CelticStoic 🏴
@celticstoic.bsky.social
Chipping away at literature, history, and other interests, whilst navigating stormy seas and a lee shore. #WhitmanWednesday 🌾
Locus: New England & the abyss of MECFS / FQAD
🌤️Sol Omnibus Lucet
– Petronius
Locus: New England & the abyss of MECFS / FQAD
🌤️Sol Omnibus Lucet
– Petronius
Pinned
#WhitmanWednesday 🌾
"We carry our fresh air with us, wherever we go. He who has it, has it anywhere — nothing can rob him of it."
- Walt Whitman
From my wife's walk:
"We carry our fresh air with us, wherever we go. He who has it, has it anywhere — nothing can rob him of it."
- Walt Whitman
From my wife's walk:
"The thing at issue is buried intentions—the secret allegiances of the alienated heart, always the main threat to the theocratic mind, as well as its immemorial quarry."
- Arthur Miller (died on this day, 2005)
From:
"Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, Oct 19, 1996.
- Arthur Miller (died on this day, 2005)
From:
"Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, Oct 19, 1996.
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"The thing at issue is buried intentions—the secret allegiances of the alienated heart, always the main threat to the theocratic mind, as well as its immemorial quarry."
- Arthur Miller (died on this day, 2005)
From:
"Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, Oct 19, 1996.
- Arthur Miller (died on this day, 2005)
From:
"Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, Oct 19, 1996.
"But everything was grist to the Iron Heel."
- Jack London, The Iron Heel (1908)
- Jack London, The Iron Heel (1908)
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
"But everything was grist to the Iron Heel."
- Jack London, The Iron Heel (1908)
- Jack London, The Iron Heel (1908)
#MelvilleMonday
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
Your artistic eye (and ear📝)...🫶
February 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Your artistic eye (and ear📝)...🫶
#MelvilleMonday
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
Mille Grazie🤝✨
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Mille Grazie🤝✨
Beautiful & serene, Suse.🕊️🫶
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Beautiful & serene, Suse.🕊️🫶
More snow today❄️
"If you walk through a grove of balsam trees
You will notice that the young trees are silent; they are listening.
But the old tall ones—especially the firs—are whispering."
- Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
"If you walk through a grove of balsam trees
You will notice that the young trees are silent; they are listening.
But the old tall ones—especially the firs—are whispering."
- Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
February 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
More snow today❄️
"If you walk through a grove of balsam trees
You will notice that the young trees are silent; they are listening.
But the old tall ones—especially the firs—are whispering."
- Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
"If you walk through a grove of balsam trees
You will notice that the young trees are silent; they are listening.
But the old tall ones—especially the firs—are whispering."
- Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
"That Fame is but a bubble brief
And glory vain beyond belief;
That it is good to eat and drink;
That it is bad to over-think;
"That laughter is the Gods' best gift—
So to the Gods our laughter lift,
For I have learnt a thing or two,
As we old coves are bound to do."
-Robert W. Service (1874-1958)
And glory vain beyond belief;
That it is good to eat and drink;
That it is bad to over-think;
"That laughter is the Gods' best gift—
So to the Gods our laughter lift,
For I have learnt a thing or two,
As we old coves are bound to do."
-Robert W. Service (1874-1958)
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"That Fame is but a bubble brief
And glory vain beyond belief;
That it is good to eat and drink;
That it is bad to over-think;
"That laughter is the Gods' best gift—
So to the Gods our laughter lift,
For I have learnt a thing or two,
As we old coves are bound to do."
-Robert W. Service (1874-1958)
And glory vain beyond belief;
That it is good to eat and drink;
That it is bad to over-think;
"That laughter is the Gods' best gift—
So to the Gods our laughter lift,
For I have learnt a thing or two,
As we old coves are bound to do."
-Robert W. Service (1874-1958)
L'ENVOl, from Bar-Room Ballads
by Robert W. Service (aka "The Bard of the Yukon")
"I've come to know that storing health
Is better far than storing wealth;
That smug success has little worth
Beside the simple joys of earth;
[+]
🎨Northern Lights (1891) by Theodor Severin Kittelsen.
by Robert W. Service (aka "The Bard of the Yukon")
"I've come to know that storing health
Is better far than storing wealth;
That smug success has little worth
Beside the simple joys of earth;
[+]
🎨Northern Lights (1891) by Theodor Severin Kittelsen.
February 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
L'ENVOl, from Bar-Room Ballads
by Robert W. Service (aka "The Bard of the Yukon")
"I've come to know that storing health
Is better far than storing wealth;
That smug success has little worth
Beside the simple joys of earth;
[+]
🎨Northern Lights (1891) by Theodor Severin Kittelsen.
by Robert W. Service (aka "The Bard of the Yukon")
"I've come to know that storing health
Is better far than storing wealth;
That smug success has little worth
Beside the simple joys of earth;
[+]
🎨Northern Lights (1891) by Theodor Severin Kittelsen.
Wonderful sentiment for the weekend, Suse.🫶🦉✨
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Wonderful sentiment for the weekend, Suse.🫶🦉✨
"And through it all, with a serenity and certitude that was terrifying, continued to rise the form of that monster of the ages, the Oligarchy."
- Jack London, c. 1908
- Jack London, c. 1908
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"And through it all, with a serenity and certitude that was terrifying, continued to rise the form of that monster of the ages, the Oligarchy."
- Jack London, c. 1908
- Jack London, c. 1908
#TodaysPoem 🕊️
Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon, some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides.
- Emily Dickinson
Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon, some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides.
- Emily Dickinson
February 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
#TodaysPoem 🕊️
Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon, some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides.
- Emily Dickinson
Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon, some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides.
- Emily Dickinson
Ahh...well done, Suse! Beautiful moment in time💛...it will certainly stick with me.🤭
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Ahh...well done, Suse! Beautiful moment in time💛...it will certainly stick with me.🤭
"Times have changed since Christ's day. A rich man to-day who gives all he has to the poor is crazy. There is no discussion. Society has spoken."
- Jack London, c. 1908
- Jack London, c. 1908
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Times have changed since Christ's day. A rich man to-day who gives all he has to the poor is crazy. There is no discussion. Society has spoken."
- Jack London, c. 1908
- Jack London, c. 1908
Wonderful, Carol.🌞
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Wonderful, Carol.🌞
Wonderful🌾 Thank you, Emma!
February 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Wonderful🌾 Thank you, Emma!
beautiful and hopeful🫶🌞
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
beautiful and hopeful🫶🌞
Thank you, Suse🤝✨
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Thank you, Suse🤝✨
Very interesting, Nancy. A touching excerpt by Lucretia Garfield.🕯️
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Very interesting, Nancy. A touching excerpt by Lucretia Garfield.🕯️
#WhitmanWednesday 🌾
"We carry our fresh air with us, wherever we go. He who has it, has it anywhere — nothing can rob him of it."
- Walt Whitman
From my wife's walk:
"We carry our fresh air with us, wherever we go. He who has it, has it anywhere — nothing can rob him of it."
- Walt Whitman
From my wife's walk:
February 4, 2026 at 6:24 PM
#WhitmanWednesday 🌾
"We carry our fresh air with us, wherever we go. He who has it, has it anywhere — nothing can rob him of it."
- Walt Whitman
From my wife's walk:
"We carry our fresh air with us, wherever we go. He who has it, has it anywhere — nothing can rob him of it."
- Walt Whitman
From my wife's walk: