Tom
@twal.bsky.social
Ex Set Designer/Art Director Queer Loves Sci-Fi, Anthropology Archeology, History, Literature, Art and Men
111AD - 130AD Deified upon his premature death by a devasted Hadrian, who also founded an organiszed cult devoted to his worship that spread throughout the Empire.
Picture taken of the Antinous Farnese in November 2025 at Naples Archeological Museum.
Picture taken of the Antinous Farnese in November 2025 at Naples Archeological Museum.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
111AD - 130AD Deified upon his premature death by a devasted Hadrian, who also founded an organiszed cult devoted to his worship that spread throughout the Empire.
Picture taken of the Antinous Farnese in November 2025 at Naples Archeological Museum.
Picture taken of the Antinous Farnese in November 2025 at Naples Archeological Museum.
Posted this because I liked it and my freshman college year Russian still leaves me with the origin of this word. "почему", meaning "why". Making it a remembrance of the refrain of 'why' from my youngest step daughter......repeatedly. Grin.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Posted this because I liked it and my freshman college year Russian still leaves me with the origin of this word. "почему", meaning "why". Making it a remembrance of the refrain of 'why' from my youngest step daughter......repeatedly. Grin.
Borrowed because of self victimization............
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Borrowed because of self victimization............
First exposed to Reggae while creating costumes for a part of the Opera Falstaff at the Opera Company of Boston long ago. The Set department where I was concocting party costumes played the music and I was mesmerized and totally carried away. So this is another sad milestone ...............
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
First exposed to Reggae while creating costumes for a part of the Opera Falstaff at the Opera Company of Boston long ago. The Set department where I was concocting party costumes played the music and I was mesmerized and totally carried away. So this is another sad milestone ...............
So this scrolled onto my screen elsewhere and is a bit of an antidote to the nasty life so often tosses at us all
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
So this scrolled onto my screen elsewhere and is a bit of an antidote to the nasty life so often tosses at us all
Today fettuccine Alfredo with sweet sausage & mushrooms. Fettuccine was the fresh kind so it cooked easily &quickly. As I poured the sauce over pasta a lump came in my throat because I believe food is love & I’d no one to share this with.
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today fettuccine Alfredo with sweet sausage & mushrooms. Fettuccine was the fresh kind so it cooked easily &quickly. As I poured the sauce over pasta a lump came in my throat because I believe food is love & I’d no one to share this with.
Sometimes a poem resonates though you wish it were not so....
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sometimes a poem resonates though you wish it were not so....
Borrowed because...........
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Borrowed because...........
Let my lusts be my ruin, then,
since all else is a fake
and a mockery.
~ Hart Crane
since all else is a fake
and a mockery.
~ Hart Crane
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Let my lusts be my ruin, then,
since all else is a fake
and a mockery.
~ Hart Crane
since all else is a fake
and a mockery.
~ Hart Crane
This evening's overly dramatic sunset..............
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This evening's overly dramatic sunset..............
His poem never fails to move me, often to tears. All my loves are now memories.................
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
His poem never fails to move me, often to tears. All my loves are now memories.................
The essence of quantum entanglement might just be love.
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The essence of quantum entanglement might just be love.
Amen to what Tom said here............
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Amen to what Tom said here............
Autumnal Flames on the river in Idaho.
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Autumnal Flames on the river in Idaho.
1949 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
1949 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon
A snap of a local barn and the mood of the day was melancholy.
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A snap of a local barn and the mood of the day was melancholy.
For me a plethora of things that bring a smile to my face and hope in my heart. The elections all over the country and this item from The Guardian which actually astounded me.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
For me a plethora of things that bring a smile to my face and hope in my heart. The elections all over the country and this item from The Guardian which actually astounded me.
My first partner's wonderful Lancia. Loved that car.
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My first partner's wonderful Lancia. Loved that car.
Dave Barry is an astute observer...........
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Dave Barry is an astute observer...........
