So sorry you went through that! You’re the second person I’ve heard had to head home today. :(

Tomorrow! Don’t miss it!

For those of you who wonder what WW1 Swiss re-enactors get up to when they’re not re-enacting WW1 Swiss, have a look! And do drop the @historysymposium.bsky.social a follow here and a subscribe on YouTube while you’re at it. :)

This kind of sunset is one of the big reasons I have always loved this site.

This is the smile we all needed this morning.

Tuxedo cat with a bit of his tongue sticking out.

Blep!

My favourite movie of all time in Hopscotch, where GJ and Walter Matthau’s chemistry and sense of playfulness make the whole movie sparkle.

#FloatHomeCat Bob has usurped my iPad and two of my notebooks. I think he’s trying to tell me something. 🖤

Tuxedo cat curled up asleep on a bed with a T-shirt in the foreground.

#FloatHomeCat Bob is enjoying his Easter Sunday afternoon nap and hopes you will do the same.

I was going to put that shirt into the laundry, though…

Poster showing that all parts of lilies are toxic to cats

With Easter this weekend, everyone please remember:

Truth.

#FloarHomeCat Bob reminds you to hug the ones you love, and to do it often. 🖤

Tuxedo cat with a paw on a laptop looked determinedly at the camera

Tuxedo cat lies beside a laptop and gets a tummy rub.

#FloatHomeCat Bob is the biggest helping while I’m wordsmithing.

#FloatHomeCat Bob is here to remind you to take a breath and enjoy a sunspot today, at least for a minute or two. 🖤

Coming up in just a few hours! Don’t miss it!

Today is a good day to write your MP, a Cabinet Minister,and maybe the PM as well, and tell them what you’d like to see next. Here’s how to contact them:

www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en

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This is how civilized countries negotiate and settle. The Whisky War.

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Count me in! I’ll make the trip if I possibly can!!

Coming up this weekend! Join us wherever you are — in person in Port Credit, ON, or online around the world. All free of charge!

Well worth a listen! And especially important right now.

Congratulations! Hope it’s everything you’re looking for and more!

I hadn’t realized that it was as early as 1853. Definitely glad they came up with the plunger apparatus, however.

Happy 60th Anniversary to the Canadian flag!

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Tuxedo cat sits in the sunshine

#FloatHomeCqt Bob suggests you take a few minutes today to find a sunspot and focus on the glimmers. 🖤

Tuxedo cat lied by a laptop computer and looks at the camera.

#FloatHomeCat Bob is here to remind you to stop doomscrolling for a second and take a deep, cleansing breath. Do pat your critter, too.

There, that’s better, right?

Carry on, surrounded with tuxedo cat purrs and love. 🖤

Someone posted a list of “people who spark joy”… you’re on it. :)

Wishing you a fast, safe, and very uneventful journey, and a weekend with delightful people. 🩵

Oh yes.

Her book on War Nursing has been incredibly helpful to my Canadian Army Medical Corps re-enacting unit. Write books and keep diaries, people — they’re invaluable to historians when you’re not around to tell the stories any more.