Petra
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germany | books, music, nature, art, and a great love for theatre | ‘Don’t forget to disco.’ 💚
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David Bowie - Stay - Dinah Shore Show - 1976
YouTube video by Sveinbeard
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January 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
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📌 Weekend 🟠
🎨 by 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞 𝚈𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚊
🎨 by 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞 𝚈𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚊
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
📌 Weekend 🟠
🎨 by 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞 𝚈𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚊
🎨 by 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞 𝚈𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚊
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"Frosty Dawn"
Jo Grundy
Jo Grundy
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 AM
"Frosty Dawn"
Jo Grundy
Jo Grundy
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“Some hearts understand each other even in silence.”
~ Yasmine Yogahed
#Photography by Eliot Porter (1901-1990)
~ Yasmine Yogahed
#Photography by Eliot Porter (1901-1990)
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 AM
“Some hearts understand each other even in silence.”
~ Yasmine Yogahed
#Photography by Eliot Porter (1901-1990)
~ Yasmine Yogahed
#Photography by Eliot Porter (1901-1990)
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“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty”
Philippe Ariès
📷©️ Milena Seita
Philippe Ariès
📷©️ Milena Seita
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty”
Philippe Ariès
📷©️ Milena Seita
Philippe Ariès
📷©️ Milena Seita
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Early starts and winter colour
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Early starts and winter colour
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White Shell with Red, by Georgia O'Keeffe
American, 1887-1986
1938
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/70039
American, 1887-1986
1938
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/70039
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
White Shell with Red, by Georgia O'Keeffe
American, 1887-1986
1938
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/70039
American, 1887-1986
1938
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/70039
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Shirin Neshat.
Rebellious Silence.
1994.
Direct address.
Rebellious Silence.
1994.
Direct address.
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Shirin Neshat.
Rebellious Silence.
1994.
Direct address.
Rebellious Silence.
1994.
Direct address.
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🗓️ January 20 #calendarsong
🎶 January 20th, 2017/ How could it all fall in one day?/ Were we too sure of the sun?/ If you need to, keep time on me
#FleetFoxes
open.spotify.com/track/7d0XkI...
🎶 January 20th, 2017/ How could it all fall in one day?/ Were we too sure of the sun?/ If you need to, keep time on me
#FleetFoxes
open.spotify.com/track/7d0XkI...
If You Need To, Keep Time on Me
open.spotify.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
🗓️ January 20 #calendarsong
🎶 January 20th, 2017/ How could it all fall in one day?/ Were we too sure of the sun?/ If you need to, keep time on me
#FleetFoxes
open.spotify.com/track/7d0XkI...
🎶 January 20th, 2017/ How could it all fall in one day?/ Were we too sure of the sun?/ If you need to, keep time on me
#FleetFoxes
open.spotify.com/track/7d0XkI...
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Peace Is Its Own Reward by Róisín O'Farrell.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Peace Is Its Own Reward by Róisín O'Farrell.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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It's "Blue Monday", which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about New Order and the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday (THREAD 1 of 10)
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
It's "Blue Monday", which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about New Order and the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday (THREAD 1 of 10)
Human hubris and religious indoctrination. Any creature is intelligent and has feelings. Since the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution we’ve been told to discount these abilities because it facilitates exploitation of our fellow creatures (and our planet). It will be our downfall.
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her back with a broom, the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows.
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
Cows Use Tools, Too, New Study Finds
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Human hubris and religious indoctrination. Any creature is intelligent and has feelings. Since the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution we’ve been told to discount these abilities because it facilitates exploitation of our fellow creatures (and our planet). It will be our downfall.
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Sabra Field :
Even The Night Shall Be Light About Me, 1985-86
Archival pigment woodblock print
36.5 x 24.5 inches
Even The Night Shall Be Light About Me, 1985-86
Archival pigment woodblock print
36.5 x 24.5 inches
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Sabra Field :
Even The Night Shall Be Light About Me, 1985-86
Archival pigment woodblock print
36.5 x 24.5 inches
Even The Night Shall Be Light About Me, 1985-86
Archival pigment woodblock print
36.5 x 24.5 inches
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January 18, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋
It's dat time y'all.
It's dat time y'all.
Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (Official Vinyl Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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January 18, 2026 at 2:25 AM
❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋
It's dat time y'all.
It's dat time y'all.
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dappled memories
images burned into eyelids
welling springs
#haikuchallenge #image
#vss365 #dapple #haiku
#writingprompt #blueskypoets
images burned into eyelids
welling springs
#haikuchallenge #image
#vss365 #dapple #haiku
#writingprompt #blueskypoets
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
dappled memories
images burned into eyelids
welling springs
#haikuchallenge #image
#vss365 #dapple #haiku
#writingprompt #blueskypoets
images burned into eyelids
welling springs
#haikuchallenge #image
#vss365 #dapple #haiku
#writingprompt #blueskypoets
‘I am reluctant to take my pen from the paper and fold up this letter - for as long as I write to you, I have the illusion that we are in touch…’
A. S. Byatt, Possession
A. S. Byatt, Possession
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
‘I am reluctant to take my pen from the paper and fold up this letter - for as long as I write to you, I have the illusion that we are in touch…’
A. S. Byatt, Possession
A. S. Byatt, Possession
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January 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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"Murmuration over Lanhydrock Park", 2020 by Annie Ovenden, English painter #WomensArt
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"Murmuration over Lanhydrock Park", 2020 by Annie Ovenden, English painter #WomensArt