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Jen N
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Pessimistic introvert, distracted doomscroller ❊ Dog person ❊ Anti-kleptokakistocracy ❊ Former classical musician ❊ Live and learn ❊ Into music and voices, the outdoors, stitching, and Middle-earth ❊
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I’ve had this one since the early 80s.
A figurine of a singing Smurf, holding a yellow scroll printed with musical notation
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Beautiful day
Color photo of a blue sky dotted with white clouds Color photo of the view looking down toward Horsetooth Reservoir from Lory State Park in northern Colorado. Dry grasses are in the foreground, and a stand of pine trees occupies the middle ground. Parts of the reservoir, surrounded by vegetation-flecked hills and outcroppings of red rock, are visible in the distance; the water reflects the blue sky.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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What’s a movie you never tire of?
Poster for the film “Best in Show” featuring characters posing with dogs
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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A visit from Champ
Color photo of Champ, a tiny eight-year-old Pomeranian. He is standing among faded yellow fallen maple leaves, looking up into the camera with a sweet, wide-eyed expression. His poofy fur is mostly dark grey, but his face, chest, and wee paws are white, and there are tan streaks in his fluffy tail. His eyes are round and black, and his short, narrow muzzle ends in what appears to be a small, angelic smile beneath a perfect black nose. Another photo of Champ, taken closer to his level. He is sitting, facing the camera, among fallen leaves that are mostly pale gold, with two red leaves in the lower left corner of the frame. The fur on his face and chest is primarily white with some grey intermixed; the rest of his fur is dark grey. He is looking into the camera, again with what appears to be a sweet smile on his pointy little muzzle. Upon close examination, one of his endearingly crooked lower teeth is visible poking out of the side of his mouth (on the viewer’s left), as is a bit of his pink tongue. A photo, taken looking down at three dogs (left to right: Cleo, Champ, and Moose) among fallen leaves. Champ, the Pomeranian, is sitting, dwarfed by the other two, who are standing. Champ’s tongue is poking out of the right side of his mouth (the viewer’s left), and he is looking toward the lower right corner of the frame. Cleo, the largest of the three, is a black, tan, and white Aussie-husky mix, and is standing with her head just above Champ; she appears to be looking down in the same direction as he. Moose is a white heeler mix with black spots and ears. He is standing with his body behind and curved around to Champ’s left. He is looking down toward the same spot as the others.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Northern lights/southern Illinois
A color photo of the night sky, viewed through the silhouettes of a large pine and other trees. The sky toward the bottom of the frame is green, shifting to fuchsia near the center of the frame, and hazy violet toward the top. Starry pinpoints of light are, upon close observation, visible in the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Drop something GREEN 💚
Keira Knightley in Atonement, clad in a gorgeous, emerald green silk gown. She is visible from the side, lighting a cigarette.
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Gold
A color photo of a large maple tree with leaves turning from green to gold, backlit against a blue autumn sky.
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Post something random or you’ll have an awful November.
Photo of a package of Vietnamese coffee. The packaging is primarily bright red, with a photo of a smiling man and woman in business dress walking away (but, it appears, perilously close to) a shiny—and curiously small—black helicopter. A cup of coffee, nearly half the size of the helicopter, is also pictured. Text on the package promises “Special energy: loving•success•life-changing•happiness” from “The energy coffee that changes life.” I have not tried this coffee, so I can’t speak to the verity of its claims.
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Death and the Woman (1894)
Edvard Munch
Death and the Woman Edvard Munch (1863-1944) Drypoint print (1894), housed in the Art Institute of Chicago The etching is printed in brown ink on cream paper. It depicts a long-haired, nude woman locked in a passionate embrace with Death, portrayed as a skeleton.
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Vulture Fest Eve
Photo of the downtown boardwalk in the village of Makanda, Illinois. Three adjacent two-story brick buildings that house various shops are visible. The building on the viewer’s left is narrow and gray, with the two tall, second-floor window frames painted bright green, and the first-floor window and door frames painted orange and yellow. Brightly colored smiley-face flags hang from the upper windows. A telephone pole stands in front of this building. The building in the center is wider, built of red brick, with a wooden balcony that runs across the front. “H.L. BELL” is painted in white near the roofline. A white banner reading “Vulture Fest/3rd weekend of October/on the Makanda Boardwalk” hangs on the balcony rail. Vines grow on the balcony’s vertical supports. Part of the building on the viewer’s right is visible. It is also red brick with a wooden balcony, over the left end of which is a lattice awning. There are many potted plants on both levels in front of the building, although they are obscured by shadows. There are orange traffic cones with yellow “caution” tape, an easy-up canopy, and a white golf cart on the street in front of the boardwalk, in preparation for this weekend’s Vulture Fest. Treetops (still mostly green) and a partly cloudy but blue sky are visible behind and above the buildings.
October 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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New Alan Wilder (Recoil/Depeche Mode) interview…

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Screenshot of story from Recoil/Alan Wilder’s Instagram account linking to Wilder’s interview with members of The Devout. A black and white photo, taken from a low angle in front of Wilder, shows him sitting in a chair and leaning forward with his elbows resting on his legs and his hands clasped. He is wearing dark sunglasses and looking off slightly to the viewer’s left. Screenshot of webpage for The Devout, a Depeche Mode tribute band. Text on the page reads as follows: “Alan Wilder Interview. The Devout talk to one of electronic music’s favorite producers. September 2025.” A black and white photo shows Wilder wearing sunglasses, a dark shirt and jacket, and salt-and-pepper facial hair.
October 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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#Totentanz2025 (2)
#MusicChallenge

Dance of Death - Andrew Bird

Originally on The Ballad of the Red Shoes EP; expanded version on the live album Fingerlings 4.

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October 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Tiny hitchhiker
A close-up photo of a black and white jumping spider on a piece of off-white woven fabric (the corner of my laundry basket).The tiny—about 1.5 cm long—spider is covered in black and white hairs in an elaborate pattern of stripes and other shapes. My apologies to anyone who is arachnophobic; I found this little spider to be quite interesting.
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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#MotherNatureSong (19)
#MusicChallenge
#choralmusic

Blow, blow, thou winter wind

Composer/Conductor: John Rutter
Choir: The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia

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The text of “Blow, blow, thou winter wind” by William Shakespeare (As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII): Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not. Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly…
September 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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My snarky puppy
Photo of the head of a white heeler-mix dog with black and brown spots. He is lying on his side on a grungy, blue dog bed. His dark eyes are partially open, and the tip of his tongue is sticking out in an adorable blep.
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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mood
An illustration of two birds. On the left stands a crow, above which text states “i know it’ll pass, but it’s heavy.” On the right, a white bird with wings upraised hovers, facing the crow. Text above the white bird says “i know it’s heavy, but it’ll pass.”
September 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Just spotted in the fair city of Paducah, Kentucky
A large, pale yellow, peanut-shaped vehicle—the “nutmobile”—sits next to a car at an intersection.
September 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Prairie and woods walk
Photo of two dogs walking on leashes along a gravel trail through a meadow dense with tall white, violet, and especially yellow flowers and grasses. The photo is taken from the point of view of the dog walker. A thick line of trees is visible in the background. The sun is bright, casting hard shadows, and the sky is brilliant blue. A monarch butterfly is visible floating above a the path, a few feet in front of the dogs. Photo of two dogs walking on leashes, taken from the point of view of the person walking them. They are crossing an unpainted wooden bridge—long, with wooden railings on each side—that passes through a dense grove of trees. The leaves are a range of greens. The bridge is dappled with pools of sunlight and leafy shadows.
September 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Early-morning drive
Photo taken looking east at sunrise. Mottled blue and gray clouds stretch across the sky, touched with gold, pink, and orange hues near the horizon. A field of tall corn with golden tassels is dimly visible in the foreground. A dense line of trees is silhouetted in the background, and four electrical/phone wires cut diagonally across the top of the photo. Photo taken looking east as the sun peeks over the horizon. A driveway runs from the left foreground toward the center of the photo. There is a red farm building on the right side, with an awning roof sheltering some equipment. Green grass and a field are visible, somewhat dimly lit in the sunrise, and a line of trees is silhouetted along the horizon. A layer of mottled gray and blue clouds stretches across the sky. A fiery, yellow glow, surrounded by tones of red, pink, and gold, erupts over the horizon, just left of center.
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Bluff One
Photo: A tall sandstone bluff occupies the left side of the frame, with dense trees to the right. There is a green lawn with two picnic tables at the base of the bluff. The sky is bright blue, spotted with puffy white clouds.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally
A painting of the head of a crow. Text beneath the illustration says “I’m gonna go cru in the fuckin bathroom.”
August 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Naked ladies (surprise lilies) showing off in the garden
Photo of clusters of pink flowers on tall, slender, leafless stems growing among the foliage of other plants. A fence, trees and shrubs, and the trunk of a large oak tree are visible in the background.
August 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Photo if a white moth on a tree root
August 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Woods and water
#shawneenationalforest
Photo of a forest of tall, slender, deciduous trees in the summer. There is minimal understory, and the forest floor is carpeted with dry, brown leaves. Photo of the bow of a canoe on a glassy lake just before sunset. In the distance on the right are forest-topped rocky cliffs. The water reflects the cliffs and a cloud on the left beneath which the sky appears pinkish.
August 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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To complete today’s Chris Ware post trifecta, I picked up a couple sheets of the stamps he designed and illustrated to celebrate 250 years of the US Postal Service:
July 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM