‘Huey Long had vision, and, if he could not create a world in which the first shall be last and the last shall be first, then he was at least going to tax the hell out of the first to benefit the last.’
Jefferson Cowie on the left-wing populist Louisiana senator.
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bael, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1909
bael, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1909
What about when it's raining and the brown bricks of these old places start to drip and darken? And the smoke-gray sky is the smoky mirror of your soul. You give a lightning blink at a row of condemned buildings, starkly outlining them. And do they blink back at you? Or does that happen only in another type of storm, when windows are slyly browed with city-soiled clumps of snow. Was it under such conditions that you first thought of all the cold and dark places in the universe, all the clammy basements and gloomy attics of creation? Bleak locales you'd rather not think about, but at the time couldn't keep from your mind. Another time you could have. No two times are the same. No two lives are alike. We're like aliens to one another. And when you're traveling through these streets with some stranger, you have to contend with how they see things, the way you now must deal with my 20-20 visions and I with your blasé near-sightedness. Are these the same gutted houses you saw last night, or even a second ago? Or are they like the fluxing clouds that swirl above the chimneys and trees, and then pass on?
the fluxing clouds
Thomas Ligotti, from ‘The Chymist’
Happy international women’s day
Marlene Dietrich on set of THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (1941), directed by René Clair
The river this evening.
A little nocturne drawing.
Corner of Sun Street.
Pastel on board.
22x17cm
Ala Louise Bourgeois
“For the first time in English, all the short fiction that Ingeborg Bachmann wrote in her lifetime in a single volume. Available Sep 29, 2026” (!!!) @ndbooks.bsky.social 🔥🔥🙌 www.ndbooks.com/book/the-com...
I hope so too! ❤️
Continued kudos regarding the various and many creative baby announcements you've managed in these times!
Fassbinder his darn self leaning from a further row to speak in movie theater to blonde women (rosel zech) distressed w eyes closed
Veronika Voss at the movies w cinema guy leaning up to talk to her
"The Value of Not Understanding Everything" -- Grace Paley biblioklept.org/2026/02/24/t...
Photo of several Cladonia podetia that look like cream coloured trumpets (growing vertically) with the trumpet openings ringed in red.
Cladonia sp #lichen
#Newfoundland Canada.
Lichens are about 3cm high
#fungi #fungifriends
I had an in with a pal who worked the Wanamaker's ticket office!
Bertrand Tavernier's My Journey through French Cinema is over three hours long and my whole life too short. J'y adore!
Spectrum, 1989
Oh hey!! A Billy Penn article all about the Native Plant project is OUT! Featuring interviews from me, @zajic.com @megstampede.bsky.social and @the666cat.bsky.social!
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A SEPTA trolley travels away from the camera along snow-covered tracks on a residential street in West Philadelphia. The white trolley, marked with the SEPTA logo and car number 9050, is centered between steel rails embedded in slushy pavement. Both sides of the street are lined with parked cars blanketed in snow, and tall trees arch overhead, their branches heavily coated in fresh snow and forming a white canopy. A school zone speed limit sign and traffic lights are visible along the right sidewalk, while the overcast sky and muted light give the scene a quiet, wintry atmosphere.
Hello from Philly
Much too late for that!
A few scenes from the 12-14 in. 'blizzard' from Center City, Philly
Philly is disappointed in you for the omission
#Dwyermaxxing
Good gawd
Well done
strawberries, painted by william henry prestele, 1894
strawberries, painted by william henry prestele, 1894
The peaches are so cheap.
Penelope' by Leonora Carrington, staged by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1957
Penelope' by Leonora Carrington, staged by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1957
Penelope' by Leonora Carrington, staged by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1957
Penelope' by Leonora Carrington, staged by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1957
Penelope' by Leonora Carrington, staged by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1957
Happy Mardi Gras, everybody. Happy New Year. Happy Ramadan. The people in this photo think this city belongs to them. It does not. It belongs to you. Take care of it this year. Reach out to your neighbors. Show them some love. These are rough times. We need to stick together. #RexComus
Gift of Angela Westwater
On Kawara, I Got Up..., 1977
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