Senior editor at The Tyee. Author of the essay collections Hearty: On Cooking, Eating and Growing Food for Pleasure and Subsistence (ECW Press) & Like a Boy but Not a Boy (Arsenal Pulp). Co-editor of the BC bestselling Points of Interest.https://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3muzxuvqwls2v"ANDREA CAN I BORROW YOUR SWISS ARMY KNIFE I NEED TO BORROW YOUR SWISS ARMY KNIFE" great question, perfect question to be asking at the top of one's lungs when I'm in the middle of a work call.08 Sep 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzxuvqwls2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mus3s6tdj22tI will from now on be carrying my own cutlery in a little sack so I never have to use a wooden fork or paper straw ever again05 Sep 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus3s6tdj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3murt75abjk2awe live in a tourism town & they don’t run the ferry bus on the holiday Monday 🤨05 Sep 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3murt75abjk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mursphslmc2aI look like I take oat milk but I do not take oat milk05 Sep 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mursphslmc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3muprsj4lmk2iIt's cool to see people do ultramarathon swims, but training for & completing a marathon, i think my biggest personal lesson is that it wasn't a super "healthy" thing for me to do. Training volume crowded out other stuff & when I took a (needed) break after, my mental health crashed.04 Sep 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muprsj4lmk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mupr5k2vg22uCharacter on the Sherlock Holmes podcast said he’d married his wife after a few weeks of knowing her. Child: then why did you marry her?? You need to know someone for two or three years to know their character.04 Sep 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupr5k2vg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3munzo3uuvk2xmight just be because it's something i keep an eye out for, but i think that anti-vax sentiment reaching rabies vaccines for pets is... starting to have noticeable consequences?04 Sep 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3munzo3uuvk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3munzbdfyds2xif i was independently wealthy, i think i would pretty much be a caricature of one of those characters from hercule poirot novels who winter on the mediterranean and only wear one specific kind of pair of socks04 Sep 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3munzbdfyds2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3munz27kl5k2gi just calculated how much vitamin c i'm consuming daily through fruit & vegetables & it's, uh, a lot of vitamin c04 Sep 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3munz27kl5k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3munyq53zs22zgonna be really interesting to see how all the chatgpt lawsuits work out [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3munyq53zs22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3munylk5r522zthings i have passed on to my child: - weird knees - hand shape others have called "interesting" - preference to eat frozen peas, corn, berries, and mango chunks directly from the freezer instead of thawed04 Sep 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3munylk5r522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3munh44yyrc2ytoday the child told me we need to keep our wine glasses for when she has her quinceañera (this is... not a cultural tradition for our family).03 Sep 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3munh44yyrc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3munbt3vmws2qhad a weird craving for boiled potatoes with butter earlier & then began to feel as though the lights were yelling at me, and though i ignored both of these things a migraine has appeared nonetheless03 Sep 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3munbt3vmws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3muljcu6xgs2nListen, I love my vegan friends, but I think I can speak for both of us when I say: please keep the eggs & dairy in the gf cake & please keep the gluten in the vegan cake03 Sep 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muljcu6xgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3muiy7sfkks24Decided to go for a NICE, CALMING stroll on the sea walk, ran into a new fresh pile of bear poop and an erratically flying bat. (This is why I usually avoid being out at dusk.) (there was no actual contact w the bat.)02 Sep 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiy7sfkks24https://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3muioi2ktok2qCurrently cooking lentils in the rice cooker. I have no clue why we existed so long without a rice cooker02 Sep 2026 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muioi2ktok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mui4neeqbs2qmy neighbour's dog has been barking non-stop for the last hour & i don't totally understand how it hasn't lost its voice01 Sep 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui4neeqbs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mui23dono22vthe welland canal is a creepy place & if you mess with it you stand a 50/50 chance of a haunting, is what i have to add to this discourse01 Sep 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui23dono22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mugnwgc3yk2ti think one of the things that frustrates me about the facebook harkening back to the good ole days when you simply went home from your mill job to find dinner on the stove is that I grew up in 1990s Hamilton. if you want less petty theft & violence? Address poverty, for chrissakes01 Sep 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugnwgc3yk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mugnixet5s23There was an otter attack on a swimmer in lake tahoe, a scenario I have mentally prepared for here. do I tell my fellow local swimmers or pocket it as one of my many unfun facts01 Sep 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugnixet5s23https://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mufy6mc3a22mwe signed up to see an occupational therapist to help with some ADHD struggles for our kid over two years ago & we now no longer even receive updates about where on the waitlist we are31 Aug 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufy6mc3a22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mufnalkpes25i really tried my best to gaslight myself into not having allergies but instead my sinusitis has gotten measurably worse & i've discovered that despite not having allergies to the normal 40-allergen panel, anti-histamines are very, very helpful. experiment over31 Aug 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufnalkpes25https://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mufknwfdz22qso much of the time what's meant disparagingly by "woke" is accepting broadly established historical facts & asserting that some measure of justice or change should now take place31 Aug 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufknwfdz22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mufkayuukk23i keep misspelling "bylection" as "bielection," so. you can see where my allegiances lie31 Aug 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufkayuukk23https://bsky.app/profile/akkabah.bsky.social/post/3mufixpmgwc2qAt a panel on homelessness in Powell River, BC, featuring mayor Ron Woznow, MLA Randene Neill, and MP Aaron Gunn, the moderator began the event by saying: "We're going to stand and sing O Canada. It will be our land acknowledgement." (03:58 or so.) https://www.facebook.com/reel/1071220548785519 #bcpoli31 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:u5llvgrv2uolle2ufteeuepg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufixpmgwc2q