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Andrea Murphy

@andreamurphy12.bsky.social
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Lives near that river, in Ottawa, Canada. Has been known to edit & work in arts orgs. Appreciates your book posts.

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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“And still more, later flowers for the bees”. (Maplelawn Garden, Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.)
Dusk. A walled flower garden, next to a Georgian-style stone house. Cloudy sky with sun poking through.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Crisp day, clear sky. Good to get out.
Along our neighborhood high street, a young fellow sitting outside at a café next to a yellow-leafed tree.Our shadows, as we walk along the Ottawa River, which is quite low.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Strange. I’m in Canada and received the Sept. 24 NYRB today.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember seeing them gliding over Lake Winnipeg at sunset when I was young, at Victoria Beach. Special!
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In this old house, no furnace allowed till the storm windows are cleaned and put on! 🪟🧽🫧🥱
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wow. Did you go running out in your nightgown, heart pounding, like I did a few times? (Similar story here.)
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hi @ingridpaulson.bsky.social Your ‘like’ made me smile—look closely at the photo.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
John Southworth, “Niagara.” Tin Angel Records, 2014. A favourite of mine.
A CD case next to two CDs: a red one that says Canadian side, and a blue one that says American side.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks! I really need to explore my own city.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What is Hydro Park, Doug?
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank goodness! I’ve been having nightmares about that since you posted. 🤭
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That sounds great!
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nice. What sort of work did you do there?
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If they say no, say okay, that's fair. How about Warsaw Stories?
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
3:50 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.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Isn’t it? I lived on Oakland Ave. right across from that house way back in the eighties and would see him there.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mark Doyle had a post five days ago that I couldn't resist responding to.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Canadian 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.ca
Check out this listing
35 WILTON CRESCENT, Ottawa, Ontario   K1S2T4
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A coincidence—when I was visiting friends Anne and Sean the other day I noticed your book on their coffee table.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Maybe you mean North American, but Coupland is Canadian.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Greetings from upstream…
Clouds above the Ottawa R. (near Champlain Bridge)
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sunday, 6 p.m. Gazing over at Quebec through the willows.
View through large willow trees of the Ottawa River from a café near Remic Rapids.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Prime Minister’s Office? 🤔
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On the other hand, some of us hate it!
A display of books in a bookstore, with a hand giving the finger to Stoner.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey, phlebotomist. You had one job. 😠
My very bruised arm after going for bloodwork today. (The person stuck the needle in too far.)
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On 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!"
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Touché.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A stroll around Kiweki Point behind the gallery was a good head-clearer.
View from a Kiweki Point, Ottawa, looking across to the cliffs along the river’s edge, above which are the Parliament Buildings (undergoing a huge renovation).
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The 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.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I wish your ALT text was descriptive and not just a repeat of the headline.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My, you are going through a lot. Bon courage.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ian bought this scarf for his daughter’s birthday and I think he looks good in it.
An older man wearing an an old grey hoodie and a magenta & brown scarf with a leaf design taken from an old French Toile de Jouy engraving.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Then 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")
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A friend sent me this AI cartoon version of a selfie we took recently. I am sort of horridly fascinated by it.
Heads of two women smiling. They are resting on the (unseen) steps of the Vietnamese Catholic church in Westboro, Ottawa. Saints in backround.AI cartoon version of the photo.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Reminds me of Bulgarian Kukeri. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukeri
en.wikipedia.org
Kukeri - Wikipedia
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Excuse me. Sheila Heti is Canadian.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Whoa. It would NOT be okay to include Canadian authors in an American Lit survey. 😬
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The wallpaper contradicts the instruction on the cushion!
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ironic, isn't it. Well, I'll keep trying...
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Congrats. 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. 😆
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just noticed Matthew Rankin's film "Universal Language" is playing on CBC Gem. Yay.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’d be worried someone giving it a glance would see the name and not take time to absorb the one-star message.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Years 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 🤍)
A display of leeks at a market. Sign reads “Leeks/Poireaux $3 or 2 for $5.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Please don't even show me this.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not a title, but I was tidying up and came upon this, thought you might like.
A card that says “This is to certify that (space for name with my name on it) is a citizen of NOWHEREISLAND / signed by Alex Hartley, artist”.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m curious. What’s a weak verb?
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Who is that by?
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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.
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last 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. 😤
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Andrea Murphy @andreamurphy12.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Visited with Sarah & Lukas yesterday. She was fascinated when I told her about your trip, and said to send warmest greetings!
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