Hector Kavalares
@hectoroftroy.bsky.social
Disgruntled union democrat resists fascism and oligarchs one arcane but erudite literary post at a time. The resistance will be of shabby appearance and strong mind. I identify as Ethnically Ebullient Greek. Pronouns: try/me/motherfuckers.
Irene Nemirovsky in 1942:
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Irene Nemirovsky in 1942:
Most of the time I am informed and my perspectives are broadened by the New York Times - but not in this.
September 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Most of the time I am informed and my perspectives are broadened by the New York Times - but not in this.
New Mexican restaurant opened up in my square. Oh my God, strongly recommend. :)
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
New Mexican restaurant opened up in my square. Oh my God, strongly recommend. :)
As seen in the wild last Saturday. Shame away.
August 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
As seen in the wild last Saturday. Shame away.
‘O Pioneers’ by Willa Cather.
“He was a little country boy, and this village was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.”
One way to heal America, would be to help the country and city people know and not dislike each other anymore.
“He was a little country boy, and this village was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.”
One way to heal America, would be to help the country and city people know and not dislike each other anymore.
August 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
‘O Pioneers’ by Willa Cather.
“He was a little country boy, and this village was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.”
One way to heal America, would be to help the country and city people know and not dislike each other anymore.
“He was a little country boy, and this village was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.”
One way to heal America, would be to help the country and city people know and not dislike each other anymore.
Reading ‘The English Teacher’ by RK Narayan.
Words of wisdom about children, pertinent to the baseless hates that start by chance and are clung to by adults?
Words of wisdom about children, pertinent to the baseless hates that start by chance and are clung to by adults?
July 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Reading ‘The English Teacher’ by RK Narayan.
Words of wisdom about children, pertinent to the baseless hates that start by chance and are clung to by adults?
Words of wisdom about children, pertinent to the baseless hates that start by chance and are clung to by adults?
Late afternoon front passed through. Got upstairs quickly enough to see the last remnants of the rainbow.
July 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Late afternoon front passed through. Got upstairs quickly enough to see the last remnants of the rainbow.
John Le Carre on ‘America joining the former British Empire as a second-class power after the fall of Saigon.’
Many empires have fallen before ours, and as we are guided by the literature left before us - we must document for the future.
Many empires have fallen before ours, and as we are guided by the literature left before us - we must document for the future.
July 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
John Le Carre on ‘America joining the former British Empire as a second-class power after the fall of Saigon.’
Many empires have fallen before ours, and as we are guided by the literature left before us - we must document for the future.
Many empires have fallen before ours, and as we are guided by the literature left before us - we must document for the future.
Please enjoy this description of narrative curation at the local level in the remnants of the Vietnam War, as described in ‘The Honorable Schoolboy’ by John Le Carre.
July 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Please enjoy this description of narrative curation at the local level in the remnants of the Vietnam War, as described in ‘The Honorable Schoolboy’ by John Le Carre.
Rainy day. Reading Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Russian Writers, Censors, and Readers.’
Accessible, short, and clear Esau’s. Ends with this poem. Written by Pushkin.
Enjoy.
Accessible, short, and clear Esau’s. Ends with this poem. Written by Pushkin.
Enjoy.
June 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Rainy day. Reading Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Russian Writers, Censors, and Readers.’
Accessible, short, and clear Esau’s. Ends with this poem. Written by Pushkin.
Enjoy.
Accessible, short, and clear Esau’s. Ends with this poem. Written by Pushkin.
Enjoy.
Despite the June chill and 12 hours notice, ~200 people rallied today at City Hall Plaza in support of David Huetra.
June 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Despite the June chill and 12 hours notice, ~200 people rallied today at City Hall Plaza in support of David Huetra.
From ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber’ by Cao Xueqin:
Over the arc of world history, previous ages have experienced and dealt with plenty of nepobabies before now.
Over the arc of world history, previous ages have experienced and dealt with plenty of nepobabies before now.
June 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber’ by Cao Xueqin:
Over the arc of world history, previous ages have experienced and dealt with plenty of nepobabies before now.
Over the arc of world history, previous ages have experienced and dealt with plenty of nepobabies before now.
Any dick who needs a sticker on his car that says ‘I am
not a dick’ is a dick.
not a dick’ is a dick.
May 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Any dick who needs a sticker on his car that says ‘I am
not a dick’ is a dick.
not a dick’ is a dick.
Summer evenings at last in boat world.
May 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Summer evenings at last in boat world.
100% agree that a robust, non-shattered, non-impoverished, valued local journalism industry with enough money to put gas in our jalopies to get to assignments would be of enormous benefit to society right about now.
May 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
100% agree that a robust, non-shattered, non-impoverished, valued local journalism industry with enough money to put gas in our jalopies to get to assignments would be of enormous benefit to society right about now.
I meet your bird morale photo, and raise you by one reading bunny.
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I meet your bird morale photo, and raise you by one reading bunny.
Simple, plain, ordinary rainbow walking home from my grocery store.
April 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Simple, plain, ordinary rainbow walking home from my grocery store.
Reading Iris Origo’s “War in the Val d’Orcia.”
Have long though that the deliberate destruction of decency, in particular, is an essential feature of fascism.
This ordinary letter writer who saw 18 years of fascist Italy thought that and farther.
Have long though that the deliberate destruction of decency, in particular, is an essential feature of fascism.
This ordinary letter writer who saw 18 years of fascist Italy thought that and farther.
April 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reading Iris Origo’s “War in the Val d’Orcia.”
Have long though that the deliberate destruction of decency, in particular, is an essential feature of fascism.
This ordinary letter writer who saw 18 years of fascist Italy thought that and farther.
Have long though that the deliberate destruction of decency, in particular, is an essential feature of fascism.
This ordinary letter writer who saw 18 years of fascist Italy thought that and farther.
….And my own current book: ‘War in the Valle D’Orcia’ on the effects of Allied bombing runs on the ordinary civilians population in fascist Italy.
On dealing with the reintegration of disillusioned fascists.
On dealing with the reintegration of disillusioned fascists.
April 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
….And my own current book: ‘War in the Valle D’Orcia’ on the effects of Allied bombing runs on the ordinary civilians population in fascist Italy.
On dealing with the reintegration of disillusioned fascists.
On dealing with the reintegration of disillusioned fascists.
To all my international friends - first of all, thank you for still being my friend.
Secondly, this crowd is way up on any gathering I have seen in the last six months.
We. Are. Trying. :)
Secondly, this crowd is way up on any gathering I have seen in the last six months.
We. Are. Trying. :)
April 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
To all my international friends - first of all, thank you for still being my friend.
Secondly, this crowd is way up on any gathering I have seen in the last six months.
We. Are. Trying. :)
Secondly, this crowd is way up on any gathering I have seen in the last six months.
We. Are. Trying. :)
I’m a good democrat, topk economics in college, and “the stock market is not the economy.”
That said, when on Monday we knock off all the gains for the last year - I want someone smart to figure out if the Drumpfians treated profiting out of the 2020 fall as a dry run for the rebound from this.
That said, when on Monday we knock off all the gains for the last year - I want someone smart to figure out if the Drumpfians treated profiting out of the 2020 fall as a dry run for the rebound from this.
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’m a good democrat, topk economics in college, and “the stock market is not the economy.”
That said, when on Monday we knock off all the gains for the last year - I want someone smart to figure out if the Drumpfians treated profiting out of the 2020 fall as a dry run for the rebound from this.
That said, when on Monday we knock off all the gains for the last year - I want someone smart to figure out if the Drumpfians treated profiting out of the 2020 fall as a dry run for the rebound from this.
Here is a bigger self own.
April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here is a bigger self own.