltscapes feature by Denise Flint. (No paywall)
The changing face of death and dying - Saltscapes Magazine
From aquamation to mourning jewelry, death can be as distinctive as the deceased
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November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Changing Face of Death and Dying: From aquamation to mourning jewelry, death can be as distinctive as the deceased. Recent Saltscapes feature by Denise Flint. (No paywall)
Our health-care system has flaws but the thrust of his complaint is that our system isn't like the American system, so it seems unlikely there would've been any way for him to be happy here.
American podiatrist leaving Nova Scotia over bureaucratic frustrations | CBC News
A U.S. podiatrist says he is leaving the province because his patients have to wait years to see a surgeon for procedures on their feet, even though he's trained to do the procedures in his clinic.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our health-care system has flaws but the thrust of his complaint is that our system isn't like the American system, so it seems unlikely there would've been any way for him to be happy here.
Continuing towards Christmas with Sarah McLachlan and the Barenaked Ladies.
Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlan - God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings
YouTube video by 3Decades
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December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Continuing towards Christmas with Sarah McLachlan and the Barenaked Ladies.