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Terry McDonald

@pterrymc.bsky.social

582 followers 926 following 554 posts

Curiouser and curiouser. Re-posts are not endorsements but may suggest I’m feeling fight-y.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Making tacos al pastor and I think the code has been cracked for the accompanying salsa: use two different sizes of pineapple chunks to enrich the texture.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Our native-plant expert landscaper advised us to eliminate the invasive buckthorn stump by injecting it with turkey tail mushroom plugs. A year and a half later, this is the result. It's like a mushroom cake. Huzzah!

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If you're visiting Prince Edward County this summer, do yourself a favour and check out Smoking J's Barbecue truck, located on the grounds of the Cressy Mustard Co. The food is sublime. My only regret is that I didn't pick up jars of mustard while there.

Pictured are succulent pork ribs, pickled onions, sweet pickles and barbecue sauce on a sheet of butcher's paper.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Here's the text I wrote to my MP recently. Please feel free to pull a few lines for talking points. I've added alt text from which you can copy and paste. #climatecrisis #Canada

Today I was introduced to a quote from Ansel Adams that encapsulates how I’m feeling as a Canadian and Ontarian: It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

When I voted for you as Ottawa Centre’s representative in Parliament, and even contributed to the federal Liberal campaign, I’d hoped that the interests of Canadians would be prioritized over those of corporate shareholders, or the capricious monument building of vapid premiers.

Instead, I’m seeing that we’re playing footsie with separatists for the sake of the climate destroying oil industry, we’re ready to obliterate Toronto’s waterfront to needlessly augment a superfluous airport, and building ravenous data centres that will likely kick off the next disastrous financial bubble to burst.

I’ve been an adult long enough to be disappointed by elected officials before, but I’ve never been more disappointed.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The bumblebees have pollinated the Prairie Smoke plants, as evidenced by the blossoms sporting Troll Doll style hairdos.

Pictured are Prairie Smoke blossoms that have gone to seed.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

My listening to Tudor history podcasts has not gone unnoticed by my family, as evidenced by the Anne of Cleves ornament in my stocking. Huzzah!

A photograph of an Anne of Cleves ornament hanging on an illuminated tree.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Our holiday tradition: reading Roddy Doyle's Rover Saved Christmas aloud with comically bad approximations of Irish accents.

A festive looking book cover with an illustration of a dog, displaying author Roddy Doyle's name, along with the title "The Rover Adventures".

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I have an old memoriam marking the passage of a number of ancestors who died in rapid succession, likely of TB. I used to display it as a conversation piece, but their experiences now seem much less like a remote possibility these days.

A photograph displaying the names of seven ancestors who died in rapid succession during the late 19th century.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We found a bunny nesting in our planter a few days ago. The kits have emerged.

A photo of two rabbit kits nestled among kale in a planter.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The household pre-teen has become a massive Go-Go’s fan. She was ecstatic to find a pristine, used Beauty and the Beat album this weekend.

A photo of the Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beats album, with band members in towels and facial masks.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Inspired by Roku TV’s vintage Dr. Who channel, our resident preteen is going as a Cyberman for Hallowe’en.

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Terry McDonald @pterrymc.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

Without any Norwegian mentors around, my husband had to settle for a lefse cookbook he bought in Winnipeg.

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