Dean 🍁

@dmaclanders.bsky.social

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Technologist, photographer, maker, baker, progressive.

“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance. . . . That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. . . . That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. . . . That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful. . . . The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.” ― Ann Druyan
Maligne Lake at sunrise. Clouds overhead are lit pink and reflected in the mirror surface of the lake
A lenticular cloud seemingly descending out of a higher cloud layer over a lake surrounded by low mountains.
Logo for the Johnsonville SUPERHOLE series 4.
Sunrise from the dome in Dawson City, Yukon. A log bench is in the foreground.
Sunset from "The Dome". Dawson City, Yukon
Looking out over a picnic table and campfire ring on a gravel beach, A nearby mountain shrouded in clouds in the background.
A large cruise ship anchored in Georgian Bay at Kilarney, Ontario in October 2024
Polling graph from 338 Canada showing CPC leading but converging with Liberals in Bowmanville -Oshawa North riding on April 11, 2025
A picture of the Wawa Ontario Canada Goose monument from 2015. Before it was refurbished. Shows some rust and a boring concrete base.
A group of 5 pelicans on the water on a northern lake.
A map of Canada Lake near Wheelerville, New York
Nipigon River Bridge. A cable stayed bridge over the Nipigon River in Nipigon, Ontario, Canada.
Looking up river to a low waterfall amidst a snowy boreal forest landscape. This is Provoking falls near Mew Lake campground, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Effin birds meme with a pelican declaring "I didn't listen to your voicemail because we live in the goddamn twenty-first century"
Maligne Lake just before sunrise.
Sunrise from the red chairs at Haddie Cove, Pukaskwa National Park
Confederation Bridge - New Brunswick, Canada. Looking east under the bridge at sunrise.
A wood bridge over a still river extends into the mist just after sunrise.
A decaying old wood fishing boat. High and dry. The tales it could tell.
George Lake with aurora - Killarney Provincial Park - October 10, 2024