John Teets
@suenitos.bsky.social
Elderqueer (he/him) out since the '70s. Former Chicago newspaper guy, from copy boy to editorial board via points between. Friend of facts, foe of fascists. At home in Key West, missing my late husband after 38 years together. 🌈
The great part about a little cold snap is that it can trigger blooming in phalaenopsis orchids. The not-so-great part: My hothouse flower of a self is shivering in a hoodie.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The great part about a little cold snap is that it can trigger blooming in phalaenopsis orchids. The not-so-great part: My hothouse flower of a self is shivering in a hoodie.
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"Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly." — Paulo Coelho
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November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly." — Paulo Coelho
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Here's a centerpiece Robert made for a Thanksgiving table. Memories of him are my biggest blessing ever. But then there's this morning's music of rain on the roof, the unswerving love of dear friends, all the joys of living and giving... and for all that and more, all I can say is thanks a lot.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Here's a centerpiece Robert made for a Thanksgiving table. Memories of him are my biggest blessing ever. But then there's this morning's music of rain on the roof, the unswerving love of dear friends, all the joys of living and giving... and for all that and more, all I can say is thanks a lot.
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"My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy." — George Eliot
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November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy." — George Eliot
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Reminds me of my church robe change from junior to senior choir, with a year of breaking dangerously between. Boy-soprano solos or "baritenor" parts, I've been at home on the range.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reminds me of my church robe change from junior to senior choir, with a year of breaking dangerously between. Boy-soprano solos or "baritenor" parts, I've been at home on the range.
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I am quite beyond that. Resuscitation methods are under way.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I am quite beyond that. Resuscitation methods are under way.
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." — Malcolm X
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November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." — Malcolm X
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The intensity of light and color in Karl's corner caught my eye. I'm tickled that sometimes we used artworks bought long ago as paint chips. The acid green? Some new leaves in the garden out the window.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The intensity of light and color in Karl's corner caught my eye. I'm tickled that sometimes we used artworks bought long ago as paint chips. The acid green? Some new leaves in the garden out the window.
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"If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment." — Georgia O'Keeffe
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November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment." — Georgia O'Keeffe
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Monochrome Monday.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Monochrome Monday.
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My porch screen is terrific for filtered light, sweet breezes and privacy, but for mosquito control, not so hot.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
My porch screen is terrific for filtered light, sweet breezes and privacy, but for mosquito control, not so hot.
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"To learn who rules over you, simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticize." — Voltaire
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November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"To learn who rules over you, simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticize." — Voltaire
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Spay and neuter, horticultural edition: Seed-bearing branches, technically called inflorescences, lopped from my Christmas palms. You can't begin to imagine the mess they drop if they're allowed to mature.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Spay and neuter, horticultural edition: Seed-bearing branches, technically called inflorescences, lopped from my Christmas palms. You can't begin to imagine the mess they drop if they're allowed to mature.
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"No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby." — H.L. Mencken🌱📷
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby." — H.L. Mencken🌱📷
René Magritte was born this day in 1898. Little did the world know he could see into the future.
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
René Magritte was born this day in 1898. Little did the world know he could see into the future.
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." — Hannah Arendt
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November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." — Hannah Arendt
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"As the vilest Writer has his Readers, so the greatest Liar has his Believers; and it often happens, that if a Lie be believ’d only for an Hour, it has done its Work." — Jonathan Swift
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November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"As the vilest Writer has his Readers, so the greatest Liar has his Believers; and it often happens, that if a Lie be believ’d only for an Hour, it has done its Work." — Jonathan Swift
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Missed opportunity: Trump's fancy White House dinner for the Saudi crown prince served pistachio-crusted rack of lamb, but there were no tiny golden bone saws among the cutlery. They would have been a perfect finishing touch.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Missed opportunity: Trump's fancy White House dinner for the Saudi crown prince served pistachio-crusted rack of lamb, but there were no tiny golden bone saws among the cutlery. They would have been a perfect finishing touch.
Here's a half-dozen tequila sunrises, decidedly intoxicating without the hangover.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Here's a half-dozen tequila sunrises, decidedly intoxicating without the hangover.
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"When it comes down to it, that's what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can't show up anymore.” — Rebecca Walker
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November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"When it comes down to it, that's what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can't show up anymore.” — Rebecca Walker
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Mallet, Incidentally, has continued in the business of erotica after aging out of le monde de Cadinot.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Mallet, Incidentally, has continued in the business of erotica after aging out of le monde de Cadinot.
The suspended figure is exquisite. Cadinot's work is fascinating, though sometimes his preoccupation with youth seems to border on the transgressive. I will admit that his apparent muse for several years, Antoine Mallet, has an undeniably sensual look worthy of Socratic Greece.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The suspended figure is exquisite. Cadinot's work is fascinating, though sometimes his preoccupation with youth seems to border on the transgressive. I will admit that his apparent muse for several years, Antoine Mallet, has an undeniably sensual look worthy of Socratic Greece.
Anthers rise to do their duty, bringing fresh pollen to the world. The world sneezes.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Anthers rise to do their duty, bringing fresh pollen to the world. The world sneezes.
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“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells
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If the name of this giant in American journalism is new to you, I strongly recommend "Ida: A Sword Among Lions," by Paula Giddings. Wells's Wikipedia entry might entice you, too.
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If the name of this giant in American journalism is new to you, I strongly recommend "Ida: A Sword Among Lions," by Paula Giddings. Wells's Wikipedia entry might entice you, too.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells
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If the name of this giant in American journalism is new to you, I strongly recommend "Ida: A Sword Among Lions," by Paula Giddings. Wells's Wikipedia entry might entice you, too.
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If the name of this giant in American journalism is new to you, I strongly recommend "Ida: A Sword Among Lions," by Paula Giddings. Wells's Wikipedia entry might entice you, too.