Karen Murchison

Proud aggie who lives in the city, obsesses about the food we all eat, works hard to raise nice children & can't resist learning new stuff.

[Heath MacDonald @CornwallHeath]

Spent the morning at Barnyard Organics in Freetown, where they grow and mix organic feed for livestock, offer bulk grains, and run a community shared agriculture program for organic poultry. Thanks to Mark, Sally, Karen, Marc and Soleil for showing me around!

[Clinton Desveaux @ClintonDesveaux]

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Footage uncovered of former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, praising Mark Carney in 2012 for helping Canada during the 2008 recession. “Governor Carney has been an invaluable support… I appreciate the work that he has done and the advice he has given to keep the economy strong to protect Canadian jobs and maintain the stability of our monetary system.”
Here is the full interview
https://t.co/ySAcYDhl4p

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

@MeghanMcCain … and a Trumper? Luckily your father will never know your deceit and betrayal. #someofusbelievejohnmccainwasahero #nottrump

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

@MeghanMcCain Easy boomer

[Jonathan Greenan @jbgreenan]

Tory times are tough times.

[🍉🇵🇸 @theyarekal]

decided to stop by and check out riverview country market and i got all of this local organic goodness for $37! including fiddleheads! and sourdough! and arugula!

[Katie Rankin @Kranks]

no need to do an end of spring sitting recap when peiposting exists tbh #peipoli

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

@MsLindss We’re gathering grassroots data/ stories @PEIFoodExchange for a municipal report- would love to hear from you! #realstories #livedexperience #communityresponse #governmentdidwhat #peipoli

[MacQueen's Bike Shop & Island Tours @MacQueensBike]

Thanks for this. We can't even believe the issue is on the table. Shame on our PEI government for not having the integrity or vision we need as a society.

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

@TheRealDudja 0

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

@TheFwordNB Perth-Andover NB- beautiful little town where 3 rivers meet and the Saint John runs through the middle of town. Farms, forests lots of history and a beautiful indigenous community and culture baked right in. It’s a blank canvas ….

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

@MsLindss Wow! #gutitandstartover 🤢

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

@keithburgoyne Will likely be a good start - the first round/ year requires far more than you might anticipate, it henceforth will only require some filling in and much less volume

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is a side by side of two women gracing the front covers of two well known magazines.

The one on the right we all know is Martha Stewart, age 81. The one on the left is Apo Whang-Od, age 106, a tribal tattooist in a remote province in the Philippines.

There seems to be an unwritten rule which equates beauty with youngness. In an interview, Martha Stewart told the reporter she credits her organic, home-grown, farm-to-table eating, yoga, and actively healthy lifestyle to her youthfulness. While that’s an admirable journey for her, let’s not forget the amount of privilege that kind of lifestyle requires.

On the left is Apo Whang-Od, who is a 106-year-old tribal tattooist in the Philippines. The wisdom she carries in every forehead wrinkle and frown line is stunning. Her eyes are glass, reflecting back all that she’s witnessed over a century of lived experiences. Her tattoos a reminder of the ancestors she seeks to honor.

Both women are beautiful in their own right. But I wish we as women didn’t play into this idea that we have to look younger—and thinner—in order to fit some unrealistic beauty standard which will grant us acceptance and relevance in the world around us.

I’m writing this for any woman who, like me, may have had a punched-gut reaction to seeing an octogenarian in a swimsuit on the cover of a magazine looking more like a woman in her forties or fifties: Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.

There IS beauty in wrinkles, and saggy skin, and drooping breasts. These are markers of a life hard fought for and well lived. It seems odd to try and erase these battle scars.

So while I applaud Martha for her fortunate body, carefully curated procedures, and pristinely styled makeup, I also applaud Whang-Od for what others may perceive as imperfections.

Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.
Authenticity is.

@ FeministNews

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

Closing statements.

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

It’s getting chippy - the PCs are under fire #peipoli

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

Rural healthcare - same comments as from last night.

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

These guys seem like they are starting to get tired #peipoli Greens talking about land use planning and rural development in Fairview with no permits in place.

[Karen Murchison @kmurchison]

PCs - need more spaces but need to protect farmland #peipoli