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Lynette Adams

@lynetteadams.bsky.social
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Writer, knitter, travelling petsitter 🇨🇦 itinerantcatlady.substack.com muckrack.com/lynette-adams

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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite.” Ivo Andrić
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
In the wake of her landing a lead role in a new Netflix series based in Newfoundland, I chatted with @willowkean.bsky.social for CBC NL. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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N.L. actor lands lead role in N.L.-based Netflix series | CBC News
Willow Kean calls it the role of a lifetime.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
It's become apparent to me that the folks who ban books either haven't read them at all or just can't stop reading them. Which one are you?
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
My latest for CBC NL: I chatted with Steph Kennedy about her transition from HR to neurodiversity coaching and counselling. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This former HR professional helps neurodivergent adults navigate their work lives | CBC News
Stephanie Kennedy runs a coaching practice called Navigating Neurodiversity, where she helps neurodiverse people of all ages develop individual strategies to navigate their own work and school lives.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
My experience of the Newfoundland wildfires has some weird parallels with the 2020 lockdowns. March 2020 vibes open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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March 2020 vibes
Content warning: This one’s about the Newfoundland wildfires.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Here it is, the final chapter in my epic story of that one dumb night when my petsitting travel plans got dashed by the border agents in Gatwick Airport. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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That night I spent in border detention
Part 5 of 5: What happened after
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
TLDR: Humiliation aside, with the police escorts, skip-the-line boarding, and bespoke seating arrangement, my flight away from the UK was by far the most comfortable air travel experience of my budget-travelling life. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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That night I spent in UK border detention
Part 4: The flight back to Malaga
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This week, it’s Part 3 of my story about the time I was denied entry into the UK because my free petsitting was determined to be “payment in kind” and therefore an illegal entry. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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That night I spent in border detention
Part 3: The bargaining phase
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Over on Substack, I’m telling the story about how I was detained and denied entry into the UK because I was petsitting. Part 2 just went up this morning. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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That night I spent in border detention
Part 2: How did I get here?
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I think what that Coldplay cam has revealed is how much we appreciate people capable of feeling shame.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
A 30-second video I made in 2019 led me down a rabbithole. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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A Ukrainian busker in Paphos
I don’t always share my obsessions with you, but I thought you might get a kick out of this one.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It’s still my Substack birthday month, so here’s another free post from the archives. It’s about how changing locations can trigger a sense of detachment from reality. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Threshold times
Changing houses makes me come untethered
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This week, I’m thinking about jellyfish and koalas and the window separating this cat in here from that bird out there, and what all of that has to do with my sense of safety. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Coming to our senses
Confession: This past spring, I caused the demise of two purple jellyfish on two consecutive days.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Here's another free post to celebrate my Substack birthday. I’m a travelling petsitter who has lived without a fixed address for more than a decade. Here’s how I got started, plus some links to help you get started, too. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Petsitting travel: how I got started
Plus some links to help you get you started
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Independent wealth is an empty promise. I think the security we're striving for may be found in community. Read my new piece on Medium. medium.com/@klynetteada...
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The community economy
The empty promise of independence and a new way to think about wealth
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
At what point does mythology end and history begin? This week, I’m exploring that messy space where mythology and history co-exist. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Time out of mind
I have it on some kind of authority (i.e., a Greek person told me) that the land where Ancient Olympia exists today used to be below sea level.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
What's the difference between a rock and a stone, and what does any of it have to do with any of us? That's where I'm going in today's Itinerant Cat Lady. Also, June is my Substack birthday, so I've added free access to the piece that started it all 2 years ago. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Between rock and stone
If you ever find yourself walking by the sea from Igalo to Herceg Novi, stop for a coffee at the place that used to be a train station.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I chatted with Charis Cotter about her new novel for the CBC. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The magic of summer camp inspired Charis Cotter's new novel | CBC News
Her latest novel, The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall, has hit bookstore shelves.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
June is my 2-year Substack anniversary. What started as place for tips on petsitting and travel has evolved into an exploration of ideas around place, precarity, and belonging. This is the post that started it all. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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A simple checklist for day one
Only the basics until you get your bearings
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Because that Pimsleur Croatian course and Gibonni lyrics can only get me so far with learning the Montenegrin language.
Two copies of The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak, one in English, one in Montenegrin.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
A little thing about asking for and receiving help. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Who pulls your weight?
Back in December, I took a train from Ottawa to Montreal on a business class ticket because the upgrade got my suitcases onboard for no extra fees.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Because calm makes strong.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Petsitting for strangers is a strangely intimate relationship. Sometimes, I show up for a sit after the owners have left and then leave before they return. Sometimes it’s in a city I’ve never visited before. Here’s what that looks like. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Sight unseen
I don't always meet the pet owners
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Government should not be run like a business; it should be run like an HOA.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Making progress on Substack. Here's a link to my latest post: itinerantcatlady.substack.com/p/culture-ta...
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This week's Itinerant Cat Lady is not for the squeamish--or maybe it is. I’m not proud of my freak-outs around creepy crawlies, but my highly developed nervous system is a thing of wonder. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Creature (dis)comforts
This post has some minor spoilers for the third season of The White Lotus.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Here’s a slideshow of Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Come see why I love it so much. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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My favourite place on earth
a slideshow
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
"The view is spectacular, but the real show is the performance of these manic pixie dream birds that dance around in the gap between over here and over there." A defence of the common swift open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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A defence of the common swift
These mornings, I’ve been hanging out on the balcony of an apartment on the top floor of a house built into the side of a hill.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This week in Itinerant Cat Lady, I measure out my life in Turkish coffees. Turkish coffee: a memoir open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Turkish coffee: a memoir
Turkish coffee has been a touchstone of travel for me, even before I became the compulsive traveller I am now.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Efficiency isn't always fleet of foot. Today in Itinerant Cat Lady, I'm thinking about slow trudges and steep climbs. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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The subtle finesse of the slog
There was a day back in December when I found myself in unsafe footwear.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hiya! Canada here. If you could stop talking about us as the 51st state, even if you mean it in jest or as some intellectual thought experiment, we’d really appreciate it.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Distraction is the tariff and we've been paying it for years.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This week, I share more thoughts on shared spaces plus a few more details on the neighbour-on-my-balcony situation. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Shared spaces, part 2
Right of way
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
These days, I’m seeing the world as a collection of spaces existing on a spectrum from shared public space to exclusive private domains. This week in Itinerant Cat Lady, I’m remembering a few of my favourite shared public spaces. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Shared spaces
Part 1, the public kind
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I’m on a little hiatus from cat sitting but not from Itinerant Cat Lady, and also not from feeding cats. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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Another random island
After my sensory overload last week in Athens, I’ve spent this past week calming all my senses way down in a small town called Marmari on the Greek island of Evia.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I chatted with Marnie Parsons about her work with @runningthegoat.bsky.social and wrote about it for CBC NL. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Meet a Newfoundlander who brings a hand-crafted touch to publishing books | CBC News
Marnie Parsons loves words, whether she understands them or not. As the owner and operator of Running the Goat Books and Broadsides, she is typesetting a collection of poems in 13 languages, most of w...
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It’s good to remember that empires come and go, people come and go, and still the world abides. This week in Itinerant Cat Lady, I’m remembering times when I’ve brushed up against the remnants of long-gone regimes. itinerantcatlady.substack.com/p/it-comes-t...
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It comes to pass
Exploring the traces of past empires
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The paywall is down for some Substack cross-post shenanigans. Find @willowkean.bsky.social this morning on Itinerant Cat Lady. Meanwhile, over on The Little Red Chicken, I’m sharing a recipe for moose pastitsada, inspired by a visit to Corfu last year. itinerantcatlady.substack.com/p/losing-and...
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Losing and finding your travel legs
A guest post by Willow Kean
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Reposted by Lynette Adams
Willow Kean @willowkean.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
First collaboration on Substack! Having a blast with @lynetteadams.bsky.social. Dies for a new moose recipe. thelittleredchicken.substack.com/p/a-new-moos...
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A New Moose Recipe and a Guest Appearance
Chicken's first guest post!
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
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The Onion buys conspiracy site Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families | CBC News
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones's Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion US in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday.
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 28/01/2024
To combat January anxiety, this week's Itinerant Cat Lady chooses green and then searches for all the green items she can find. Read the whole post for green book recs, a smoothie tip, and a new way to curse your tormentors. itinerantcatlady.substack.com/p/low-on-gre...
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Low on greens?
A few microdoses of chlorophyll
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
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Lynette Adams @lynetteadams.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
To mark the year's end, this week's Itinerant Cat Lady takes on a poem by T.S. Eliot, a Croatian pop song, and the secret languages of cats. open.substack.com/pub/itineran...
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