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Napanee debrief
I moved to Napanee almost two years ago for the same reason I chose this new place we’ve just moved to - it was the apartment with the...
Ann Cognito
Jul 19, 20245 min read


Yes, it’s like watching a trainwreck, but...
No, I won’t stop paying attention to the fires. I won’t stop paying attention to the floods, the droughts, the storms, the temperatures,...
Ann Cognito
Aug 21, 20233 min read


Volcanoes and Mushrooms and Friends
Pioneer plants have already taken root on a lava flow from the 2007 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise. Image credit: MarySloA on Flickr...
Ann Cognito
Jul 9, 20236 min read
Curating Smoke
I wrote this about a month ago and forgot to post it... The smoke has cleared, here, for now, so I’ve been puttering. Mostly,I struggle...
Ann Cognito
Jul 9, 20236 min read


Whack-a-mole vs Milkweed and Yarrow
NB... there's no picture of either the game or the herbs because my storage is full... add fixing that to the ongoing whack-a-mole......
Ann Cognito
May 20, 20235 min read
Not gone… grounded and migrated
Hello… I stopped writing here because of technical difficulties… I can rarely even access this blog So I’ve moved… gypsies do that…...
Ann Cognito
Apr 22, 20231 min read


Dance, play Jenga, or swim?
Wishing each other a happy Earth Day sounds absolutely ludicrous considering few wish that truly enough to care whether the Earth herself...
Ann Cognito
Apr 22, 20233 min read


Why Not to Wear Flying Monkeys
How do you change the world? Start with the shirt on your back… because it’s become a monkey on your back… a flying monkey, at that The...
Ann Cognito
Apr 3, 20234 min read


Cabbages, Albatrosses, and Terrariums
For the past several years, I’ve used the time between Winter Solstice and my mid-January birthday as a period of reflection, assessment,...
Ann Cognito
Mar 28, 20235 min read


Sleep and Gyroscopes
I can’t sleep. That’s not unusual, and there’s many reasons… tonight’s an interesting combination. I’m a human barometer, marked in...
Ann Cognito
Jan 28, 20233 min read
Pulling Rabbits out of the Mycelium Network
Aside from chasing deliveries out of wormholes, the past couple days have been very unbusy. I’m not used to that. I’ve been walking on...
Ann Cognito
Sep 29, 20222 min read


NEEDED: A port in a storm
Sadly, due to a serious deterioration in her health, Ann is no longer able to plan on sailing, or even living aboard, in the foreseeable...
Ann Cognito
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Yes, it is a “Victory”… the Expedition Petition Debrief and Petition Closure Notes
Names have power, and so do words. The change.org petition hosting site has two options for ending a petition. One option is to simply...
Ann Cognito
Mar 16, 20224 min read


An Open Letter About Another Open Letter and What Happened/s Next
On it’s way… my friend at the post office To all of you who supported and were part of my Walk to Waken the Nation, the Ottawa Climate...
Ann Cognito
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Trucks, Moby Dick, and Crystal Balls… Is Activism F*cked?
The capital is held quasi-hostage, disabled by a confused and confusing chaos of conflict between various interpretations of freedom,...
Ann Cognito
Feb 13, 20223 min read


Boats, Cheese Graters, and Buddha
Hello, this is Ann, briefly out of the technical deadish zone and catching up a little bit while I’m temporarily somewhere with better...
Ann Cognito
Feb 4, 20225 min read


Mr Myrtle's Tale (and Ears)
Mr Myrtle Sir has been with me since the moment he was born - with a heart on his belly, and when I called him - in Jamaica, where we...
Ann Cognito
Sep 18, 20182 min read


Don't hold your breath...
I don't believe I'll really start this blog until I get back to gypsying. Which I shall, and it won't be too long away, but too long for...
Ann Cognito
Sep 17, 20183 min read

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