Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath/Bibliophile
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multi-genre artist, illustrator, poet
print-on-demand artist & photographer
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My poetry collection:
https://a.co/d/7iEjfrM
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BTW, some 19th century classic novels/novellas I HAVE read and enjoyed include:
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
I COULD read WUTHERING HEIGHTS, I STARTED reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS, but I just found both the story and the characters to be so miserable that I didn't want to finish reading it. There are only a few books that I've refused to finish. WUTHERING HEIGHTS was one such book.
February 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
BTW, some 19th century classic novels/novellas I HAVE read and enjoyed include:
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
I COULD read WUTHERING HEIGHTS, I STARTED reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS, but I just found both the story and the characters to be so miserable that I didn't want to finish reading it. There are only a few books that I've refused to finish. WUTHERING HEIGHTS was one such book.
February 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I COULD read WUTHERING HEIGHTS, I STARTED reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS, but I just found both the story and the characters to be so miserable that I didn't want to finish reading it. There are only a few books that I've refused to finish. WUTHERING HEIGHTS was one such book.
Earlier this evening, I finished re-reading the first of five novels in the omnibus volume THE ULTIMATE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams, which means I can now say that I've read THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY at least twice.
Funny book!
#books #reading
Funny book!
#books #reading
February 16, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Even though I have an Anglo-Irish surname, heritage-wise, I'm half Slovak American (on my mother's side). To honor that heritage, I like to have pirogi during the holidays. Does that mean I number among those folks American purists wish to erase?
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Even though I have an Anglo-Irish surname, heritage-wise, I'm half Slovak American (on my mother's side). To honor that heritage, I like to have pirogi during the holidays. Does that mean I number among those folks American purists wish to erase?
My Baby Boomer parents made it quite clear that I was getting nothing from them. My mother died in 2013. I got nothing. A few years later, my step-father sold the house they had co-owned. Again, I got nothing. I assume I'm getting nothing when my step-father dies.
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
My Baby Boomer parents made it quite clear that I was getting nothing from them. My mother died in 2013. I got nothing. A few years later, my step-father sold the house they had co-owned. Again, I got nothing. I assume I'm getting nothing when my step-father dies.
"Hollywood is cooked!"
Weren't these the same AI bros saying the same thing about artists a year or two ago?
I'm an artist. I'm still going. Sales of print-on-demand merch featuring my art were up a bit last year (2025) compared to the year before (2024).
Weren't these the same AI bros saying the same thing about artists a year or two ago?
I'm an artist. I'm still going. Sales of print-on-demand merch featuring my art were up a bit last year (2025) compared to the year before (2024).
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
"Hollywood is cooked!"
Weren't these the same AI bros saying the same thing about artists a year or two ago?
I'm an artist. I'm still going. Sales of print-on-demand merch featuring my art were up a bit last year (2025) compared to the year before (2024).
Weren't these the same AI bros saying the same thing about artists a year or two ago?
I'm an artist. I'm still going. Sales of print-on-demand merch featuring my art were up a bit last year (2025) compared to the year before (2024).
"Books are not political!"
Really?
So, ANIMAL FARM isn't political?
THE TIME MACHINE isn't political?
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS isn't poliitcal?
Have those readers and writers who claim "books are not political" read the books I just mentioned?
Really?
So, ANIMAL FARM isn't political?
THE TIME MACHINE isn't political?
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS isn't poliitcal?
Have those readers and writers who claim "books are not political" read the books I just mentioned?
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"Books are not political!"
Really?
So, ANIMAL FARM isn't political?
THE TIME MACHINE isn't political?
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS isn't poliitcal?
Have those readers and writers who claim "books are not political" read the books I just mentioned?
Really?
So, ANIMAL FARM isn't political?
THE TIME MACHINE isn't political?
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS isn't poliitcal?
Have those readers and writers who claim "books are not political" read the books I just mentioned?
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February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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"I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style."
— Arthur Dent
— Arthur Dent
a man in a robe is saying `` it 's fantastic ! ''
ALT: a man in a robe is saying `` it 's fantastic ! ''
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February 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style."
— Arthur Dent
— Arthur Dent
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February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Over at Redbubble...
Ready, Set, GO! 25% off Sitewide
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Minuscule atoms
Full of empty space
Make up all matter
Full of empty space
Make up all matter
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Minuscule atoms
Full of empty space
Make up all matter
Full of empty space
Make up all matter
Dragonposting
February 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Dragonposting
Artist! Quote with your dark art!
February 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Artist! Quote with your dark art!
For today's Black History Month look at the works of black poets, I'm looking at "Night of Love" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50266/...
OK, I know, Valentine's Day was yesterday, but still close enough!
#blackpoets #blackpoetry #blackhistorymonth
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50266/...
OK, I know, Valentine's Day was yesterday, but still close enough!
#blackpoets #blackpoetry #blackhistorymonth
Night of Love
But this is Nature’s law, love, Though just it may not seem, That men should wake to sing, love; While maidens sleep and dream.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
For today's Black History Month look at the works of black poets, I'm looking at "Night of Love" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50266/...
OK, I know, Valentine's Day was yesterday, but still close enough!
#blackpoets #blackpoetry #blackhistorymonth
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50266/...
OK, I know, Valentine's Day was yesterday, but still close enough!
#blackpoets #blackpoetry #blackhistorymonth
Anyone remember RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)?
I do!
What ever happened to that?
Let's make reading fundamental again!
I do!
What ever happened to that?
Let's make reading fundamental again!
February 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Anyone remember RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)?
I do!
What ever happened to that?
Let's make reading fundamental again!
I do!
What ever happened to that?
Let's make reading fundamental again!
I'm SUCH a bibliophile (lover of books) that the fact that whether or not those able to read books should read books is even debated simply blows my mind.
I don't see it as a debatable point. Of course those able to read books should read books, PERIOD! End of discussion!
I don't see it as a debatable point. Of course those able to read books should read books, PERIOD! End of discussion!
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I'm SUCH a bibliophile (lover of books) that the fact that whether or not those able to read books should read books is even debated simply blows my mind.
I don't see it as a debatable point. Of course those able to read books should read books, PERIOD! End of discussion!
I don't see it as a debatable point. Of course those able to read books should read books, PERIOD! End of discussion!
I mean, come on! Of course book readers hold negative opinions of those who refuse to read books. Us book readers have a clue regarding what these non-readers are missing out on, intellectually and emotionally!
When someone who refuses to read books tries to make book readers feel guilty about holding negative opinions of those who refuse to read books, it says more about the lack of reasoning skills of said non-reader than it does of any lack of social skills on the part of book readers.
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I mean, come on! Of course book readers hold negative opinions of those who refuse to read books. Us book readers have a clue regarding what these non-readers are missing out on, intellectually and emotionally!
When someone who refuses to read books tries to make book readers feel guilty about holding negative opinions of those who refuse to read books, it says more about the lack of reasoning skills of said non-reader than it does of any lack of social skills on the part of book readers.
February 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
When someone who refuses to read books tries to make book readers feel guilty about holding negative opinions of those who refuse to read books, it says more about the lack of reasoning skills of said non-reader than it does of any lack of social skills on the part of book readers.
Not giving this person a chance to rant and rave in my own space on here — I preemptively blocked them.
I've neither the time nor the patience for playing stupid time-wasting crazy-net games. Someone coming into my space online to criticize book readers is someone looking to play crazy-net games.
I've neither the time nor the patience for playing stupid time-wasting crazy-net games. Someone coming into my space online to criticize book readers is someone looking to play crazy-net games.
I'm going to come right out and say it (which is probably what you're hoping for so you then have something to screech about online) — if you're an advocate for NOT reading books and if you rail against reading books, I'm going to assume you're an uniformed dimwit and ignore your opinions!
February 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Not giving this person a chance to rant and rave in my own space on here — I preemptively blocked them.
I've neither the time nor the patience for playing stupid time-wasting crazy-net games. Someone coming into my space online to criticize book readers is someone looking to play crazy-net games.
I've neither the time nor the patience for playing stupid time-wasting crazy-net games. Someone coming into my space online to criticize book readers is someone looking to play crazy-net games.
I'm going to come right out and say it (which is probably what you're hoping for so you then have something to screech about online) — if you're an advocate for NOT reading books and if you rail against reading books, I'm going to assume you're an uniformed dimwit and ignore your opinions!
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I'm going to come right out and say it (which is probably what you're hoping for so you then have something to screech about online) — if you're an advocate for NOT reading books and if you rail against reading books, I'm going to assume you're an uniformed dimwit and ignore your opinions!
Note the fact that I include "polymath" in my BlueSky name. How did I become a polymath, a person of great and varied learning? By reading books and articles, that's how!
I'm an avid reader, of both fiction and nonfiction.
I'm an avid reader, of both fiction and nonfiction.
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Note the fact that I include "polymath" in my BlueSky name. How did I become a polymath, a person of great and varied learning? By reading books and articles, that's how!
I'm an avid reader, of both fiction and nonfiction.
I'm an avid reader, of both fiction and nonfiction.
Added "Bibliophile" to my BlueSky name, just to make a point (one which I thought was obvious, but apparently not).
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Added "Bibliophile" to my BlueSky name, just to make a point (one which I thought was obvious, but apparently not).
BTW, if you have something against reading, I might not be the sort of person you really want to follow on social media. Seriously!
Besides being a visual artist and bibliophile (lover of books), I'm also a poet and sometimes a writer of prose fiction and nonfiction.
Besides being a visual artist and bibliophile (lover of books), I'm also a poet and sometimes a writer of prose fiction and nonfiction.
February 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
BTW, if you have something against reading, I might not be the sort of person you really want to follow on social media. Seriously!
Besides being a visual artist and bibliophile (lover of books), I'm also a poet and sometimes a writer of prose fiction and nonfiction.
Besides being a visual artist and bibliophile (lover of books), I'm also a poet and sometimes a writer of prose fiction and nonfiction.
Among other things, reading fiction helps build empathy, something sorely lacking today. It also helps build brain connections.
www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-reading-...
Knock it if you must, but considering that I'm a bibliophile and avid reader, you won't convince me to stop advocating reading.
www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-reading-...
Knock it if you must, but considering that I'm a bibliophile and avid reader, you won't convince me to stop advocating reading.
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Among other things, reading fiction helps build empathy, something sorely lacking today. It also helps build brain connections.
www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-reading-...
Knock it if you must, but considering that I'm a bibliophile and avid reader, you won't convince me to stop advocating reading.
www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-reading-...
Knock it if you must, but considering that I'm a bibliophile and avid reader, you won't convince me to stop advocating reading.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
To-date, I've sold 389 items (mostly stickers) featuring my "Three Medieval Swords 2016" through my Azure Lion Productions Redbubble Shop, and counting...
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