James Wagner
@jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social
cranky radical, fussy aesthete, humanist, generalist, partner of
@bhoggard
@bhoggard
I love this shot
Mamdani being video recorded inside transition offices, everything looking even more exciting - more right - than imaginable
Mamdani being video recorded inside transition offices, everything looking even more exciting - more right - than imaginable
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I love this shot
Mamdani being video recorded inside transition offices, everything looking even more exciting - more right - than imaginable
Mamdani being video recorded inside transition offices, everything looking even more exciting - more right - than imaginable
sliced NY ‘Upstate Abundance’ potatoes roasted w/olive oil/dried Santa Fe pepper/bay leaves, adding Sicilian olives, two 8-ounce LI cod fillets
salt-buried 1 hour, rinsed/drained/dried, placed on the potatoes, drizzled w/oil, peppered,
the cod roasted tender, served garnished with chopped parsley
salt-buried 1 hour, rinsed/drained/dried, placed on the potatoes, drizzled w/oil, peppered,
the cod roasted tender, served garnished with chopped parsley
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
sliced NY ‘Upstate Abundance’ potatoes roasted w/olive oil/dried Santa Fe pepper/bay leaves, adding Sicilian olives, two 8-ounce LI cod fillets
salt-buried 1 hour, rinsed/drained/dried, placed on the potatoes, drizzled w/oil, peppered,
the cod roasted tender, served garnished with chopped parsley
salt-buried 1 hour, rinsed/drained/dried, placed on the potatoes, drizzled w/oil, peppered,
the cod roasted tender, served garnished with chopped parsley
lightly-cured bacon (NYS farm pastured pigs, a smoky salt, fat removed/saved, Wesphalian butter added to pan to fry local eggs, adding Faro (PT) salt/melequeta/crushed dried Pasilla/cook's hot pepper oil/garden tarragon
Whole Foods rye, stovetop-toasted, Westph. butter and Beth’s orange marmalade
Whole Foods rye, stovetop-toasted, Westph. butter and Beth’s orange marmalade
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
lightly-cured bacon (NYS farm pastured pigs, a smoky salt, fat removed/saved, Wesphalian butter added to pan to fry local eggs, adding Faro (PT) salt/melequeta/crushed dried Pasilla/cook's hot pepper oil/garden tarragon
Whole Foods rye, stovetop-toasted, Westph. butter and Beth’s orange marmalade
Whole Foods rye, stovetop-toasted, Westph. butter and Beth’s orange marmalade
and current German birth rates, in dramatic decline since the Gastarbeiter program was initiated, will be making it even more clear going forward
graph from Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform www.statista.com/statistics/2...
graph from Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform www.statista.com/statistics/2...
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
and current German birth rates, in dramatic decline since the Gastarbeiter program was initiated, will be making it even more clear going forward
graph from Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform www.statista.com/statistics/2...
graph from Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform www.statista.com/statistics/2...
the family, in a recent snapshot
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the family, in a recent snapshot
shepherd as ephebe
Photo: Jörg Bittner Unna via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Photo: Jörg Bittner Unna via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
shepherd as ephebe
Photo: Jörg Bittner Unna via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Photo: Jörg Bittner Unna via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
pasilla-rubbed NY pork chops, seared, lemon squeezed on top left cut side down in the pan, roasted, w/pan juices/garden bronze fennel;
heirloom tomatoes pan-roasted w/Cretan oil/unpeeled garlic/dried wild Sicilian oregano, fresh oregano;
garlic-sauteed brocollini, with the cook's hot pepper oil
heirloom tomatoes pan-roasted w/Cretan oil/unpeeled garlic/dried wild Sicilian oregano, fresh oregano;
garlic-sauteed brocollini, with the cook's hot pepper oil
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
pasilla-rubbed NY pork chops, seared, lemon squeezed on top left cut side down in the pan, roasted, w/pan juices/garden bronze fennel;
heirloom tomatoes pan-roasted w/Cretan oil/unpeeled garlic/dried wild Sicilian oregano, fresh oregano;
garlic-sauteed brocollini, with the cook's hot pepper oil
heirloom tomatoes pan-roasted w/Cretan oil/unpeeled garlic/dried wild Sicilian oregano, fresh oregano;
garlic-sauteed brocollini, with the cook's hot pepper oil
I cannot tell a lie
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF A MAN’S BODY
1986
Duane Michals
b. Feb 18, 1932
www.google.com/imgres?imgur...
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF A MAN’S BODY
1986
Duane Michals
b. Feb 18, 1932
www.google.com/imgres?imgur...
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I cannot tell a lie
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF A MAN’S BODY
1986
Duane Michals
b. Feb 18, 1932
www.google.com/imgres?imgur...
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF A MAN’S BODY
1986
Duane Michals
b. Feb 18, 1932
www.google.com/imgres?imgur...
an ad I found just now fitted in the middle of a NY Times news page headlined “Trump Administration Uses Mortgage Fraud to Go After Adversaries”
together with the page that showed up when I clicked onto it, thinking it might be satire
because the imagery is priceless
together with the page that showed up when I clicked onto it, thinking it might be satire
because the imagery is priceless
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
an ad I found just now fitted in the middle of a NY Times news page headlined “Trump Administration Uses Mortgage Fraud to Go After Adversaries”
together with the page that showed up when I clicked onto it, thinking it might be satire
because the imagery is priceless
together with the page that showed up when I clicked onto it, thinking it might be satire
because the imagery is priceless
Calabrian Ristra
on a table inside Yassir’s Halal Pastures Farm stall at Wednesday’s Union Square Greenmarket www.bengalisofnewyork.com/this-family-...
on a table inside Yassir’s Halal Pastures Farm stall at Wednesday’s Union Square Greenmarket www.bengalisofnewyork.com/this-family-...
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Calabrian Ristra
on a table inside Yassir’s Halal Pastures Farm stall at Wednesday’s Union Square Greenmarket www.bengalisofnewyork.com/this-family-...
on a table inside Yassir’s Halal Pastures Farm stall at Wednesday’s Union Square Greenmarket www.bengalisofnewyork.com/this-family-...
Torre Annunziata NA, Italy Setaro rigatoni, sauce of slivered/seeded fresh Halal Pastures Farm Catskills-grown Calabrian Ristra peppers sauteed in Cretan oil, sliced Norwich Meadows Farm, Finger lakes juicy garlic clove, rinsed/filleted Sicilian anchovy, chopped South Jersey Lani’s Farm parsley
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Torre Annunziata NA, Italy Setaro rigatoni, sauce of slivered/seeded fresh Halal Pastures Farm Catskills-grown Calabrian Ristra peppers sauteed in Cretan oil, sliced Norwich Meadows Farm, Finger lakes juicy garlic clove, rinsed/filleted Sicilian anchovy, chopped South Jersey Lani’s Farm parsley
zest/dried wild Sicilian oregano/balsamic/olive oil/crushed peppercorns/salt/juicy garlic-brushed baked LI flounder fillets, pink celery, parsley;
grilled Roma tomatoes, balsamic, oregano blossoms;
Middle Eastern cress/Lehigh Valley wild arugula/Catskills parsley; Brooklyn whole wheat baguette
grilled Roma tomatoes, balsamic, oregano blossoms;
Middle Eastern cress/Lehigh Valley wild arugula/Catskills parsley; Brooklyn whole wheat baguette
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
zest/dried wild Sicilian oregano/balsamic/olive oil/crushed peppercorns/salt/juicy garlic-brushed baked LI flounder fillets, pink celery, parsley;
grilled Roma tomatoes, balsamic, oregano blossoms;
Middle Eastern cress/Lehigh Valley wild arugula/Catskills parsley; Brooklyn whole wheat baguette
grilled Roma tomatoes, balsamic, oregano blossoms;
Middle Eastern cress/Lehigh Valley wild arugula/Catskills parsley; Brooklyn whole wheat baguette
slowly passing through Greeley Square (6th Ave and 32nd), at a moment we’re actually moving, emergency vehicle siren heard behind us, cop
car visible, (it and other NYPD devices barricaded every crosstown street from at least somewhere below 23rd all the way to 50th, and even from 8th Ave at 23rd)
car visible, (it and other NYPD devices barricaded every crosstown street from at least somewhere below 23rd all the way to 50th, and even from 8th Ave at 23rd)
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
slowly passing through Greeley Square (6th Ave and 32nd), at a moment we’re actually moving, emergency vehicle siren heard behind us, cop
car visible, (it and other NYPD devices barricaded every crosstown street from at least somewhere below 23rd all the way to 50th, and even from 8th Ave at 23rd)
car visible, (it and other NYPD devices barricaded every crosstown street from at least somewhere below 23rd all the way to 50th, and even from 8th Ave at 23rd)
the real heroics on Manhattan streets yesterday were the disciplined routines of emergency responders navigating acres of non-moving vehicles, horns and sirens blasting
these images: standing vehicles on Madison (L), and 42nd Street at that intersection, entirely blocked to traffic (R)
these images: standing vehicles on Madison (L), and 42nd Street at that intersection, entirely blocked to traffic (R)
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
the real heroics on Manhattan streets yesterday were the disciplined routines of emergency responders navigating acres of non-moving vehicles, horns and sirens blasting
these images: standing vehicles on Madison (L), and 42nd Street at that intersection, entirely blocked to traffic (R)
these images: standing vehicles on Madison (L), and 42nd Street at that intersection, entirely blocked to traffic (R)
the image is from this site discussing music by Copland in a rigorous, modern style unknown to most admirers
but no less beautiful www.earsense.org/article/Copl...
specifically, his Piano Quartet, 1950 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKa_...
but no less beautiful www.earsense.org/article/Copl...
specifically, his Piano Quartet, 1950 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKa_...
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
the image is from this site discussing music by Copland in a rigorous, modern style unknown to most admirers
but no less beautiful www.earsense.org/article/Copl...
specifically, his Piano Quartet, 1950 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKa_...
but no less beautiful www.earsense.org/article/Copl...
specifically, his Piano Quartet, 1950 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKa_...
our “Halloween cactus”, finally old enough to vote this year, and henceforth to be known as our “Zohran cactus”,
joined us at dinner last evening
joined us at dinner last evening
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
our “Halloween cactus”, finally old enough to vote this year, and henceforth to be known as our “Zohran cactus”,
joined us at dinner last evening
joined us at dinner last evening
local duck breast, fat cross hatch-scored, rubbed w/s&p/Pasilla pepper/turbinado sugar), rested on the counter 45 minutes, seared/fried, with lemon juice, Cretan oil, half a Sicilian anchovy, cook's own pepper oil, blossoming oregano;
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
local duck breast, fat cross hatch-scored, rubbed w/s&p/Pasilla pepper/turbinado sugar), rested on the counter 45 minutes, seared/fried, with lemon juice, Cretan oil, half a Sicilian anchovy, cook's own pepper oil, blossoming oregano;
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
grabbing everything on top of the fold again, Trump feel-good stories, these heavy-weights after barely 9 months
as starvation threatens the people, the rich are awarded still bigger bonuses, and the ruler gets his shiny new coin
as starvation threatens the people, the rich are awarded still bigger bonuses, and the ruler gets his shiny new coin
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
grabbing everything on top of the fold again, Trump feel-good stories, these heavy-weights after barely 9 months
as starvation threatens the people, the rich are awarded still bigger bonuses, and the ruler gets his shiny new coin
as starvation threatens the people, the rich are awarded still bigger bonuses, and the ruler gets his shiny new coin
comrades
Magnus Hirschfeld (second from right, holding the hand of his lover, Karl Giese) at a costume party at the Institute of Sexual Research, 1920. Photo courtesy of Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin
colorized in our own time
www.instagram.com/p/CsRrW-1uolA/
Magnus Hirschfeld (second from right, holding the hand of his lover, Karl Giese) at a costume party at the Institute of Sexual Research, 1920. Photo courtesy of Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin
colorized in our own time
www.instagram.com/p/CsRrW-1uolA/
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
comrades
Magnus Hirschfeld (second from right, holding the hand of his lover, Karl Giese) at a costume party at the Institute of Sexual Research, 1920. Photo courtesy of Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin
colorized in our own time
www.instagram.com/p/CsRrW-1uolA/
Magnus Hirschfeld (second from right, holding the hand of his lover, Karl Giese) at a costume party at the Institute of Sexual Research, 1920. Photo courtesy of Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin
colorized in our own time
www.instagram.com/p/CsRrW-1uolA/
air-dried/seasoned vintage steel pan-seared/cooked strip steak, w/lemon juice/chopped French pink celery stems/
blossoming oregano/Palestinian-Canaan oil;
carbonized Romanesco broccoli florets and chopped hazelnuts, with chopped juicy garlic/cook's hot pepper oil/chopped parsley/white wine vinegar
blossoming oregano/Palestinian-Canaan oil;
carbonized Romanesco broccoli florets and chopped hazelnuts, with chopped juicy garlic/cook's hot pepper oil/chopped parsley/white wine vinegar
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
air-dried/seasoned vintage steel pan-seared/cooked strip steak, w/lemon juice/chopped French pink celery stems/
blossoming oregano/Palestinian-Canaan oil;
carbonized Romanesco broccoli florets and chopped hazelnuts, with chopped juicy garlic/cook's hot pepper oil/chopped parsley/white wine vinegar
blossoming oregano/Palestinian-Canaan oil;
carbonized Romanesco broccoli florets and chopped hazelnuts, with chopped juicy garlic/cook's hot pepper oil/chopped parsley/white wine vinegar
and even earlier, in fact when he was almost painfully young, if still not a naïf
[from www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/tho... ]
[from www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/tho... ]
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
and even earlier, in fact when he was almost painfully young, if still not a naïf
[from www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/tho... ]
[from www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/tho... ]
Schaller & Weber Bratwurst, Ingelhoffer Stone Ground Mustard;
seared Corbaci Turkish frying pepper, Fr white wine vinegar/garlic/warmed bits of fresh hot pepper, pungent fresh oregano blossoms;
spigarello, Cretan oil, dried pasilla, 2 kinds of Italian heirloom red onion, with lemon juice, more oil
seared Corbaci Turkish frying pepper, Fr white wine vinegar/garlic/warmed bits of fresh hot pepper, pungent fresh oregano blossoms;
spigarello, Cretan oil, dried pasilla, 2 kinds of Italian heirloom red onion, with lemon juice, more oil
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Schaller & Weber Bratwurst, Ingelhoffer Stone Ground Mustard;
seared Corbaci Turkish frying pepper, Fr white wine vinegar/garlic/warmed bits of fresh hot pepper, pungent fresh oregano blossoms;
spigarello, Cretan oil, dried pasilla, 2 kinds of Italian heirloom red onion, with lemon juice, more oil
seared Corbaci Turkish frying pepper, Fr white wine vinegar/garlic/warmed bits of fresh hot pepper, pungent fresh oregano blossoms;
spigarello, Cretan oil, dried pasilla, 2 kinds of Italian heirloom red onion, with lemon juice, more oil
a part of my own 19th century
my mother’s mother, on lower
right, her siblings and parents
Elizabeth Bushman herself later became the mother of 12
my mother’s mother, on lower
right, her siblings and parents
Elizabeth Bushman herself later became the mother of 12
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
a part of my own 19th century
my mother’s mother, on lower
right, her siblings and parents
Elizabeth Bushman herself later became the mother of 12
my mother’s mother, on lower
right, her siblings and parents
Elizabeth Bushman herself later became the mother of 12
from this side of the house plant
through the breakfast room window
likely the last two flowers of autumn
through the breakfast room window
likely the last two flowers of autumn
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
from this side of the house plant
through the breakfast room window
likely the last two flowers of autumn
through the breakfast room window
likely the last two flowers of autumn