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Personal blog on writing, books, movement, photography, and living in Montréal (QC)

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How March went in a nutshell

Without a doubt, March 2026 is the busiest month I've had since I got sick in late 2024.❄︎ While I'm... so very exhausted as a result, I'm hanging in there and also really hoping my body is finally cooperating with me enough

Retour photographique sur la marche anti-guerre et du rassemblement pour la justice et la population migrante du 21 mars 2026 à Montréal

Commençant à Dorchester Square (au centre-ville de Montréal), des centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées pour dénoncer la complicité canadienne dans la guerre américaine et israélienne contre l'Iran, le Liban, et la Palestine. L'

Looking back at the photos from the anti-war « Hands Off Iran & Lebanon » march on the 7 March 2026 in Montréal

On March 7 2026, rendez-vous at Philips Square in front of La Baie to denounce the war and American imperialism, a march organised by Palestine Youth Movement Montréal and the Iranian Canadian Congress . Lire ce billet en français Also at the march, Cleo Clamen from the

Retour photographique sur la marche anti-guerre « Hands Off Iran & Lebanon » le 7 mars 2026 à Montréal

Le 7 mars 2026: rendez-vous à Philips Square devant La Baie pour dénoncer la guerre et l'impérialisme américain, une manifestation organisée par Palestine Youth Movement Montréal et le Iranian Canadian Congress . Read this blog post in English D&

Photos from the march in solidarity with the Iranian people on February 28

We woke up today to discover that the United States bombed a girl's elementary school in the south of Iran, and 100 children were killed . Many groups were gathering in downtown Montréal to react to yet another American war. I followed the protest organized by the

Photos de la manif en solidarité avec le peuple iranien le 28 février

Nous nous sommes réveillés ce matin pour découvrir la nouvelle que les États-Unis ont bombardé une école primaire dans le sud de l'Iran, mettant fin aux vies d'au moins 100 jeunes filles . Plusieurs groupes se sont rassembl&

Notes from #FediMTL 2026

I joined Mastodon in 2016. Ten years later, it does tend to hold true that the platform's biggest conversations are still about... Mastodon 😅 I've been a Mastodon user since at least 2016 and even dabbled in the fine mess that is solo-instancing (or micro-instancing, since

Photos from the action for the PEQ "orphans" on February 7

On the 7th of February, during an astonishingly cold afternoon (easily reaching -27 Celsius with wind chill), I joined thousands across Québec who assembled in Montréal, Sherbrooke, Rimouski, Trois-Rivières, Québec, and Saguenay to protest the sudden cancelling of the PEQ. The PEQ,

Photos de l'action pour les orphelins du PEQ le 7 février

Le 7 février dernier, lors d'un froid extrême (-27 C facilement avec l'éolien), j'ai rejoint des milliers de personnes à travers le Québec qui ont marché à Montréal, Sherbrooke, Rimouski, Trois-Rivières, Qu&

Checking out the Victoire v Frost PWHL game (4 January 2026)

The woho propaganda continues!

Catching the Victoire-WeeWoo (Sirens) PWHL game (2 Jan 2026)

Time for some woho propaganda are you ready? Oh dang, I'm hockey-brained again. I'm one of like 12 queers who walked away from Heated Rivalry disappointed that there wasn't more hockey on screen... my official erotic gay sports media creator opinion: the gay hockey

Forget French, the federal NDP doesn't speak Québec

Here's a little lore drop for you all: the very first conversation my life partner and I had, all the way back in 2011 over some really stale coffee on a dreary afternoon, was about the federal NDP leadership convention. Suffice to say, I've been paying

Attack of the Migraine-brain

At least I can be brief and terse in this writing log: No writing happened. "Migraine-brain" (that fuzzy state when I'm stuck in a prodrome/migraine/inflammatory pain loop) happened. For basically all of July so far. It's taken me a couple hours to

Write first do other shit later (June writing log)

After a very unproductive month of May ( as chronicled last time ), June was — thank all the gods of story and craft — a little more clement. Unfortunately, I did not meet any of my self-imposed goals, but I did manage to hit > 8 000 words in the proper

Plonger dans un royaume enchanté

Un précieux cadeau par une fin de semaine de juin ensoleillée: ma soeur Morgane Richer La Flèche ( morgane.xyz ; insta ) est venue à Montréal pour peindre une murale en célébration du premier anniversaire de la boutique Eliza Faulkner