Day 8: Walk I do love walking, it’s my main mode of getting from a to b. But books about walking are also great.


Day 7: whole beans


Day 6 photo challenge prompt: Engineering. New subway line being built in Vancouver.


EO, 2022

Watched on Sunday March 5, 2023.


Getting even more last minute and obvious now with the tile challenge.


I didn’t want to do the obvious for the zip prompt but failed in the end ☺️


Escape to the balcony for a little solitude.


We had some weather. A late winter storm rolled through and dumped a bunch of snow a few days ago. Not much left of it now.


Trying to secure some mice in this catch and release mouse trap.


A new Yokoyama Yuichi manga from Breakdown Press. I love Yokoyama’s exuberant, avant-garde style. This one’s a little different from his other work that I have in that it’s in colour—drawn with magic markers. Giving the book a bright candy-coloured expressive energy.


The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022 - ★★★★

Watched on Saturday February 25, 2023.


2023 Oscars — Best Picture

The 95th Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominees ranked by all member ratings made up until the ceremony on Sunday 12 March, 2023.

  1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
  2. Avatar: The Way of Water
  3. Top Gun: Maverick
  4. The Banshees of Inisherin
  5. The Fabelmans
  6. TÁR
  7. All Quiet on the Western Front
  8. Women Talking
  9. Triangle of Sadness
  10. Elvis

David Ehrlich's THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2022: A Video Countdown


Close Bleedings

The other day, half asleep I was thinking about the LRB’s Close Readings series of podcasts and then the phrase “close bleedings” came into my head and I thought it’s the perfect name for the next true crime podcast or crime fiction bookclub. Anyway, free idea for anyone who wants to run with it.


Women Talking, 2022

Watched on Monday February 20, 2023.


Somebody I Used to Know, 2023

Watched on Saturday February 18, 2023.


One Fine Morning, 2022

Watched on Thursday February 16, 2023.


California Split, 1974

Watched on Wednesday February 15, 2023.


Currently reading: MONKEY New Writing from Japan by Ted Goossen 📚

A wonderful literary magazine featuring prose, poetry, poems and essays!


Three Outlaw Samurai, 1964

Watched on Sunday February 12, 2023.