Judith
@zanzibarsunset.bsky.social
Trained as an academic (PhD, Engl Lit, University of Louisville: Virginia Woolf); Have worked as freelance writer for a series of interesting jobs and adventures in remote places. A blue dot in the Bluegrass. Art, music, flowers, books. No DMs please
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At Gioto dumpsite on the outskirts of Nakuru, Rahab Njeri and her colleagues bend over a mound of waste. They are sorting through a bale of discarded items in search of old VHS cassettes. The women are weavers who will make kiondos from the black magnetic tape in the cassettes.
Be kind, unwind: VHS tapes are weaving magic
Discarded video cassettes can be woven into something beautiful. The same can’t be said for memory sticks.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
At Gioto dumpsite on the outskirts of Nakuru, Rahab Njeri and her colleagues bend over a mound of waste. They are sorting through a bale of discarded items in search of old VHS cassettes. The women are weavers who will make kiondos from the black magnetic tape in the cassettes.
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The poet William Cowper was born #OTD 26 November 1731. His dog Beau and his hares Tiney and Puss in his memorial window at Dereham, Norfolk.
'Old Tiney, surliest of his kind,
Who, nursed with tender care,
And to domesticate bounds confined,
Was still a wild jack-hare.'
More: tinyurl.com/bdz8dvvv
'Old Tiney, surliest of his kind,
Who, nursed with tender care,
And to domesticate bounds confined,
Was still a wild jack-hare.'
More: tinyurl.com/bdz8dvvv
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The poet William Cowper was born #OTD 26 November 1731. His dog Beau and his hares Tiney and Puss in his memorial window at Dereham, Norfolk.
'Old Tiney, surliest of his kind,
Who, nursed with tender care,
And to domesticate bounds confined,
Was still a wild jack-hare.'
More: tinyurl.com/bdz8dvvv
'Old Tiney, surliest of his kind,
Who, nursed with tender care,
And to domesticate bounds confined,
Was still a wild jack-hare.'
More: tinyurl.com/bdz8dvvv
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🍂NENBUTSU FALL🍁
Even the stoniest of hearts cannot help but enjoy autumn in Arashiyama.
#otaginenbutsuji #愛宕念仏寺 #arashiyama #嵐山 #Kyoto #京都 #羅漢 #rakan #nenbutsuji #mtatago #愛宕山 #autumn #紅葉
Even the stoniest of hearts cannot help but enjoy autumn in Arashiyama.
#otaginenbutsuji #愛宕念仏寺 #arashiyama #嵐山 #Kyoto #京都 #羅漢 #rakan #nenbutsuji #mtatago #愛宕山 #autumn #紅葉
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
🍂NENBUTSU FALL🍁
Even the stoniest of hearts cannot help but enjoy autumn in Arashiyama.
#otaginenbutsuji #愛宕念仏寺 #arashiyama #嵐山 #Kyoto #京都 #羅漢 #rakan #nenbutsuji #mtatago #愛宕山 #autumn #紅葉
Even the stoniest of hearts cannot help but enjoy autumn in Arashiyama.
#otaginenbutsuji #愛宕念仏寺 #arashiyama #嵐山 #Kyoto #京都 #羅漢 #rakan #nenbutsuji #mtatago #愛宕山 #autumn #紅葉
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“Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Baruch Spinoza, born on this day in 1632
Baruch Spinoza, born on this day in 1632
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Baruch Spinoza, born on this day in 1632
Baruch Spinoza, born on this day in 1632
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Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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"Ragtime was my lullaby."
Hoagy Carmichael, born on this day in 1899
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Hoagy Carmichael, born on this day in 1899
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Sometimes I Wonder: Hoagy Carmichael
On a lazy, hot day in 1927, a young West Palm Peach, Florida, law clerk far from his Indiana home and bored with his chosen profession heard...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Ragtime was my lullaby."
Hoagy Carmichael, born on this day in 1899
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/11/some...
Hoagy Carmichael, born on this day in 1899
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/11/some...
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“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
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Tolstoy died on this day in 1910, having outlived his era's life expectancy by decades. At the very end, he looked back to reflect on what makes life worth living: www.themarginalian.org/2016/06/03/t...
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Tolstoy died on this day in 1910, having outlived his era's life expectancy by decades. At the very end, he looked back to reflect on what makes life worth living: www.themarginalian.org/2016/06/03/t...
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Max Ginsberg (American, b.1931)
"The Friends," 1981
Oil on canvas
40 x 22 in
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, USA
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"The Friends," 1981
Oil on canvas
40 x 22 in
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, USA
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Max Ginsberg (American, b.1931)
"The Friends," 1981
Oil on canvas
40 x 22 in
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, USA
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"The Friends," 1981
Oil on canvas
40 x 22 in
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, USA
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Shame
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Shame
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Wonderful tribute to a teacher: young Sofonisba Anguissola paints herself being created by Bernardino Campi -- yet at same time, she is of course creating him! Today is her day.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Wonderful tribute to a teacher: young Sofonisba Anguissola paints herself being created by Bernardino Campi -- yet at same time, she is of course creating him! Today is her day.
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Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)
"Night on the El Train", 1918.
Etching, 18.7 × 19.9 cm.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Night on the El Train", 1918.
Etching, 18.7 × 19.9 cm.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)
"Night on the El Train", 1918.
Etching, 18.7 × 19.9 cm.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Night on the El Train", 1918.
Etching, 18.7 × 19.9 cm.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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Autumn and winter flowers are painted across this screen by the samurai artist Watanabe Shikō.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Autumn and winter flowers are painted across this screen by the samurai artist Watanabe Shikō.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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#MARKSTRAND ON THE PRIMACY OF BEARING WITNESS
"We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.
"We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#MARKSTRAND ON THE PRIMACY OF BEARING WITNESS
"We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.
"We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.
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'But by reading their books, I saw the other side of them - their humanity. Somehow I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth.'
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
'But by reading their books, I saw the other side of them - their humanity. Somehow I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth.'
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
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"Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe to myself."
Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe to myself."
Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs
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Tiling in the garden porch of William Morris's Red House, with his initial and motto ("Si Je Puis"). The house, designed by Philip Speakman Webb, & completed in 1860, is in Bexleyheath, Greater London. victorianweb.org/art/architec... #Tiles #Morris #positivevibes!
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tiling in the garden porch of William Morris's Red House, with his initial and motto ("Si Je Puis"). The house, designed by Philip Speakman Webb, & completed in 1860, is in Bexleyheath, Greater London. victorianweb.org/art/architec... #Tiles #Morris #positivevibes!
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi's "Self-portrait as a cat lover", mid 19th c, Japan, depicts the artist surrounded by cats.
Kuniyoshi was known for his love of felines, and his studio was reportedly filled with them; he placed them into many of his works, often as a form of satire to cleverly evade censorship
Kuniyoshi was known for his love of felines, and his studio was reportedly filled with them; he placed them into many of his works, often as a form of satire to cleverly evade censorship
November 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Utagawa Kuniyoshi's "Self-portrait as a cat lover", mid 19th c, Japan, depicts the artist surrounded by cats.
Kuniyoshi was known for his love of felines, and his studio was reportedly filled with them; he placed them into many of his works, often as a form of satire to cleverly evade censorship
Kuniyoshi was known for his love of felines, and his studio was reportedly filled with them; he placed them into many of his works, often as a form of satire to cleverly evade censorship
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In Walter Greaves' portrait, Whistler (1871) embodies Sir John Lavery’s description of him: his: ‘eyebrows were thick and black, his eyes sharp as needles – he had beautiful hands…and his general appearance was that of a small alert ringmaster, whip in hand.'
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In Walter Greaves' portrait, Whistler (1871) embodies Sir John Lavery’s description of him: his: ‘eyebrows were thick and black, his eyes sharp as needles – he had beautiful hands…and his general appearance was that of a small alert ringmaster, whip in hand.'
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The Threatened Swan, Jan Asselijn, c. 1650.
The swan defends its nest against a dog (on left). Later treated as an allegory of Johan de Witt’s defence of his country. De Witt was assassinated in 1672. (Rijksmusem)
The swan defends its nest against a dog (on left). Later treated as an allegory of Johan de Witt’s defence of his country. De Witt was assassinated in 1672. (Rijksmusem)
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Threatened Swan, Jan Asselijn, c. 1650.
The swan defends its nest against a dog (on left). Later treated as an allegory of Johan de Witt’s defence of his country. De Witt was assassinated in 1672. (Rijksmusem)
The swan defends its nest against a dog (on left). Later treated as an allegory of Johan de Witt’s defence of his country. De Witt was assassinated in 1672. (Rijksmusem)
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New Mexico based, contemporary photographer Natalie Christensen creates minimalist photography #WomensArt #Monday
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM
New Mexico based, contemporary photographer Natalie Christensen creates minimalist photography #WomensArt #Monday
