Tibor M. Kalman
@kalmantibs.bsky.social
Building a bridge across the Atlantic, with steel beams and rivets. 🙏🏼🌎 🕊️
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
— Søren Kierkegaard
Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
— Søren Kierkegaard
Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
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Tibor M. Kalman
@kalmantibs.bsky.social
· Nov 11
a starry night sky with trees silhouetted against it
ALT: a starry night sky with trees silhouetted against it
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“Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. "There is the blueprint," they say.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.
Turns out, our youngest daughter Manna will be joining her two siblings in Paris, for a semester abroad in college.
What a blessing, that all three of our kids will be living and studying in the "City of Light." Crazy, how the world turns.
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📷 Photo by Tadji Kretschmer©️
What a blessing, that all three of our kids will be living and studying in the "City of Light." Crazy, how the world turns.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Tadji Kretschmer©️
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Turns out, our youngest daughter Manna will be joining her two siblings in Paris, for a semester abroad in college.
What a blessing, that all three of our kids will be living and studying in the "City of Light." Crazy, how the world turns.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Tadji Kretschmer©️
What a blessing, that all three of our kids will be living and studying in the "City of Light." Crazy, how the world turns.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Tadji Kretschmer©️
“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.”
― Walt Streightiff
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📷 Photo by Noémia Prada©️, Portugal
― Walt Streightiff
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📷 Photo by Noémia Prada©️, Portugal
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.”
― Walt Streightiff
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📷 Photo by Noémia Prada©️, Portugal
― Walt Streightiff
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📷 Photo by Noémia Prada©️, Portugal
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia."
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📷 Photo by Dave Gosling©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
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📷 Photo by Dave Gosling©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia."
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📷 Photo by Dave Gosling©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
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📷 Photo by Dave Gosling©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Eric Sloane, American, 1905-1985.
November Wind, 1964.
Oil on Masonite.
Private collection.
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📷Maryellen Brown | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
November Wind, 1964.
Oil on Masonite.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷Maryellen Brown | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Eric Sloane, American, 1905-1985.
November Wind, 1964.
Oil on Masonite.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷Maryellen Brown | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
November Wind, 1964.
Oil on Masonite.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷Maryellen Brown | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
"Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada."
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Photo by Marlene Thomas©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
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Photo by Marlene Thomas©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada."
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Photo by Marlene Thomas©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
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Photo by Marlene Thomas©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society
"Give light and people will find the way."
— Ella Baker, 1903-1986.
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Liebestraum No. 3 from Franz Liszt, composed in 1850.
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— Ella Baker, 1903-1986.
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Liebestraum No. 3 from Franz Liszt, composed in 1850.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Give light and people will find the way."
— Ella Baker, 1903-1986.
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Liebestraum No. 3 from Franz Liszt, composed in 1850.
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— Ella Baker, 1903-1986.
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Liebestraum No. 3 from Franz Liszt, composed in 1850.
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I shared a few anecdotes about my family heritage yesterday, during visit to my late father's house in Tata, Hungary. Thank you all for the warmhearted responses. I've since removed these posts; a bit too personal to share in a public space. Appreciate your understanding. 🙏🏼🌞🕊️
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I shared a few anecdotes about my family heritage yesterday, during visit to my late father's house in Tata, Hungary. Thank you all for the warmhearted responses. I've since removed these posts; a bit too personal to share in a public space. Appreciate your understanding. 🙏🏼🌞🕊️
With the abject *kneeling in fealty* to Trump by FIFA officials in the run-up to the World Cup, seems folks don't realize that FIFA has been roiled in corruption, scandal and duplicity for decades.
The confluence of MAGA corruption & FIFA corruption is truly one for the ages. 💰
The confluence of MAGA corruption & FIFA corruption is truly one for the ages. 💰
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
With the abject *kneeling in fealty* to Trump by FIFA officials in the run-up to the World Cup, seems folks don't realize that FIFA has been roiled in corruption, scandal and duplicity for decades.
The confluence of MAGA corruption & FIFA corruption is truly one for the ages. 💰
The confluence of MAGA corruption & FIFA corruption is truly one for the ages. 💰
"Autumn woodland, United Kingdom."
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📷 Photo by Alastair Graham©️
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📷 Photo by Alastair Graham©️
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Autumn woodland, United Kingdom."
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📷 Photo by Alastair Graham©️
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📷 Photo by Alastair Graham©️
All the feels, and the dizzying rush of history, when you visit your parents’ hometown of Tata, Hungary, which was first noted in royal documents in 1093, with a castle on the lake, still standing, built in 1397.
We are just a speck of dust, in the big scheme of things.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
We are just a speck of dust, in the big scheme of things.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
All the feels, and the dizzying rush of history, when you visit your parents’ hometown of Tata, Hungary, which was first noted in royal documents in 1093, with a castle on the lake, still standing, built in 1397.
We are just a speck of dust, in the big scheme of things.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
We are just a speck of dust, in the big scheme of things.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
Always enjoyed the train ride to idyllic Tata, Hungary, my parents’ hometown. Since my father’s passing, the visits have dissipated.
I return today with a heavy heart, with the solemn task of preparing the house for sale, meeting with a realtor.
Yet another chapter in life. 🕊️
I return today with a heavy heart, with the solemn task of preparing the house for sale, meeting with a realtor.
Yet another chapter in life. 🕊️
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Always enjoyed the train ride to idyllic Tata, Hungary, my parents’ hometown. Since my father’s passing, the visits have dissipated.
I return today with a heavy heart, with the solemn task of preparing the house for sale, meeting with a realtor.
Yet another chapter in life. 🕊️
I return today with a heavy heart, with the solemn task of preparing the house for sale, meeting with a realtor.
Yet another chapter in life. 🕊️
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020
Yesterday's election results was a glimmer of hope of a nation reconnecting with its founding principles, reclaiming its democratic norms.
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— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020
Yesterday's election results was a glimmer of hope of a nation reconnecting with its founding principles, reclaiming its democratic norms.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020
Yesterday's election results was a glimmer of hope of a nation reconnecting with its founding principles, reclaiming its democratic norms.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020
Yesterday's election results was a glimmer of hope of a nation reconnecting with its founding principles, reclaiming its democratic norms.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952.
French classical pianist Alexandre Kantorow performs Mélodie de Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice, composed in 1762.
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― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952.
French classical pianist Alexandre Kantorow performs Mélodie de Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice, composed in 1762.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952.
French classical pianist Alexandre Kantorow performs Mélodie de Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice, composed in 1762.
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― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952.
French classical pianist Alexandre Kantorow performs Mélodie de Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice, composed in 1762.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
My condolences to former U.S. representative for Wyoming, Liz Cheney, known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump, for the passing of her father.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My condolences to former U.S. representative for Wyoming, Liz Cheney, known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump, for the passing of her father.
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"Sixty-nine years ago at 4:15 am on November 4, 1956, Soviet forces launched a major attack on Hungary aimed at crushing, once and for all, the spontaneous national uprising that had begun 12 days earlier. Prime Minister Imre Nagy was executed two years later."
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#1956
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#1956
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Sixty-nine years ago at 4:15 am on November 4, 1956, Soviet forces launched a major attack on Hungary aimed at crushing, once and for all, the spontaneous national uprising that had begun 12 days earlier. Prime Minister Imre Nagy was executed two years later."
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#1956
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#1956
"The beautiful Portland Japanese Garden, opened in Portland, Oregon in 1967, was originally designed by Professor Takuma Tono of Tokyo Agricultural University. It features five historic garden spaces that demonstrate different styles of Japanese landscape architecture.''
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November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"The beautiful Portland Japanese Garden, opened in Portland, Oregon in 1967, was originally designed by Professor Takuma Tono of Tokyo Agricultural University. It features five historic garden spaces that demonstrate different styles of Japanese landscape architecture.''
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"The Dunajec River on the border of Poland and Slovakia."
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📷 Photo by Kamil Fober©️
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📷 Photo by Kamil Fober©️
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The Dunajec River on the border of Poland and Slovakia."
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📷 Photo by Kamil Fober©️
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📷 Photo by Kamil Fober©️
Billegetőcankó, Common sandpiper.
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📷 Photo by Péter Pázsi©️ | Erdei Utakon
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📷 Photo by Péter Pázsi©️ | Erdei Utakon
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Billegetőcankó, Common sandpiper.
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📷 Photo by Péter Pázsi©️ | Erdei Utakon
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📷 Photo by Péter Pázsi©️ | Erdei Utakon
Happy Birthday to the esteemed American realist painter, Jeremy Lipking, born on this day in Santa Monica, California, in 1975.
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📷 Virtual Art Museum
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📷 Virtual Art Museum
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Happy Birthday to the esteemed American realist painter, Jeremy Lipking, born on this day in Santa Monica, California, in 1975.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Virtual Art Museum
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📷 Virtual Art Museum
"The finale of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony accompanies our remembrance today. Let us be still together."
— Conductor Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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#AllSaintsDay
— Conductor Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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#AllSaintsDay
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"The finale of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony accompanies our remembrance today. Let us be still together."
— Conductor Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
🕯️🤍🕊️
#AllSaintsDay
— Conductor Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
🕯️🤍🕊️
#AllSaintsDay
“The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.”
— Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024
Icelandic classical pianist Olga Jegunova performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, composed in 1783.
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— Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024
Icelandic classical pianist Olga Jegunova performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, composed in 1783.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.”
— Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024
Icelandic classical pianist Olga Jegunova performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, composed in 1783.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024
Icelandic classical pianist Olga Jegunova performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, composed in 1783.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
"Misty November morning in the Hungarian countryside."
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📷 Photo by Gábor Barta©️
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📷 Photo by Gábor Barta©️
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Misty November morning in the Hungarian countryside."
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📷 Photo by Gábor Barta©️
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📷 Photo by Gábor Barta©️
Born on this day, November 1, 1830.
Werner Holmberg, Finnish painter, 1830–1860.
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📷 Virtual Art Museum
Werner Holmberg, Finnish painter, 1830–1860.
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📷 Virtual Art Museum
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Born on this day, November 1, 1830.
Werner Holmberg, Finnish painter, 1830–1860.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Virtual Art Museum
Werner Holmberg, Finnish painter, 1830–1860.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Virtual Art Museum