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

Links: https://teawhilewriting.carrd.co
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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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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December
Smooth|Choppy
Lake Harriet
Minneapolis Minnesota
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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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
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Grey wagtail, Canary Islands.
#birds
#plants
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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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
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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City street and street lights in the fog

#photographersofbluesky
#photography
#cityscape
#canada
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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"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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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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‘This is a safe space’

The quotes:
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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📸 Kodak Ektar h35
🎞️ Ilford HP5+
📅 October 2025
📍Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

#grandrapids #michigan #filmphotography #photography #believeinfilm #35mm #halfframe #blackandwhite #bw #hp5 #ilfordphoto
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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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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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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Winter Landscape, acrylic on canvas, 40x30 in.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Evergreen
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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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
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Bald Eagle in flight at Lake Casitas yesterday.

#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography #Raptors
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Harold's Club
Reno Neon and light (39)

#photography #neon #neonsign
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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#challengephotoaday
#fmspad
#Photography

2025/11/26
Polka dots

Polka dots by the sea
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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#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.
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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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
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM