Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Close to one year in my role as ED of The Do More Agriculture Foundation here is Canada. What I know is this: how we tell a story matters. And I bring storytelling to every community where I get to facilitate our signature workshop Talk Ask Listen. 041
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025So proud. I was in Ottawa to accept the CAMIMH 2025 Champion award for community organization on behalf of The Do More Agriculture Foundation. I should have recorded my speech so I can remember what I said! 2110
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Scenes from a farm weekend. #MassiePanoramicFarm 060
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 27/07/2025My hops and grape are vying for garden domination. Who do you think will win? 1100
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Leading the screening of Deep Rooted, a new documentary that examines the crisis of mental health that faces Canadian farmers. Tonight @broadwaytheatre in Saskatoon on behalf of The Do More Agriculture Foundation. 060
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 21/06/2025I’m thoroughly enjoying learning (slowly, painfully) how to use watercolours. I’ve been making bookmarks and I use them as gifts. It’s a satisfying way to practice creativity. It’s the process, not the outcome. 6792
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Our farm is a working farm. It’s also a space for peace and personal projects. This is my latest: merlemassie.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...merlemassie.wordpress.comTelephone of the Wind: Creating a Wind Phone at Massie Panoramic FarmThe story of creating the wind phone at Massie Panoramic Farm. 010
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 30/05/2025A reminder that one of the largest and most destructive fire seasons in western Canadian history was the Great Fire of 1919. Which was in May. foresthistory.org/wp-content/u...foresthistory.org 032
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 23/05/2025My latest #MassiePanoramicFarm project: a #WindPhone . Wind phones are ways to make the phone call you need to make, with someone who has passed, a call you wish you had made, or even a call to the future. #TelephoneOfTheWind 092
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 22/04/2025On Good Friday, extended family was out enjoying the farm, including walking my labyrinth. I love sharing it with friends and family. 060
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Me. Rapids of Eagle Creek. What a great day. ❤️ 090
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I’ll take ‘Random Cool Things That Come in the Mail,’ Alex. My 10 year pin from The Writers Union of Canada. 1130
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I love that my labyrinth is ready for walking! ❤️ 2201
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This is my farm labyrinth that I finished this past fall. As captured by Google Maps. So cool! #MassiePanoramicFarm 070
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 05/04/2025I gave a presentation on mental health and how we can each ‘do more’ at the recent SaskEgg convention. This week a man in that audience reached out to tell me that I’d touched his heart. We had a lovely chat. ❤️ 070
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The magical world of the Mayan underground. Cenotes everywhere. 010
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A freak spring storm moved through north of Saskatoon today. 0/10 do not recommend trying to find the road. So many were in the ditch. We were coming back from a funeral in Prince Albert and it was a total shock. #springstorm 1170
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Cinder needs love. She had emergency surgery yesterday to remove two cancerous growths from her ear. She is not barking right now because it hurts. Love is requested. 4302
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I love my tagine. Super easy supper. Toss and go, always tasty. 0140
Reposted by Merle MassieTrish Paton @trishpaton.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Hey #sask folks, Salthaven West in Regina #yqr is recruiting for summer interns, new deadline March 19! If you know any folks 18-30 interested in #wildlife #rescue, please pass on! Full details: www.salthaven.org/internships-... @saskajanet.bsky.social @merlemassie.bsky.social 021
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025An early morning flight means my sleep just before includes a dream where I’m trying frantically to get to the airport, and miss the plane. I can report success despite the dreamworld’s attempts to scuttle. #traveldreams #flying 0260
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.ca'No farm is prepared' for tariffs, says Canadian farmer | Hanomansing TonightMerle Massie, a Saskatchewan farmer, explains how U.S. tariffs will impact Canada’s agricultural sector. 28323
Reposted by Merle MassieFire Captain 🔥 @rescuecaptain.bsky.social · 04/03/2025#maddow #inners Science break. Unbelievable footage captured by tourists. Avalanche from the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. 6449
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 23/02/2025In his 1969 Gronlid, SK Principal’s Message, my Dad opened with a quote from Josef Stalin: ‘Paper will put up with anything written on it.’ He suggests that the greatest difficulty confronting humankind is delineating substance from style & fact from fiction in selecting leaders. 010
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Those who know what this is… you are my people. 110
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 12/02/2025It was cold. I wasn’t fully lined up. But it’s been a good set of meetings in Ottawa and I’m looking forward to being home. 040
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Ok. So. That snowbank out there is well over five feet tall. (The driveway slopes downward). The work to clean a driveway is to be commended. Also I’m honestly considering buying a snowblower. I see they make them with great electric batteries now. 3211
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 06/02/2025My son made Fastnachts from Edna Staebler’s classic ‘Food that Really Schmecks’. The look phenomenal, smell amazing, and I can’t have any. Because I’m celiac. #ohgosh #theysmellsogood #baking #doughnuts 3460
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 04/02/2025It’s too cold right now to go skiing on our farm trails, but I’m looking forward to spending more time on them. #winter #farm #fun #skiing 3500
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I realize we Canadians are reeling in shock and bracing for economic warfare. If you can (and it’s not 40 below where you are) I recommend time outside. Unplugged. 623422
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I’ve been thinking a lot about loneliness. A friend recommended Dr. Vivek Murthy’s book Together. This week, his letter to America as the outgoing Surgeon General touches on the way forward: people.com/surgeon-gene...people.comSurgeon General Urges Americans to 'Rethink How We're Living Our Lives' in Closing Letter to the Country (Exclusive)U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy shares his "parting prescription" for the country in a letter shared exclusively with PEOPLE. 120
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Update and thoughts on this book. Very very good. It holds a variety of people’s perspectives on the role of faith or church in their journey, from good to mixed to very bad. Speakers have a variety of illnesses, from PTSD to schizophrenia. Next linked comment has a few critiques. 120
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 05/01/2025When the Days Begin to Lengthen, the Cold Begins to Strengthen. ~ old adage, provenance unknown. Included in Laura Ingalls Wilder novel, Farmer Boy. 0242
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 22/12/2024One of my superpowers is baking. Now being celiac means it takes special care, sometimes with disappointing results. Yesterday I made a beautiful batch of my favourite Christmas treat: cardamom buns. Success is measured in many ways; for me, it’s the taste of Christmas. ❤️ 111866
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 11/12/2024My aunt used to send us new Asterix books every year for Christmas. This is childhood, revisited — with much love. 1625017
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024You know how someone is an important person/close friend? When you share something weird (‘I built a walking labyrinth on my farm’) and the reply is THAT’S SO COOL I LOVE LABYRINTHS and shares multiple pics of the ones they’ve walked in the past year. Shared weirdness is powerful. 420912
Reposted by Merle MassieSharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 25/11/2024www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6868417cbc.caThe story of Cecil George Harris's historic will is also a chilling lesson in farm safetyMerle Massie - for CBC News 041
Reposted by Merle MassieSaskAttitude @saskattitude3.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Legal history and farm safety. Great article by @merlemassie.bsky.social #saskatchewan #skpoli 072
Merle Massie @merlemassie.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Volunteers cleaning the hall: never offer an open bar at a wedding. People leave unfinished drinks all over. They just go get another one. Always charge at least two bucks. If people pay for it, they drink it. 060