@cathyburrellauthor.bsky.social
Author-“Why Are You So-“ available through Friesenpress.com I write about my family. Canadian-Ukrainian. I’ve lived in 3 Provinces and 1 Territory. 🇨🇦www.cathyburrell.com
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It’s been an incredible year! I signed books from Victoria2Winnipeg&ended in Abbotsford🇨🇦 my memoir ‘Why Are You So-‘ is available in Libraries&bookstores from Coast To Coast to Coast🇨🇦 In the US and in the UK.If you have a ‘reader of stories’ in your life? Here’s mine @friesenpress.bsky.social
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It's 4pm and Nora has finally deigned to emerge from her cozy bed nest and join me in the recovery sofa. No sign of Meenie yet.
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's 4pm and Nora has finally deigned to emerge from her cozy bed nest and join me in the recovery sofa. No sign of Meenie yet.
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Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
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#Mondaymonday #mondayface #cats #hedgewatch #closeup #inyourface
every picture tells a story (or two, or three…)
every picture tells a story (or two, or three…)
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#Mondaymonday #mondayface #cats #hedgewatch #closeup #inyourface
every picture tells a story (or two, or three…)
every picture tells a story (or two, or three…)
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He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. ~Anaïs Nin
December 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. ~Anaïs Nin
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These poor STARVÈD babies suffering from the lack of second breakfast while mother viciously ignores them to play on her phone. A cruel, cruel mother indeed to need such reminding as her babies WASTE AWAY. 🤣
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
These poor STARVÈD babies suffering from the lack of second breakfast while mother viciously ignores them to play on her phone. A cruel, cruel mother indeed to need such reminding as her babies WASTE AWAY. 🤣
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🇨🇦 Montreal police to 'increase vigilance' after mass shooting at Hanukkah event in Australia.
"We are in direct contact with leaders of the Jewish community & are listening to their concerns," wrote the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"We are in direct contact with leaders of the Jewish community & are listening to their concerns," wrote the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Montreal police to 'increase vigilance' after mass shooting at Hanukkah event in Australia | CBC News
Montreal police said they will increase their vigilance and visibility in areas where Jewish neighbourhood celebrations are taking place until the end of Hanukkah after a mass shooting in Australia.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🇨🇦 Montreal police to 'increase vigilance' after mass shooting at Hanukkah event in Australia.
"We are in direct contact with leaders of the Jewish community & are listening to their concerns," wrote the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"We are in direct contact with leaders of the Jewish community & are listening to their concerns," wrote the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Hello #HistBookChat folks!
A variation of my annual 'top ten books (I've read) this year' list - the #TenBooksOfChristmas (I've read this year)!
Let's start with Book 1 of the year...
A variation of my annual 'top ten books (I've read) this year' list - the #TenBooksOfChristmas (I've read this year)!
Let's start with Book 1 of the year...
a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
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December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hello #HistBookChat folks!
A variation of my annual 'top ten books (I've read) this year' list - the #TenBooksOfChristmas (I've read this year)!
Let's start with Book 1 of the year...
A variation of my annual 'top ten books (I've read) this year' list - the #TenBooksOfChristmas (I've read this year)!
Let's start with Book 1 of the year...
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Happy #MountainMonday
#EastCoastKin #photography #scape #landscape #travel #BlueSkyMonday #nature #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin #photography #scape #landscape #travel #BlueSkyMonday #nature #PhotographersOfBlueSky
December 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🇨🇦Canada's inflation rate stayed flat in November but grocery prices grew at the fastest pace in nearly 2 years.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canada's inflation rate stayed flat in November | CBC News
Canada's annual inflation rate was unchanged at 2.2 per cent in November, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🇨🇦Canada's inflation rate stayed flat in November but grocery prices grew at the fastest pace in nearly 2 years.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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A beautiful post from @artemiskellogg.bsky.social :
Sleep softly
Under iridescent skies.
Our dreams,
Our peace,
Our reveries
Are the new becomings.
Happy #BlueSkyMonday, dear friends! 💙
#EastCoastKin #AtmosphericOptics
#ImageAndVerse #photography
#PhotographersofBlueSky #poetry
Under iridescent skies.
Our dreams,
Our peace,
Our reveries
Are the new becomings.
Happy #BlueSkyMonday, dear friends! 💙
#EastCoastKin #AtmosphericOptics
#ImageAndVerse #photography
#PhotographersofBlueSky #poetry
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A beautiful post from @artemiskellogg.bsky.social :
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Finished writing a book. :)
December 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Finished writing a book. :)
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#MosaicMonday with this one of the four chariot teams at Palazzo Massimo! We see a member of each of the Green, Red, White and Blue teams with their horses.
First half of the 3rd Century AD, from Rome, cubiculum of the Villa of the Severi, Baccano locality, 16m along Via Cassia.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
First half of the 3rd Century AD, from Rome, cubiculum of the Villa of the Severi, Baccano locality, 16m along Via Cassia.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#MosaicMonday with this one of the four chariot teams at Palazzo Massimo! We see a member of each of the Green, Red, White and Blue teams with their horses.
First half of the 3rd Century AD, from Rome, cubiculum of the Villa of the Severi, Baccano locality, 16m along Via Cassia.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
First half of the 3rd Century AD, from Rome, cubiculum of the Villa of the Severi, Baccano locality, 16m along Via Cassia.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
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I finally finished crocheting this Christmas stocking I started in November!
I've never made anything sock-like before, and I was completely unfamiliar with mosaic crochet, but the pattern came with a super helpful video tutorial! Very happy with how it came out!
I've never made anything sock-like before, and I was completely unfamiliar with mosaic crochet, but the pattern came with a super helpful video tutorial! Very happy with how it came out!
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I finally finished crocheting this Christmas stocking I started in November!
I've never made anything sock-like before, and I was completely unfamiliar with mosaic crochet, but the pattern came with a super helpful video tutorial! Very happy with how it came out!
I've never made anything sock-like before, and I was completely unfamiliar with mosaic crochet, but the pattern came with a super helpful video tutorial! Very happy with how it came out!
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Playing pretend that hoomom left me out in a snow bank in 7 degree weather. Read deal is me cuddled on the bed. Not moving for a while 😸 Hoomom made thumbprint cookies with sour cherry jam from a local Michigan orchard. Best cookies ever. Stay warm gang. Love & hugs from my family ❄️💙❄️
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Playing pretend that hoomom left me out in a snow bank in 7 degree weather. Read deal is me cuddled on the bed. Not moving for a while 😸 Hoomom made thumbprint cookies with sour cherry jam from a local Michigan orchard. Best cookies ever. Stay warm gang. Love & hugs from my family ❄️💙❄️
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The curator Pepa @pepaortga.bsky.social shares a number of great paintings by the artist Pilar Montaner today.
To see them all, just click on her name above and see her wonderful Media feed!
To see them all, just click on her name above and see her wonderful Media feed!
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The curator Pepa @pepaortga.bsky.social shares a number of great paintings by the artist Pilar Montaner today.
To see them all, just click on her name above and see her wonderful Media feed!
To see them all, just click on her name above and see her wonderful Media feed!
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Fun morning on Lake Huron
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fun morning on Lake Huron
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December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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This is what happens when it is arctic fricking cold outside, and I find some bananas I had forgotten about in the freezer.
December 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is what happens when it is arctic fricking cold outside, and I find some bananas I had forgotten about in the freezer.
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Home made Mac and cheese requires mustard and I will not elaborate or tolerate disagreements
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Home made Mac and cheese requires mustard and I will not elaborate or tolerate disagreements
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12/14/1885 — b. Ethel Browne Harvey, American biologist, embryologist, and independent researcher. An international cell biologist renowned for discovering the mechanisms of cell division #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BioSky #SciSky #HistSci #BOTD
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
12/14/1885 — b. Ethel Browne Harvey, American biologist, embryologist, and independent researcher. An international cell biologist renowned for discovering the mechanisms of cell division #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BioSky #SciSky #HistSci #BOTD
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Fieldfares, Linnets and others on a rare sunny morning on the Cleveland Way Path along the edge of the North York Moors in the northeast of England. Pen and watercolour drawings from my own reference photos.
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#artAdventCalendar
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#artAdventCalendar
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Fieldfares, Linnets and others on a rare sunny morning on the Cleveland Way Path along the edge of the North York Moors in the northeast of England. Pen and watercolour drawings from my own reference photos.
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#artAdventCalendar
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#artAdventCalendar
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December 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM