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Pandemonium Journal 17/12/22 — of necropolitical conspiracy theorists, authoritarians, & fascists (things as they are in Alberta and abroad)

17 December, 202218 December, 2022 janice williamsonLeave a comment

The bad guys and gals are winning too close to home.

Posted in Alberta, anti-racist feminism, China, climate catastrophe, CONservative Party of Canada, contagion, coronavirus, COVID-19, Danielle Smith, Edmonton, grief, healthcare, masks, pandemic, Pierre Pollievre, settler colonialism, the measure of things, UCP, Ukraine, United CONservative Party, USA

Pandemic Journal 8/1/2021 – Simone de Bébé

7 January, 202131 January, 2023 janice williamson2 Comments

Boxing Day 2020 It was a clear day. Warm for a city not too far south of the prairie taiga. The temperature had risen to just below freezing. This walk with Helen wound its way through Riverdale along the river. We stopped to investigate a perfectly round hole in a hollow tree, the work of… Continue reading Pandemic Journal 8/1/2021 – Simone de Bébé

Posted in adoption, an ethics of care, animals, childcare, climate catastrophe, clowning, COVID-19, Cyane, Demeter, Di Brandt, dog, Edmonton, friendship, grief, Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Isabel Huggan, Jay MacPherson, kinship, mythology, neighbours, North Saskatchewan River, Ovid’s Metaphorphosis, pain, pandemic, Persephone, Simone de Beauvoir, the measure of things

Pandemic Journal 4/7/2020 — On dreams in times of COVID

4 July, 20204 July, 2020 janice williamsonLeave a comment

Friends shared dreams & I realize mine have nothing to do with sustainable plots & everything to do with ampersands & flying around the world to wonderful galleries & architectural sites & amazing places. In the meantime I’m lucky to have my garden … & tolerant friends. My rear-view mirror fantasies remain impossible dreams in… Continue reading Pandemic Journal 4/7/2020 — On dreams in times of COVID

Posted in climate catastrophe, dream, friendship, gardens, sustainability

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