TomSQC
@thomassqc.bsky.social
Bibliophile. Would-be linguist. Ardent moderate.
Ubi amor et caritas Deus ibi est.
'Pour que de notre amour naisse la poésie'
(Mountain Laurel by Donal)
Ubi amor et caritas Deus ibi est.
'Pour que de notre amour naisse la poésie'
(Mountain Laurel by Donal)
Pinned
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November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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When his eyesight began to fail, Monet labeled paint tubes so he could choose colors by name rather than sight. 🎨
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When his eyesight began to fail, Monet labeled paint tubes so he could choose colors by name rather than sight. 🎨
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
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You never know when you may come across an angel in disguise.
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You never know when you may come across an angel in disguise.
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v
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“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV
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"The first job of the Christian…is to grow in faith in God, in his power, in the conviction that we are all held in the hollow of his hand." #DorothyDay #ShareGodsLove
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"The first job of the Christian…is to grow in faith in God, in his power, in the conviction that we are all held in the hollow of his hand." #DorothyDay #ShareGodsLove
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Landscape at Le Pouldu, the isolated house
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Landscape at Le Pouldu, the isolated house
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12482
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Sad news. Bellos was not only a major translator he wrote a wonderful book defending the art and act of translation, rebutting (eloquently) glib deriding. (Poetry is what is lost in translation. The translator is a traitor. Etc.)
A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80
His work grappled with the tricky nature of interpreting between languages and embraced the potential of language itself to help us understand the human condition.
www.princeton.edu
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Sad news. Bellos was not only a major translator he wrote a wonderful book defending the art and act of translation, rebutting (eloquently) glib deriding. (Poetry is what is lost in translation. The translator is a traitor. Etc.)
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Ile de France Landscape, 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ile de France Landscape, 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12233
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The original cover of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘Wind in the Willows’ (1908), designed by W. Graham Robertson. Robertson knew Oscar Wilde and John Singer Sargent, who painted his portrait twice. Peter Hunt’s research suggests Robertson shared a house with Kenneth Grahame at the time.
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The original cover of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘Wind in the Willows’ (1908), designed by W. Graham Robertson. Robertson knew Oscar Wilde and John Singer Sargent, who painted his portrait twice. Peter Hunt’s research suggests Robertson shared a house with Kenneth Grahame at the time.
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On world drum day, here are two lovely ancient ladies banging a tympanon (frame-drum).
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
On world drum day, here are two lovely ancient ladies banging a tympanon (frame-drum).
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Françoise Sagan
© Bert Hardy
© Bert Hardy
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Françoise Sagan
© Bert Hardy
© Bert Hardy
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Goodnight.
🖼️ Moon Meadow, Josie Wren.
🖼️ Moon Meadow, Josie Wren.
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Goodnight.
🖼️ Moon Meadow, Josie Wren.
🖼️ Moon Meadow, Josie Wren.
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Pool and Lane of Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan, 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12247
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12247
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Pool and Lane of Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan, 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12247
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12247
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November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The Marriage of the Virgin https://www.wikiart.org/en/giotto/the-marriage-of-the-virgin
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Marriage of the Virgin https://www.wikiart.org/en/giotto/the-marriage-of-the-virgin
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#OTD in 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson was born.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at @gutenberg.org
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
Listen at librivox.org
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at @gutenberg.org
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
Listen at librivox.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#OTD in 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson was born.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at @gutenberg.org
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
Listen at librivox.org
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at @gutenberg.org
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
Listen at librivox.org
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“Among the writers I have always read and, willy-nilly, have taken as a model is R. L. Stevenson”
—Italo Calvino
The Only Art is to Omit
Robert Louis Stevenson special issue (2012)
#RLSDay
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www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2012/11/edit...
—Italo Calvino
The Only Art is to Omit
Robert Louis Stevenson special issue (2012)
#RLSDay
1/6
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2012/11/edit...
The Only Art is to Omit - The Bottle Imp
In this issue of The Bottle Imp, we celebrate the work—the art—of Robert Louis Stevenson. Why such focus on a single writer? Of course, we owe our very name to one of Stevenson’s South Sea stories, so...
www.thebottleimp.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Among the writers I have always read and, willy-nilly, have taken as a model is R. L. Stevenson”
—Italo Calvino
The Only Art is to Omit
Robert Louis Stevenson special issue (2012)
#RLSDay
1/6
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2012/11/edit...
—Italo Calvino
The Only Art is to Omit
Robert Louis Stevenson special issue (2012)
#RLSDay
1/6
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2012/11/edit...
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"There are no stars so lovely as Edinburgh street-lamps..."
Happy birthday to local lad, & one of our favourite storytellers, Robert Louis Stevenson (portrait by Nerli, in the National Galleries of Scotland collection)
#books #livres #RobertLouisStevenson #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
Happy birthday to local lad, & one of our favourite storytellers, Robert Louis Stevenson (portrait by Nerli, in the National Galleries of Scotland collection)
#books #livres #RobertLouisStevenson #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"There are no stars so lovely as Edinburgh street-lamps..."
Happy birthday to local lad, & one of our favourite storytellers, Robert Louis Stevenson (portrait by Nerli, in the National Galleries of Scotland collection)
#books #livres #RobertLouisStevenson #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
Happy birthday to local lad, & one of our favourite storytellers, Robert Louis Stevenson (portrait by Nerli, in the National Galleries of Scotland collection)
#books #livres #RobertLouisStevenson #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
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Ready to make beautiful harmony together, and she's going to call the tune. Dog waiting patiently on chair for music to begin, because it's painted by Jacob Ochtervelt. It's his doggy day.
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ready to make beautiful harmony together, and she's going to call the tune. Dog waiting patiently on chair for music to begin, because it's painted by Jacob Ochtervelt. It's his doggy day.
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I found this Burns & Oates beauty at Powell’s Chicago yesterday.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I found this Burns & Oates beauty at Powell’s Chicago yesterday.
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Anemone and Mirror, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16490
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16490
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Anemone and Mirror, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16490
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16490
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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Sower with Setting Sun - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14415
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14415
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Sower with Setting Sun - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14415
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14415