Broaden Your Travel Horizons

Joshua Kutryk, a Canadian astronaut from Alberta,

is currently at the International Space Station

doing a couple of space walks, among his other duties!

So in his honour, here's a few memes and LOLs

about our big, beautiful universe!

For some unknown reason, NASA wouldn't let

Joshua bring along his pet cat --

And speaking of the recent eclipse --

human-pet-they:

texting everyone in my friends list “see what happens when you disobey me?” when the eclipse starts

NASA also recently released 

the closest image ever taken of Jupiter --

Commentary by @hamletthedane:

#Vincent Van Gogh is crying somewhere in the afterlife and I’m crying just thinking about that #you knew!! you saw the patterns!! there is a whole planet painted in the oils from your brush!!#TIL that the craft Juno went as close as 4000km from Jupiter’s weather surface #for context: the craft was closer to Jupiter than NYC is to LA #which in space terms is like basically being on the planet #holy shit

For its next feat, NASA will try to eat the Moon --

And does this next bad joke EVER get old?

Not to those of us who have

a sense of humour like

an adolescent boy!

Monday Murals -- Harcourt House

I'm taking part today in 

Monday Murals hosted by Sami.

Here in my Edmonton neighbourhood there is

an Artist Run Centre called Harcourt House

containing an art gallery, artist studios, and

 art education via classes and workshops.

One of its long corrugated metal walls has

a wonderful limited-palette mural

depicting the Centre's various rooms,

including a janitorial closet with

a mop and trolley bucket!

Since it's so hard to capture

the entire long mural in one photograph,

I'm posting four photos of its sections

in order from left to right.

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]

Hello November!

But don't worry, there will be

nothing about Christmas on

this blog until December!

For November, I've got lots of (hopefully)

interesting and/or funny posts planned.

And remember that this month is also

NOIRVEMBER

so there will be a couple of posts on that too!

What Are YOU Handing Out Tonight?

Hey, psssst -- 

Want some TIPS

on how to save money on

Halloween candy this year?

Wishing all of you . . .

Halloween Costume Fun

I might go as a classic internet meme this year!

P. J. Perry Quintet, Vertex String Quartet, Connie Kaldor

October has been busy with lots of live music concerts! These were my favourite three --

P. J. Perry Quintet

Edmonton's Sunday afternoon concert series Jazz & Reflections had a fine autumn lineup, including Canadian jazz icon P. J. Perry. I've been a fan of his for years and have several of his albums, so his concert was a real treat to attend!  P. J. Perry is actually the person who created the Jazz & Reflections series 30 years ago. We are so lucky that he lives here in Edmonton!

[Photo credit: Ian Kucerak /Postmedia]

Vertex String Quartet

The highlight of Vertex's excellent fall concert was the premiere of Edmonton composer Conrad Sobieraj's String Quartet No. 3 "Mizeria." As stated in the program notes, "This piece is a reflection of adulthood, the isolation of independence, the weight of the past, and the morbid death and decay of the inner child." In other words, it is all about the turbulent and emotional journey of surviving our 20s, full of Sturm und Drang.

Connie Kaldor

I last saw this Canadian folksinging legend of the prairies in concert 30 years ago in Winnipeg. I was a big fan of her feminist singer-songwriter style. I'm pleased to learn that, at 72 years of age, she still has her powerhouse voice and soaring vocals! She's touring this fall with her new album Wide Open Spaces, on which this song "Hitched Together" is featured. It was a fun concert and a good time!