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Talgø
@retractus.bsky.social
Wanderer, ne’re-do-well, US expat. Jack of all trades, MSc. Plant Ecol.
Humble creative meanderer: writer/musician/photographer/visual artist.
Crazy old 🐈‍⬛ person.
All my own work except reposts.
AI-free zone!
Author site: https://www.nordicnoirpress.com/
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The Salt of Ancient Tears
A high concept modern/historical time-slip thriller based on medieval Europe’s most fascinating historical mystery, staged in a tragic, but ultimately uplifting epic saga of love, loss, and redemption.
Amazon: a.co/d/hiYk4X0

#thriller #romantic #timeslip #Norse #medieval
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For those of you struggling with your faith, please see this handy guide.
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I don’t know this guy so maybe he sucks in other ways, but this is the fire we should be seeing from all the Dems, especially leadership
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Japanese maple in bright autumn colors

‘Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.’
~ Albert Camus

#EnchantedAutumn #Autumn #Trees #Treesky #RedLeaves #JapaneseMaple #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Thursday #Norway
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part III
YouTube video by King Crimson
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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A spider's web is the poetry of nature woven in delicate threads of dreams.
September 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Frost Beard
Gjersjøen, Akershus

Frost Beard (aka Hair Ice) is a rare form of ice consisting of delicate threads of ice exuding from dead wood under certain weather conditions.

#ClassicMono #BlackAndWhite #B&W #Photography #Monochrome #Nature #Forest #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway
October 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Forgotten
Svartskog, Akershus

And none will hear the postman’s knock
Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
~ W.H. Auden

#UrbanGaze #BlackAndWhite #B&W #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Cars #Forgotten #Landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway
October 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
September 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Envy Drowning In Tears
Acrylic on prepared paper

‘As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.’
~ Antisthenes Pinto

#ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #Acrylic #Painting #HandPainted #OriginalArt #ContemporaryArt #AbstractArt #ArtistsOnBlueSky #Artsky #Tuesday
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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VIENNA IN SEPTEMBER
In a Viennese Kitchen
Caressed by the Morning Sun
Pumpkins in a Blue Bowl
Image © Merisi Vienna

The sun now reaches corners of my kitchen
it has not touched all summer.

#EastCoastKin #Photography
#BlueSkyMonday #Blue #StillLife
September 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
September 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Four self-portraits, spanning circa fifty years

‘We don't remember days, we remember moments.’
~ Abhay Kumar

#ArtOfSelfPortraiture #Portraiture #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #B&W #ClassicMono #HumansOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Sunday
September 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Danish Oak Postcard

1) A pencil sketch drawn years ago from a vintage Danish photograph postcard. 2) A watercolor version used as a detail in a later watercolor painting.

#Trees #Treelovers #Postcard #Drawing #Pencil #Watercolor #Painting #Illustration #Handpainted #Originalart #Art #Monday
September 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
September 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM