Just Jo

@joargue

Artist in beautiful BC

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Just Jo@joargue· 2d

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Look what just arrived all the way over in British Columbia, Canada! Can’t wait to dive in!

Two books by Tom Cox - Villager and Everything Will Swallow You - sit on a wooden table waiting to be read

Just Jo@joargue· 17d

Smoky orange moon over Slocan Lake

A dark orange moon, almost full, shines in a smoky sky. A reflected streak of orange runs directly below it over the water

Just Jo@joargue· 19d

It might be a little smoky tonight

A photo of the night sky with a very hazy red three quarter moon

Just Jo@joargue· 27d

My poem for #ExitWounds @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#exitwounds

that last look
across the water
smoke
flame
chase each other
along the shore

everything they own
in boats
adrift
homeless
refugees on
their own lands

*for Namaygoosisagagun First Nation

Just Jo@joargue· 29d

We must stop this fossil fuel madness From Tanya Talaga in Thunder Bay:

It was 37 degrees in Thunder Bay today. Around us, 130 wildfires raged. The smoke turned the skies burnt orange and black. Ash is falling like snow. The birds are confused. Insects disoriented.
Driving down Arthur Street at 6:30 pm, everyone had their headlights on because it was so dark. Entire communities are disappearing. Collins FN has burned to the ground. No one came to save them. The people saved themselves and escaped by boat. Mish and Cat Lake have lost power. Then, a train derailed downtown Thunder Bay.
There is one highway to Ignace. Yet this is where trucks are slated to carry nuclear waste, for decades down that one highway, and bury it in a deep geological repository? How is this safe when Ignace itself is on an evacuation watch?
We were supposed to be in Ignace tomorrow, filming a documentary series on nuclear waste being transported to this new deep geological repository that could be fast-tracked as a project of national interest. That means no environmental assessments required.
The firefighters have taken our hotel rooms in Ignace. Town officials have, rightly, told us they can’t speak because of what is going on.
Mother Earth, shakamikwe, is loudly screaming no more. She is throwing her might at us.
It is complete madness to ignore her. See less

Just Jo@joargue· Jul 15

This is what all the pro pipeline folks are supporting, including our own federal government, and this is only Ontario. There are fires burning across Canada’s north. Climate change is real, people! @mark-carney.bsky.social

A map of northern Ontario with all the wildfires noted as well as the levels of fire risk

Just Jo@joargue· Jul 3

I'm new to #poemsabout but I couldn't resist the #CheapMotels prompt. True story!

A poem by Jo Argue
Things to Consider
When Stopping for the Night

1.
I know you’re tired
but consider
why yours is
the only car
at the Moto Court Motel

2.
I know you’re tired
but be sure
to bring a sleeping bag
those sheets didn’t wash themselves

3.
I know you’re tired
but those bugs
in the tub?
yes
they really are moving

4.
I know you’re tired
but the guests
who just got the room next door
will share more
than you bargained for

5.
I know you’re tired
but the arrival of the wife
and the escape of the mistress
out the back window
will be a story you tell
for years to come

Just Jo@joargue· Apr 5

Sad satellite Stella #blueskydogs

A sad looking brown, black and white dog in a transparent blue plastic cone sitting on a floral duvet cover reconsidering her life choices.

Just Jo@joargue· Mar 30

The flickers are back! #birds

Two northern flickers chattering on a deck railing just behind a glass butterfly mobile

Just Jo@joargue· Mar 15

Working on my painting skills

Moody blue painting with a small dark woman in the light under an umbrella

Just Jo@joargue· Feb 22

A small pine needle basket I made yesterday, but not in Doug Ford’s Ontario so it’s all good.

Small spiral woven pine needle basket with pale green looped handle made in a province that doesn’t think basket weaving is a poor life choice

Just Jo@joargue· Jan 14

Some intense sky colour on a rare somewhat sunny day

Just Jo@joargue· Jan 14

Pink sunset reflected in the stovetop

Just Jo@joargue· Jan 11

There is no dog so lost as the one waiting for the bedding and her blanket to be laundered. Photo of her post-laundry reproachful glare #dogsofbluesky