The Frogs Sing Loudly in Spring
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2021

Asif Kapadia Taking Over From Michael Apted to Conclude Landmark Brit Docuseries ‘7 Up’ The groundbreaking UK series 7 Up, that since 1964 has captured the lives of a group of Brits every seven years, is to conclude with 70 Up

The brilliant documentary series that began with ‘7 Up’ in 1964, is coming to an end.

steet photo a group of young girls, one of them is performing a dance, all are happy

East End girl, doing the Lambeth Walk
Bill Brandt, c. 1936

Carney secures majority government with sweep of 3 byelections | CBC

Carney has emerged as the de facto leader of the not-Trump west. Largely on the principle of keeping calm and carrying on - similar to this Pope. Refusing to enter Trump’s world of permachaos and focussing on short, medium and long term practicality seems to drive DT mad.

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The Fallen by Louise Brangan review – an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries The horrifying story of the Catholic-run institutions that incarcerated thousands of women and girls

“It is hard now to comprehend the moral climate of 20th-century Ireland, and the level of repression it imposed.”

Nice shot! (See what I did there. 😉)

April 13th: a good date for Irish writing

Samuel Beckett (1906)
Seamus Heaney (1939)

Ma este Európa szíve erősebben dobog Magyarországon.

Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.

An orchid still life. #flower #flowers #orchid #orchids

‘I’m not a commercial director – I’m not even a professional film-maker’: Jim Jarmusch on the seven-year journey to make his new film The 73-year-old has been at the cutting edge of US independent cinema since the 1980s. As Father Mother Sister Brother opens in the UK, he talks about grief, greed and ‘doing crazy shit’ with Steve Co...

“I’m blown away by watching films of all kinds. I love silent movies, too. They’re like dreams to me. I try to watch a film every day—and I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing to get to do. And then I fight to get to make my own films. I’m lucky, but I’m stubborn as hell as well.”

Cover shot of a book on a slight angle showing its spine and its shadow on a light gray background. The cover is bright yellow and white with red bold text that reads “END TIMES FASCISM” Additional text is in black and reads: And the Fight for the Living World The authors’ names follow in black text: Naomi Klein Astra Taylor

One year after our original essay appeared, @astra.bsky.social and I are thrilled to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World.

On bookshelves Sept 15th and now available for pre-order.

Canada: is.gd/RNravu
US: is.gd/U3nR3H

Nobody who actually lives near a conflict zone is asking if war was worth it. That question only gets asked from a safe distance

Recommended on Criterion Channel - @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social's film, "The Storms of Jeremy Thomas", a moving and contemplative vibes based hang with a figure who has been instrumental in so many of my favorite movies

Among the Separatists | The Tyee I wanted to learn the true target of their angry dreams. What I heard made me tremble for the Alberta I love.

@marcellodicintio.bsky.social: I wanted Canadians to understand that Alberta separatism, at its heart, isn’t motivated by equalization policies, Senate seats, carbon taxes or oil.

These tired complaints may ride shotgun on independence, but bigotry drives the truck. #canpoli #abpoli

Irish-language activist from Belfast appointed to advise Irish president Under the Irish constitution, the Council of State provides advice to the president.

Brilliant news.

“I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.”

Seamus Heaney

Gorgeous.

White stuff: capturing a land without colour – in pictures For six months out of 12, Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido is covered in snow. Elizabeth Sanjuan’s haunting images make the most of this monochrome landscape

“The drifting snow, the polar wind and the unvarying white pose a significant test for photographers. Can one make meaningful photographs in the absence of colour?”

Tipperary pub, Ireland, 1952, photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Remembering VIRGINIA WOOLF - who left us 85yrs ago today, aged 59,

Wow. How wonderful is this? Brilliant news, Paul. Congratulations! I look forward to reading the collection.

Heated Rivalry is so Quebec-coded With Heated Rivalry, Jacob Tierney has produced a series that is, in many ways, a very Quebec and Montreal product.

“In many ways, Tierney’s choices represent the evolution of Quebec’s English community: distinctly different from English speakers in the rest of Canada, and very much influenced by and attached to Quebec’s francophone culture.” @cultmtl.com
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Today is World Poetry Day.

69 Candles 🎂 today for the Oscar-winning SPIKE LEE

Israel's "Cutting the Grass" Disaster in Iran “Don’t fall for the regime change talk.

It's called "cutting the grass" - the Israeli policy of launching arbitrary bombing, assassination and invasions of their neighbours.
Trump got suckered into Israel's forever war and the result is an ever expanding catastrophe.
My latest:
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An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? Why the Irish language is ‘having a moment’ | CBC Radio Do you speak Irish? A growing number of people are picking up Ireland’s native language, both inside the country and here in Canada.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh go léir!

Wishing all of you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️

Some contemporary news coverage of the Choctaw Nation's Gift from 1847.

The last piece mentions another donation from the slaves on a plantation somewhere south of the Mason Dixon line.

Ar dóigh ar fad! ☺️

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