Andrew Jazprose Hill

Look at this!
This is a good man.
This is a good human being.
This is a normal human being. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

How Leontyne Price Beat the Odds It took a lot more than the gene pool she shares with Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston to turn the opera star into legend.

Iconic opera star Leontyne Price is related to Dione Warwick and Whitney Houston. But it took more than good genes to turn her into a legend. open.substack.com/pub/andrewja...

If only there were a few Republicans in the US Senate with cojones like this. Former US Attorney Hagan Scotten is a Republican with a JD from Harvard. He held the rank of captain in the Special Forces during the Iraq War.

Sad fact about the Delaware mansion. Glad you mentioned that. Thanks for sharing my essay.

Ah, Chagall! Thank you.

Gracefully wandering at night among the fields of the soul

Laura Makabresku

Image shows beach with golden sunlight reflecting off sea

Only a few seconds extra daylight today but what beautiful light it was #Shetland

The house became full of love. Aureliano expressed it in poetry that had no beginning or end. He would write it on the harsh pieces of parchment that Melquiades gave him, on the bathroom walls, on the skin of his arms, and in all of it Remedios would appear transfigured:

Marquez

Movie poster for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari showing old man with white hair wearing black too hat.

For some reason, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari comes to mind.

Bluesky explained in 60 seconds!

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Hi, Diana! Great to see you here!

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Oplontis, Pompeii, Villa Poppaea. Empires fell, the beauty of this Peacock remains

Thank you for sharing the original source of this quote, Antonio. I understood that many of Poor Richard's sayings were "stolen," but I didn't know this one came from the great Montaigne. Much appreciated!

Gregory Porter
If Love Is Overrated
(Let me be the one that's naive)
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📷 Consuelo Kanaga: W. Eugene Smith and his wife Aileen Sprague, 1974. #photography #love

Photo of seated woman exhibit at 1925 Pavilion by Man Ray.

Man Ray—Pavilion of Elegance 1925

Yes, it’s an exploration. That’s a perfect way to describe it. Thank you 🙏🏾

My pleasure, Connie!

Great to see you *here* too! Looking forward to seeing your usually wonderful timeline. Thanks for letting me know you’ve arrived.

African American woman with head bowed sitting sideways at kitchen table with bottle of wine and goblet. By Carrie Mae Weems.

Carrie Mae Weems
From: The Kitchen Table Series (1997)
#photography #art #blackwomen #womenartists #blackandwhite

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

—Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac (1737) #quote #truth

Oh yeah!

'Mount McKinley with Wonder Lake', original name is Denali Mountain and Deenaalee Bené

Ansel Adams, 1947

Denali National Park

Rude Awakenings 'The Great Gatsby' exposed the dark side of America decades before the 2024 election. But some folks are about to have their eyes opened to its lessons for the very first time.

The Great Gatsby will turn 100 just as Trump returns to the White House next year. The novel’s portrayal of America’s dark side tells us exactly what to expect in a second Trump administration. And why his return is business as usual.
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Oh Candice, I’m so very sorry for your loss. 🙏🏾🕊️

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Yes! That’s what I did too. Both really fine novels.

A powerful and beautifully written retelling of the exiled sorceress who reclaimed her power and turned Ulysses’ men into pigs. I really love this book!