Within Reason
@celesteregal.bsky.social
Hermit reader and artist. Three years in India.
They don't have this in orange?
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
They don't have this in orange?
K thought about it for a while, whistling slightly, not w his lips but through his clenched teeth, letting air out through them. "Well it's hard to work out which is worse off, it's even harder than competing over achievement. One's own troubles are always the worst." #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
K thought about it for a while, whistling slightly, not w his lips but through his clenched teeth, letting air out through them. "Well it's hard to work out which is worse off, it's even harder than competing over achievement. One's own troubles are always the worst." #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
But the patient's organism isn't aware that our knowledge is divided into separate branches. You see, the organism isn't divided. As Voltaire said, "Drs prescribe medicines about which they know little for an organism about which they know less." #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
But the patient's organism isn't aware that our knowledge is divided into separate branches. You see, the organism isn't divided. As Voltaire said, "Drs prescribe medicines about which they know little for an organism about which they know less." #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
D. Tikhonovich had suffered from persecution several times during his life: for revolutionary activities in 1902 when he & some students spent a week or so in jail; because his late father was a priest; then for being a brigade medical officer in the Tsarist army during WWI. #CancerWard
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
D. Tikhonovich had suffered from persecution several times during his life: for revolutionary activities in 1902 when he & some students spent a week or so in jail; because his late father was a priest; then for being a brigade medical officer in the Tsarist army during WWI. #CancerWard
Don't you? Certainly not the weak and despised tyrant DT.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Don't you? Certainly not the weak and despised tyrant DT.
Chaga tea is made from the chagamushroom, which typically grows on the trunks of birch trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Substances present in chaga may effectively prevent cancer & slow tumor growth. It inhibited growth & promoted the death of colon cancer cells. WebMD. #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Chaga tea is made from the chagamushroom, which typically grows on the trunks of birch trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Substances present in chaga may effectively prevent cancer & slow tumor growth. It inhibited growth & promoted the death of colon cancer cells. WebMD. #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
These politicians are shameless as is the pedo "president." What do they do all day? Look for ways to line their pockets. DT sits on his ass & causes trouble w American people all day, every day. Why are these thieves still in office? Ali baba and the 40 thieves. Too bad we don't have a Morgiana!
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
These politicians are shameless as is the pedo "president." What do they do all day? Look for ways to line their pockets. DT sits on his ass & causes trouble w American people all day, every day. Why are these thieves still in office? Ali baba and the 40 thieves. Too bad we don't have a Morgiana!
Some great Dr. Seuss mocking DT:
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Some great Dr. Seuss mocking DT:
The large patch of sunlight in the ceiling, weak as though filtered through lace, formed an uneven circle. This patch, reflected off he didn't know what, was contributing to his happiness & beautifying the clean, quiet room.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The large patch of sunlight in the ceiling, weak as though filtered through lace, formed an uneven circle. This patch, reflected off he didn't know what, was contributing to his happiness & beautifying the clean, quiet room.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
More knocking. His heart was knocking. His heart was banging against an iron door which ought never to open, but which was now for some reason emitting faint creaks. It was beginning to shake slightly, & rust was beginning to flake off the hinges.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
More knocking. His heart was knocking. His heart was banging against an iron door which ought never to open, but which was now for some reason emitting faint creaks. It was beginning to shake slightly, & rust was beginning to flake off the hinges.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
It wasn't the danger, no, it wasn't the danger that now threatened those who were left after (Stalin's) death__it was the ingratitude that wounded Rusanov most of all, as though his irreproachable record were what they were spitting on & trampling underfoot. #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It wasn't the danger, no, it wasn't the danger that now threatened those who were left after (Stalin's) death__it was the ingratitude that wounded Rusanov most of all, as though his irreproachable record were what they were spitting on & trampling underfoot. #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
He was a eagle owl, that's what he was. Rusanov at once recognized those fixed, round, completely immobile eyes. The ward was not a particularly merry place as it was, so the last thing they needed was this eagle owl.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
He was a eagle owl, that's what he was. Rusanov at once recognized those fixed, round, completely immobile eyes. The ward was not a particularly merry place as it was, so the last thing they needed was this eagle owl.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
He (Vadim) began to feel the terrifying absurdity of these paltry surroundings & idiotic conversations, & the urge to rip apart his polished self-control & howl as a wild animal howls at its snare, "All right, stop playing the fool, let go of my leg!"
Etching after Jean-Baptiste Oudry
#CancerWard
Etching after Jean-Baptiste Oudry
#CancerWard
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
He (Vadim) began to feel the terrifying absurdity of these paltry surroundings & idiotic conversations, & the urge to rip apart his polished self-control & howl as a wild animal howls at its snare, "All right, stop playing the fool, let go of my leg!"
Etching after Jean-Baptiste Oudry
#CancerWard
Etching after Jean-Baptiste Oudry
#CancerWard
Nowadays we don't think of man's love of an animal; we laugh at people who are attached to cats. But if we stop loving animals, aren't we bound to stop loving people too?
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Nowadays we don't think of man's love of an animal; we laugh at people who are attached to cats. But if we stop loving animals, aren't we bound to stop loving people too?
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
Let's fight back.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Let's fight back.
He had forgotten what it was like, and so it was all the more unexpected to feel that aching sensation again, to feel lips crushed until they were rough and swollen with kisses. It made his whole body young.
#CancerWard ##Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard ##Solzhenitsyn25
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
He had forgotten what it was like, and so it was all the more unexpected to feel that aching sensation again, to feel lips crushed until they were rough and swollen with kisses. It made his whole body young.
#CancerWard ##Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard ##Solzhenitsyn25
Zoya would have preferred something a bit fresher & more wholesome than these clubs, but there were no houses or parties where you could meet young men, only the clubs. In their year and in their faculty there were plenty of Russian girls, but hardly any boys.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Zoya would have preferred something a bit fresher & more wholesome than these clubs, but there were no houses or parties where you could meet young men, only the clubs. In their year and in their faculty there were plenty of Russian girls, but hardly any boys.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
...Dyomka had been taught, knew for certain & fully understood that religion is a drug, a 3-time reactionary dogma, of benefit only to swindlers. Because of it working people in some places were unable to free themselves from exploitation.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
...Dyomka had been taught, knew for certain & fully understood that religion is a drug, a 3-time reactionary dogma, of benefit only to swindlers. Because of it working people in some places were unable to free themselves from exploitation.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
I've been up all night w pain. I have severe arthritis at 70. Why this particular night? Because DT took away SNAP & I had to walk to a food pantry. Carrying 1 bag of food pulls on my shoulders, pulls on my spine. Never have I hated w such vigor. He terrorizes w thugs, spends taxpayer $ on garbage.
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I've been up all night w pain. I have severe arthritis at 70. Why this particular night? Because DT took away SNAP & I had to walk to a food pantry. Carrying 1 bag of food pulls on my shoulders, pulls on my spine. Never have I hated w such vigor. He terrorizes w thugs, spends taxpayer $ on garbage.
They sat there facing each other, as if the Devil had put them there for his own malicious pleasure. Yefrem screwed up his eyes.
"It's this, Professor. What do people live by?"
##CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
"It's this, Professor. What do people live by?"
##CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
They sat there facing each other, as if the Devil had put them there for his own malicious pleasure. Yefrem screwed up his eyes.
"It's this, Professor. What do people live by?"
##CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
"It's this, Professor. What do people live by?"
##CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
That's right you crusty old, geek faced robber barons. We see you clearly enough. Selfish, heartless basterds. You shall reap what you have sown when Madame Defarge comes to get you all.
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
That's right you crusty old, geek faced robber barons. We see you clearly enough. Selfish, heartless basterds. You shall reap what you have sown when Madame Defarge comes to get you all.
He refused an operation, so they started needle treatment; they pushed needles into his tongue as if he were a sinner in hell, & kept them there for several days. How Yefrem wanted it to stop there. No. His tongue kept swelling. He could no longer master that famous power of his... #CancerWard
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
He refused an operation, so they started needle treatment; they pushed needles into his tongue as if he were a sinner in hell, & kept them there for several days. How Yefrem wanted it to stop there. No. His tongue kept swelling. He could no longer master that famous power of his... #CancerWard
It was a universal law: everyone who acts breeds both good and evil. With some it's more good, with others more evil. #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It was a universal law: everyone who acts breeds both good and evil. With some it's more good, with others more evil. #CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
That means, from today, two sessions daily instead of one, and all the requisite treatment. And no smoking! And one more essential condition: you must accept your treatment not just with faith but with joy! That's the only way you'll ever recover.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
That means, from today, two sessions daily instead of one, and all the requisite treatment. And no smoking! And one more essential condition: you must accept your treatment not just with faith but with joy! That's the only way you'll ever recover.
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
#CancerWard #Solzhenitsyn25
A remarkable exhibit of quilting of a different nature at Schweinfurth Museum in Albany NY.
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A remarkable exhibit of quilting of a different nature at Schweinfurth Museum in Albany NY.