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lacouvee

@lacouvee@mastodon.online

Writer, poet and conservationist with a love of wild green places. Settler on Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ land in ƛəmatax̌ʷ Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Lik'wala language learner. Published in Litmora, Dreamers Magazine, Book of Matches, New Feathers Anthology, Pure Slush, New York Writers Coalition anthology, Paddler Press, Feral Poetry, Van Isle Poetry Collective, Island Writer, Humana Obscura, , pocket lint.
#francophone #francais #VancouverIsland https://janislacouvee.com
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lacouvee, to poetry
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I'm excited to share that my poem "Fall on the Campbell River, redux" has been published by the League of Canadian Poets in their chapbook "Splendor of Wings" featuring the works of poets over 65 https://poets.ca/splendor-of-wings/ @poets

msquebanh, to nature
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Walking through & wetland marshes are to the right. Small to stroll. Still some purple out.

En route home & will be uploading more photos, shortly. We had the whole park to ourselves - only wildlife sharing spaces today 😊

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh those are such precious spots - when I used to walk there from Tillicum Mall I hardly ever saw anyone

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh it's too bad when they leave these semi-wild places without maintenance. After all, it is one of Saanich's parks.

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh also the problem with relying on volunteers is that the volunteer base is getting older, and it is becoming harder and harder to entice younger people to get involved. I don't understand why.

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh many organizations are at risk of folding and some have already due to the inability to recruit younger people to the work. I don't understand the obstacles. Most of us started doing this work when we ourselves were in our 30s and 40s, and busy with work, volunteer work/church and family. We were "busy" and had responsibilities but made time. What has changed?

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh for sure - however, there are so many examples that are hope-filled. The Campbell River estuary is one. Twenty years ago it looked drastically different. How do we get the buy-in? Twenty years is not a long time in people's lifetimes.

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh also - our "overlords" want us hopeless. Having hope is an act of resistance. It says, I will live to fight another day. Whatever our small act is. Some acts are glorious. Some are mundane. But together these small acts create waves across the world. Activism can mean saying "hi" to a neighbour, in a world that increasingly favours discord.

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh we have to have hope - Victor Frankl spoke of this. Also Dr Peter Gary, Victoria Holocaust survivor who spent his life spreading a message of love. Love and hope - it's all we have. To counteract hate and despair.

davidaugust, to space
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This is kinda funny.

#eclipse2024 #eclipse #space #moon

lacouvee,
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@davidaugust we're not in the path of the eclipse this time, but - it is also raining

lacouvee, to random
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hello there people of Mastodon - how's life? Feeling very disconnected from the "social" web these days. How about you? Is it still fulfilling a need?

lacouvee,
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@amgine well, yes, that too. But for me, all of it seems to have lost the personal touch.

lacouvee,
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@chris @BeAware @amgine oh if only the #OpenSocialWeb can be realized.

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh yes the garden is bursting with new life and I have been ignoring it. Need to get out there to tidy and plant veggies. The para dragon boating sounds great!

lacouvee,
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@msquebanh I don't think so, other than a few pollinators - bergamot an monarda

lacouvee, to accessibility
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Hello people of Mastodon. This is your gentle reminder to add #AltText to your photos/images. It's an #accessibility measure. Thank you! #photography

lacouvee, to random
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The famous clock window of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, looking towards Sacré Coeur. #FensterFreitag

lacouvee, to poets
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and on another note - quickest turnaround for an acceptance has been a day! This week - two days. What about your quickest? #WritingCommunity @poets @writers

lacouvee,
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@mtheriaultsf @poets @writers yes I've had those too and it's a wonderful feeling.

lacouvee, to poets
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fellow writers and poets - what's your fastest rejection. Mine - TWO days - received on Friday. Yikes! @poets @writers

lacouvee,
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@jake @poets @writers @Shanmonster wow, that is quick. Nothing close to that yet but I'm always glad to know that I am not alone. I'll have to see about The Dark.

danamcfarland, to bookstodon
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"It was good to chat, as people had done before the world grew so dire, and all contact had the quality of risk, and all the concatenated sorrows of the world seemed to drain away the pleasure of conversation from young people."

is from Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
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lacouvee,
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@danamcfarland @bookstodon a fantastic book - I loved it!

lacouvee, to poetry
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Thank you to the literary magazines, journals and websites that published my work in 2023 - @PaddlerPress, League of Canadian Poets, dipity literary magazine, Van Isle Poetry Collective, Dreamers Magazine, Litmora, Book of Matches, New Feathers Anthology, Pure Slush, New York Writers Coalition, Feral Poetry. @poets #PoetryCommunity #poetry

lacouvee, to animals
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The cat has the right idea. Who else is being lazy in this week between Christmas and New Year's #CatsofMastodon

lacouvee,
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@testing thank you for the boost and thank you for introducing me to Asymptote Journal - how could I have missed this? I speak English and French, am learning the local Indigenous language Likwal'a. My husband is Dutch (don't speak any). My mom spoke Ukrainian (I only know a few words). The world is so much more than English.

lacouvee,
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@testing I'm definitely going to dive in.

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