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„I'm afraid that we could lose our language, and so lose our souls, our sense of truth, and ordinary reality, our sense of direction, our knowledge of right and wrong.“ (Iris Murdoch, The Good Apprentice)
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Tenar
@tenar1.bsky.social
· Dec 31
a full moon rises over a body of water with a boat in the foreground
ALT: a full moon rises over a body of water with a boat in the foreground
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“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.”
✍️ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#bookchatweekly
✍️ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#bookchatweekly
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
#bookchatweekly
„I was looking forward to being on my own, eating some leftovers from the fridge and going to bed early.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„I was looking forward to being on my own, eating some leftovers from the fridge and going to bed early.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
a cat is sitting in a chair holding a bag of lays chips
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February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
#bookchatweekly
„I was looking forward to being on my own, eating some leftovers from the fridge and going to bed early.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„I was looking forward to being on my own, eating some leftovers from the fridge and going to bed early.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„Es liegt ein sonderbarer Quell der Begeisterung für denjenigen, der spricht, in einem menschlichen Antlitz, das ihm gegenüber steht; und ein Blick, der uns einen halbausgedrückten Gedanken schon als begriffen ankündigt, schenkt uns oft den Ausdruck für die ganze andere Hälfte desselben.“
✍️Kleist
✍️Kleist
a close up of a woman 's face with the number 1 on the bottom
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February 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
„Es liegt ein sonderbarer Quell der Begeisterung für denjenigen, der spricht, in einem menschlichen Antlitz, das ihm gegenüber steht; und ein Blick, der uns einen halbausgedrückten Gedanken schon als begriffen ankündigt, schenkt uns oft den Ausdruck für die ganze andere Hälfte desselben.“
✍️Kleist
✍️Kleist
Checking out the new feeder.
🪶Blue Tit
🪶Blue Tit
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Checking out the new feeder.
🪶Blue Tit
🪶Blue Tit
Lots of interesting things to be found under all those leaves.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Lots of interesting things to be found under all those leaves.
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Bit gloomy tonight, could use a little cheerer upper.
a black and white drawing of a stick figure with a sad face in the rain
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February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Bit gloomy tonight, could use a little cheerer upper.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #posted a bird on a post or fence set by @alan678.bsky.social
Red-Backed Shrike
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Red-Backed Shrike
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February 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #posted a bird on a post or fence set by @alan678.bsky.social
Red-Backed Shrike
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Red-Backed Shrike
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#bookchatweekly
„But I also learned a lesson: a lesson which sifted down to me only by degrees but which was in fact the truest thing at the heart of the business. […] An object - any object - was worth whatever you could get somebody to pay for it.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„But I also learned a lesson: a lesson which sifted down to me only by degrees but which was in fact the truest thing at the heart of the business. […] An object - any object - was worth whatever you could get somebody to pay for it.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
a woman in red gloves holds a pile of 20 dollar bills
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February 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
#bookchatweekly
„But I also learned a lesson: a lesson which sifted down to me only by degrees but which was in fact the truest thing at the heart of the business. […] An object - any object - was worth whatever you could get somebody to pay for it.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„But I also learned a lesson: a lesson which sifted down to me only by degrees but which was in fact the truest thing at the heart of the business. […] An object - any object - was worth whatever you could get somebody to pay for it.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
#bookologyThursday
“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read.“
✍️ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read.“
✍️ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
a book is open to a page that says ' i 'm sorry '
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February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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'Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.'
-Dickens
@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat!
-Dickens
@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat!
February 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
'Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.'
-Dickens
@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat!
-Dickens
@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat!
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“How do you make people see that everyone’s story is now a part of everyone else’s story? It’s one thing to say it, but how can you make a reader feel that is their lived experience?” —Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie, The Art of Fiction No. 186
“A story doesn’t have to be simple, it doesn’t have to be one-dimensional but, especially if it’s multidimensional, you need to find the clearest, most engaging way of telling it.”
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February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“How do you make people see that everyone’s story is now a part of everyone else’s story? It’s one thing to say it, but how can you make a reader feel that is their lived experience?” —Salman Rushdie
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‘I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.’ ~ Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
‘I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.’ ~ Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
#bookchatweekly
„Would my dad know what the painting was, if he saw it? I hadn't thought so—but looking at it in the light, the glow it threw off, I realized that any fool would.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„Would my dad know what the painting was, if he saw it? I hadn't thought so—but looking at it in the light, the glow it threw off, I realized that any fool would.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
February 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
#bookchatweekly
„Would my dad know what the painting was, if he saw it? I hadn't thought so—but looking at it in the light, the glow it threw off, I realized that any fool would.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„Would my dad know what the painting was, if he saw it? I hadn't thought so—but looking at it in the light, the glow it threw off, I realized that any fool would.“
✍️Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
„I suppose this is the miracle of art, and the nobility of those who make it: the transcending of all private suffering.“
✍️Laura Cumming, Thunderclap
🎨Carlo Sellitto (1580-1640), St. Bruno (excerpt)
✍️Laura Cumming, Thunderclap
🎨Carlo Sellitto (1580-1640), St. Bruno (excerpt)
January 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM
„I suppose this is the miracle of art, and the nobility of those who make it: the transcending of all private suffering.“
✍️Laura Cumming, Thunderclap
🎨Carlo Sellitto (1580-1640), St. Bruno (excerpt)
✍️Laura Cumming, Thunderclap
🎨Carlo Sellitto (1580-1640), St. Bruno (excerpt)
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Fiona Watson (Canadian Artist, born 1952)
"Waiting for Stars to Fall", 2023.
Etching, 38 × 38 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Waiting for Stars to Fall", 2023.
Etching, 38 × 38 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
October 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Fiona Watson (Canadian Artist, born 1952)
"Waiting for Stars to Fall", 2023.
Etching, 38 × 38 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Waiting for Stars to Fall", 2023.
Etching, 38 × 38 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
#BookWormSat
„Behind the home is a walled garden, with a small terrace. There is a table, and two chairs, and beside them a tall electric fan, its green paint half given over to rust. I have not seen it in use, and do not think it has been working for some time,…
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„Behind the home is a walled garden, with a small terrace. There is a table, and two chairs, and beside them a tall electric fan, its green paint half given over to rust. I have not seen it in use, and do not think it has been working for some time,…
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January 24, 2026 at 12:40 PM
#BookWormSat
„Behind the home is a walled garden, with a small terrace. There is a table, and two chairs, and beside them a tall electric fan, its green paint half given over to rust. I have not seen it in use, and do not think it has been working for some time,…
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„Behind the home is a walled garden, with a small terrace. There is a table, and two chairs, and beside them a tall electric fan, its green paint half given over to rust. I have not seen it in use, and do not think it has been working for some time,…
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January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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‘Ivy held prior place in this lost garden, the long strands crept across the lawns, and soon would encroach upon the house itself.’ ~ Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of landscape architect, Leonard Springer with Gardens in Literature.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of landscape architect, Leonard Springer with Gardens in Literature.
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 AM
‘Ivy held prior place in this lost garden, the long strands crept across the lawns, and soon would encroach upon the house itself.’ ~ Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of landscape architect, Leonard Springer with Gardens in Literature.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of landscape architect, Leonard Springer with Gardens in Literature.
I loose more calories unwrapping these than I gain eating them, right?
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
January 23, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I loose more calories unwrapping these than I gain eating them, right?
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
I feel seen.
Ils sont là, rassurants. Vous empilez des livres en vous disant : "Je les lirai plus tard" ? Vous n’avez pas un problème. Vous avez un mot japonais : tsundoku.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/nlL
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/nlL
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I feel seen.
A charm of Goldfinches, I counted at least 75.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A charm of Goldfinches, I counted at least 75.
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This is how close I got to the Goldfinches, last night. I almost could have touched them.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This is how close I got to the Goldfinches, last night. I almost could have touched them.
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When I passed a tree with a charm of Goldfinches they flew up chattering & took a turn across the field before settling back on the tree. I observed & eventually they let me come so close I could touch the trunk, the birds just a metre away. Magic. They love their tree more than they fear me.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
When I passed a tree with a charm of Goldfinches they flew up chattering & took a turn across the field before settling back on the tree. I observed & eventually they let me come so close I could touch the trunk, the birds just a metre away. Magic. They love their tree more than they fear me.
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