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ORIGINAL ANTI-FASCIST!

Here’s to my late grandfather: 2nd Infantry Division machine gunner (😳). Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, invasion of Germany, liberation of camps, and on to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia before returning to train for the invasion of Japan.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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ቲማቲም ሰላጣ 🇪🇹

Timatim Salata

Not hard to make, but the ginger and (if one likes) berbere give it a different profile than salsa.
Overhead view of a newly made bowl of Ethiopian Tomato Salad. Bits of diced Roma tomato, red onion, and jalapeño glisten with lemon juice and olive oil. Less visible but not lost in the taste: finely minced ginger.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Squirrel!

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, oil on canvas, 1855, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
In this monumental painting, based on outdoor sketches made in New York’s Catskill Mountains during the summer of 1854, Durand focused on rendering the shadowy solitude of the deep woods. While the painting was on view at the National Academy of Design in 1855, the artist published his acclaimed "Letters on Landscape Painting." He wrote in evocative terms: "That is a fine picture which at once takes possession of you—draws you into it—you traverse it—breathe its atmosphere—feel its sunshine, and you repose in its shade without thinking of its design or execution, effect or color." Detail of the woods Detail of the sky, mountain, and river visible at the far opening through the forest like a tunnel Detail of the squirrel sitting on a fallen tree trunk
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Cause > Effect

Time for a batch of Aunt Virginia’s chili!
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🎃 Hudson River Zen 🎃

Washington Irving, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯, 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵., 51-120, 1819, New York: C.S. Van Winkle, archive.org/details/irvi...

John Quidor, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦, 1858, Smithsonian, americanart.si.edu/artwork/head...
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Face-to-Leaf!

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, oil on canvas, 1845, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti....
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Great time watching the great Krakowski tonight!
October 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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🇪🇹Ethiopian Cooking 🇪🇹

Azifa | አዚፋ

Chilled Green Lentil Salad 😊

Note to self: Don’t fear the ground mustard and jalapeños
Small bowl of Azifa, a chilled green lentil salad with red onion, jalapeños, olive oil, ground mustard, and lemon juice.
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴' 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, oil on canvas, 1864, Yale University Art Gallery, artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...

#art #painting #zen
October 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I’ve never felt a need for a rainbow flag in my office. But now federal workers are being fired for pride displays, with the cult cheering it on. So I decided to dedicate a new pride flag to Trumpers, deliberately positioned in my Zoom background next to my faculty awards for teaching and service. 🏳️‍🌈
October 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Autumn Arrival

Asher Brown Durand, [𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦,] 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵, oil on canvas, 1852, San Antonio Museum of Art, sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/1202...

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From the Museum: Part of the Green Mountain Range, Haystack Mountain is located near Wilmington, in the far southern center of Vermont. The highly precise sense of draftsmanship with which Asher B. Durand renders the foliage surrounding his lone hiker and dog, as well as the texture of the mountain in the distance, is a legacy of the artist’s first career. Before turning to easel painting, Durand originally worked as an engraver, who produced not only banknotes, but also translated other artists’ paintings into works on paper. This forever left him with a highly detailed sense of line and detail, which is readily apparent in this peaceful scene. (William Keyse Rudolph, 2014)
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Summer Sunset

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵 [a.k.a. 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘳], oil on canvas, 1849, R.W. Norton Art Gallery, www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

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66" x 48" painting. "In the foreground is a pile of rocks, upon which is a bear; beyond are hills, among which is a winding river. In the distance are mountains, and behind them the sun is setting." (TERRA Foundation for American Art) From Knickerbocker magazine, May 1849: "Look at this glorious picture before us; gaze with hand protected eye over that range of dim and sun-powdered mountains, until you catch, just over the last range, the setting orb day. The middle-distance lies in shadow, and the foreground, made up of rocks and waving pines, gleams and glitters in the last rays of the sun. To add to the lonely desolation of the scene, a bear is introduced in the foreground, sole occupant of the vast solitudes that lie beneath and around him."
October 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Lost and Found!

Albert Bierstadt, 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦, oil on canvas, ca. 1858, National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov/artworks/715...

#art #painting #zen
September 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Foiled at Smithsonian American Art Museum! 😳

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September 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Update!
September 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Asher B. Durand, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, oil on canvas, ca. 1850, Springfield [Ohio] Museum of Art, www.springfieldart.net?exhibition=p...

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Painting of a rocky mountain beyond the tree line with tiny figures of an artist and female companion on a boulder as he sketches amid other boulders. Detail of painting showing the male artist sitting on a boulder and sketching and his female companion standing above and behind him.
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

♀️ Canon Expanding 🚺

Susie M. Barstow, 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, oil on canvas, c. 1880, Albany Institute of History & Art, www.albanyinstitute.org/collection/d...

#art #painting #zen
September 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Reunited!

(Commissioned as a pair)

Asher B. Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯, oil on canvas, 1847, New Orleans Museum of Art

Asher B. Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 (𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴), oil on canvas, 1847, Amherst College, Mead Art Museum

#art #painting
September 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

❌ No Confederate Portraits at West Point! ❌

John Ferguson Weir, 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, oil on linen, 1862, New-York Historical Society, emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/1961...

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The dramatic scenery of the Hudson Highlands recorded in Weir's deep vista of a long-famous view, one enriched by associations with the Revolutionary War, was still a strategic military site in 1862. Weir, who was born and raised at West Point where his father taught drawing, chose a vantage point near the ruins of historic Fort Putnam. During the Civil War, the Highlands was the center of the era's military-industrial complex, with the United States Military Academy on the west bank and the Cold Spring foundries on the east, then engaged in producing advanced weaponry for the Union army.
August 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, oil on canvas, 1853, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, collections.portlandmuseum.org/objects-1/in...

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August 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Farewell to the great Terence Stamp and his Bernadette ❤️

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August 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘱, oil on canvas, 1854, Collection of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore, d1lfxha3ugu3d4.cloudfront.net/exhibitions/....

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Landscape painting with misty mountains in the background and dark clouds parting to reveal a small portion of blue sky in the top center. In the midground is a wide, tree-lined river. In the foreground on the left are two large trees atop a rock outcropping, and on the right is a stream where a small figure in a hat is casting a fishing line in the air. In 2007, Linda S. Ferber said, "Durand's growing commitment to naturalism was demonstrated in 1854, when he was represented at the [National Academy of Design] by [another painting and this one]. Both paintings were recognized by critics as representing a breakthrough for the artist in the introduction of highly convincing atmospheric and meteorological effects in his exhibition pictures. [They] record the weather not as an explicitly didactic agent but as an observable phenomenon of climatic experience. ... Durand may well have been conscious of presenting a set of progressive masterworks for the NAD annual that marked the tenth anniversary of his election as president. The critic E. Anna Lewis had these very works in mind when she characterized Durand that year as both a pastoral poet _and_ a realist."
August 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

Troy, NY, Commission

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, oil on canvas, 1860, private collection (sold in 2015), www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/....

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This painting depicts an overcast day with mountains in the background and a stream flowing into the foreground on the right side of the painting. On the left are two trees extending nearly to the top of the canvas, as two figures climb a rock outcropping in the midground.
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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== Hudson River Zen ==

🌲Answer from New York🌲

Asher Brown Durand, 𝘈𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬, oil on canvas, ca. 1870, New-York Historical Society, emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/2309...

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During his later years, the artist camped and painted in the Adirondacks, usually in the company of his family. Durand's panoramic view of Adirondack forest, lake, and distant mountain peaks has an expansive impact that belies the modest size of the canvas. His command of atmospheric perspective is also evident in the conviction with which miles of wilderness forest recede below us toward the distant lake and, beyond, to remote mountains blue on the horizon. Today these lands form the Adirondack Park and Forest Preserve, which was set aside in 1892 to remain "forever wild."
August 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM