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Kathryn DeZur
@kdezur.bsky.social
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Creative nonfiction appearing in Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, Nassau Review, and Still-Points Quarterly; developmental and copy editing of psychology/self-help and memoir. Mornings include meditation and a latte, but not in that order.
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
A small girl in a red dress climbs a large gray tree, and the sunlight creates a halo of her hair.
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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#inside a NYC hotel room #BlueSkyArtShow
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Small town, big heart
A black and white photo at a protest of a woman holding a “Frogs Against Fascism” sign, a person in an inflatable frog costume, and a person in an inflatable dinosaur costume
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Nothing but road
#blueskyartshow #road #desert #photography #ontheroad #photographersofbluesky
A color photograph of a Shell Gas station with lots of asphalt and a blue sky with clouds
September 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Show me an image on your phone that has your energy but is not a selfie
A color photograph of a brown and black striped cat with white chest and nose, lying tummy up on an armchair while tangled in lit-up Christmas lights
September 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Shield and Sword, acrylic on paper
#jagged #blueskyartshow #abstractart #acrylicpaint
Red, dark red, brown, black, and white paint in horizontal and vertical strips on a white background
August 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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So impossibly excited! My memoir in essays, OBJECTS OF AFFECTION, will be published in Spring 2026 by @susqupress.bsky.social. YAY! #Booksky
A photograph of a white woman with the words “Big News” and an announcement from Susquehanna University Press about Objects of Affection, a memoir in essays releasing in Spring 2026 highlighted in yellow.
August 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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The Messy Middle: Preparing for the Art by the Lake Show happening tomorrow (8/9) from 10 am to 5 pm at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY.
#photography #ArtbytheLake #artshow
August 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Vineyard, Walla Walla WA
#BlueSkyArtShow #Alternating #Landscape #Photography
July 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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If you happen to be in Cooperstown, NY on August 9th, drop by Art by the Lake at the Fenimore Art Museum to say hi. My pic is on the upper right (woman standing with crow at a frozen lake). #PhotographySky #PhotographersUnited #Photography #ArtFair #CooperstownNY
Facebook post: Art by the Lake is returning for its 18th year on August 9! Each week leading up to the event, we’ll share previews of a few of this year’s artists. This week we’re featuring work by John Paul Gardner (mixed media), Kathryn DeZur (photography), Gail Robinson (painting), and Karen J.F. Cooper (watercolor).
June 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Last time this bloomed, it was 2022. Finally made a comeback after being savaged by deer. Sometimes things take time.
#bloomscrolling #rose #persistence
June 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Sometimes we get in our own way. Sometimes we're implicitly taught to do so.
kathryndezur.substack.com/p/overcoming...

Image: Letter from Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex, on behalf of John Daniell, 1599. National Archives, London.

#selfdoubt #archive #substack #FindingFrances #academicsky
A white sheet of paper with words written in brown ink [spelling modernized]: "your very loving friend, Fra. Essex"
June 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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It’s finally official!
#AcademicSky
A certificate granting Kathryn DeZur the title of Professor Emerita at the State University of New York at Delhi
June 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Koi
#LightandShadow #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Maui
Black and white photograph featuring three koi fish, lily pads, and reflections of light on the water’s surface.
May 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Happy World Bee Day!
#WorldBeeFay #PhotographySky #monochrome
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow is all about #texture today
#milkweed #naturephoto
A color photograph of seeds bursting from a milkweed pod
May 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Lines. I took this photo in East Meredith, NY.
A black and white photograph of a barn in a field, with a barren tree in front of it. The lines are present in the wood siding of the barn.
May 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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RIP Bob “The Smokejumper” DeZur, July 1928 - May 2025
#SmokeJumping
A black and white photograph of a young white man in his Smokejumping gear, including the parachute he would use to parachute into inaccessible wilderness to fight fires. A black and white photograph of of an elderly white man in profile.
May 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Today’s #blueskyartshow theme is #green. Welcome to Turtle Island.
A color photograph of a turtle in the water with algae growing on its shell, swimming against a green background.
May 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Cracked, but still here
#BlueSkyArtShow #Earth #photographysky
Black and white photo of a Reader’s Digest World Antique Spot Globe, shown by the Gulf of Alaska. The globe has some cracks descending from its top.
April 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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@blueskyartshow.bsky.social Fish Dreams, Acrylic on Paper
#Dream #BlueSkyArtShow #AbstractArt #AcrylicPaint
Abstract painting with squares and rectangles in black, orange, teal, olive green, and white. Two areas have a pattern like fish scales.
April 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Lake Otsego, New York
#blueskyartshow #peaceful #lakeotsego #upstateny
April 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Self-Portrait
#BlueSkyArtShow #Silhoutte #SelfPortrait #Photography #NYC
A photograph with a silhouette of a woman sitting on a window ledge with the sky and buildings beyond her.
April 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Paddington Station
#BlueSkyArtShow #Arches #PhotographySky
March 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Do apes ask questions? And WTF is wrong with people?
kathryndezur.substack.com/p/apes-quest...
#substack #philosophysky #metacognition
A black and white photograph of a gorilla’s frowning face with white text that says “Apes, Questions, and Metacognition”
March 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM