Raghib
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Amy Sherald
What’s precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American)
2017
Oil on Canvas
Amy Sherald
What’s precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American)
2017
Oil on Canvas
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Amy Sherald
What’s precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American)
2017
Oil on Canvas
Amy Sherald
What’s precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American)
2017
Oil on Canvas
Years ago, I remember reading a Wynton Marsalis interview where he said Bas Armagnac will put a smile on your face. I can attest, Bas Armagnac will put a smile on your face. Good night y’all.
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Years ago, I remember reading a Wynton Marsalis interview where he said Bas Armagnac will put a smile on your face. I can attest, Bas Armagnac will put a smile on your face. Good night y’all.
….HOWEVER, after dinner I decided to light the fireplace and open a 25 year old Bas Armagnac…
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
….HOWEVER, after dinner I decided to light the fireplace and open a 25 year old Bas Armagnac…
In a group chat with a few of my friends, who both live in California…one is about to hop on his Ducati and drive to the beach and the other just decided to drive to Napa…meanwhile I am in St. Louis and it’s 7 degrees and snowing…
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
In a group chat with a few of my friends, who both live in California…one is about to hop on his Ducati and drive to the beach and the other just decided to drive to Napa…meanwhile I am in St. Louis and it’s 7 degrees and snowing…
40 year Tawny Port…paired with cheesecake and gelato…delicious!
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
40 year Tawny Port…paired with cheesecake and gelato…delicious!
35 degrees outside, 90 degrees inside of the greenhouse. #sundaymood
January 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
35 degrees outside, 90 degrees inside of the greenhouse. #sundaymood
If you love plants and/or working with wood, I highly recommend two books: Ellsworth Kelly, Plant Drawings and Ellsworth Kelly, Wood Sculpture.
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
If you love plants and/or working with wood, I highly recommend two books: Ellsworth Kelly, Plant Drawings and Ellsworth Kelly, Wood Sculpture.
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A good new year's resolution for the City of St. Louis: stop people from dumping along the Riverfront Trail. It's pervasive. It's shameful.
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
A good new year's resolution for the City of St. Louis: stop people from dumping along the Riverfront Trail. It's pervasive. It's shameful.
Focus more on yourself in 2026. Buy THAT bottle of wine. Take THAT trip. Buy THAT Porsche! Acquire THAT work of art. Purchase THAT building. You have earned the right to focus on YOU in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Focus more on yourself in 2026. Buy THAT bottle of wine. Take THAT trip. Buy THAT Porsche! Acquire THAT work of art. Purchase THAT building. You have earned the right to focus on YOU in 2026.
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First greenhouse bloom of the winter…
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
First greenhouse bloom of the winter…
We have a permit driver folks…
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We have a permit driver folks…
Organizing my wine’s and I came across this mysterious bottle. I have no idea where I got this 🤣. I decided to open it and it was delicious!!!!
December 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Organizing my wine’s and I came across this mysterious bottle. I have no idea where I got this 🤣. I decided to open it and it was delicious!!!!
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Friday, January 2nd, Deadline to Register
University of Missouri Extension 15 Week program
👩🏾🌾 👨🌾 Master Gardener Online Course
January 2nd to April 27th
$200 fee includes Missouri Master Gardener Core Manual ($40 when sold separately)
Register extension.missouri.edu/courses/miss...
University of Missouri Extension 15 Week program
👩🏾🌾 👨🌾 Master Gardener Online Course
January 2nd to April 27th
$200 fee includes Missouri Master Gardener Core Manual ($40 when sold separately)
Register extension.missouri.edu/courses/miss...
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Friday, January 2nd, Deadline to Register
University of Missouri Extension 15 Week program
👩🏾🌾 👨🌾 Master Gardener Online Course
January 2nd to April 27th
$200 fee includes Missouri Master Gardener Core Manual ($40 when sold separately)
Register extension.missouri.edu/courses/miss...
University of Missouri Extension 15 Week program
👩🏾🌾 👨🌾 Master Gardener Online Course
January 2nd to April 27th
$200 fee includes Missouri Master Gardener Core Manual ($40 when sold separately)
Register extension.missouri.edu/courses/miss...
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Prime Cuts Season 5…
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Prime Cuts Season 5…
Trying something new tonight…
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trying something new tonight…
Anybody have any go to recipes for cod that you would like to share?
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Anybody have any go to recipes for cod that you would like to share?
I was looking at some photo history from December 2020 and this popped up… #architecture #Gehry
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I was looking at some photo history from December 2020 and this popped up… #architecture #Gehry
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"Frank Gehry dies at 96. The architect defied gravity and convention" www.npr.org/2025/12/05/5...
Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96
Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. "I've always been for optimism and architecture not being sad," he said.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Frank Gehry dies at 96. The architect defied gravity and convention" www.npr.org/2025/12/05/5...
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Alma Thomas
Grey Night Phenomenon, 1972
acrylic on canvas
175.0 x 134.8 cm
Grey Night Phenomenon, 1972
acrylic on canvas
175.0 x 134.8 cm
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Alma Thomas
Grey Night Phenomenon, 1972
acrylic on canvas
175.0 x 134.8 cm
Grey Night Phenomenon, 1972
acrylic on canvas
175.0 x 134.8 cm
It’s that time of the year again. Enjoy! raghibthinks.medium.com/raghibs-top-...
Raghib’s Top Ten Wines of 2025
Welcome back readers! Is it December already? Wow! First of all, I would like to thank all of the readers of this column. Your support of…
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December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It’s that time of the year again. Enjoy! raghibthinks.medium.com/raghibs-top-...
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"Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90---On modest civil servants’ salaries, she and her husband amassed a trove of some 4,000 works by art-world luminaries, storing them in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90---On modest civil servants’ salaries, she and her husband amassed a trove of some 4,000 works by art-world luminaries, storing them in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
The big reds are starting to flow…
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The big reds are starting to flow…