Fiction author and artist from Ontario. Antifa, woke and a chronic virtue signaller. Cuz kindness is punk AF.https://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3mjdcpkwduk2kI finally achieved a dream. I finally have something I've written in the fiction section of Value Village! Not a whole book but a short story! And BONUS: a woman overheard me telling Marie and wanted to know which story was mine. She bought the book!!12 Apr 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdcpkwduk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3mirr6ay6t22s05 Apr 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirr6ay6t22shttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3mewk626kyc2nHey all! I just got my invite to Gander? If you're on it too, come find me as C0ffeesalt over there! Love to see ya!15 Feb 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewk626kyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3lqycdh226s2cChanced upon two books by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson today. Did you ever find an artist whose name glows brighter from a book's cover than its title? I absolutely love this woman's work and I want to learn it all. She is amazing.07 Jun 2025 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqycdh226s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3lfgglqqzr225You guys, if you're ever in downtown Ottawa, you gotta hit Dhruvee's on the corner of Beechwood and Charlevoix. Five stars for everything- service, food,decor-everything. It is now my most favourite restaurant in the city.11 Jan 2025 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgglqqzr225https://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3lbp6yw5kzc2bMy novella 'individe' is available for order through keeskapteyn314@gmail.com at $10 plus shipping. It will also be available in local shops around Ottawa just in time for the holiday season. 🤓24 Nov 2024 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbp6yw5kzc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3lbmforwghk2oUnboxing my new novella 'individe', of which I am most proud. ❤️‍🔥23 Nov 2024 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmforwghk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kvhwjsipuy2qThe valley spans miles when the mountain stands high...21 Jun 2024 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvhwjsipuy2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kucamqsujr2wMetaphilosophical question of the day, posed to me by a Grade 2 student: "Is Water Wet?"... Discuss.07 Jun 2024 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kucamqsujr2whttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kmps2lzcu42nA new blog entry and some exciting news!! http://coffee-salt.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-open-concept.html02 Mar 2024 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmps2lzcu42nhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3klp3pdtue622"Solitude is the richest constant in the universe." from LefTturn18 Feb 2024 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3klp3pdtue622https://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kizg7cf5px2lWhen the New York Times discover something that you've known all this millennium... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/books/review/burn-man-mark-anthony-jarman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk0.Hd99.l98WF38TxH5T&smid=em-share15 Jan 2024 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kizg7cf5px2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3keu5wapgeq2xMy landlord has torn up a wooded section of our rental property. This is a eulogy for my lost tree companions: https://coffee-salt.blogspot.com/2023/11/tree-theatre.html?fbclid=IwAR1gdrBtHTdNShJa-DJfPEbIVZ6LlBMU9JeIMZI3M0hwpf5o24g50Y__XjE&m=123 Nov 2023 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3keu5wapgeq2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kd57ohlqyz2t"he thought about the way she laughed, as if she owned the air around her..." Junot Diaz, The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao01 Nov 2023 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd57ohlqyz2thttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kcbaj3jvgw23"He drinks like it's a kind of prayer, letting the spirits take over. The spirits bring him closer to God in that higher plane. Drunkenness has ties to the spirit world. You drink, and prayer is implied. You drink to cry out for something to lift you out of this mortal sludge." from LefTturn.21 Oct 2023 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcbaj3jvgw23https://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kc2vhvdjtr27"Take my hand And cradle it in your hand Take my hand And feel the pull, the quicksand" The Decemberists The Hazards of Love19 Oct 2023 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kc2vhvdjtr27https://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kbtgoj3niv2qChewable chocolate melatonin magnesium tastes fucking gross.16 Oct 2023 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbtgoj3niv2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kawbpx44iq2sWab Kinew is Premier of Manitoba!!!!04 Oct 2023 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kawbpx44iq2shttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3karr54qyur2fCan't stop thinking about a Rock Band novel concept that I've had shelved for the last few years. There is so much romance in the Canadian tour circuit, especially in the North...02 Oct 2023 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3karr54qyur2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kaorrzywql2qThe universe is made of information, and it is desperately trying to teach us.01 Oct 2023 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaorrzywql2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kanl2zslaz2r"The ship's haunted." "Like your face."30 Sep 2023 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kanl2zslaz2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3kamqdzvd3h2iI have never been to Boston in the fall30 Sep 2023 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kamqdzvd3h2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3ka5623ufwb2fRain is starting to spit from the sky with deep spiritual insult... from LefTturn24 Sep 2023 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ka5623ufwb2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3k72xhjjtgp2jThis is going to be the greatest reading season ever! Just pre-ordered Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves and Geddy Lee's My Effin' Life and and also anticipating book releases from Elyse Friedman, Ken Monkman, Danil Botha, Eva Crocker, Thomas King... every time I turn around there's more!10 Sep 2023 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3k72xhjjtgp2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3k6gbmvkfgt2uMy flashfic "Lion Argent" now available with issue 33 of NonBinary Review! https://www.zoeticpress.com/issue-33-world-tour02 Sep 2023 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6gbmvkfgt2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3k6ea24r57x2u"Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room..." Perfect Circle - R.E.M.01 Sep 2023 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6ea24r57x2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/keeskapteyn.bsky.social/post/3k6e3dlx5to2m"I can't remember the sound that you found for me..." Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure - The Weakerthans01 Sep 2023 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:twsj7h56vsqnvkh46y7cchd7/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6e3dlx5to2m