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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 30/09/2026

Just finished Ray Nayler's The Mountain In the Sea and really, really enjoyed it. And look at this cover! 💙📚

Blue cover of The Mountain in the Sea. Has a stylized octopus with symbols drawn along the tentacles where suckers would be. (This is a hint about some of the content of the novel).

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 14/09/2026

This is the face of a cat who put her WHOLE HEAD in a pastry bag that had contained a cheddar bacon scone.

Tortie cat sitting on a red stool in front of a bed. She looks unrepentant.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 11/09/2026

Please observe Hash Brown’s deep love of this box.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 10/09/2026

Hash Brown puts up with a lot. (She has a very soft belly.)

White lady holding a calico cat. Her belly is exposed (the cat’s) and she doesn’t look totally sure about all this.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 08/09/2026

Weds night, when the rain stopped, we got a beautiful sunset and took some group photos. The next morning, we paddled back to Tofino to finish the trip.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 08/09/2026

Wednesday was just ALL RAIN. We had set up tarps and stayed dry as well as we could. Mostly napped and read.

View of tents under a tarp taken from under a tarp.

Sever damp looking people in rain gear sitting under a tarp.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 08/09/2026

We paddled 18 miles in a day so we could get close to a good beach where we knew we could shelter for the storm. We wanted to arrive there in the morning to get good camping sites! On the way, we saw grey whales!

Map showing a storm totally encompassing the west side of Vancouver Island.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 08/09/2026

Watching the weather, we saw a storm coming in in a few days, so we changed some of our plans and did an 18 nautical mile paddle from Half Moon Beach via the inside route of Flores Island and camped at Chetarpe, which was back on Vancouver Island.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 08/09/2026

Vancouver is having a very pretty night.

Sunset. In the foreground is Kits pool, which is a 125 yard long outside lap pool on the waterfront. The sky is cloudy. There are mountains in the background. To the left/west the sky is a deep orange as the sun sets.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 07/09/2026

We camped for two nights at Half Moon Bay because we were going to the natural Hot Springs just across the channel. So day 3 was hot springs and just chilling at camp, which was nice.

Water amongst rocks with the ocean in the background.

View of a low tide beach with clouds above. Islands and trees in the distance.

Sunset over a beach. A tent and plate with a fork are visible in the foreground.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 07/09/2026

On Day 2, we paddled from White Sands to Half Moon Bay on the outside of Flores Island. We experienced about 1.5-2 meter swell, which was *interesting!* One of our group members got v. v. seasick tho and needed to be stabilized and towed. But we saw a Mola Mola (image from the internet).

Large flat round fish. It looks like it's just a fish head with no body, but that's just what they look like.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 07/09/2026

We just did a week long kayaking trip along the west coast of Vancouver Island. We launched from Tofino, traveled along the inside of Vargas Island, crossed over to the Catface mountain range, and set up camp at White Sands for night one.

Beach with cloudy sky. Trees and ocean in the background.

Beach with cloudy sky. Trees and ocean in the background. Orange tent set up in the midground.

Beach at sunrise. You can see some tiny islands in the background. There are kayaks on the beach. The sky is all pinky and purply.

Wider shot of the beach at sunrise. You can see clouds shrouding islands in the distance.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 06/09/2026

I’m not sure what she needs, but I def think I’ve done something wrong.

Calico cat sitting on a desk and intensely staring.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 05/09/2026

This is probably the album cover.

Eight people on a beach at sunset. They are back lit so only visible in silhouette.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 05/09/2026

I love this picture from the last night of our kayaking trip. The rain had just stopped after pouring for about a day and a half and we tried to do a “silly” pose. Somehow, the background actually looks fake to me, but it’s really not!

A group of people posing tallest to shortest with their arms and legs out on a beach. In the background, the sea and a mountain shrouded in clouds.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 02/09/2026

I’m just here, sitting in a tent on the northeast end of Vargas island, waiting out this storm! So far, tents and tarps are holding up!

Weather view of the west coast of Vancouver island just covered with the green showing a massive storm

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 02/09/2026

Paddled more than 18 nautical miles yesterday; hung out with a grey whale today, now waiting out a storm on beach.

View out a tent. You can see a tarp and a beach.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 28/08/2026

There are two groups of kayakers launching today. (Ours is the smaller one at the back.)

Two Groups of kayakers on a damp low tide beach with a pier in the background and a cloudy sky.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 17/08/2026

She can make her own under. But I like to help. This is one she did on her own.

Tortie cat in a “purrito” wrapped up in a gray blanket.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 17/08/2026

I’m trying to do better at making videos of the silly little things the pets do. Here’s Brûlée getting excited that I’m going to make her an “under.”

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 17/08/2026

A thing I enjoy: we are the apartment in the building where people can hide things from their kids. We hide a lot of Christmas gifts but, this week, we’re hiding this guy:

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 16/08/2026

I have to say that this seal sunning himself on a zodiac does not actually look v relaxed. (I was not as close as this picture makes it seem!)

Seal laying fairly rigidly on a black zodiac boat in the ocean.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 16/08/2026

If there is a new object in the house or an old object in a new place: Hash Brown needs to sit on it.

Small calico cat loafing on a camp chair in its case under a table.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 16/08/2026

I need you to know that this dahlia variety is called “Dot Com.”

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 13/08/2026

I was minding my own business, using the bathroom, when the dog nosed his way in, rubbed a damp face fresh from the water bowl on my arm, and left. Not sure what to make of this portent. Dog tax:

Brown and white medium sized dog with a tennis ball in his mouth.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 07/08/2026

Off glamping. It’s lovely to get all the fun of camping but an actual bed.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 30/07/2026

Is it possible that my cats are just getting CUTER? I think they might be. I cannot explain how cute they are.

Tortie cat lying on her back on a blue chair. She has one ear folded over under her head like she's just trying to kill you with the cute.

Close up of calico cat in a ball. She has her little paw wrapped so tight around her little face. It's excruciating in its cuteness.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 30/07/2026

It was a full moon paddle, which was lovely. But I am up way past my bedtime.

The moon rising in the distance with the ocean in the foreground.

The moon rising in the distance with the ocean in the foreground. You can also see the lights of Vancouver.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 28/07/2026

Hey, my library apparently has 4 copies coming! (I don't need to put it on hold because I bought one.)

Screengrab of s.e. smith's book "All My Dead Cats and Other Losses" from the Vancouver Public library showing that there are already 5 holds on 4 copies.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 25/07/2026

Couldn’t find Hash Brown. She’d made a bed on partner’s sweater shelf.

Calico cat on a teal sweater in a closet.

Calico cat on a teal sweater in a closet. This time she’s facing me.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 22/07/2026

I did accidentally take a ton of pictures of the inside of my PFD while out tonight. They kind of look interesting!

A camera roll featuring 11 images of a teal zipper of a PFD from the inside. There's one sunset shot on the bottom right.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 22/07/2026

It was a gorgeous night on the water.

View of the ocean from a white kayak. You can see the silhouettes of several paddlers in the distance and the sun above behind clouds.

View of a red sunsetty sky behind mountains with the ocean and a beach in the foreground.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 17/07/2026

Why do these cats look so disappointed in me?

A calico and a tortie on a blue chair. The calico is loafing on the arm. Tortie is sitting on the seat. Both look v disappointed.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 16/07/2026

@lisajune.bsky.social You mentioned Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko on the podcast tonight. Have you also seen their delightfully unhinged photo on their wikipedia page? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryna_...

A white man and woman on a brown arm chair. The woman's eyes are a little weirdly wide. The man is awkwardly holding a black longhaired cat, who is not looking at the camera.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 14/07/2026

So, I am making a youtube channel about History stuff. I made a logo!

Image of an old-timey horn with the words "History Klaxon" beneath. Background is beige. Text and line-drawn image done in brown.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 09/07/2026

Just got to talk to the fantastic @premeemohamed.com about her forthcoming book Wickhills and about John Crowley's Little, Big. It'll be a special episode of Hugo History that'll be out before the end of the month.