TomSQC
@thomassqc.bsky.social
Bibliophile. Would-be linguist. Ardent moderate.
Ubi amor et caritas Deus ibi est.
'Pour que de notre amour naisse la poésie'
(Mountain Laurel by Donal)
Ubi amor et caritas Deus ibi est.
'Pour que de notre amour naisse la poésie'
(Mountain Laurel by Donal)
Pinned
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Landscape with Olive Trees, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16292
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16292
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Landscape with Olive Trees, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16292
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16292
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The final poem in Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark (2017)
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The final poem in Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark (2017)
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Landscape, Nice, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16370
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16370
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Landscape, Nice, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16370
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16370
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Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from les Lauves, 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13515
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13515
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from les Lauves, 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13515
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13515
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Wir feiern heute das Hochfest Christkönig, das uns im Angesicht politischer Tyrannei auf die Fragilität menschlicher Herrschaft und unser Hineingenommensein in eine nicht-irdische Ordnung verweist: „Heute noch wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein.“ (Lk 23,43)
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Wir feiern heute das Hochfest Christkönig, das uns im Angesicht politischer Tyrannei auf die Fragilität menschlicher Herrschaft und unser Hineingenommensein in eine nicht-irdische Ordnung verweist: „Heute noch wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein.“ (Lk 23,43)
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Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
150 years of Rilke: A poet and his ambivalence
Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most influential poets of literary modernism, was born 150 years ago. In this interview, literature professor Sandra Richter discusses what shaped him as a person and wh...
www.goethe.de
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
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Bare Tree behind a Fence, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25204
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25204
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Bare Tree behind a Fence, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25204
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25204
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"Jesus shows us a radically different kingship. His kingdom is not established by force but through suffering love. His rule is not about placing others beneath His feet, but lifting the broken, the forgotten & the guilty into the embrace of mercy." #ChristTheKing www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
Lord’s Day Reflection: The Kingship we still need - Vatican News
As the Church marks the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Abbot Marion Nguyen reflects on the theme, “A century later - the ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Jesus shows us a radically different kingship. His kingdom is not established by force but through suffering love. His rule is not about placing others beneath His feet, but lifting the broken, the forgotten & the guilty into the embrace of mercy." #ChristTheKing www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
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La Moulade (Collioure In The Summer), 1905
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15462
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15462
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
La Moulade (Collioure In The Summer), 1905
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15462
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15462
Saint Cecilia, by Genoese painter and Capuchin religious Bernardo Strozzi (circa 1625), oil on canvas, currently on exhibit at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Saint Cecilia, by Genoese painter and Capuchin religious Bernardo Strozzi (circa 1625), oil on canvas, currently on exhibit at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
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If you like classics/Greek mythology/ancient stuff/history or know someone who does, may I humbly recommend our book as a Christmas gift?
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology — Working Classicists
Information on Working Classicists’ upcoming book: A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology
www.workingclassicists.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you like classics/Greek mythology/ancient stuff/history or know someone who does, may I humbly recommend our book as a Christmas gift?
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
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The term “Impressionism” started as an insult.
In 1874, Monet exhibited Impression, Sunrise alongside works by his contemporaries. Critic Louis Leroy mocked the show, calling the paintings “mere impressions.”
In 1874, Monet exhibited Impression, Sunrise alongside works by his contemporaries. Critic Louis Leroy mocked the show, calling the paintings “mere impressions.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The term “Impressionism” started as an insult.
In 1874, Monet exhibited Impression, Sunrise alongside works by his contemporaries. Critic Louis Leroy mocked the show, calling the paintings “mere impressions.”
In 1874, Monet exhibited Impression, Sunrise alongside works by his contemporaries. Critic Louis Leroy mocked the show, calling the paintings “mere impressions.”
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November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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When his eyesight began to fail, Monet labeled paint tubes so he could choose colors by name rather than sight. 🎨
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When his eyesight began to fail, Monet labeled paint tubes so he could choose colors by name rather than sight. 🎨
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
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You never know when you may come across an angel in disguise.
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You never know when you may come across an angel in disguise.
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
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“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV
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"The first job of the Christian…is to grow in faith in God, in his power, in the conviction that we are all held in the hollow of his hand." #DorothyDay #ShareGodsLove
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"The first job of the Christian…is to grow in faith in God, in his power, in the conviction that we are all held in the hollow of his hand." #DorothyDay #ShareGodsLove
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Landscape at Le Pouldu, the isolated house
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Landscape at Le Pouldu, the isolated house
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
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Sad news. Bellos was not only a major translator he wrote a wonderful book defending the art and act of translation, rebutting (eloquently) glib deriding. (Poetry is what is lost in translation. The translator is a traitor. Etc.)
A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80
His work grappled with the tricky nature of interpreting between languages and embraced the potential of language itself to help us understand the human condition.
www.princeton.edu
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Sad news. Bellos was not only a major translator he wrote a wonderful book defending the art and act of translation, rebutting (eloquently) glib deriding. (Poetry is what is lost in translation. The translator is a traitor. Etc.)
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Ile de France Landscape, 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ile de France Landscape, 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
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The original cover of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘Wind in the Willows’ (1908), designed by W. Graham Robertson. Robertson knew Oscar Wilde and John Singer Sargent, who painted his portrait twice. Peter Hunt’s research suggests Robertson shared a house with Kenneth Grahame at the time.
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The original cover of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘Wind in the Willows’ (1908), designed by W. Graham Robertson. Robertson knew Oscar Wilde and John Singer Sargent, who painted his portrait twice. Peter Hunt’s research suggests Robertson shared a house with Kenneth Grahame at the time.
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On world drum day, here are two lovely ancient ladies banging a tympanon (frame-drum).
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
On world drum day, here are two lovely ancient ladies banging a tympanon (frame-drum).