Cara Martin (C. K. Kelly Martin)

@caramartin.ca

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Canadian & Irish novelist of character-driven fiction from horror to sci-fi to contemp. Film school grad. Ottawa dweller. Humanist. Pro-human rights, pro-democracy, pro-science 😷 INFJ www.caramartin.ca | www.ckkellymartin.com

Pondering along with Chien in Square Phillips yesterday (July 21) in Montreal before watching David Letterman's Just for Laughs events with Paul Shaffer and Will Arnett.
Steve Russell/Toronto Star file photo, Toronto skyline partially obscured by the orange haze of wildfire smoke.
Air Quality Index (AQI) Windsor, Ontario, July 16th at 11.30 AM. 614. Hazardous. https://www.iqair.com/ca/air-quality/canada/ontario/windsor
The Nepean Concert Band in the midst of their summer series in Andrew Haydon Park last night.
Stratford Festival posters from the early 2000s. On the left Paul Gross in Hamlet. On the right Brent Carver in Elizabeth Rex.
Sheltering under a Wellington Bridge on Canada Day when the rain came down berserk.
Current Prime Minister Mark Carney and former PM Justin Trudeau hug as Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, looks on with a smile in Ottawa's LeBreton flats on Canada Day.
Rain, thunder and lightning clearing the downtown Ottawa streets at Elgin by the National War Memorial as people hung out under bridges and crowded into the Rideau Centre to get dry.
After Everything, 2018. Directed by Hannah Marks & Joey Power. Starring Maika Monroe & Jeremy Allen White. Rotten Tomatoes entry: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/after_everything Review on the Roger Ebert site: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/after-everything-2018
"The early 1940s are...a prime example of how the violence of war-especially when short-sighted and ideologically driven political leadership is combined with overwhelming military superiority-may lead to an almost limitless escalation in the use of force and a constant revision of rules and norms." | Mark Mazower, Hitler's Empire: How the Nazi's Ruled Europe
Fuck you graphic. Woman in shadow with both middle fingers raised.
Wearing sweatpants, bag of Hickory Sticks on my lap, feet up on the couch
Montreal Canadiens flag next to shop front mannequins, Rue St Paul Window, Old Montreal, May 16, 2026
Desk sign reading 'ATTACHED TO FICTIONAL CHARACTERS' sitting atop my printer, next to my laptop and personalized mouse pad for YESTERDAY.
Early tulip blooms in Ottawa's Commissioner's Park, May 3rd. https://tulipfestival.ca/
The Tay River running through Stewart Park, nearly bursting from its banks under a blue sky and sun.
Wooden box labelled "DOG STICK LIBRARY. Take a stick. Leave a stick."
Book Market Orleans stores hours starting April 7, 2026 Mondays: Closed Tuesday & Wednesday :10 - 6 PM Thursday & Friday: 10 - 7 PM Saturday: 10 - 6 PM Sunday: 12 - 5 PM
There is no enemy like a friend betrayed painted on a wall in Calgary next to an image of an American flag with a line through it.
Dow's Lake swimming platform on dry land surrounded by mud, bare trees and tall reeds.
Professionslly printed sign reads " For Sale. Engel & Volkers. Great development opportunity." Handwritten in 'HELP ME' in black ink, all capitalized.
Orléans Petro Canada sign advertising a gas price of 166.6, April 22nd.
Sky blue Reebok Club C Grounds in a sunbeam that's streaming through the window.
Inside the capsule: commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover
Jeremy Hansen and the rest of the Artemis II crew speak with PM Mark Carney and Melanie Jolie from space at roughly 7:30 PM EDT tonight.
the moon
Sparks flying where a stopped LRT line 1 train meets overhead wire during an ice storm in early March, 2026, Ottawa
Haley Lu Richardson & Emilia Clarke in 1970s Soviet thriller Ponies, looking snazzy and sassy.
"I feel very grateful to be from a country where I land at Pearson Airport and there’s a Pride flag in the airport. I don’t have to be nervous about what I say about the government … We’re hanging on to a base level of decency here. But I hope we realize how tenuous that is and we need to protect it." - Mae Martin. Image is of her holding a Juno Award. | From the article: https://torontosun.com/entertainment/music/junos-2026-host-mae-martin-canadian-pride
Bulging file folder marked scam
Peggy Lipton in 'A' Is For Annie, Mod Squad, Oct 1970
Ottawa snow dumping, March 15th
Rosemount branch, Ottawa Public Library
Benny bear enjoying a sunbeam in Ottawa, March 2nd
Kichi Sibi winter trail in Westboro, Ottawa, the Ottawa River off to the left. February 23rd.
Overlooking Westboro Beach and the Ottawa River, covered in snow, February 23rd.
Snowy bench, Orleans, Ottawa.
Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak on the ice in Milan, Feb 2026
Fern tart from British Pride bakery in Stittsville.
Dictionary.com definition of fascism: 1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. 2.(sometimes initial capital letter) the philosophy, principles, or methods of fascism. 3.(initial capital letter) a political movement that employs the principles and methods of fascism, especially the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.
Ice sculpture in Confederation Park, Northern creatures - owl, moose, bear, narwhal, Feb 2, 2026
Skaters on the Rideau Canal, February 2, 2026
Christopher Guest and Catherine O'Hara at an event for Best in Show (2000)
1815 Bantree Street, Ottawa - warehouse in the middle of an industrial wasteland with not a bus stop in sight.
Close-up of Melania Trump frowning, Trump behind her.
Leonard Cohen in Normandie, France on January 26th, 1988, around the release of I'm Your Man.
I Know It's Over original hardback cover, 2008. By C. K. Kelly Martin
Noah Wyle in The Pitt season 2 episode 3, 9 A.M.
Snowy afternoon in Orléans, Ottawa today.
Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella lying in bed next to each other in a scene from My Old Ass (directed by Megan Park)
picture of the original Enterprise crew circa
I wound up destroying my SIP valve doing destructive testing - it was damaged after the 200 insertions testing, with the last 100 being a full sized straws that the valve isn't meant for, but the damaged valve still passed the fit test multiple times, including after the full sized straws were inserted. After seeing the video, SIPMask generously offered to replace the valve, which I'm taking them up on because now I want to use it.
Don’t be afraid of anything. This is our country and it’s the only one we have. The only thing we should fear is that we will surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. That we will surrender without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and the future of our children. — Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
Just Like You Said It Would Be Holiday cover edition on sale until Jan 2, 2026. e-copies $2.99 and equivalent. Cover: illustration of a young woman in a parka, snowy Toronto landscape in the background.
Snowy Orléans park, Dec 23, 2025.
Holiday Cover editions on sale until January 2, 2026. E-copies $2.99. Just Like You Said It Would Be cover: a contemplative looking young woman with long dark hair and olive skin. She's wearing a parka, snowy Toronto in the background.
Christmas lights and decorations in Orléans' Taffy Lane last night.
• People of all ages should roll up their sleeve and get their flu vaccine. If you are a health-care worker, it is doubly important. Yes, the effectiveness against the H3N2 variant will be less than ideal, but anything is better than no vaccination at preventing being hospitalized or dying. As well, the vaccine also protects against other strains of influenza such as A (H1N1) and B. Sadly, a Hong Kong teenager recently died from influenza B. • Wear a well-fitted mask in crowded indoor public places. The influenza virus, like SARS-CoV-2, spreads in the air that we breathe, and inhaled influenza aerosols cause more severe infections than cases caused by droplet spray and dirty hands. Do both, wash your hands (surfaces) and clean the air. • B.C. health-care workers, patients and visitors can already start wearing well-fitted high grade masks. B.C. public health should not delay any further bringing back real respiratory protections in all health-care facilities, including long-term care homes. Newfoundland and Labrador, Toronto University Health Network, the Montreal Jewish General Hospitaland Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario have done it. B.C.’s health care is already strained, with ER overnight closures becoming the new normal. Taking preventive measures now will help ensure someone is on duty in the ER when you or your loved one needs it most. • Make the tools you need to allow your child and your family to breathe healthy air. Inexpensive DIY clean air boxes lower risk of respiratory infections in homes, schools and long-term care facilities. They also provide safe air to breathe during wildfire season. Read more of the Dec 6th article here: https://surreynowleader.com/2025/12/06/opinion-dont-wait-for-b-c-public-health-to-protect-you-this-flu-season/
Robert Scorpio, Laura and Luke Spencer, General Hospital summer of 1981
Anthony Geary and Tristan Rogers in a scene from General Hospital in the 80s