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Denise Ruttan
@teawhilewriting.bsky.social
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Reader, photographer, occasional writer, legal assistant. Movies, vinyl, sci fi, gaming, comics, knitting, sewing, sports. Queer. She/they

Links: https://teawhilewriting.carrd.co
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teawhilewriting.bsky.social
Of the bands touring to Portland in coming months that I'd never heard of, I think my favorites are Dean Lewis, John Craigie, The Antlers, & Home Free
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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chaoskat.bsky.social
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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skybluewater.bsky.social
December
Smooth|Choppy
Lake Harriet
Minneapolis Minnesota
December Smooth|Choppy Lake Harriet Minneapolis Minnesota
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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pinandstitch.bsky.social
It's #WIPWednesday and so I present for your consideration my first foray into bead embroidery.

It is going.... slowly.

It looks better in the daylight but there's not much of that this time of year over here.

#embroidery #BeadEmbroidery
Photograph of a partially completed bead embroidery on a black canvas background. It's printed with a flower and only the leaves are beaded in blues, purples and reds.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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ronmac11.bsky.social
Grey wagtail, Canary Islands.
#birds
#plants
A patch of cactus with a bird perched in the middle.
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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beccathorne.bsky.social
After a couple of tweaks, I think this is done. I don’t want to do too much to it.
Oil on linen, 100 x 100cm. I’ll be adding it to my website: www.artachart.com so do message me if interested in buying it.
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #hills #irishartist #darkness
A dark painting of a valley, surrounded by hills. Limited palette (predominantly browns and greens) with suggestion of path or waterways and rocks. A narrow strip of pale blue-grey sky, with minimal white clouds above the left hand side of the ridge.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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parisindy.bsky.social
City street and street lights in the fog

#photographersofbluesky
#photography
#cityscape
#canada
City street and street lights in the fog
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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stephengrahamking.com
Yonge Bloor Station. November, 2025
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#Photography
#UrbanPhotography
#CityPhotography
#TorontoPhoto
#Monochrome
#BnW
#PhotographersOfBluesky
On the platform. At left, a subway train stretches to the centre vanishing point. Just right of centre, are three young women. The two on the left are in conversation, leaning casually against a ridged metal pillar. The one closest to centre looks toward the camera from within the snug hood of her coat. The woman closest to centre is not part of their group and walks away from the camera. Above their heads, at left, is a sign pointing to the eastbound and westbound platform of line 2.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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josephmaxwellphotography.com
Do Something Creative Every Day
Boston, MA. 2019.

#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #street #streetphotography #city #boston #massachusetts #artyear #creativesunited #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #cityscape
A black and white photo of pedestrians walking along Boylston Street through steam that is coming up from below the street. They are passing a storefront that says “Do Something Creative Every Day.” Boston, MA. 2019.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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cathey.bsky.social
#WordlessWednesday #WaterWednesday
#EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #McConnellsMillSP #PhotographersofBlueSky
A small stream runs through the center of the photo bordered by rocks and light green vegetation in the foreground. A large boulder rests on the opposite side with smaller rocks along the shoreline and overhanging evergreens and beach trees.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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taliabhatt.itch.io
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.

The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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minakimes.bsky.social
Fascinating by the idea of someone who had never consumed anything made by Tim Robinson randomly deciding to watch THE CHAIR COMPANY thinking it’s like, a normal HBO crime show
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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blkginger.bsky.social
‘This is a safe space’

The quotes:
A cartoon drawing of a man crouched on the grpund while getthing molly-whopped by the crowd of people around him
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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joshfromgr.com
📸 Kodak Ektar h35
🎞️ Ilford HP5+
📅 October 2025
📍Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

#grandrapids #michigan #filmphotography #photography #believeinfilm #35mm #halfframe #blackandwhite #bw #hp5 #ilfordphoto
Image
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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rakeela.bsky.social
I've noticed that writing advice doesn't really transfer from one person to another. What works for one writer very often doesn't work for another writer. I read "how to write" books for years to no avail before I discovered This One Weird Trick That Only Works For Me, Not You, Sorry.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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goldengallery.bsky.social
Winter Landscape, acrylic on canvas, 40x30 in.
Contemporary painting by Denys Golden. www.goldengallery.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Evergreen
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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the-pentaxian.bsky.social
For today's #WendowsOnWednesday, here's a photo I took yesterday morning at an #abandoned mill site.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #monochrome #blackandwhite #B&W #BnW #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #architecture #urbangaze #urbangaze #Pentax #P367
a black and white photo of a section of a building from an old abandoned mill site. The windows are mostly broken out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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glendunlap.bsky.social
Bald Eagle in flight at Lake Casitas yesterday.

#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography #Raptors
Bald Eagle in flight against a bright blue background
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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mpccreative.bsky.social
Harold's Club
Reno Neon and light (39)

#photography #neon #neonsign
Neon sign for "Harold's Club" casino in Reno (closed in 1995). The sign includes a large curved red neon arrow and a neon racehorse and jockey under the words "Racehorse Booking"
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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joseaniba.bsky.social
#challengephotoaday
#fmspad
#Photography

2025/11/26
Polka dots

Polka dots by the sea
En primer plano una mujer con un vestido de lunares. De fondo la playa. varias personas tomando el sol. Algunas se bañan en el mar
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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lee-coursey.bsky.social
#photography #photograph #photo
After I retired, from 2016 to 2021, I roamed rural #Georgia with my camera and took pictures. Here is image number 182 from the series.
A vintage ceiling fan with four wooden blades mounted on a weathered turquoise ceiling. The fan appears aged and dusty, with a brass or bronze-toned metal housing and a frosted glass light fixture attached below. Two pull chains dangle from the fan for controlling the light and speed. In the upper left corner of the image, a wasp or hornet nest is visible attached to the ceiling near the fan's mounting bracket. The ceiling shows cracks and peeling paint, and there's a horizontal wooden beam or molding visible at the bottom of the frame, suggesting this is in an older, possibly abandoned room.
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
teawhilewriting.bsky.social
Looking at concerts coming to Portland in the next few months because records have inspired me to see live music, and I know so few of the bands coming. I guess I need some more new music 🤗
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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rebeccareyeswriting.com
The mission is to get a beautiful copse with a mysterious implant back to her home world, but will the reward be worth it?

☄️Firefly x Dracula
⚰️Sci-fi Gothic Mystery
💉Female Doctor MC
🖤No Romance
⌛️ Short Read

books2read.com/u/bxx9kP

💙Pre-order the sequel below!📚

#ScifiBooks #ShortRead #BookSky
Ad for the Sarcophagus of Lamia with a picture of a blonde woman resting on red velvet to the right. The text says: The Sarcophagus of Lamia A gothic sci-fi adventure! For only 99 cents
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM