Kai
@underantares.bsky.social
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art…
Mostly books, poetry and art. Music. Politics once in a while.
Mostly books, poetry and art. Music. Politics once in a while.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.
T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.
T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton
August 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.
T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.
T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton
When in disgrace with fortune & men’s eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself & curse my fate
…
Haply I think on thee & then my state
Like to the lark at break of day arising…sings hymns at heaven’s gate
#ShakespeareSunday
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself & curse my fate
…
Haply I think on thee & then my state
Like to the lark at break of day arising…sings hymns at heaven’s gate
#ShakespeareSunday
August 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When in disgrace with fortune & men’s eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself & curse my fate
…
Haply I think on thee & then my state
Like to the lark at break of day arising…sings hymns at heaven’s gate
#ShakespeareSunday
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself & curse my fate
…
Haply I think on thee & then my state
Like to the lark at break of day arising…sings hymns at heaven’s gate
#ShakespeareSunday
August 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Just saw the new #SpikeLee film #Highest2Lowest w/ Denzel Washington & A$AP Rocky.
A fast paced thriller, the story line keeps you hooked. Spike Lee’s cinematography is gorgeous as always; Denzel is brilliant.
Yet, it is somewhat uneven & unlike Do the Right Thing, Lee turns away from youth & rap.
A fast paced thriller, the story line keeps you hooked. Spike Lee’s cinematography is gorgeous as always; Denzel is brilliant.
Yet, it is somewhat uneven & unlike Do the Right Thing, Lee turns away from youth & rap.
August 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Just saw the new #SpikeLee film #Highest2Lowest w/ Denzel Washington & A$AP Rocky.
A fast paced thriller, the story line keeps you hooked. Spike Lee’s cinematography is gorgeous as always; Denzel is brilliant.
Yet, it is somewhat uneven & unlike Do the Right Thing, Lee turns away from youth & rap.
A fast paced thriller, the story line keeps you hooked. Spike Lee’s cinematography is gorgeous as always; Denzel is brilliant.
Yet, it is somewhat uneven & unlike Do the Right Thing, Lee turns away from youth & rap.
Should I have a third?
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Should I have a third?
And your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
📷 Ferdinando Scianna
To be thick as a brick
📷 Ferdinando Scianna
August 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
And your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
📷 Ferdinando Scianna
To be thick as a brick
📷 Ferdinando Scianna
“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
—John Steinbeck, East of Eden
#BookChatWeekly
—John Steinbeck, East of Eden
#BookChatWeekly
August 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
—John Steinbeck, East of Eden
#BookChatWeekly
—John Steinbeck, East of Eden
#BookChatWeekly
“This feels good, I thought. I'm just happy he's here. I don't need him to be mine. I wanted to appreciate him the way I did giant trees in the park, which gave people shelter and relief but didn't belong to anybody.”
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
August 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
“This feels good, I thought. I'm just happy he's here. I don't need him to be mine. I wanted to appreciate him the way I did giant trees in the park, which gave people shelter and relief but didn't belong to anybody.”
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
“Time simply floated open and started to expand. Time held the two of us in light, inside a space so vast it might have reached the heavens, and turned eternal.”
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
August 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“Time simply floated open and started to expand. Time held the two of us in light, inside a space so vast it might have reached the heavens, and turned eternal.”
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
—Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories
#BookChatWeekly
What a lovely bookshop! I was there in June of 2022.
August 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What a lovely bookshop! I was there in June of 2022.
“Oh why rebuke you him that loves you so?
Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.”
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
#ShakespeareSunday
🎨 Edward Alfred Cucuel
Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.”
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
#ShakespeareSunday
🎨 Edward Alfred Cucuel
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Oh why rebuke you him that loves you so?
Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.”
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
#ShakespeareSunday
🎨 Edward Alfred Cucuel
Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.”
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
#ShakespeareSunday
🎨 Edward Alfred Cucuel
A shop for those who wish to go blind.
And for those who deny they do as well…
And for those who deny they do as well…
August 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A shop for those who wish to go blind.
And for those who deny they do as well…
And for those who deny they do as well…
“What continues to surprise me, and what I still don't understand, is not the reason that love ends but the way that it endures.”
—Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
#BookWormSat
—Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
#BookWormSat
August 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“What continues to surprise me, and what I still don't understand, is not the reason that love ends but the way that it endures.”
—Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
#BookWormSat
—Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
#BookWormSat
A perfect Manhattan. Or was it two?
August 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A perfect Manhattan. Or was it two?
Late summer evening….
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Late summer evening….
Hey you’re better off than me
August 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Hey you’re better off than me
There is a flower that Bees prefer—
And Butterflies—desire—
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Humming Bird—aspire—
—Emily Dickinson
#flower #bloomscrolling #poetry
And Butterflies—desire—
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Humming Bird—aspire—
—Emily Dickinson
#flower #bloomscrolling #poetry
August 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
There is a flower that Bees prefer—
And Butterflies—desire—
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Humming Bird—aspire—
—Emily Dickinson
#flower #bloomscrolling #poetry
And Butterflies—desire—
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Humming Bird—aspire—
—Emily Dickinson
#flower #bloomscrolling #poetry
Saw this little guy prancing about today…
August 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Saw this little guy prancing about today…
Both #PhilipLarkin & #ToveJansson were #BornOnThisDay
“Summer is fading:
The leaves fall in ones and twos.”
-Philip Larkin
“summer is no longer
alive.
It has come
to a standstill;
nothing
withers, and autumn
is not ready to begin.”
-Tove Jansson
(Posted late, their birthday was yesterday)
#poetry
“Summer is fading:
The leaves fall in ones and twos.”
-Philip Larkin
“summer is no longer
alive.
It has come
to a standstill;
nothing
withers, and autumn
is not ready to begin.”
-Tove Jansson
(Posted late, their birthday was yesterday)
#poetry
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Both #PhilipLarkin & #ToveJansson were #BornOnThisDay
“Summer is fading:
The leaves fall in ones and twos.”
-Philip Larkin
“summer is no longer
alive.
It has come
to a standstill;
nothing
withers, and autumn
is not ready to begin.”
-Tove Jansson
(Posted late, their birthday was yesterday)
#poetry
“Summer is fading:
The leaves fall in ones and twos.”
-Philip Larkin
“summer is no longer
alive.
It has come
to a standstill;
nothing
withers, and autumn
is not ready to begin.”
-Tove Jansson
(Posted late, their birthday was yesterday)
#poetry
Wine, a vineyard and music.
Perfection.
Perfection.
August 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Wine, a vineyard and music.
Perfection.
Perfection.
Cathedral
Crosby Stills & Nash
Ever since I first heard this song in 1977 it’s haunted me…
🎶I'm flying in Winchester Cathedral;
It's hard enough to drink the wine.
The air inside just hangs in illusion,
But, given time, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.🎶
#nowspinning #vinylcommunity
Crosby Stills & Nash
Ever since I first heard this song in 1977 it’s haunted me…
🎶I'm flying in Winchester Cathedral;
It's hard enough to drink the wine.
The air inside just hangs in illusion,
But, given time, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.🎶
#nowspinning #vinylcommunity
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Cathedral
Crosby Stills & Nash
Ever since I first heard this song in 1977 it’s haunted me…
🎶I'm flying in Winchester Cathedral;
It's hard enough to drink the wine.
The air inside just hangs in illusion,
But, given time, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.🎶
#nowspinning #vinylcommunity
Crosby Stills & Nash
Ever since I first heard this song in 1977 it’s haunted me…
🎶I'm flying in Winchester Cathedral;
It's hard enough to drink the wine.
The air inside just hangs in illusion,
But, given time, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.🎶
#nowspinning #vinylcommunity