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Susan DuBose
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A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Our Co-op members were busy this past weekend @ various vending events.
This was last night @ the Mohawk in downtown Austin.
It was a Yule shopping event plus a toy drive for children in need.
Link to shop in bio ~
#Witchsky #witchownedcoop #naturalmagickcoop
@naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
This was last night @ the Mohawk in downtown Austin.
It was a Yule shopping event plus a toy drive for children in need.
Link to shop in bio ~
#Witchsky #witchownedcoop #naturalmagickcoop
@naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Our Co-op members were busy this past weekend @ various vending events.
This was last night @ the Mohawk in downtown Austin.
It was a Yule shopping event plus a toy drive for children in need.
Link to shop in bio ~
#Witchsky #witchownedcoop #naturalmagickcoop
@naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
This was last night @ the Mohawk in downtown Austin.
It was a Yule shopping event plus a toy drive for children in need.
Link to shop in bio ~
#Witchsky #witchownedcoop #naturalmagickcoop
@naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
Happy science!
Fugus: Christmas Tree:
Top: Talaromyces stipitatus
Tree: Aspergillus nidulans
Ornaments: Penicillium marneffei
Trunk: Aspergillus terreus
Fugus: Christmas Tree:
Top: Talaromyces stipitatus
Tree: Aspergillus nidulans
Ornaments: Penicillium marneffei
Trunk: Aspergillus terreus
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Happy science!
Fugus: Christmas Tree:
Top: Talaromyces stipitatus
Tree: Aspergillus nidulans
Ornaments: Penicillium marneffei
Trunk: Aspergillus terreus
Fugus: Christmas Tree:
Top: Talaromyces stipitatus
Tree: Aspergillus nidulans
Ornaments: Penicillium marneffei
Trunk: Aspergillus terreus
"My wild love is crazy
She screams like a bird
She moans like a cat
When she wants to be heard...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlA...
She screams like a bird
She moans like a cat
When she wants to be heard...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlA...
The Doors - My Wild Love
YouTube video by Jeniux Manzus
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"My wild love is crazy
She screams like a bird
She moans like a cat
When she wants to be heard...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlA...
She screams like a bird
She moans like a cat
When she wants to be heard...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlA...
"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility."
Born on this day humorist & cartoonist James Thurber 1894
He's best remembered today for his short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 1944
Born on this day humorist & cartoonist James Thurber 1894
He's best remembered today for his short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 1944
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility."
Born on this day humorist & cartoonist James Thurber 1894
He's best remembered today for his short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 1944
Born on this day humorist & cartoonist James Thurber 1894
He's best remembered today for his short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 1944
"This is the strangest life I've ever known."
“It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.”
"You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”
"Driver, where you taking us?" ~ The End
Born on this day James "Jim" Douglas Morrison 1943
“It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.”
"You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”
"Driver, where you taking us?" ~ The End
Born on this day James "Jim" Douglas Morrison 1943
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"This is the strangest life I've ever known."
“It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.”
"You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”
"Driver, where you taking us?" ~ The End
Born on this day James "Jim" Douglas Morrison 1943
“It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.”
"You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”
"Driver, where you taking us?" ~ The End
Born on this day James "Jim" Douglas Morrison 1943
"Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without his work suffering impoverishment."
Born today in 1886 Painter, muralist & political activist Diego Rivera
Fresco 'Indian Warrior' 1931, detail
Born today in 1886 Painter, muralist & political activist Diego Rivera
Fresco 'Indian Warrior' 1931, detail
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without his work suffering impoverishment."
Born today in 1886 Painter, muralist & political activist Diego Rivera
Fresco 'Indian Warrior' 1931, detail
Born today in 1886 Painter, muralist & political activist Diego Rivera
Fresco 'Indian Warrior' 1931, detail
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
“He who is greedy is always in want.”
“Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.”
Born on this day lyric poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, better known to English speakers as Horace, born in Apulia, Italy,
65 B.C.E.
#Booksky
“He who is greedy is always in want.”
“Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.”
Born on this day lyric poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, better known to English speakers as Horace, born in Apulia, Italy,
65 B.C.E.
#Booksky
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
“He who is greedy is always in want.”
“Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.”
Born on this day lyric poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, better known to English speakers as Horace, born in Apulia, Italy,
65 B.C.E.
#Booksky
“He who is greedy is always in want.”
“Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.”
Born on this day lyric poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, better known to English speakers as Horace, born in Apulia, Italy,
65 B.C.E.
#Booksky
"There are things you know about, and things you don’t, the known and the unknown, and in between are the doors—that’s us." ~ Ray Manzarek
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite." ~ William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite." ~ William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"There are things you know about, and things you don’t, the known and the unknown, and in between are the doors—that’s us." ~ Ray Manzarek
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite." ~ William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite." ~ William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
'Study of Flesh Colour and Gold'
William Merritt Chase, 1888
William Merritt Chase, 1888
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
'Study of Flesh Colour and Gold'
William Merritt Chase, 1888
William Merritt Chase, 1888
My husband runs 20 to 25 miles every Sunday.
I don't know how he does that.
“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
~ Joan Rivers
RuPaul and Joan Rivers, 1993
Photo by Jim Cooper
I don't know how he does that.
“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
~ Joan Rivers
RuPaul and Joan Rivers, 1993
Photo by Jim Cooper
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My husband runs 20 to 25 miles every Sunday.
I don't know how he does that.
“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
~ Joan Rivers
RuPaul and Joan Rivers, 1993
Photo by Jim Cooper
I don't know how he does that.
“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
~ Joan Rivers
RuPaul and Joan Rivers, 1993
Photo by Jim Cooper
“Remember what I told you. If they hated me, they will hate you.”
“They broke my heart and they killed me, but I didn't die. They tried to bury me, they didn't realize I was a seed.”
Born on this day Sinaed OConnor ❤
December 8, 1966, Dublin, Ireland
“They broke my heart and they killed me, but I didn't die. They tried to bury me, they didn't realize I was a seed.”
Born on this day Sinaed OConnor ❤
December 8, 1966, Dublin, Ireland
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“Remember what I told you. If they hated me, they will hate you.”
“They broke my heart and they killed me, but I didn't die. They tried to bury me, they didn't realize I was a seed.”
Born on this day Sinaed OConnor ❤
December 8, 1966, Dublin, Ireland
“They broke my heart and they killed me, but I didn't die. They tried to bury me, they didn't realize I was a seed.”
Born on this day Sinaed OConnor ❤
December 8, 1966, Dublin, Ireland
The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics by Jim Morrison, Tom Robbins
Definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings w/ rare photographs & numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished & published poetry & lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks
#Booksky
Definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings w/ rare photographs & numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished & published poetry & lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks
#Booksky
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics by Jim Morrison, Tom Robbins
Definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings w/ rare photographs & numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished & published poetry & lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks
#Booksky
Definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings w/ rare photographs & numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished & published poetry & lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks
#Booksky
'Departure'
Agnes Pelton, 1952, visionary symbolist
Agnes Pelton, 1952, visionary symbolist
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
'Departure'
Agnes Pelton, 1952, visionary symbolist
Agnes Pelton, 1952, visionary symbolist
"I knock it over." 🤩😻😽
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"I knock it over." 🤩😻😽
Tom Waits by Clare O'Callahan
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Tom Waits by Clare O'Callahan
“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.”
Happy birthday, Tom Waits
December 7, 1949, Pomona, California
Happy birthday, Tom Waits
December 7, 1949, Pomona, California
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.”
Happy birthday, Tom Waits
December 7, 1949, Pomona, California
Happy birthday, Tom Waits
December 7, 1949, Pomona, California
“She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn't true. It was only through other people that one ever did change.”
It’s the birthday of novelist Susan Minot 1956
#Booksky
It’s the birthday of novelist Susan Minot 1956
#Booksky
December 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn't true. It was only through other people that one ever did change.”
It’s the birthday of novelist Susan Minot 1956
#Booksky
It’s the birthday of novelist Susan Minot 1956
#Booksky
'Russian Fairytales'
Margarita Kareva
Margarita Kareva
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
'Russian Fairytales'
Margarita Kareva
Margarita Kareva
Born on this day sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini in Naples in 1598. He was inspired by ancient sculpture & his subjects varied from classical gods to biblical figures to busts of prominent Italians.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Self-portrait
Medusa, 1638-1640
Head of Proserpine
The Rape of Proserpina
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Self-portrait
Medusa, 1638-1640
Head of Proserpine
The Rape of Proserpina
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Born on this day sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini in Naples in 1598. He was inspired by ancient sculpture & his subjects varied from classical gods to biblical figures to busts of prominent Italians.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Self-portrait
Medusa, 1638-1640
Head of Proserpine
The Rape of Proserpina
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Self-portrait
Medusa, 1638-1640
Head of Proserpine
The Rape of Proserpina
'The Yew Fairy'
Cicely Mary Barker
Cicely Mary Barker
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
'The Yew Fairy'
Cicely Mary Barker
Cicely Mary Barker
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”
Born on this day American writer Willa Cather 1873
#Booksky
“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”
Born on this day American writer Willa Cather 1873
#Booksky
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”
Born on this day American writer Willa Cather 1873
#Booksky
“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”
Born on this day American writer Willa Cather 1873
#Booksky
A candid color snapshot of James Dean exiting his on-set dressing room located inside of a 1952 Airfloat Land Yacht trailer during production of the Warner Bros./George Stevens drama “Giant,” Marfa, Texas, 1955
You're welcome 🤩💙
You're welcome 🤩💙
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A candid color snapshot of James Dean exiting his on-set dressing room located inside of a 1952 Airfloat Land Yacht trailer during production of the Warner Bros./George Stevens drama “Giant,” Marfa, Texas, 1955
You're welcome 🤩💙
You're welcome 🤩💙
Reposted by Susan DuBose
Reposted by Susan DuBose
“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”