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my brain darkening* (opens the original)
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Honey, I’m hooomme! Yes, I’m (finally) back. ‘What’s Nancy been up to?’ you might well ask. For the past two+ years, I’ve been largely absent here, focused on writing, editing, re-writing my book and completing my creative nonfiction MFA (done and dusted as of May 2026.) My WiP is a big idea, non-linear, creative nonfiction, eco-lit book with lyrical voice. I’m currently polishing sample chapters and a book proposal in anticipation of querying agents and publishers before year’s end.The seed for
welcome to birch sap | sú beithe (opens the original)
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You may notice things have changed around here. But primarily in name only. This was the former home of Nancy’s Darkroom, a profile I began in 2023 that focused on my photography. But horizon’s expand, roots spread, and branches reach ever wider. After earning an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography in 2021, I began a creative writing MFA in 2024 which I just completed in May 2026. In the midst of that pursuit, I tried to create a second, separate Substack so this main space could r
Seasonal Change (opens the original)
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Since acquiring my creative writing MFA last spring, I’ve been rethinking my current Substack presence which began as a focus (literal/figurative) on my photography. (My writing MFA is my second master’s degree pursuit. I acquired my MA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography back in 2021.)For a while now, I’ve wanted to merge what I share here under one banner that might better reflect the storytelling I do: whether written, visual, audio, or some combination. While pursuing my writing MFA
The Helpers. Then and now. (opens the original)
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The morning of September 11, 2001, I happened to be working for a newspaper publisher, Grand River Valley Newspapers, newly merged and overseeing three local newspapers: The Record covering Waterloo Region, The Guelph Mercury covering Guelph, and The Cambridge Reporter covering Cambridge, Ontario and surrounding areas. I remember running behind that morning as I turned into the lot at the publisher’s head office on Fairway Road in Kitchener, Ontario. As I parked, I heard the voice of CBC’s Micha
How do we ‘see’ ourselves? (opens the original)
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Sixty years ago, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 made the first photograph of Earth from space on August 23, 1966. Just over two years before Astronaut Bill Anders made his iconic photograph ‘Earthrise,’ as Apollo 8 emerged from the dark side of the moon in December 1968. You can read more about Lunar Orbiter 1’s photograph in <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/60-years-ago-nasa-took-the-first-ever-photo-of-earth-from-the
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