Judith
@zanzibarsunset.bsky.social
Trained as an academic (PhD, Engl Lit, University of Louisville: Virginia Woolf); Have worked as freelance writer for a series of interesting jobs and adventures in remote places. A blue dot in the Bluegrass. Art, music, flowers, books. No DMs please
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Detail of silk obi (sash). Late 20th century, Japan
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Detail of silk obi (sash). Late 20th century, Japan
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The Chinese general who defied orders to lead his troops into Tiananmen Square and crush the 1989 student protesters said during his trial (a video of which was just released) that he refused because he did not want to become “a sinner in history."
Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The Chinese general who defied orders to lead his troops into Tiananmen Square and crush the 1989 student protesters said during his trial (a video of which was just released) that he refused because he did not want to become “a sinner in history."
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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Paul Evans (British, b.1950)
"Winter Solstice Shadows in the Artist's Garden," 2025
Ink and acrylic
47 x 47 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Winter Solstice Shadows in the Artist's Garden," 2025
Ink and acrylic
47 x 47 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Paul Evans (British, b.1950)
"Winter Solstice Shadows in the Artist's Garden," 2025
Ink and acrylic
47 x 47 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Winter Solstice Shadows in the Artist's Garden," 2025
Ink and acrylic
47 x 47 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Martin Watsfeldt (contemporary Swedish artist)
"The Journey," 2025
Oil on canvas
120 x 115 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"The Journey," 2025
Oil on canvas
120 x 115 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Martin Watsfeldt (contemporary Swedish artist)
"The Journey," 2025
Oil on canvas
120 x 115 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"The Journey," 2025
Oil on canvas
120 x 115 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
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The world-renowned Ukwanda Puppetry and Designs Art Collective have been meticulously designing and building the animals of THE HERDS.
Here, raw, recycled materials transform into life-sized puppet animals, each crafted with care, creativity, and a deep commitment to storytelling.
#puppets #art
Here, raw, recycled materials transform into life-sized puppet animals, each crafted with care, creativity, and a deep commitment to storytelling.
#puppets #art
December 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Handel's Messiah
(Written in Beethoven's hand)
Beethoven so admired Handel's work that he wrote it out so as to get the "feeling of its intricacies" and "to unravel its complexities". Handel exerted considerable influence on Beethoven at various stages of his career.
(Written in Beethoven's hand)
Beethoven so admired Handel's work that he wrote it out so as to get the "feeling of its intricacies" and "to unravel its complexities". Handel exerted considerable influence on Beethoven at various stages of his career.
December 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Handel's Messiah
(Written in Beethoven's hand)
Beethoven so admired Handel's work that he wrote it out so as to get the "feeling of its intricacies" and "to unravel its complexities". Handel exerted considerable influence on Beethoven at various stages of his career.
(Written in Beethoven's hand)
Beethoven so admired Handel's work that he wrote it out so as to get the "feeling of its intricacies" and "to unravel its complexities". Handel exerted considerable influence on Beethoven at various stages of his career.
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Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides,
Who covers faults, at last with shame derides.
Who covers faults, at last with shame derides.
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides,
Who covers faults, at last with shame derides.
Who covers faults, at last with shame derides.
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Katja Lang (German, born 1968)
"Road to E.", 2022.
Drypoint Etching, 67 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Road to E.", 2022.
Drypoint Etching, 67 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Katja Lang (German, born 1968)
"Road to E.", 2022.
Drypoint Etching, 67 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Road to E.", 2022.
Drypoint Etching, 67 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Takes the breath away...
R.S. Thomas
R.S. Thomas
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Takes the breath away...
R.S. Thomas
R.S. Thomas
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Chinoike Jigoku - Blood Pond Hell - Beppu, Kyushu Island, Japan.
December 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Chinoike Jigoku - Blood Pond Hell - Beppu, Kyushu Island, Japan.
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Michèle Lehmann (Swiss Artist, born 1940)
"The Last Train", 2024.
Oil on Canvas, 104 × 85 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"The Last Train", 2024.
Oil on Canvas, 104 × 85 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Michèle Lehmann (Swiss Artist, born 1940)
"The Last Train", 2024.
Oil on Canvas, 104 × 85 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"The Last Train", 2024.
Oil on Canvas, 104 × 85 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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An interesting work which depicts John Singer Sargent's dining room at 33 Tite Street in Chelsea, London in 1886. When he died in 1925, footsteps were heard in the house and in his studio in Chelsea, a shadowy figure was seen for several years.
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
An interesting work which depicts John Singer Sargent's dining room at 33 Tite Street in Chelsea, London in 1886. When he died in 1925, footsteps were heard in the house and in his studio in Chelsea, a shadowy figure was seen for several years.
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Kawashima Tatsuo (Japanese, born 1939)
"Miyajima in Winter", 1980s.
Japanese Woodblock Print, 12 5/8" × 17".
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Miyajima in Winter", 1980s.
Japanese Woodblock Print, 12 5/8" × 17".
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Kawashima Tatsuo (Japanese, born 1939)
"Miyajima in Winter", 1980s.
Japanese Woodblock Print, 12 5/8" × 17".
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Miyajima in Winter", 1980s.
Japanese Woodblock Print, 12 5/8" × 17".
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Pekka Halonen (Finnish, 1865–1933
"Snow-Covered Pine Seedlings", 1899.
Tempera on Canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm.
Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Snow-Covered Pine Seedlings", 1899.
Tempera on Canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm.
Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Pekka Halonen (Finnish, 1865–1933
"Snow-Covered Pine Seedlings", 1899.
Tempera on Canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm.
Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Snow-Covered Pine Seedlings", 1899.
Tempera on Canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm.
Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Felix Nussbaum (German, 1904–1944)
[The Fear. Self-portrait with his niece Marianne], 1941
Oil on canvas
51 x 39.5 cm
Osnabrück, Kulturgeschichtliches Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
[The Fear. Self-portrait with his niece Marianne], 1941
Oil on canvas
51 x 39.5 cm
Osnabrück, Kulturgeschichtliches Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Felix Nussbaum (German, 1904–1944)
[The Fear. Self-portrait with his niece Marianne], 1941
Oil on canvas
51 x 39.5 cm
Osnabrück, Kulturgeschichtliches Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
[The Fear. Self-portrait with his niece Marianne], 1941
Oil on canvas
51 x 39.5 cm
Osnabrück, Kulturgeschichtliches Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Kamisaka Sekka, Snowstorm
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kamisaka Sekka, Snowstorm
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
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Day 9 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is:
🌊 tang — a collective name for large, coarse seaweed growing above the low-water mark
As in the Tangie in Orkney & Shetland, a horse/man sea-spirit covered with seaweed, which haunts the seashore.
📸 Ryan Hodnett (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🌊 tang — a collective name for large, coarse seaweed growing above the low-water mark
As in the Tangie in Orkney & Shetland, a horse/man sea-spirit covered with seaweed, which haunts the seashore.
📸 Ryan Hodnett (CC BY-SA 4.0)
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Day 9 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is:
🌊 tang — a collective name for large, coarse seaweed growing above the low-water mark
As in the Tangie in Orkney & Shetland, a horse/man sea-spirit covered with seaweed, which haunts the seashore.
📸 Ryan Hodnett (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🌊 tang — a collective name for large, coarse seaweed growing above the low-water mark
As in the Tangie in Orkney & Shetland, a horse/man sea-spirit covered with seaweed, which haunts the seashore.
📸 Ryan Hodnett (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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"We must dare to be different, to point to ideals other than those of this world, testifying to the beauty of generosity, service, purity, perseverance, forgiveness, fidelity to our vocation, prayer, the pursuit of justice and the common good, love for the poor, and social friendship." #PopeFrancis
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"We must dare to be different, to point to ideals other than those of this world, testifying to the beauty of generosity, service, purity, perseverance, forgiveness, fidelity to our vocation, prayer, the pursuit of justice and the common good, love for the poor, and social friendship." #PopeFrancis
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Today's the feast of St Nicholas, 4th Century Bishop of Myra and traditionally associated with gift-giving and the working of miracles. He 'maketh the storm to cease' in glass by Burlison & Grylls, 1920 at Great Whelnetham, Suffolk, a detail of the war memorial window. 1/3
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today's the feast of St Nicholas, 4th Century Bishop of Myra and traditionally associated with gift-giving and the working of miracles. He 'maketh the storm to cease' in glass by Burlison & Grylls, 1920 at Great Whelnetham, Suffolk, a detail of the war memorial window. 1/3
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The imaginative fauna from Vorja Sánchez's Abyssal Bestiarium.
Vorja Sánchez is a Barcelona-based, full-time artist renowned for his intricate, dreamlike compositions inspired by nature.
Each little creature is lifelike with a natural sense of melancholy.
#illustration #art #imaginative #fantasy
Vorja Sánchez is a Barcelona-based, full-time artist renowned for his intricate, dreamlike compositions inspired by nature.
Each little creature is lifelike with a natural sense of melancholy.
#illustration #art #imaginative #fantasy
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The imaginative fauna from Vorja Sánchez's Abyssal Bestiarium.
Vorja Sánchez is a Barcelona-based, full-time artist renowned for his intricate, dreamlike compositions inspired by nature.
Each little creature is lifelike with a natural sense of melancholy.
#illustration #art #imaginative #fantasy
Vorja Sánchez is a Barcelona-based, full-time artist renowned for his intricate, dreamlike compositions inspired by nature.
Each little creature is lifelike with a natural sense of melancholy.
#illustration #art #imaginative #fantasy
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Barcelona-born UK-based artist Miriam Escofet’s portrait of her mother, An Angel at my Table. winner of the prestigious 2018 BP Portrait Award. At R, a close-up / a joint viewing by mother & daughter © Miriam Escofet
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Barcelona-born UK-based artist Miriam Escofet’s portrait of her mother, An Angel at my Table. winner of the prestigious 2018 BP Portrait Award. At R, a close-up / a joint viewing by mother & daughter © Miriam Escofet
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NEW: "The American people can accept honest mistakes. They can accept fog-of-war judgment calls. What we as a nation should not accept is moral drift at the top of the chain of command." From @markhertling.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Pete Hegseth, Moral Failure, and the Erosion of Military Legitimacy
Congress needs to find out if any laws were broken and who is responsible.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
NEW: "The American people can accept honest mistakes. They can accept fog-of-war judgment calls. What we as a nation should not accept is moral drift at the top of the chain of command." From @markhertling.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...