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Talgø
@retractus.bsky.social
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Wanderer, ne’re-do-well, US expat. MSc. Plant Ecol.
Humble creative meanderer: writer/musician/photographer/visual artist.
Crazy old 🐈‍⬛ person. Fond of mosses.
All my own stuff except for reposts.
AI-free zone!
Author site: https://www.nordicnoirpress.com/
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Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · Nov 27
We just published The Way of the Raven, vol. 2 of the Lost Viking Saga. Based on Greenland’s mysterious lost Viking colony, a timeslip thriller of love unbound by time. A tragic but ultimately uplifting saga of troubled souls diving into the dark abyss of past lives.
Amazon: a.co/d/ezfLDYi
#writing
The Way of the Raven book cover featuring a raven sitting in a dream catcher, which is bisected by a Viking broadsword and a Native American arrow. In the background is a landscape featuring Native American teepees.
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Havnelageret (Harbor Warehouse)
Oslo, Norway

#PinkMon #Pink #ColorADay #Buildings #Architecture #UrbanGaze #Photography #CityscapePhotography #CityScape #EastCoastKin #Oslo #Norway
A photograph of Oslo’s Havnelageret (Harbour Warehouse), built in 1916/1920 —a special landmark in the Oslo harbor skyline.
February 2, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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The Usual Suspect

Findus doing his unsuccessful best to evade the long arm of the law…

#Caturday #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #BlueSkyCats #CatWorldDomination #CatPhotography #OrangeCats #GingerCats #CatLover #Photography
Two photographs, side by side, the first of a plant lying in a broken flower pot spilled out across the floor, subtitled ‘The Crime Scene’, the second of an orange cat hiding under a blue bathmat, subtitled ‘The Main Suspect’.
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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A Blackbird feeding on rowan berries
Prinsdal, Oslo

This particular bird has a small white patch on his wing, a phenomenon known as leucism.

#SmallBirdSaturday #FeedingTime #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Trees #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Norway
A photograph of a Blackbird with a small patch of white (leucism), perched in a rowan tree, feeding on the berries.
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Mire Portal
Stensrud, Oslo

#ForestFriday #Scape #Green #Bryophytes #Mosses #Trees #Forest #Bog #Mire #Reflections #Nature #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Norway
A photograph of birch and spruce trees reflected in a tiny forest mire, surrounded by bright green sphagnum (peat moss) and other mosses.
January 30, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Ljanselva
Nordstrand, Oslo

#WaterfallWednesday #Water #River #Landscape #Scape #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Naturephotography #LongExposurePhotography #Norway
A photograph of a waterfall with different subtle shades of color and two branches sticking up at the bottom.
January 28, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Findus, 5:30 am

#Cat #Cats #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CatWorldDomination #CatLover #Photography #BWPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #B&W #DigitallyEnhanced #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Mono
A slightly digitally enhanced black white photograph of my cat, Findus, taken at 5:30 AM
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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Our veranda, eight years ago, when the world suddenly turned into Marshmallow Land. Lovely to look at, not so much fun with the shoveling. Beauty always has its price. The cats were not amused. 😅

#JanuArty2026 #Soft #Snow #Winter #Urban #Photography #B&W #Monochrome #EastCoastKin #Oslo #Norway
Wintery photograph of deeply piled snow on our veranda, featuring a buried table and grill, making it look like the world was made out of marshmallow.
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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A congregation of magpies have lived on our property for years. My office window looks out on the backyard, with a view to a moss-covered outcrop of stone. The magpies bury tidbits under the mosses, then a local squirrel sneaks in, finds and steals them. The magpies just don't get it.😅
#MagpieMonday
A photograph from my backyard in Norway of a European magpie standing on the edge of an outdoor planter, looking warily back at me.
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Norwegian advertisement from 1915.

Photography Studio
Olaf Foss
Enlarging Establishment

Outstanding results when photographing in the dark season utilizing newly invented devices for artificial lighting.

Christiania [Oslo’s former name until 1925]

#ArtNouveau #AdArt #AntiquePosters #Norway
A Norwegian advertisement poster from 1915 advertising a photography studio located in Christiania [Oslo’s former name], done in a kind of Art Nouveau style. The text is presented in graceful fonts and illustrated with yellow flowers and leaves.
January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Melis, New Year’s Day, 2016
Tempus fugit

#Caturday #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyCats #CatWorldDomination #WhiteCats #CatPhotography #Photography #NewYear #BlueSkyArtShow #Norway
Melis, our white cat, sitting on the dining room table staring back at me, on New Year’s Day, 2016.
January 3, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Morning light through window frost
Prinsdal, Oslo
[31.12.25]

#Frost #WindowFrost, #FrostedGlass #Window #Winter #Cold #MorningLight #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Oslo #Norway
A photo of window frost with the morning light shining through.
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Rattlesnake Shake
Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On [1969]

If you know, then you know. A timeless blues rock album with an undefinable something else from Peter Green featuring a classic Fleetwood Mac line up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5Q...

#Music#Rock #RockMusic #60s #MusicFromTheSixties #BluesRock
Rattlesnake Shake (2013 Remaster)
YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac - Topic
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December 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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The true elixir of life

Freshly ground Monsooned Malabar beans brewed in a stove-top Bialetti Moka pot, served with warm, frothed milk. The only way to start to the morning…

#FoodOnFriday #Coffee #CoffeeLovers #CoffeeTime #Moka #MokaPot #Photography #EastCoastKin
Bialetti Moka pot, Monsooned Malabar coffee beans, milk in a Bodum milk frothier, and brown sugar. Freshly brewed moka coffee with frothed milk and a dusting of brown sugar. Also pictured: Bialetti Moka pot, and Bodum milk frothier.
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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I personally don't care to have AI in my life whatsoever, but if it is inevitable, as so many are saying, then…

#NoAI #HumanArt
A photo of a meme which states “I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Melis in situ

#UrbanGaze #Cats #WhiteCats #Surrealistic #Dreamscape #Dark #Atmospheric #Clouds #Reflections #CatArt #Photography #ArtPhotography #MutedPalette #PurpleHaze #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Thursday
A white cat sitting on a windowsill in a purple-tinged surrealistic setting amidst reflections of trees and clouds.
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Micro-studio Evolution

How my musical journey began (2014), to how it looks more recently.

Surfing the Solar Winds (2022):
soundcloud.com/user-2825883...

#Music #ElectronicMusic #Synthesizer #SynthMusic #HomeStudio #Composer #StudioOne #BerlinSchool #Sequencer #VST #MusicianSky #SynthSky
A photograph of a simple, single iRig keyboard plugged into an iPad featuring a SampleTank workstation. From my current home studio - A photograph of an iRig 37 midi keyboard, an Arturia KeyLab 61 midi keyboard, an iPad w/plugin, effect pedals, an Arturia Spark drum machine, and a Korg Minilogue synth, which can be fed into a Presonus Studio One DAW a through a Presonus AudioBox iOne audio interface.
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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December Light
Aker Brygga, Oslo

#ColorADay #BWFriday #Photography #BlackAndWhite #B&W #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Boats #Fjord #WaterScape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky # Oslo #Norway
A b/w photo of a local ferry on a cloudy day at Aker Brygge, Oslo.
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Book Launch – The Way of the Raven
Moss, Norway
[30.11.25]

A successful and satisfying book launch—Brynjulf and I (right) signing copies of The Way of the Raven.
Amazon: a.co/d/7TLgEaI

#Writing #Writers #Author #Fiction #Novel #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Reader #Publishing
Photograph of collaborating author Brynjulf Haugan and myself signing copies of our latest book, The Way of the Raven. Book cover for The Way of the Ravn
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Terence Clarke (British, b. 1953). Island Pines La Ciotat (oil on canvas).
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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To Johnny Cash: Why the weird jacket with all these patches and pins? Because I'm cool and I like cool shit.
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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We just published The Way of the Raven, vol. 2 of the Lost Viking Saga. Based on Greenland’s mysterious lost Viking colony, a timeslip thriller of love unbound by time. A tragic but ultimately uplifting saga of troubled souls diving into the dark abyss of past lives.
Amazon: a.co/d/ezfLDYi
#writing
The Way of the Raven book cover featuring a raven sitting in a dream catcher, which is bisected by a Viking broadsword and a Native American arrow. In the background is a landscape featuring Native American teepees.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Reposted by Talgø
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Terrific
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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For those of you struggling with your faith, please see this handy guide.
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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The Madonna in the Meadow - Raphael
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

This painting taught me that photographs don't do justice to oil paintings. The colors must be experienced 'live' to be fully appreciated. The cobalt blue and scarlet red left me stunned.

#BlueSkyMonday #Blue #Painting #Art #Wien
Raphael’s painting ‘The Madonna in the Meadow’ exhibits stunning shades of cobalt blue and scarlet red in the Madonna’s clothing.
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM