Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“And still more, later flowers for the bees”. (Maplelawn Garden, Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.) 050
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Strange. I’m in Canada and received the Sept. 24 NYRB today. 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I remember seeing them gliding over Lake Winnipeg at sunset when I was young, at Victoria Beach. Special! 000
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In this old house, no furnace allowed till the storm windows are cleaned and put on! 🪟🧽🫧🥱 120
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wow. Did you go running out in your nightgown, heart pounding, like I did a few times? (Similar story here.) 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hi @ingridpaulson.bsky.social Your ‘like’ made me smile—look closely at the photo. 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026John Southworth, “Niagara.” Tin Angel Records, 2014. A favourite of mine. 120
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thanks! I really need to explore my own city. 130
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thank goodness! I’ve been having nightmares about that since you posted. 🤭 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If they say no, say okay, that's fair. How about Warsaw Stories? 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 26/09/20263:50 pm. Lord give me strength not to let the sister I haven't seen in eight years (but who comes to town regularly to see our elderly mother) destroy my entire day, a beautiful day I might add, that went sour from the moment I looked at my emails this morning. 040
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Isn’t it? I lived on Oakland Ave. right across from that house way back in the eighties and would see him there. 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mark Doyle had a post five days ago that I couldn't resist responding to. 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Canadian art history-related. The Ottawa house where artist Kenneth Lochhead (1926-2006) lived is for sale. A lot of his artwork can be seen in the photos so I'm guessing his wife lived on there. www.realtor.ca/real-estate/...realtor.caCheck out this listing35 WILTON CRESCENT, Ottawa, Ontario K1S2T4 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A coincidence—when I was visiting friends Anne and Sean the other day I noticed your book on their coffee table. 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Maybe you mean North American, but Coupland is Canadian. 200
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sunday, 6 p.m. Gazing over at Quebec through the willows. 070
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 18/09/2026On a recent weekend, the Wild Oat in the Glebe was closing in half an hour (at 5). But we ordered coffees and something little things to eat, were served on plates, and then a server came over and said "I can put that in a takeout bag for you." Another one said "No! Let them finish!" 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A stroll around Kiweki Point behind the gallery was a good head-clearer. 040
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Happy Goat café at the National Gallery of Canada could be renamed the Crabby Goat. “We close at 5:00. After 4:30, no plates, and only takeout cups.” So you sit there eating your pricey sandwich on a piece of flimsy paper bag, feeling they can’t wait for you to go. 240
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I wish your ALT text was descriptive and not just a repeat of the headline. 000
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My, you are going through a lot. Bon courage. 120
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ian bought this scarf for his daughter’s birthday and I think he looks good in it. 060
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Then for the house that is no more a house, But only a belilaced cellar hole, Now slowly closing like a dent in dough. (Robert Frost, "Directive") 120
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A friend sent me this AI cartoon version of a selfie we took recently. I am sort of horridly fascinated by it. 030
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Reminds me of Bulgarian Kukeri. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukerien.wikipedia.orgKukeri - Wikipedia 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Whoa. It would NOT be okay to include Canadian authors in an American Lit survey. 😬 130
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The wallpaper contradicts the instruction on the cushion! 120
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ironic, isn't it. Well, I'll keep trying... 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Congrats. It looks great! I just tried to preorder and they don't ship to Canada. Grr. I suppose I could drive the 7.5 hours from Ottawa to Windsor and meet you halfway across the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, cash in hand. 😆 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Just noticed Matthew Rankin's film "Universal Language" is playing on CBC Gem. Yay. 120
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’d be worried someone giving it a glance would see the name and not take time to absorb the one-star message. 010
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Years ago I was assistant to a young lawyer from Quebec City. Fed up with a group she was doing work for, she let loose with “gang de poireaux!” I asked her what it meant and she said “bunch of leeks.” Anyway this made me think of her. (R.I.P. Ève Poulin 🤍) 040
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Not a title, but I was tidying up and came upon this, thought you might like. 111
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 06/09/2026… The City replied that I could have used the app on my cell phone. My phone wasn’t new enough to do that. And I am in my sixties and had recently through four months of chemo. All this is to say I hate the local paid parking but Lawson would never get my vote. 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Last winter a friend and I wanted to stop for coffee in Westboro. It was an icy dark winter evening and the parking machine didn’t work. I got a ticket for $70 and filed an objection but I knew I wouldn’t win so held my nose and paid it. 😤 110
Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Visited with Sarah & Lukas yesterday. She was fascinated when I told her about your trip, and said to send warmest greetings! 100