Dawn Sev

@dawnsev.bsky.social

1074 Followers 750 Following

Former supposed music infatuation junkie; ESL content creator on Patreon and YouTube.

Photo of an iPad sitting in front of a TV. Both of them have images of the World Cup on them.
Very heavy rain, complete with thunder, as seen from my balcony in west-end Ottawa.
A screenshot from “The Atlantic”’s searchsble database that shows that three AI models used one of my YouTube videos for training.
A man and a woman stand back to back.
A woman in her late 50s takes a bathroom selfie. She’s wearing a jean jacket and a grey t-shirt.
Two pairs of Spanish espadrilles. The pair on the top has canvas in various tones of blue and pink. The bottom pair has royal blue denim and crossed navy blue denim elastic straps.
A very old and threadbare Spain football scarf, with the Spanish coat of arms at the end.
Terry is wearing white headphones as he stares intently at his computer screen. In the inset image, I’m doing the same.
Tom Stewart and Rob Snasdell-Taylor of Slo’ Tom & The Handsome Devils at the Red Bird Café, Ottawa. Tom is playing an acoustic guitar and Rob’s playing bass. They’re both wearing green work shirts and have red bandanas tied around their necks.
Red French mailbox with the words IF YOU NEED ME…DM ME HERE!! in yellow type.
Picture of the blooms of a pink geranium.
A snowbank in the outdoor corner of a building. Over the snowbank, there’s a permanent awning that’s covered in icicles.
A young child sits at a wood table, wearing a crown of Christmas tinsel.
A yellow weather advisory for Ottawa, Ontario. It warns of extreme cold temperatures; at 6AM, the temperature was -26 Celsius.
A grey loveseat with a heavy sheepskin on top of it. Underneath the sheepskin is a very tired middle-aged singer-songwriter who desperately needs a nap.
A poster for a show called “Songs to Warm Your Winter” which is taking place at the Night Oat Café in Ottawa on January 8th at 8PM.
A photo of a TV screen showing Landsdowne Park, in Ottawa. Four sportscasters are sitting in front of a snowy football pitch, where the Canadian Premier League final will take place tonight.
A graphic on a blue background. The text says “Death for Doug Ford’s Bill 60!” It’s done in the slightly retro graphic design style of the logo of Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City.
The early 1970s. A young girl (me) sits at a wooden table with a loop of Christmas garland sitting on her head.
A cover of the book “Why Nations Fail” by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson.
A red/orange sunset on the beach in Cádiz, Spain.
A branch of sugar maple with red leaves.
A photo of two Ryanair jets on the tarmac at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez - Barajas Airport. It’s a sunny, warm day in Madrid and there are a few clouds in the sky.
Some video of the tide going out from the beach at Conil de la Frontera, Spain.
A chapel outside of Pozoblanco, Spain. It’s a white structure with a simple bell tower, set against a blue sky.
A photo of a drinks menu sitting on top of an open copy of the El País newspaper. Beside the menu there’s an almost-finished café con leche.
A black enamel plate of spaghetti with shrimp and clams, with a knife and fork sticking out of each side of the plate.
Sub-headline from the New York Times saying “Syncophantic Improv Machine”.
A photo of a television with the chiron “Neil Diamond gives surprise performance”, along with Diamond’s retirement announcement from 2018. Also featured is a photo of Neil Young, not Neil Diamond.
The band Teenage Head, with four yiung guys in their early 20s, looking slightly aggressive. September 1977 photo taken by (I believe) Art Usherton.
A blue and gray striped hammock. On the left, you can see my right foot resting on the hem of the hammock fabric.
A screen grab of a New York Times article that talks about the cover art of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album. In the photo, Carpenter is on her knees in front of a man, whose head has been cropped out but who is holding Carpenter’s hair like a leash.
A bus timetable board that displays departure times. The #11 bus, one of the busiest routes, cancels its 9:59 departure and the next one is scheduled to leave 25 minutes later.
A black poster advertising a show called "Gals with Guitars", which is taking place on Thursday, May 1st, at the Night Oat Cafe in Ottawa. The poster features drawings of the headstock of an acoustic guitar, with Anni del Sol's name beside it, and Dawn Sev's name beside a drawing of the headstock of an electric guitar.
A pink neon sign that says in Spanish: “If I didn’t do at least one crazy thing a year, I’d go crazy.”
A street in Madrid. The sky is clear blue and sunny, and there are Mexican cutouts strung across the street.
Three young men with acoustic guitars play on a stage with black curtains. Cyrus, left, has a shaved head and is wearing a grey hoodie. Kevin, middle, holds a guitar while he listens to Michael, right, play guitar and sing.
A rectangular fridge magnet that says “Madridholic”.
A stylized Canadian flag with the words “No security clearance? No vote.” with a maple leaf replacing the O in “vote”.
A stylized Canadian flag with the words “No security clearance? No vote.”
A copy of Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book “Careless People” sits on a wood-top table. A latte in a white cup sits to the left of the book.
Three romanic arches frame a patio area that was carved out of the side of a mountain.
A tall stuffed toy moose with a Mounted Police hat wears a turquoise t-shirt that says “Elbows Up!”
Picture of cartons of large eggs on sale in Ottawa, Canada. On February 26th, 2025, this store was selling a dozen large eggs for $3.93 Canadian, which is about $2.75 US.
A headline from the Washington post, which says “she hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this.”