Greetings.

This is the internet home of Jared Bland, writer, editor, and musician who lives in Toronto and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

If you’d like to learn more about my books as Alex Spring, including Lower City, click here.

If you’d like to learn more about my books as Jared Bland, including the forthcoming The Harmony, click here.

If you’d like to learn more about my business, Occasional Rain, and my work as a ghostwriter, editorial collaborator, and editorial consultant, click here.

If you’d like to learn more about my music as The Late Echo, click here.

If you’re just curious about me in general, click here.

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If you’d like to see a few photographs, including some of skies and cats, among other things, scroll down.

Thanks for stopping by.

A display of decorative birds with paper body and plastic eyes, arranged on wooden shelves.
Two cats, one black with yellow eyes and one long-haired with white, brown, and black fur, sitting on a blue and white patterned cushion in a cozy living room with a bookshelf and a floral-patterned chair in the background.
A dirt pathway runs along the coast with green bushes on each side. Dark storm clouds fill the sky above the ocean, which is visible in the background near the horizon. The ocean appears calm with a few small waves.
A damaged metal surface with a black and white poster advertising a memorial for Regret. The poster features a crucifix and industrial background. Text includes a toll-free number 1-855-REGRET5 and a statement about the memorial. The poster appears torn and weathered.
Display of masks and artifacts arranged on a rustic wooden wall.
A warning sign attached to a tree in a forested area, cautioning about steep inclines, cliffs, and falling objects, and advising hikers to stay on the trail.
People gathered with smoke rising from fires or cooking stations, surrounded by buildings and decorative prayer flags, with birds flying in the sky.
Close-up of an old, weathered wall with a small window and a decorative awning, viewed from inside near a metal grid or lattice.
A scenic view of a darkening sky with dense, dark clouds and a faint crescent moon, silhouetted pine trees at the bottom.
Sign with text in English and French stating it takes 7 minutes for the task, with black and white images of ships at sea underneath.
A sunset over the ocean with a clear sky and some high-altitude clouds.
Old wooden cabin with a peaked roof, surrounded by green trees and foliage in a forest setting.
Bronze decorative pot shaped like a goose, from Nepal, 19th century.
A sunset over the ocean with pink and purple clouds in the sky.
Two cats lying close together on a gray fabric surface, one wearing a small red and white Santa hat, and the other is black with yellow eyes.
A sandy pathway with wooden railings on either side, leading through green grassy dunes towards a distant landscape. In the background, a cloudy sky with a faint rainbow arching across it.
Dark storm clouds over a body of water at sunset, with silhouettes of trees and a small lighthouse in the distance.