Rufus Butterworth
@rufusbutterworth.bsky.social
My life never went how I thought it would. I was to be a librarian. I ended up an Administrative Law Judge. I didn't want kids. My sons are grown. l thought I was an American. Now I am an exile from that country that I no longer recognize. So it goes.
AN APPRECIATION OF JOHN WILLIAMS
And an appreciation of a book club.
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September 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Do not speak unless it improves on silence.
I Have a Great Deal to Learn
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August 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I was much different person 50 years ago. #Pedricktown #pennsgrove open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...
"When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro," Hunter S. Thompson
Yeah I read Fear and Loathing in High School
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August 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I was much different person 50 years ago. #Pedricktown #pennsgrove open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...
Old story I clean up to put on Substack. #Fernwood #diner #FatsDomino rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/i-found-my...
I Found My Thrill
In a Diner as I Sat Out the Dread Parent Surprise Inspection
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July 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Old story I clean up to put on Substack. #Fernwood #diner #FatsDomino rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/i-found-my...
My spin on Lisboa early evening #Lisbon #Portugal #Gregson&Collister rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/lisboa-in-...
Lisboa in Evening's Golden Hour
Words Can't Capture It and Photographs Don't Do It Justice
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July 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My spin on Lisboa early evening #Lisbon #Portugal #Gregson&Collister rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/lisboa-in-...
A tale of the early seventies. #guns #southjersey #pedricktown
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My Old Man, His Gun and the Hot Summer of 1971
Where Did You Get the Gun John?
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June 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A tale of the early seventies. #guns #southjersey #pedricktown
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Fun in Ericeira. Watching the waves. rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/water-wind... #Ericeira #Portugal
Water, Wind, and the Power of Nature Outweigh the Deeds of Fools at Work
Ericiera in February Cheered Me
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May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Fun in Ericeira. Watching the waves. rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/water-wind... #Ericeira #Portugal
Thursday night was a rough one in Michigan. Storms raced across the state causing significant damage. Where I live got slapped but other parts of the state got stomped. #Eastlansing #Michiganstorm open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...
Saturday After the Storm
Grinding Sounds and Cool Air
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May 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thursday night was a rough one in Michigan. Storms raced across the state causing significant damage. Where I live got slapped but other parts of the state got stomped. #Eastlansing #Michiganstorm open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...
Some of what I have learned in Lisboa #Lisbon rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/let-the-wi...
Let the Wind Carry Me
A Lisboa Summer Story
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May 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Some of what I have learned in Lisboa #Lisbon rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/let-the-wi...
If you have never been to the megaliths they are worth the visit. #Évora rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/evora-mons...
Evora, Monsaraz and the Megaliths
As I Age into Insignificance.
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April 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you have never been to the megaliths they are worth the visit. #Évora rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/evora-mons...
Why Lisbon? Well because I have got these guys that is why. open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut... #Lisbon #Portugal #Coffee #Oldguys #Saturdaymornings
Coffee Beneath the Lisboa Sky
LAG-ing a bit on a Saturday
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April 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Why Lisbon? Well because I have got these guys that is why. open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut... #Lisbon #Portugal #Coffee #Oldguys #Saturdaymornings
I wrote this on the day after the 2024 election. I have cleaned it up a little bit. open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...
#Americanexile #NotTrump #Lisbon
#Americanexile #NotTrump #Lisbon
Trump and My Exile From Main Street
It Wasn't in my Plan to be an Exile but Here I Am. This was Written the Day After the 2024 Election.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I wrote this on the day after the 2024 election. I have cleaned it up a little bit. open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...
#Americanexile #NotTrump #Lisbon
#Americanexile #NotTrump #Lisbon
Cinema Paradiso [Love Theme]
YouTube video by Pat Metheny - Topic
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April 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I have been silent for a bit. So it goes. Found Substack and started creating there. Here is a sample. #Birthdays
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On Growing Older
...and the only damn thing Facebook does right.
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April 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I have been silent for a bit. So it goes. Found Substack and started creating there. Here is a sample. #Birthdays
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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have said for a month that Ukraine must look to Europe and elsewhere for support. This proves it. It is time for Ukraine to do this without the US. We are no longer a country that stands by our stated values and ideals - we are now morally small, vicious, and petty.
February 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
have said for a month that Ukraine must look to Europe and elsewhere for support. This proves it. It is time for Ukraine to do this without the US. We are no longer a country that stands by our stated values and ideals - we are now morally small, vicious, and petty.
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This is evil. Pure evil.
February 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is evil. Pure evil.