Quaker writer living in rural North Carolina. Fiction, random thoughts, occasional country songs, and needle-felted critters at https://vickiwinslow.substack.com/. No DMs.
Vicki Winslow
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North Carolina Rabbit Hole
This Morning Glory from 1885, typifies John La Farge's still lifes in his nuanced handling of watercolour, the picture's echoes of Japanese asymmetrical composition and broad tonal planes. La Farge was in the vanguard of American artists who appreciated Japanese design principles
My path today was strewn with these tiny little heart-shaped rose petals.
Grab a tissue
Building national identity, evoking a martyr, clothing it all in sports. Hero.
Good on the players for insisting on his presence.
Fabulous essay in Thomasonian by @petersontoscano.bsky.social.
readthomasonian.my.canva.site/issue-2/post...
I don't think the reflecting pool situation is under control. Just today algae was seen touring the Capitol, visiting the National Museum of American History, and dancing in the Pride parade.
The gays have great powers but can’t nobody shade like a Baptist preacher.
Bonhoeffer’s “On Stupidity“
Gen. Hertling on JD Vance comparing the negotiations ending WWII to Trump's Iran negotiations: "It’s a total disregard of history…None of these individuals have read an old book."
