Lynette Adams
@lynetteadams.bsky.social
Writer, knitter, travelling petsitter 🇨🇦
https://itinerantcatlady.substack.com/
https://itinerantcatlady.substack.com/
In the wake of her landing a lead role in a new Netflix series based in Newfoundland, I chatted with @willowkean.bsky.social for CBC NL.
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N.L. actor lands lead role in N.L.-based Netflix series | CBC News
Willow Kean calls it the role of a lifetime.
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September 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In the wake of her landing a lead role in a new Netflix series based in Newfoundland, I chatted with @willowkean.bsky.social for CBC NL.
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It's become apparent to me that the folks who ban books either haven't read them at all or just can't stop reading them. Which one are you?
August 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's become apparent to me that the folks who ban books either haven't read them at all or just can't stop reading them. Which one are you?
My latest for CBC NL: I chatted with Steph Kennedy about her transition from HR to neurodiversity coaching and counselling.
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This former HR professional helps neurodivergent adults navigate their work lives | CBC News
Stephanie Kennedy runs a coaching practice called Navigating Neurodiversity, where she helps neurodiverse people of all ages develop individual strategies to navigate their own work and school lives.
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August 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My latest for CBC NL: I chatted with Steph Kennedy about her transition from HR to neurodiversity coaching and counselling.
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My experience of the Newfoundland wildfires has some weird parallels with the 2020 lockdowns.
March 2020 vibes
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March 2020 vibes
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March 2020 vibes
Content warning: This one’s about the Newfoundland wildfires.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My experience of the Newfoundland wildfires has some weird parallels with the 2020 lockdowns.
March 2020 vibes
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March 2020 vibes
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Here it is, the final chapter in my epic story of that one dumb night when my petsitting travel plans got dashed by the border agents in Gatwick Airport.
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That night I spent in border detention
Part 5 of 5: What happened after
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August 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Here it is, the final chapter in my epic story of that one dumb night when my petsitting travel plans got dashed by the border agents in Gatwick Airport.
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TLDR: Humiliation aside, with the police escorts, skip-the-line boarding, and bespoke seating arrangement, my flight away from the UK was by far the most comfortable air travel experience of my budget-travelling life.
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That night I spent in UK border detention
Part 4: The flight back to Malaga
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August 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
TLDR: Humiliation aside, with the police escorts, skip-the-line boarding, and bespoke seating arrangement, my flight away from the UK was by far the most comfortable air travel experience of my budget-travelling life.
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This week, it’s Part 3 of my story about the time I was denied entry into the UK because my free petsitting was determined to be “payment in kind” and therefore an illegal entry.
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That night I spent in border detention
Part 3: The bargaining phase
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July 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, it’s Part 3 of my story about the time I was denied entry into the UK because my free petsitting was determined to be “payment in kind” and therefore an illegal entry.
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Over on Substack, I’m telling the story about how I was detained and denied entry into the UK because I was petsitting. Part 2 just went up this morning.
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That night I spent in border detention
Part 2: How did I get here?
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July 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Over on Substack, I’m telling the story about how I was detained and denied entry into the UK because I was petsitting. Part 2 just went up this morning.
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I think what that Coldplay cam has revealed is how much we appreciate people capable of feeling shame.
July 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I think what that Coldplay cam has revealed is how much we appreciate people capable of feeling shame.
It’s still my Substack birthday month, so here’s another free post from the archives. It’s about how changing locations can trigger a sense of detachment from reality.
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Threshold times
Changing houses makes me come untethered
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June 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s still my Substack birthday month, so here’s another free post from the archives. It’s about how changing locations can trigger a sense of detachment from reality.
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This week, I’m thinking about jellyfish and koalas and the window separating this cat in here from that bird out there, and what all of that has to do with my sense of safety.
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Coming to our senses
Confession: This past spring, I caused the demise of two purple jellyfish on two consecutive days.
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June 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This week, I’m thinking about jellyfish and koalas and the window separating this cat in here from that bird out there, and what all of that has to do with my sense of safety.
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Here's another free post to celebrate my Substack birthday.
I’m a travelling petsitter who has lived without a fixed address for more than a decade. Here’s how I got started, plus some links to help you get started, too.
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I’m a travelling petsitter who has lived without a fixed address for more than a decade. Here’s how I got started, plus some links to help you get started, too.
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Petsitting travel: how I got started
Plus some links to help you get you started
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June 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Here's another free post to celebrate my Substack birthday.
I’m a travelling petsitter who has lived without a fixed address for more than a decade. Here’s how I got started, plus some links to help you get started, too.
open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
I’m a travelling petsitter who has lived without a fixed address for more than a decade. Here’s how I got started, plus some links to help you get started, too.
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Independent wealth is an empty promise. I think the security we're striving for may be found in community.
Read my new piece on Medium.
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Read my new piece on Medium.
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The community economy
The empty promise of independence and a new way to think about wealth
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June 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Independent wealth is an empty promise. I think the security we're striving for may be found in community.
Read my new piece on Medium.
medium.com/@klynetteada...
Read my new piece on Medium.
medium.com/@klynetteada...
At what point does mythology end and history begin? This week, I’m exploring that messy space where mythology and history co-exist.
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Time out of mind
I have it on some kind of authority (i.e., a Greek person told me) that the land where Ancient Olympia exists today used to be below sea level.
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June 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
At what point does mythology end and history begin? This week, I’m exploring that messy space where mythology and history co-exist.
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What's the difference between a rock and a stone, and what does any of it have to do with any of us? That's where I'm going in today's Itinerant Cat Lady.
Also, June is my Substack birthday, so I've added free access to the piece that started it all 2 years ago.
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Also, June is my Substack birthday, so I've added free access to the piece that started it all 2 years ago.
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Between rock and stone
If you ever find yourself walking by the sea from Igalo to Herceg Novi, stop for a coffee at the place that used to be a train station.
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June 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What's the difference between a rock and a stone, and what does any of it have to do with any of us? That's where I'm going in today's Itinerant Cat Lady.
Also, June is my Substack birthday, so I've added free access to the piece that started it all 2 years ago.
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Also, June is my Substack birthday, so I've added free access to the piece that started it all 2 years ago.
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June is my 2-year Substack anniversary. What started as place for tips on petsitting and travel has evolved into an exploration of ideas around place, precarity, and belonging.
This is the post that started it all.
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This is the post that started it all.
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A simple checklist for day one
Only the basics until you get your bearings
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May 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
June is my 2-year Substack anniversary. What started as place for tips on petsitting and travel has evolved into an exploration of ideas around place, precarity, and belonging.
This is the post that started it all.
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This is the post that started it all.
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Because that Pimsleur Croatian course and Gibonni lyrics can only get me so far with learning the Montenegrin language.
May 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Because that Pimsleur Croatian course and Gibonni lyrics can only get me so far with learning the Montenegrin language.
Because calm makes strong.
And why not grin in the face of fascism, since they'd like us to weep and be feel helpless? #espritdecorps
“With all that’s going on in your country right now, how are you still smiling”?
“I have a knife between my teeth”.
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“I have a knife between my teeth”.
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May 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Because calm makes strong.
Petsitting for strangers is a strangely intimate relationship. Sometimes, I show up for a sit after the owners have left and then leave before they return. Sometimes it’s in a city I’ve never visited before. Here’s what that looks like.
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Sight unseen
I don't always meet the pet owners
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May 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Petsitting for strangers is a strangely intimate relationship. Sometimes, I show up for a sit after the owners have left and then leave before they return. Sometimes it’s in a city I’ve never visited before. Here’s what that looks like.
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Government should not be run like a business; it should be run like an HOA.
May 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Government should not be run like a business; it should be run like an HOA.
Making progress on Substack. Here's a link to my latest post:
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May 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Making progress on Substack. Here's a link to my latest post:
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This week's Itinerant Cat Lady is not for the squeamish--or maybe it is. I’m not proud of my freak-outs around creepy crawlies, but my highly developed nervous system is a thing of wonder.
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Creature (dis)comforts
This post has some minor spoilers for the third season of The White Lotus.
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May 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This week's Itinerant Cat Lady is not for the squeamish--or maybe it is. I’m not proud of my freak-outs around creepy crawlies, but my highly developed nervous system is a thing of wonder.
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