Peter Rukavina's Blog
WEBSep 29, 2024 · Peter Rukavina's Blog. Printing Envelopes on a Letterpress. Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 5:10 pm. Back in 2011, when I purchased the Golding Jobber № 8 from Bill and Gertie Campbell, I spent a morning with Bill, in their shop in Tryon, learning the ins and outs of it. It was, in essence, a very compressed course in …
Olivia Duncanina Lowell Rukavina | ruk.ca
WEB6 hours ago · Olivia Duncanina Lowell Rukavina. Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 10:30 am. Peter Rukavina. My daughter, who just turned 24, has been "Olivia" since she came out in May of 2021. Truth be told, she's been Olivia, in her heart, for a lot longer than that. When Olivia first came out--to my assembled family, on Zoom, without any preamble--I …
Why isn't there, still, a way of processing micropayments to …
WEB1 day ago · Manuel Moreale writes about his frustrations with using Ko-Fi as a "micropayments" system to support his work:. It honestly sucks that in 2024 there’s not a good way to support creators with small donations. The “one a month” model is great from a human perspective but financially it’s quite awful: a 1 USD donation, after fees and taxes, becomes more like a 0.60 USD donation but it is ...
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WEBAbout Me. I am Peter Rukavina and this is my blog. I am a writer, printer, and curious person. To learn more about me, read my /now , look at my bio, read presentations and speeches I’ve written, listen to audio I’ve produced, see the places I’ve been, or get in touch ( [email protected] is the quickest way). Mailing Address. 100 Prince ...
The Making of “This Box is for Good” - ruk.ca
WEBDec 28, 2023 · The personal blog of Peter Rukavina. Early on in my relationship with Lisa, James, an old friend of hers, on meeting me for the first time, winked at me and said “I hope you like projects.”
The Close of the 2021 Cycle-Canoe Season - ruk.ca
WEBNov 13, 2021 · The personal blog of Peter Rukavina. It was an unseasonable 14ºC today, sunny with just a little wind, and so I took the opportunity to cycle my canoe out to Andrews Pond for one last paddle before winter.
Blog posts are breadcrumbs | ruk.ca
WEB2 days ago · Here's a sketch I drew of the house, at 233 5th Avenue in Cochrane, Ontario, where my mother grew up:. I loved that house. It started off life as a bottling plant, and was later converted into apartments by my great-grandfather Ed Caswell.I loved the smell of my Grandma Ada's fur coats, stored in the bedroom on …
Do you read me (in English)? - ruk.ca
WEBApr 24, 2023 · From the do you read me? newsletter, Why do we speak English in Berlin?: In 2021, artist, researcher and curator Moshtari Hilal and political geographer Sinthujan Varatharajah held a talk on Instagram Live, where they discussed the prevalence of the English language in Berlin. Whether in cafes or restaurants, museums and art …
how we feel | ruk.ca
WEBDec 6, 2022 · The how we feel app is a thing of beauty, winner of Apple’s 2022 Cultural Impact award in the App Store, and, my experience this week suggests, a good way to track my emotional well-being from day to day
A Year of Working Out | ruk.ca
WEBSep 25, 2024 · Some mornings, though, I think, honestly, “I get to work out today!”. And nothing beats the feeling of just having worked out, no matter how exhausting it is. That’s much the same place I find myself a year in, with an increase in the “I get to work out today!” and a decrease in the “fuck, it’s Tuesday.”. Nine months in I wrote ...