Bryn Robinson, PhD

The Pollination Field by Kim Fahner A mixture of feminist fairy tale and fantastical verse

A magical and introspective read for autumn days 🐝

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#CanLit #Poetry #Writing

Goose by Melanie Dennis Unrau Reviewed by Bryn Robinson

My latest for @theseaboardreview.ca.

In Goose, “…the reader is invited to open their minds to a poetic deconstruction and rebuilding of Fort McMurray history - a history that is an oil sands history, but before and throughout that, a Métis history.” #Poetry #CanLit

The covers of the books reviewed in the October 8th issue of The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-Seaboa... #canlit

2025 ME Conference - ICanCME

A great - free! virtual! recorded for future watching! - conference for those in the #MECFS community and their supporters.

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Solitary Usually I find shorebirds in massive flocks – so I was concerned that this little fellow was foraging solo along the shores of the Nerepis River. Turns out, that’s just their nature. Li…

New lifer! #Birds #Birding #Autumn #Fall #Sandpiper

Alt: A juvenile solitary sandpiper stands in shallow water on an early fall evening; the water is blurry fall colours of yellow-greens and oranges.

Road Trip A monarch butterfly resting on thistle in Lorneville before setting off for wintering grounds.

This is a big moment for me because I have a distaste for butterflies, to put it mildly. (Their erratic fluttering and potential to land on me.)

#NatureSky #Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #Nature #Photography

Thanks, Mark!

Pardon Me? A red-breasted nuthatch stretches out to inspect a visitor (yours truly) in between foraging sessions on a white birch.

This little fellow got close!

#Birds #Birding #NatureSky

The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed Reviewed by Bryn Robinson

“…Is there any value to resuming the trajectory of “before times”? Can we (or should we) ever truly “let go” of the past?”

Today in @theseaboardreview.ca - my review of @premeemohamed.com’s latest post-apocalyptic novella, coming later this month.

#CanLit #Books

With the old harbour bridge authority logo. I’d be down with that.

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

Make Ferries Great Again.

Our first Call for Papers is live! If you are interested in writing the history of New Brunswick, engaging with popular audiences, and supporting small museums, then we would love to hear from you! Proposals for submissions are due 30 September 2025. See below for details:

Persistence. “In a day and age where we are constantly fed information, both through the internet and in our everyday lives, it is important to continue creating, no matter how the world revolves around u…

Today around the Campfire:

The courage and community of temporary #Art.

Art is tangible love creativity and community

“We focus on doing photo-perfect performances for social media...And yet it's the ongoing, often messy, private practice of any of the arts that connects us to ourselves, to each other, that calms us and potentially helps us transcend troubles.”

On #art in times of authoritarianism by Sue Clancy.

On Guard for Thee An Eastern kingbird stands guard at their nest while their mate searches for another meal. Eastern Kingbird, Salisbury, NB; June, 2025.

#Birds #Birding #NatureSky

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Postcards There’s a romanticism that comes with the written letter. This came to mind with Mark DeLong’s piece for Three Quarks Daily; his piece initially explores handwriting as a technology tha…

“Regardless of the relationship between sender and recipient, the written letter stands out amongst the “immedia-sea” of artificial art and content creation as a profoundly romantic act of rebellion.”

#Writing #Letters

Postcards

Hand-painted sign in Yarmouth NS, portraying a Victorian-era woman riding a cart pulled by two harnessed lobsters. As one does. On the cart also sits one giant lace-up ankle boot.

How your email finds me.

A wood cutting board with five pastries sitting on checkered wax paper.

East Coast Bistro is easily the best restaurant in Saint John send skeet.

Clockwise from bottom right: Smoked salmon/goat cheese/dill quiche; pain au chocolat; double chocolate puff pastry pop tart; vanilla crueller; ham/pesto/cheese croissant. #NewBrunswick

oh yeah, just staying offline a bit more lately. 💕

I caught three the other day in Salisbury - hilarious to watch their large feet scatter across the skin of the water!

Oh, Canada. No matter how demure they may appear, there’s a feistiness about them.

#Birds #CanadaDay #Nature #SciArt #CobraChicken

Waiting for This Moment When “just a noisy blackbird” is something to behold with the right perspective.

The "common" grackle. #Birds #SciArt #Wildlife

a man with a mustache is standing in front of a tent with a quote on it . Alt: Ron Swanson turns around on a bench to look at camera and say, “Once you have a PhD, every meeting you have becomes a doctor’s appointment.”

Congrats Dr. Jones!

Last Night of the World We do, however, have Canada’s role in the real life theft of atomic secrets in 1946. In Last Night of the World, Joyce Wayne mines this excellent plotline…We know that Freda didn’t succeed, but she ca...

I JUST finished a book that is rooted in this story. #CanLit #IndieBooks

I feel that 😂 (I’m starting to think the snowy egret everyone was seeing in Red Head was hiding on me.)

Mark, no.

Congrats! (Also fascinating to see what others have for nemesis birds. Mine for the longest time was the golden-crowned kinglet. Right now...I'd love a good photo of a kestrel?)

Just seeing this now, and wanting to let you know that my services in trophy creation can be procured for other disciplines.

(What would epidemiology like? I could source an old water pump and put google-eyes on that.)