@marygass.bsky.social
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Tour #Scotland short travel video Blog clip, with #Scottish music, of Grishipoll House, on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to the Island of #Coll. In 1773 James Boswell and Samuel Johnson were entertained there during a storm tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2021/07/gris...
Grishipoll House On History Visit To Island Of Coll Inner Hebrides Scotland
tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Tour #Scotland short travel video Blog clip, with #Scottish music, of Grishipoll House, on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to the Island of #Coll. In 1773 James Boswell and Samuel Johnson were entertained there during a storm tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2021/07/gris...
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“What place can art have in such a system? How much can people care about Art who will put up with the products of such a system?”
-William Morris, ‘Art and the People’
-William Morris, ‘Art and the People’
July 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“What place can art have in such a system? How much can people care about Art who will put up with the products of such a system?”
-William Morris, ‘Art and the People’
-William Morris, ‘Art and the People’
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Step into history. Dr Johnson’s House is open! 📜
Come in, explore the rooms where the Dictionary was made, and soak up the 18th-century charm.
We are open
Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 5pm
www.drjohnsonshouse.org/visit
Come in, explore the rooms where the Dictionary was made, and soak up the 18th-century charm.
We are open
Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 5pm
www.drjohnsonshouse.org/visit
July 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Step into history. Dr Johnson’s House is open! 📜
Come in, explore the rooms where the Dictionary was made, and soak up the 18th-century charm.
We are open
Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 5pm
www.drjohnsonshouse.org/visit
Come in, explore the rooms where the Dictionary was made, and soak up the 18th-century charm.
We are open
Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 5pm
www.drjohnsonshouse.org/visit
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Aerial image: Broome Place in Suffolk. Mentioned in The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald. Grade 2 listed. Built in around 1700 and remodelled/extended in 1887 #BroomePlace #aerial #image #WGSebald #Suffolk
November 24, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Aerial image: Broome Place in Suffolk. Mentioned in The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald. Grade 2 listed. Built in around 1700 and remodelled/extended in 1887 #BroomePlace #aerial #image #WGSebald #Suffolk
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"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."
✒ American novelist and philosopher #WilliamHGass passed away #OTD 6 December 2017. #Literature #Philosophy
✒ American novelist and philosopher #WilliamHGass passed away #OTD 6 December 2017. #Literature #Philosophy
December 6, 2024 at 12:45 AM
"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."
✒ American novelist and philosopher #WilliamHGass passed away #OTD 6 December 2017. #Literature #Philosophy
✒ American novelist and philosopher #WilliamHGass passed away #OTD 6 December 2017. #Literature #Philosophy
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"The secret of life is paying absolute attention to what is going on. The enemy of life is distraction. If you're not present in the present, where the hell are you?"
— William Gass
#williamgass #thetunnel #payattention #writing #writingcommunity #wordsofwisdom
— William Gass
#williamgass #thetunnel #payattention #writing #writingcommunity #wordsofwisdom
December 12, 2024 at 12:55 PM
"The secret of life is paying absolute attention to what is going on. The enemy of life is distraction. If you're not present in the present, where the hell are you?"
— William Gass
#williamgass #thetunnel #payattention #writing #writingcommunity #wordsofwisdom
— William Gass
#williamgass #thetunnel #payattention #writing #writingcommunity #wordsofwisdom
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“Creep away, sneak away, leak away-hide.
There are animals hunting in Furber’s insides.
What will they find there? What will they eat?
Lungs, liver, the kidneys, and watery meat.” - #williamhgass #omensettersluck #currentread #gass #williamgass
There are animals hunting in Furber’s insides.
What will they find there? What will they eat?
Lungs, liver, the kidneys, and watery meat.” - #williamhgass #omensettersluck #currentread #gass #williamgass
January 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
“Creep away, sneak away, leak away-hide.
There are animals hunting in Furber’s insides.
What will they find there? What will they eat?
Lungs, liver, the kidneys, and watery meat.” - #williamhgass #omensettersluck #currentread #gass #williamgass
There are animals hunting in Furber’s insides.
What will they find there? What will they eat?
Lungs, liver, the kidneys, and watery meat.” - #williamhgass #omensettersluck #currentread #gass #williamgass
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Made it to the end of #omensettersluck today. ‘Finished’ is definitely not the correct adjective, so much still to contemplate and consider. But needless to say, I loved it! 🖤 #Williamhgass
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Made it to the end of #omensettersluck today. ‘Finished’ is definitely not the correct adjective, so much still to contemplate and consider. But needless to say, I loved it! 🖤 #Williamhgass
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A retrospective on his writing by #williamhgass himself. I’ve not read it properly yet; but posting here for my own reference whilst reading #omensettersluck and prepping for #thetunnel. Read on if you also enjoy his work…
www.triquarterly.org/issue-138/re...
www.triquarterly.org/issue-138/re...
Retrospective — TriQuarterly
Don’t look back, Satchel Paige is supposed to have said, someone may be gaining on you. Don’t look back, Orpheus was advised, you may find your earlier poems better than the ones you will write tomorr...
www.triquarterly.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A retrospective on his writing by #williamhgass himself. I’ve not read it properly yet; but posting here for my own reference whilst reading #omensettersluck and prepping for #thetunnel. Read on if you also enjoy his work…
www.triquarterly.org/issue-138/re...
www.triquarterly.org/issue-138/re...
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blue skies with mountain backdrop—double exposure
#cloudphotography #doubleexposure #treephotography
#BlueMonday #BlueSkies
#MaggieNelson #Bluets
#OnBeingBlue #WilliamhGass
#cloudphotography #doubleexposure #treephotography
#BlueMonday #BlueSkies
#MaggieNelson #Bluets
#OnBeingBlue #WilliamhGass
March 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
blue skies with mountain backdrop—double exposure
#cloudphotography #doubleexposure #treephotography
#BlueMonday #BlueSkies
#MaggieNelson #Bluets
#OnBeingBlue #WilliamhGass
#cloudphotography #doubleexposure #treephotography
#BlueMonday #BlueSkies
#MaggieNelson #Bluets
#OnBeingBlue #WilliamhGass
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…I was thinking how Pa’s eyes would blink at me— as if I were the sun off the snow and burning to blind him. His eyes were old and they’d never seen well, but shone on by whiskey they’d glare at my noise, growing red and raising up his rage.
#IntheHeartoftheHeartoftheCountry
#WilliamHGass
#IntheHeartoftheHeartoftheCountry
#WilliamHGass
March 10, 2024 at 1:55 PM
…I was thinking how Pa’s eyes would blink at me— as if I were the sun off the snow and burning to blind him. His eyes were old and they’d never seen well, but shone on by whiskey they’d glare at my noise, growing red and raising up his rage.
#IntheHeartoftheHeartoftheCountry
#WilliamHGass
#IntheHeartoftheHeartoftheCountry
#WilliamHGass
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February 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Self-Portrait with Champagne Glass by German artist Max Beckmann, born today in 1884. Beckmann lived through times not unlike our own; when Nazis came to power Beckmann lost his teaching position & his work was included in infamous Nazi "Degenerate Art" exhibition, prompting his exile from Germany
February 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Self-Portrait with Champagne Glass by German artist Max Beckmann, born today in 1884. Beckmann lived through times not unlike our own; when Nazis came to power Beckmann lost his teaching position & his work was included in infamous Nazi "Degenerate Art" exhibition, prompting his exile from Germany
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Darwin's birthday is always a good excuse to share these delightful drawings by his children, some of them on the back of the manuscript of On the Origin of Species.
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Darwin's birthday is always a good excuse to share these delightful drawings by his children, some of them on the back of the manuscript of On the Origin of Species.
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i don’t think we realize just how MASSIVE things in space are
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
i don’t think we realize just how MASSIVE things in space are
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Full Moon of Howl and Poem
Lunagram by Lisa Oppenheim, 2010-2011 (original negative 1876)
Lunagram by Lisa Oppenheim, 2010-2011 (original negative 1876)
February 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Full Moon of Howl and Poem
Lunagram by Lisa Oppenheim, 2010-2011 (original negative 1876)
Lunagram by Lisa Oppenheim, 2010-2011 (original negative 1876)
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Who else agrees with Jamie Raskin? 💙 🔥 ✅
February 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Who else agrees with Jamie Raskin? 💙 🔥 ✅
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the good night perusal
February 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
the good night perusal
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Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
February 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
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What am I doing here in this endless winter?
Franz Kafka
Drawing, Franz Kafka, 1901
Franz Kafka
Drawing, Franz Kafka, 1901
February 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
What am I doing here in this endless winter?
Franz Kafka
Drawing, Franz Kafka, 1901
Franz Kafka
Drawing, Franz Kafka, 1901
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Today is Candlemas- which must be the best name in the calendar.
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
February 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Today is Candlemas- which must be the best name in the calendar.
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb