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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

All this rain is pumping north from a hurricane near Florida. If I may echo the sentiments of the wee Republican loudmouths this summer about wildfire smoke, we'd really like you to keep your filthy Frorida weather under control so that our children can go outside and play.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We’ve all seen the authorial agony aunts littering the web with punchy quips and loads of advice. And they have some applications for sure. I’ve always wondered if following all of them just means that I come up with the same drivel as everyone else. New post. Read it! NOW! onlydavesmith.com?p=679

Man sits at a desk reading to use a hammer on the key board as he reads ridiculous advice about witing: Instructions for Authors. Place fingers on keyboard. Press gently, one at a time. Make words. Make better words. repeat.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Dominion Society? What reminded me of their vision for Canada? Oh yeah.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I prefer FAST crossings myself. Slow ones give the sort that race between stop signs too much opportunity to kill me.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My Grandfather, Frank Cryer, survived four years in WWI. He also survived his Vauxhall Victor, c 1960.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kick Off Leaves and Shade on Stone and Sky 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Backyard Gothic Sunset on Saturday 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Really sad to hear that. Freedom Dog Rescue in Ottawa was the polar opposite.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Great Flying Weather Biplane on Blue 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Friday Afternoon Beagle at Work 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

T: Did you take the last doughnut? K: I don’t know what a doughnut is!

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The bright lights in the Alberta separation movement think there’s too much government. So they invent another branch, the “Oversight” branch. And they invent an Alberta Senate. But a president will solve all the branch wars, right? I’ve seen more sophisticated models invented by Grade 10s.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So, on this the wettest August holiday weekend ever, we can be grateful that no forests near us are burning, grateful that Queen Victoria chose a capital three days march from the USA, and especially grateful that the day is filled with holiday activities.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This ant found a dead bug on the top of my barbecue. How it drags it home should be a Christopher Nolan film.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A post about a guilty pleasure. No stereotypes here, of course. Read it NOW! Or NOW! onlydavesmith.com?p=666

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thank You, Saturday. Beagle on Deck 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Nearly Sufficient Beagle on Cushions 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Sign you don't want to see. Time for philosophy.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

“ … an Canadian President …” Yikes! BBC editor a little sleepy today? Two wildly different errors to brighten my day.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The secret to writing historical fiction. onlydavesmith.com?p=659 #amwriting #fictionwriting #homeandaway

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The nameless reader for whom I am writing, that entity out there I am trying to satisfy because I cannot write for everyone, wants to know what happens next. They want to be shown, but they also want to participate, perhaps to see things that characters do not. New post! onlydavesmith.com?p=650

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

When I read, I want to be curious, I want to be surprised, I want to be engaged in looking ahead at the consequences of conflicts and decisions. This sort of novel has a narrative dominated by events and a journey of dynamic awareness. onlydavesmith.com?p=650 #writingcommunity #plotandcharacter

Two guys shouting at each other, each accusing the other of being a stone for different reasons. One want the other the feel something, and the second wants to first to do something.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Is it cruel to take your dog outside in the cold?

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

One Month 'Til Spring Winter on Winter 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u... Hmmmmm …..

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Oak and Woodpecker Woodpecker on Oak 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

In a little Blue Sky miracle, this came up in my feed immediately before your post.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Sights, sounds, and smells can be remarkable triggers to activate memories we didn’t know we had, memories that help us understand that the past has a purpose, that to be is to have been. New post. #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #inappropriatefarting onlydavesmith.com?p=643

Only Dave Smith stands under the sword of Damocles but cannot remember its name.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The Day After Snow on Mountain Ash 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The Undiscovered Country Beagle on Threshold 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

January Reflections Light Through Window 2026

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Been waiting all year for coffee. Also been waiting all year to say that. Going to have to wait all year to say it again. May 2026 be less of a shit show than 2025.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Something about a picture ... and about ... a thousand words?

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The view out my bedroom window today was disquieting. Not sure how the squirrel felt about it.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

So, everyone is paying about as much attention to this sign as they do all the others. Not much.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Happy Winter Solstice! Always a paradox, the shortest day is never the coldest. But it’s a great day to be a druid or shaman or priest. Light a fire, utter incantations welcoming a sunset that will be just a wee bit later tomorrow and impress the hoi polloi. As always, the play is the thing.

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The Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

If you Google my handle, all these really interesting questions come up. The answers? I'm worth what people are willing to pay. My religion is under review by federal tax authorities. I was in an awful garage cover band when I was 16 and 17. No name, though. Country music is too ... country.

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