macphear
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Books, running, music YYC/PEI he/him
Great see Lennie Gallant live in Calgary
February 1, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Great see Lennie Gallant live in Calgary
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John Candy and Catherine O'Hara made the world a better place.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
John Candy and Catherine O'Hara made the world a better place.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Made it #100 Canadian Blood Services
January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Made it #100 Canadian Blood Services
It changed my life for sure!
On the off chance there are university students or prospective university students on this app, may I highly recommend wandering into your student newspaper's office?
A new section explaining how the Gazette works, from pitch to publication.
westerngazette.ca/our_newsroom...
westerngazette.ca/our_newsroom...
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
It changed my life for sure!
Childhood: The Hillsborough Now: The Bow
The Souris
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Childhood: The Hillsborough Now: The Bow
Here are my favourite reads from 2025. Really happy to say that the Giller and Booker winners were great this year. I read more more non-fiction than usual. Nice to see Ian McEwan back in top form.
December 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here are my favourite reads from 2025. Really happy to say that the Giller and Booker winners were great this year. I read more more non-fiction than usual. Nice to see Ian McEwan back in top form.
Listened to these new records on vinyl quite a lot this year. All acts I’ve enjoyed seeing live, most of them numerous times. Jason Isbell is the only new one this year. Great show at the Big Four during Stampede.
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Listened to these new records on vinyl quite a lot this year. All acts I’ve enjoyed seeing live, most of them numerous times. Jason Isbell is the only new one this year. Great show at the Big Four during Stampede.
Some great things from 2025:
-Graduated from UPEI (again) with a Master of Arts in Island Studies
-hosted my brother’s 40th birthday
-saw Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Jason Isbell, Stars, Sloan, Sheryl Crow live in concert
-built the new Lego Enterprise with my son over holidays
-Graduated from UPEI (again) with a Master of Arts in Island Studies
-hosted my brother’s 40th birthday
-saw Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Jason Isbell, Stars, Sloan, Sheryl Crow live in concert
-built the new Lego Enterprise with my son over holidays
2025 was a wild (and often negative) ride. But let's not focus on the negative. What was one good thing that stood out for you?
I'll go first with a couple:
★ Had a great vacation with my kids in Halifax.
★ Had a blast interviewing Steven Mayoff on his new poetry collection
★ Biking with my son
I'll go first with a couple:
★ Had a great vacation with my kids in Halifax.
★ Had a blast interviewing Steven Mayoff on his new poetry collection
★ Biking with my son
December 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Some great things from 2025:
-Graduated from UPEI (again) with a Master of Arts in Island Studies
-hosted my brother’s 40th birthday
-saw Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Jason Isbell, Stars, Sloan, Sheryl Crow live in concert
-built the new Lego Enterprise with my son over holidays
-Graduated from UPEI (again) with a Master of Arts in Island Studies
-hosted my brother’s 40th birthday
-saw Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Jason Isbell, Stars, Sloan, Sheryl Crow live in concert
-built the new Lego Enterprise with my son over holidays
Was lucky enough to get this new Hingston and Olson creation in my stocking; 12 stories for the 12 days of Christmas. Nice to start a new tradition!
December 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Was lucky enough to get this new Hingston and Olson creation in my stocking; 12 stories for the 12 days of Christmas. Nice to start a new tradition!
Merry Christmas everyone! Thankful for the gift of stories…and good coffee.
December 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Merry Christmas everyone! Thankful for the gift of stories…and good coffee.
This helped make one of the funnest Christmases in awhile.
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This helped make one of the funnest Christmases in awhile.
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Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
I’m rereading my Hingston and Olson Short Story Advent Calendar from 2015 which is full of treasures including today’s story which was originally in Taddle Creek.
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m rereading my Hingston and Olson Short Story Advent Calendar from 2015 which is full of treasures including today’s story which was originally in Taddle Creek.
There’s no place like home. Happy to be back volunteering with ATP over the holidays.
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There’s no place like home. Happy to be back volunteering with ATP over the holidays.
Enjoyed hearing Margaret Atwood and Heather O’Neill in conversation this week.
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Enjoyed hearing Margaret Atwood and Heather O’Neill in conversation this week.
Sometimes you just have to begin again. After 10 years the annual www.hingstonandolsen.com advent calendar has changed format to 12 days of Xmas. Luckily I’ve kept the whole set.
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sometimes you just have to begin again. After 10 years the annual www.hingstonandolsen.com advent calendar has changed format to 12 days of Xmas. Luckily I’ve kept the whole set.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Megadeth
Weird Al
City and Colour
Hey Rosetta!
July Talk
Megadeth
Weird Al
City and Colour
Hey Rosetta!
July Talk
Introduce yourself wit five concerts you’ve seen
Wilco
Zappa Plays Zappa
Joel Plaskett
Pearl jam
Matt Mays
Wilco
Zappa Plays Zappa
Joel Plaskett
Pearl jam
Matt Mays
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
The movie that takes place where you’re from.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The movie that takes place where you’re from.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
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This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.
This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.
'What I found in Lucy Maud Montgomery's pages was thrilling': Antonio of Green Gables | CBC Books
The Next Chapter's Trinidadian Canadian host recently travelled to the inaugural Cavendish Literary Festival in P.E.I. There, he visited Lucy Maud Montgomery's Cavendish home and fostered a new-found ...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.
This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.