Levon Avdoyan
@lavd46.bsky.social
Retired Ancient Historian, Armenian Historian, Librarian/Area Specialist at the Library of Congress, Old cantakerous fart ...
"Spring has spring has sprung,
The grass has ris,
I wonder where the birdies is ..."
Apologies to all!
The grass has ris,
I wonder where the birdies is ..."
Apologies to all!
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Spring has spring has sprung,
The grass has ris,
I wonder where the birdies is ..."
Apologies to all!
The grass has ris,
I wonder where the birdies is ..."
Apologies to all!
The modus operandi of the trump/musk presidency
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The modus operandi of the trump/musk presidency
Does any other old fart like me think that the increasing demonstrations against musk and trump et alios are reminiscent of the beginning days of the antiwar movement in the 1960s?
March 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Does any other old fart like me think that the increasing demonstrations against musk and trump et alios are reminiscent of the beginning days of the antiwar movement in the 1960s?
The pink has, if only momentarily, chased away the orange evil in DC.
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The pink has, if only momentarily, chased away the orange evil in DC.
Spring has finally arrived in DC!
March 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Spring has finally arrived in DC!
A communication from the American Library Association. trump is now attacking the libraries. Keep them dumb, America, keep them dumb!
March 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A communication from the American Library Association. trump is now attacking the libraries. Keep them dumb, America, keep them dumb!
How far we have fallen since I took this photograph on July 4, 1976 on the New Jersey Palissades! How could we have fathomed what was to come?
March 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
How far we have fallen since I took this photograph on July 4, 1976 on the New Jersey Palissades! How could we have fathomed what was to come?
St. Hripsime in Ejmiatsin in 1973, then the Armenian S.S.R.
March 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
St. Hripsime in Ejmiatsin in 1973, then the Armenian S.S.R.
I primeron what happened when there were no safeguards and banks and the rich controled our world. The Great Depression. Oh, what a lovely time we had!!! It's anyone's bet when our October 29th will happen, but it will happen. Alas, the windows of skyscrapers no longer open ...
March 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I primeron what happened when there were no safeguards and banks and the rich controled our world. The Great Depression. Oh, what a lovely time we had!!! It's anyone's bet when our October 29th will happen, but it will happen. Alas, the windows of skyscrapers no longer open ...
Nature's abstract expressionism
March 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Nature's abstract expressionism
Nearly all the scaffolding erected to repair the damage to the Washington National Cathedral following the 2011 earthqake has been removed. The north side is now completely devoid of scaffolding and the pinnacles on the central tower might also soon be completed.
March 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nearly all the scaffolding erected to repair the damage to the Washington National Cathedral following the 2011 earthqake has been removed. The north side is now completely devoid of scaffolding and the pinnacles on the central tower might also soon be completed.
Villa Borghese Gardens (2002). DC is feeling bleak and I yearn to be away from the madness and seek out beauty. Photographs help, if only for a moment or two.
March 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Villa Borghese Gardens (2002). DC is feeling bleak and I yearn to be away from the madness and seek out beauty. Photographs help, if only for a moment or two.
The new Caesar: Trump, Vance, and their sickening obeissance to Putin
March 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The new Caesar: Trump, Vance, and their sickening obeissance to Putin
You have to adnmire the sheer gall of these ignorami. They lecture Zelenksy for not wearing a suit but allow this clown into the oval office and cabinet meetings dressed like a ... what? ... 16 year old pimply gamer?
March 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
You have to adnmire the sheer gall of these ignorami. They lecture Zelenksy for not wearing a suit but allow this clown into the oval office and cabinet meetings dressed like a ... what? ... 16 year old pimply gamer?
I shot this photograph at the March for Life on March 24, 2018. Nothing has changed.
February 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I shot this photograph at the March for Life on March 24, 2018. Nothing has changed.
Yesterday was a great day for shadows in DC. Trying to look at the beauty in face of all the evil.
February 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yesterday was a great day for shadows in DC. Trying to look at the beauty in face of all the evil.
Venice (July, 1974)
February 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Venice (July, 1974)
Armenian khachkar (stone cross) at the Mediaeval Hovhannavank mainly built in the 13th century but incorporating older elements and now with subsequent renovations (the Monastery of St. John) in the Republic of Armenia [photograph Spring, 1973]
February 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Armenian khachkar (stone cross) at the Mediaeval Hovhannavank mainly built in the 13th century but incorporating older elements and now with subsequent renovations (the Monastery of St. John) in the Republic of Armenia [photograph Spring, 1973]
Naragansett 2017. At this point in Winter we would all like a little sun and warmth, yes?
February 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Naragansett 2017. At this point in Winter we would all like a little sun and warmth, yes?
I feel like this child when I consider the venality and cowardice in the U.S. Capitol these days. It's notr Musk. It's not Trump. It's the Republicans/GOP. Make them own it!
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I feel like this child when I consider the venality and cowardice in the U.S. Capitol these days. It's notr Musk. It's not Trump. It's the Republicans/GOP. Make them own it!
Buy nothing; sign in to nothing. Eat at home, All on February 28th.
February 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Buy nothing; sign in to nothing. Eat at home, All on February 28th.