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theblakecollins · 24 days

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( margaret qualley. nonbinary. she/they. ) - let me introduce you to a staff member of the eversley family, blake collins is here at the eversley estate working as a whispering vines social media manager. they are twenty-eight and are known as the charmer around the estate because they are charismatic, free spirited, and confident. when you get to know them, you think about a drunken tattoo hiding under a uniform and fruity vapes but you can only wonder why they’d choose to work for the eversley family.

BASIC INFORMATION

Full Name: blake collins

Nickname(s): n/a but if you want to come up with one, she will love you forever

Date of Birth: april 27, 1996

Age: 28

Occupation: social media manager for whispering vines

Hometown: atlanta, georgia

Orientation: lesbian

Stay with the eversleys: one year

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Hair: curly, dark brown, and cut into a bob to her chin

Eyes: hazel

Height: 5'8"

Notable Features: a toothy smile, a tramp stamp tattoo that she tries but fails to hide

PERSONALITY & BEHAVIOR:

Strengths: confident, free spirited, kind and loyal to those she's close to

Weaknesses: flighty, obnoxious, impulsive

Quirks: always a bit fidgety and moving

Vices: can't go anywhere without her vape and loves a good drink

BACKGROUND

blake had a very boring childhood and maybe that was where it all went wrong. she had two happy parents who had decent jobs, 2 kids, and a white picket fence. but blake always craved more, she always wanted to see and do more no matter what that took. she wasn't exactly a troublemaker growing up, but she definitely didn't like following the rules

as a teenager she learned that the best way to escape from her boring life was through the lives of others. she loves gossip and learning about other people. she didn't care if it was the first or the fifth time hearing a story, she will always be entertained.

she wasn't particularly good at school, caring more about parties and hanging out with her friends, but she did go to georgia state university for communications

after graduating college, she needed to get out of atlanta, she felt stuck there so she did the classic american thing and decided to take a summer abroad and traveled around europe. but then that summer turned into a year and a year turned into six. about a year ago she saw a job opportunity at the whispering vines vineyard and decided to finally stop living out of her suitcase and move to the estate.

she wasn't really sure what she was signing up for when she took the job but she quickly learned that she loved it. she loved the lifestyle and getting a glimpse into the dark secrets of the elite that the rest of the world didn't get to see. she loves gossip and knowing things and as long as she walked around with a camera in her hand, no one batted an eye to her nosiness.

while she shows off the glamourous side of whispering vines on their social media, blake also has a secret finista that only a select few of her most trusted friends know about where she documents the more scandalous parts of living at the estate (all anonymous of course)

#eversleyintro #this is very basic #may add more later on but its a start

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libriaco · 1 year

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Attaccabottoni

Now some people like to take a book and sit down and read, and read, and read, or moon around yawping at the lake or these mountains and things, but that ain’t my way; no, sir, if they like it, let ’em do it, I don’t object; but as for me, talking’s what I like. A qualcuno piace prendere un libro e sedersi e leggere, e leggere, e leggere o gironzolare sbadigliando al lago o a queste montagne o cose così, ma quella non è roba per me; nossignore, se gli piace che lo facciano pure, non ho nulla da obiettare ma per quel che mi riguarda, chiacchierare è quello che mi piace.

Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad [1880]. Online su Gutenberg.

#Mark Twain #USA

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swynlake-rp · 1 year

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Abundant adventures await you here in Swynlake! Tales of magic, friendship, and mystery. What dreams will you make come true?

Mowgli Chopra (Mowgli, The Jungle Book) - Swynlake means stability, your father insists, but you wonder if what you had before was really all that bad. The animals were your friends! How're you meant to make people friends!?

Tink Bell (Tinkerbell, Peter Pan) - A return to one’s hometown isn’t always a good thing, but it isn’t always a bad thing either. A bad breakup brings home to your Hollow, to the town next to it, and to the club you own in that town. Swynlake is home and maybe just the thing you need after living abroad.

Cruella De Vil (Cruella De Vil, 101 Dalmations) - The curl in your lips, the ice in your stare, all innocent folks had better beware... you’ll stop at nothing to make your art, even if it means spilling a bit of Magick blood. It’s all in the name of fashion, darling.

Annette Elizabeth Grant (Lady, Lady And The Tramp) - What is this, some Edwardian era story? Sent away to your auntie's (as a grown woman you might add!) just because your parents didn't approve of your romance, will you be able to make the best of being in Swynlake?

Cheshire Fields (The Cheshire Cat) - You're always smiling but is that always a good thing? One can never tell if it's kindly or mischievous, or what secrets the town's favorite invisible barista is hiding...

Fauna Greenleaf (Fauna, Sleeping Beauty) - You've always had one foot in two worlds and now you've chosen to lean into one more than the other. Will taking the leap prove worth it?

#disney rp #literary rp #disney roleplay #disney #sleeping beauty #lady and the tramp #alice in wonderland #cheshire cat #fauna #flora fauna and merryweather #tinkerbell #fairies #magic rp #the jungle book #peter pan #disney fairies #most wanted wednesday #most wanted wednesdays

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zombie-village · 2 years

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🐚🍩Gwen Song👙🎶

let’s meet our founder! gwen song. our poor girl who took a tumble off the side of her cruise ship va-kay..

there she is! isn’t she so cute T___T i was thinking maybe she was really in2 gyaru b4 she came here so that’s her makeup inspo? gyaru girl stranded on an isolated island, using natural materials 4 her makeup Cx

her traits may seem kind of random but i thought they were perfect! honestly it makes no sense 2 me how a sim with perfect traits could end up here. it was a freak accident and she was unlucky. though, she ends up loving it and living here for her whole life c: maybe she didn’t have the best most supportive family/friends back where she came from :p

i think she’s a bit of a klutz who loves makeup/fashion and just wants 2 find “the one.” i think she really enjoyed the ocean/summer/beaches and what not, which is probably how she falls in love with this place. her own little artistic home that won’t ever judge her. on the other hand her lifetime wish is a bit random.. -__-; i really just had no idea what 2 give her! i also wanted 2 give her something i haven’t really done yet in game and believe me, i’ve done the art ones MANY many times.

i think it’ll be really fun! she’s just a sweet girl n___n

here’s her family tree!

i went a little basic with her favorite food but i think it fits her PERFECTLY :3

beach party was an obvious choice 2 me since she WAS a beach party girl b4 this.

her favorite color is aqua and she’s a capricorn ♑️🍦

Lets Look at her Outfits!🩴👙🩱

starting with everyday🐚🩴

look at her ^______^ i just love her so much. i went with something that would keep her cool since 90% of the time she’s going 2 be outside, but still cute.

formal💎👗

so when i was making these outfits i was thinking she probably wouldn’t have a lot 2 work with, hence the same shirt here. i still think it’s cute especially her shoes <3 . <3 she’ll get more clothes once she travels abroad!

pajamas🌸🏝

ugh!!!!! i just can’t get enough of her. i love her octopus tramp stamp.

athletic🌊👚

honestly….. i’m not really a bit fan of this outfit. i had no idea what 2 give her t___t maybe these were originally her pajamas but she used them 2 work out in?

bathing suit👙🌞

of course i just had 2 give her a super cute swimsuit! this design was just so perfect.

cold weather🍦♑️

i’m not really a big fan of this one either because i’m not sure if we’ll actually see it or not? we have no winter on this island!!!

All 4 Now… Thank you🌊🌞🌸

#the sims 3 #MSC #msc1 #gwen song #midnight sun challenge #isle of the midnight sun #ts3 #the sims #CAS

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hbfmguy2 · 2 years

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England 1192. Sherwood Forest, Nottingham

King Richard Couer de Lion, is away in the Holy Land on crusade. His regent Prince John has begun to tax the yeomen and peasants of England heavily to meet the costs of his brother’s war, but local sheriffs abuse their position to use the new tax regime to enrich themselves and their followers. Robert of Locksley, otherwise known as Robin Hood, has led resistance to the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham and his hired French and Gascon soldiers, but he and his Merry Men have been crushed and have been killed, driven abroad or are incarcerated in Nottingham Castle.

As drunken bands of ill disciplined soldiers march through Sherwood Forest, looking for peasants to rob or defile, who can protect these sons and daughters of proud Anglo Saxon stock? The wives and lovers of the Merry Men, led by Robin’s own true love, Maid Marion, have, unbeknownst to the invaders, taken the place of their men as protectors of the weak and, filled with righteous rage at their loss, they lie in wait for a careless band of arrogant Frenchmen, tramping through the woods, oblivious to their peril…

#Harold Bear art #robin hood #maid Marion #adventures

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libidomechanica · 1 year

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Untitled # 10335

A limerick sequence

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And flutes, like Spirit to put up—no, no, go not I was on might her that wad been at our good, whose a little stays no more loftier studies wither. For true.

Await, according, were so much let thought of birth. A good thing the would renovate, which their eye a sudden transport same—is through or Don Alfonso’s hum, was those.

Yet what calls! In France; she men health, westling to you that for thing abroad face is idleness, ’ I dare nothing—nothings green a bless grasp them all Spanish crimson so?

Little as mere are not. Settled: there lies every oftentimental e’re madrigals. Upon her loss that I forget, the skimm’d twenty year, or crest; or partial?

Because heaven of girl— she totem. Sometimes carpent’s set, and haunter’d, Detain poet couldn’t stands. On one: whether times to weak in. Under is Despair rise again.

When though then we have pleasant garden- rose precious say, close me—Me—they death- cry draws to temple, as the solar orbit, each other her sense among his Embleme.

Be young wild will besideratum. —But, doubt, the ways, great an unlamented. Swore like love. Last’s mature fortress! I wondrous enow. A part from fear and moonlight?

Alas! And like muse of your warden- rose fight O gently we wild, and cock could be fair, can comes in, temptation of you, but woman, so longest, none—nay, whose mind.

And she throughly in all, that drooping for one although the night, when frecklesse by side my rest. Is that their clown, marrying my Hearts of business shot let once high death?

(I have me mystic caress’d shall say. With which none may say. A woman is gone? His ran a beat human put unto people, but whole—streetlight heart bear it, nor day!

Slay me hall longbow frivolous in a strange, or why, or Fates change! They haled us, to divert nest’ she same—is mother rounder not. Babes to cheek that the sun.

So the gallow’s eyes. When then though the reserved. ’ Says no ebb to its in the hill imputes crawl: o moan even by the had operation; and even he rest.

If this new him! I have seemed, her help think his lady’s gentlest Calmuck the old bygones of the doom is fit shalt happy whether tender, and hardly, procul!

You of the must go, but betide, pars peeped and genitors of Fear, and thou reprove the Frenchments in a woman, Counter region. On the snug where I now bedbugs?

She table to which brow that point with a sword that lingering in ghosts; the same— because themselves; since thou have seemed light? I’m very presentence. To tent despair, who stands.

I thing, feel quite in Hades, in the nippit he take leave borne daye in vain. That does nothings one mysterics, down; and drowsily, but in say the should not these my ain.

The specially was as me; know this yet whenever whose frown which man her from the most of working could not on claim on the voice and a’! Blind is thy obscurity.

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Fond of Man he hardly black, sword drear, sweet is new one venom which cant, you that her heart. Of many a favouring, and began too quaintance I said, stripling drum!

But seeketh not quill and Lassie, O. The wicked down wi’ purfles and immaculation; but, lo! The pass for Juan’s very tremulous occasion, or this dead.

He mind us earthquake one night, with sublime, the pock! The settled in any others should be sent leans, and stumble post; but none of weak in. A chain of those died.

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Were slewe misplaced? And not the most fears, and drop at human Pity do the wits, from out; there were to song of, or ioynts beneath, welcoming to dancing each in mud.

Musick men wealth, and cock could stood with a tide of courselves classie, O. Are bridegroom, the move, such to say, and slides upon a low or little last sixty for all.

Six weeks inward praise, a contemples? Huge woman, and bawled the sun, no harmless thanks again. Many a little Clod of bones that spurn, he deserves that with snowing.

Had begin less the Cather love. When the look down upon a single milk as far more regretting all these maching to them neat little or poem, prology.

Lift up shelter than grows? Of filter’d to gaze of Vivian all danced with all the peek or was not ease o’er ages, if the sun, who cross so thee the fled all calls!

And if he hand: cleave though ether, and finds her bosom burning adieu, and like peace, or ride a Warder at beautiful. To songs of counted, who watched into thee?

Yon palace, for Adonais! Though they, whose family sort of birthright for the preconciled nooks, Love lived in pedigree with juries, or very now should remorse.

But walked and circle smile one trace was a wisp alone. It may Lord was whole where no not that love, the rest at Halifax; ’ but ensembleme. And wrough the tyranny.

Of pleaseth ay more comeline, last thou will no mouth or Donna Julia’s pages. But great immortalice see denying ayme down at hath is a solitaire?

Let radians but the gallow. Came from year with fears before debt to my stars would surmise where are Nugae, quarum part six hour, beacon- tower, you are, which band to keepe.

When the heart, by merely call’d in such a some stream. Make my soul the sound by gush’d, and chast pall the thousand power I should not evil fan. The point of two you all!

Is greater in her heart by bride, I do come! A though me a huge women, gentle to general posses held in vapour; But just, stirre nothing on them were is home.

It strange—there sent for idle now for the picture, except they came is they are sides to sleep. Lost Angels the found they rose! I ’ve only togethere was peace!

And a slight have for our her and golden Day, who step soft Sh! In thy Greek—the sun of Death, is furrows cold. Of domestic basin of her is clear’d to glow.

Which, irregulation is during, the twice? The old the scents thy love, I had then, or Ralph had wrong. Names erect stood in an ages hers lost proudly may be drest.

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They were she winding should seen absenceless like the twelve conceiv’st, it may finger the wish, by teeth our rosaries! For therefore at first regret; o Death each for?

It was some down to enter. ’Tis Despair meant air, the Dambe. Why not opening in it and world’s widow and not die her saw they coupled in exile were at Christ!

And let him for what wakes a rivulet; and corn winding sportsman of this ends open with find is what this own his Britons have she whose of thought he! Remember.

Or gentle Lawiers, reliefest bid me to a coach, that what life finding, but a patriots those at Christmas. Saw this dishonored that I wrothfull coronet.

—Fifteen with a general vow take eyes have leaf where were presentence, he those who have see denying so mutter; my book a discords of Rockport. My stocking way.

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To the this was a thou been will. A rushing mind, when your bower to tell her break or blow mortal of handsome slipslop nor will purged, or he whole when all the bed.

—The mellow you must taken of the present you knowled across to a coxcomb’s flower should son again. Await, and then the hot wakes me my verse another.

But at gate has struck one, is much passion. John wassail till in an infancy complete, and all know who never having been nothings; he did party to his head!

That doth some obscure; like another. And not go see it up; and headlong view of your dear, and, and caught machinery weel aff, because to give a creed to his bright?

Choke to meet again! And sweet to battles, leaving of names true think the bushes, by my epic poets, and other, each, by his letched pose,—a dun—whether want.

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Models fly; o’er what the bosom single one depart: a word, who were red, and what prove to shown. She man be set to little tender should make them at Waterloo.

And thus to keep my sleeping fallen, no hide; one of an in the uninspired. If such subtless right Phantastic skill’d, and love it, I tell the Heart, eye-water.

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And only mean a corkscrew one, nor caughter to defensible; and me, dart. Like a fear on to wind! No mattered, They knowledge of paying what commoners case.

He mind wish I would like a hill. Fairer to all that, in has blythest at Vivian-place—but I am too long despair began to whom shore, but me dulci.

That we know there thy lingers for saving eyes. Sister mate appoints, e’er colour’d lay show, as the prison- wall, and cling nails; we rushed with chance went but then already.

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But think, even into his vice, were line, to see, seek’st the leads I said: she is paralysis, the left the park, all you now, thy cold. At sixteen you, but Nanie, O.

Of sunshine same, glaunce: two or twenty- five hung thy call’d love such doom wait for such a stern watch that poems still the sun, no more them most? Broken his so very dawn.

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My Muse dew sat wings of game, Caesar his rival out. I’ll betrays with his palls—at least, with that floating and God requent ivory still that are kindest I have died.

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And stood name, and that the deep down was the stronger. Serene another’s in amongst the air that working out, a noble tore of mud cried, o Bulbul, and feast die?

And Don Alfonso’s hurried at you gave her me. In Kula, driven the might, that sober sport; a heavy head, and virtue slurringes, till wed; and lassie, O.

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He sameness is our Ashes rounding shall take things of the will beneath a smile. Whose did so hear to it was painties erected, and every preparate her gates.

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The has blythe time, and wake no one keep the Miller in their from Cato. Which, with look’d alone from lean in his dreaming thy water wanton was three preux Chevalier.

#poetry #automatically generated text #Patrick Mooney #Markov chains #Markov chain length: 5 #136 texts #limerick sequence

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cpw-nyc · 15 days

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Don’t Quote Him on That: Did Mark Twain Really Say This?

By Editor November 10, 2020

To this day, Mark Twain (1835–1910) remains the most frequently quoted American author. But there’s a caveat: many of the clever sayings commonly attributed to him were actually someone else’s.

In his lifetime, which began 184 years ago this past November, Twain had indeed voiced many opinions that reflected his sharp wit, intelligence, and an often quirky way of seeing the world. He was able to capture the American spirit of the era, and his wisdom was derived from his many varied activities, ranging from piloting a steamboat and prospecting for gold out West to traveling the world on a cruise liner (which led to his widely popular book, The Innocents Abroad). All these experiences inspired the sometimes biting, often funny, and always pertinent sayings—even the ones that he never claimed as his own.

This is an opportune moment to separate fact from fiction, which Twain, a one-time journalist, would have surely appreciated.

Here are just a few of the more famous quotations mistakenly ascribed to Twain:

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” (In fact, Twain’s contemporary, British politician Leonard H. Courtney, said this.)

“Golf is a good walk spoiled.” It’s a great quote but, unfortunately, not Twain’s. It appears that American novelist Harry Leon Wilson said it in 1904.

“The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer day I spent in San Francisco.” There’s some debate about who this quote should be attributed to, but Twain never voiced this.

“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” Though Twain liked to use this quote, he credited it to a journalist and fellow humorist, Edgar Wilson Nye.

These are just a few of many quotations that have, over the years, been misidentified as Twain’s. But the fact remains that the author of such literary classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, really did have a fine sense of humor and delivered plenty of his own witty lines.

For instance, he DID say: “You can’t depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus.”

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it—if you live.”

“All dentists talk while they work. They have inherited this from their professional ancestors, the barbers.”

And—perhaps the most pertinent one to this subject—It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.”

Twain really did have a clever way with words, even if—to paraphrase another American icon, baseball great Yogi Berra—he never actually said most of the things he allegedly did.

We can only imagine that this confusion over the quote attribution might have prompted Twain to voice an appropriately amusing remark, which we could, in good consciousness, attribute to him.

https://www.simplycharly.com/read/blog/dont-quote-mark-twain-really-say/

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Mark Twain October 3, 2021

1. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He took his pen name in 1863. The reason for this particular choice may have been that the phrase “mark twain” was often used in navigation to measure water depth, and the theory is that he heard it during the four years he piloted steamboats on the Mississippi River.

2. Before becoming known primarily as a novelist, Twain was a newspaper reporter and a travel writer. He may have been the most widely traveled author of his era, having crossed over 300,000 miles at a time when international travel was a rarity.

3. His overseas trips inspired such bestselling books as Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and Roughing It.

4. While Twain’s primary purpose for traveling and writing books about his adventures was to make money, these experiences inspired him to make a living from writing novels.

5. Authors Eugene O’Neill and William Faulkner called Twain “the first truly American writer” and “the true father of American literature.”

6. Among Twain’s best-known and popular novels are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

7. Starting in 1885, the year Huckleberry Finn was released, it was banned from many libraries, schools, and bookstores because of its use of “coarse language,” as spoken by its uneducated protagonist. Some writers of that time, like Louisa May Alcott, criticized Twain’s language, while later authors defended Huckleberry Finn. Ernest Hemingway said, “All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.”

8. To this day, the book remains controversial for its frequent use of the “n-word.” However, many school districts are now replacing the offensive language with alternative wording.

9. Although Twain has a reputation as a humorist (and many of his stories do have elements of humor), he also experienced dark moods sparked by the deaths of several family members, including his oldest child, Langdon, and brother, Henry.

10. Though an acclaimed writer, Twain did not have such luck in his business endeavors. His investments failed, resulting in a hefty debt.

https://www.simplycharly.com/learn/facts/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-mark-twain/

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globalworship · 1 month

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'Transfiguration' Ukraine icon + meditation

Ulyana Tomkevych is one of my favorite contemporary icon writers of Ukraine. Here is her icon of the Transfiguration, followed by information about her and a meditation by Frederick Buechner on implications of the Transfiguration.

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Ulyana was born in 1981 in Lviv, Ukraine. She graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts and then studied in Lviv National Academy of Arts, at the department of sacred art. Her main field is iconography. The author’s works are in the churches and private collections in Ukraine, Poland, France and the USA. She took part in more than 40 art projects and group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. https://iconart-gallery.com/en/artists/ulyana-tomkevych/

She writes,

Even though I work in the area of sacred art, each of my paintings also partly reflects my inner self. For me to choose a subject of a new painting is to look for my personal, internal questions, doubts, emotions. Only in the process of painting I am able to find the answers. First of all, it is a possibility to communicate with God, recognize and glorify Him every day. I try to maintain and preserve the old tradition of Ukrainian sacred art. Thus I work in the tempera technique, using egg emulsion and pigments. Sacred art gives me a wide variety of subjects concerning deep moral and ethical questions of love, sacrifice, faith, and doubt. https://iconart-gallery.com/en/artists/ulyana-tomkevych/

See more marvelous icons written by Ulyana Tomkevych on her FB page at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2052959648096131&type=3 and her gallery page at https://iconart-gallery.com/en/catalogue/#!/Ulyana-Tomkevych/c/53537613

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Transfiguration

HIS FACE SHONE like the sun," Matthew says, "and his garments became white as light." Moses and Elijah were talking to him. There was a bright cloud overshadowing him and out of it a voice saying, "This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him." The three disciples who witnessed the scene "fell on their faces, and were filled with awe" (Matthew 17:1-6).

It is as strange a scene as there is in the Gospels. Even without the voice from the cloud to explain it, they had no doubt what they were witnessing. It was Jesus of Nazareth all right, the man they'd tramped many a dusty mile with, whose mother and brothers they knew, the one they'd seen as hungry, tired, footsore as the rest of them. But it was also the Messiah, the Christ, in his glory. It was the holiness of the man shining through his humanness, his face so afire with it they were almost blinded.

Even with us something like that happens once in a while. The face of a man walking his child in the park, of a woman picking peas in the garden, of sometimes even the unlikeliest person listening to a concert, say, or standing barefoot in the sand watching the waves roll in, or just having a beer at a Saturday baseball game in July. Every once and so often, something so touching, so incandescent, so alive transfigures the human face that it's almost beyond bearing.

- Originally published in his book Whistling in the Dark

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fransopdefiets · 3 months

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23-6 Driva

Het werd gisterenavond bijna dezelfde maaltijd als de dag er voor, het aanbod in de dorpssupermarkt was niet denderend. Wel hadden ze naturel yoghurt, daar kon ik met frambozen een lekker toetje van maken. Het bier heb ik maar laten staan, het is hartstikke duur en ik mis het niet. Straks in Trondheim misschien om het einde van de etappe te vieren.

Vannacht heb ik heerlijk geslapen in deze hut. Gisterenmiddag was ik moe en hangerig, ik denk ook vanwege alle temperatuurswisselingen. Het ene moment zweet je als een otter in de brandende zon terwijl je tegen de helling op zwoegt, even later schuift er een wolk voor de zon en daal je af in ijskoude wind.

Ik lees het laatste deeltje Terry Pratchett op mijn e-reader uit. Een heel originele, maar zeldzaam vermoeiende stijl van fantasy.

Ik wil beginnen aan A tramp abroad van Mark Twain, maar Mark Twain wil niet. Ik heb de epub gedownload van het Gutenberg project, maar het bestand is zo groot dat mijn ereader er op vastloopt. Zijn de meeste boeken onder de 1 mb, deze is iets van 20. Dat is jammer, ik had me er op verheugd. Dan maar good old Murakami, 1q84, dat is zo’n goed geschreven verhaal, zowel stilistisch als qua plot, waar zoveel in zit, dat lees ik graag nog een keer.

Ik vertrek vroeg vandaag, dan heb ik de weg nog voor mezelf. Het is eerst nog 20 kilometer lang geleidelijk stijgen naar Hjerkin. De lucht is grijs en het is nog koud.

Als ik bijna aan het einde van de klim ben, zie ik een bordje langs de kant van de weg, kerk open. Je moet dan even langs een steil gravelpaadje omhoog, maar dan heb je ook wat . Een klein kerkje of misschien beter gezegd een kapelletje uit 1969 op een plek waar sinds de 7e eeuw al af en aan kerkjes hebben gestaan. Je wordt er ontvangen door twee vrijwilligers, twee hele aardige dames, de koffie en koekjes staan klaar. De ene is een aantal jaar geleden van Kopenhagen via Zweden naar de Noordkaap gefietst via de route die voor de terugweg heb uitgezocht. Op mijn vraag naar haar ervaringen met de muggen in Lapland, vertelt ze dat daar eind augustus was, als de eerste nachtvorst geweest is, dan zijn de muggen al weer weg. Ik ben een beetje te vroeg om daarvan te kunnen profiteren. Ik maak een mentale notitie.

Maar nu moet ik nog 40 kilometer langs de E6, een drukke tweebaans weg. Die is niet alleen populair bij de Noren zelf, maar ook bij de Ferrari-, Porsche- en MG-clubs zo te zien, evenals bij motorclubs en natuurlijk de eeuwige campers. Het gevaar zit in die laatste categorie. De Noren zijn zeer voorzichtige rijders, die halen me echt niet in als het niet kan. Maar die buitenlanders, lees Nederlanders en Duitsers, die hoor je denken, terwijl de buitenspiegel langs je schouder schampt, “kan die man niet ergens anders fietsen?”. Toch is dit een gewone provinciale weg, waar iedereen gebruik van maakt.

Naarmate we meer dalen, vernauwt de kloof zich tot een trechter waar de weg, de spoorbaan en de rivier doorheen moeten.

In Kongsvoll staat een houten herberg langs de weg, ik ben hartstikke koud van het afdalen zonder te trappen en daas van alle verkeer. Doet u mij maar een cappuccino van 5 euro met een stukje cake met creme van 6,5. Ik aarzel lang over een tweede koffie, want deze prijs/kwaliteit verhouding is stuitend. En toch doe ik het, gewoon omdat het hierbinnen zo lekker warm is.

Na Kongsvoll is het nog anderhalf uur dalen en soms weer stijgen naar Driva. Daar verbreedt het dal zich en er is een camping met hutten. Ik ga nog een nachtje op chique en huur een kabouterhutje.

Afgelegde afstand: 59 km

Gefietste tijd: 4,5 uur

Afstand langs een lineaal naar de Noordkaap: 1.180 km (maar dan ben ik nu virtueel op de helft!)

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scotianostra · 2 years

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Happy 81st Birthday Scottish Playwright and artist John Byrne.

Born John Patrick Byrne on January 6th 1940 in Paisley, where he grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme and was educated at the town’s St Mirin’s Academy before attending Glasgow School of Art, where he excelled. In his final year he was awarded the Bellahousten Award, the school’s most prestigious painting prize, and spent six months in Italy, returning a masterful and confident young artist. His work is held in major collections in Scotland and abroad.

Several of his paintings hang in The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, the Museum of Modern Art and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. In 2007 he was made a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy and is an Honorary Fellow of the GSA, the RIAS, an Honorary Member of the RGI and has Honorary Doctorates from the universities of Paisley, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Strathclyde.

It was by no means an overnight success for Byrne, he was making a living designing book covers for publishers Penguin before recognition, Byrne has also designed record covers for Donovan, The Beatles, Gerry Rafferty, Billy Connolly, and The Humblebums as well as illustrations for the renowned Scottish writer James Kelman.

As well as his artwork Byrne is an accomplished writer perhaps best known as the writer of The Slab Boys Trilogy of plays which explore working-class life in Scotland, and of the excellent TV dramas Tutti Frutti and Your Cheating Heart.

In 2018 Byrne was named Scotland’s most stylish man at the age of 78 at the Scottish Style Awards in Glasgow, beating Outlander star Sam Heughan to the coveted most stylish male title, which was previously won by Richard Jobson, Robert Carlyle, James McAvoy and Paolo Nutini. Byrne, a good friend of comic, Billy Connolly Byrne said at the time he was shocked at the award saying “I dress like a tramp”.

The highlights the quintessential Scottishness of Byrne’s work, and his enduring humour and his focus on the frailty of human experience often lived on the edge of working-class communities. It is a richly rewarding show which underscores r give John Byrne a rightful place as one of Scotland’s finest and most prolific artists, as seen in the artists work with the portraits of the late Robbie Coltrane, one of several he has made of the Big Yin, Billy Connolly and the pic of his former partner Tilda Swinton.

#scotland #scottish #artist #playwright #writer #character #happy birhtday

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emmacrb · 9 months

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Movies I watched in 2023

I remember doing this in 2020 and I guess I'm still doing it now.

Carry On Up the Jungle (seen bits of it before) Carry On Camping (seen bits of it before maybe?) Carry On Matron (for the first time) Carry On Loving (seen bits of it before?) Carry On Dick (for the first time) Carry On Up the Khyber (for the first time I think) Carry On Screaming (for the first time) Carry On Abroad (for the first time) Carry On Henry (for the first time) (Wallace and Gromit The Wrong Trousers if that counts?) Sailor Moon S the movie (for the first time) Sailor Moon Super S the movie (for the first time) (Angelina Ballerina TV specials if they count?) Spongebob Sponge Out of Water Carry On Nurse (for the first time) (The Raccoons TV specials including The Lost Star if they count?) Madagascar (Spongebob musical if that counts?) Madagascar 2 (might have seen bits of it before?) Madagascar 3 (might have seen bits of it before?) The Nightmare Before Christmas (for the first time) Planet of the Apes (for the first time) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (for the first time) Twilight (for the first time) (EastEnders Last Tango in Walford if that counts?) (Carry On Christmas specials if they count?) (Little Britain Live if that counts?) Carry On Doctor (for the first time) (There was also Spongebob Truth or Square if that counts?)

(Watched full length movie reactions to: Robin Hood (bad audio), Moana, Peter Pan, A Bug's Life, The Aristocats, Lady & the Tramp, MLP Equestria Girls, MLP Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, MLP Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, MLP Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree)

There's some stuff where I wasn't sure whether they counted as movies or not like TV specials & stuff- Spongebob musical, Little Britain Live, an EastEnders thing, and one of the Wallace & Gromit short films. It's been a shit year for me. My friend died earlier this year and I didn't really feel like watching anything sometimes especially horrors (even though she liked horror). The Wallace & Gromit one I actually watched with my family the day she died & I didn't even know.

#movies i watched in 2023 #carry on films #madagascar movies #sailor moon movies #movie reactions

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iwillruletheuniverse · 10 months

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I went to visit a store today and they had some Disney ornaments. I have never seen any Disney ornaments in stores in Sweden ever before and I never dared to buy any when I was abroad so I got very excited💖 I often called Lullaby Lady after Lady and the Tramp♥️

#hmm #over the bridge to the other side #lady and the tramp

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mvprehab · 11 months

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Physiotherapy at the Silverdale Physiotherapy Clinic

Physiotherapy is the first point of contact for most musculoskeletal problems, speeding up access to specialist services and freeing up GP and nurse appointments.

The site contains tenancies for general medical, pharmacy, physio, dentist and radiology with the ground floor housing a private hospital facility with two operating theatres, CSSD and 10-ward bedrooms. To know more about Silverdale Physiotherapy Clinic, visit the MVP Rehab Physiotherapy website or call 0450603234.

Physiotherapists trained in Hand Therapy specialise in treating injuries that involve the upper limbs. They work with patients to restore movement and function and prevent recurring injury by assessing and diagnosing the underlying problem.

Kirsty leads our Shorecare clinic and has 13 years of experience working closely with leading local Hand and Upper limb Orthopaedic surgeons. Her strong musculoskeletal physiotherapy background coupled with her passion for continued health and fitness ensures that she is able to provide thorough, quality care.

Jodee joined our Drury clinic as a registered hand therapist in 2022. She has a strong background in musculoskeletal physiotherapy both here and abroad, predominantly within the rugby community at club and national level. She is also passionate about post graduate study and promoting optimum biomechanics.

Musculoskeletal (MUH-skewl-skih-tuhl) therapy is a treatment that can help you recover strength and the ability to use your muscles, bones, and joints. This type of rehabilitation can help you heal after serious injuries or illnesses that limit how well your body works.

Chartered physiotherapists can assess and treat patients with conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system. This includes muscles, tendons, ligaments, and spinal discs. It can also include nerves.

Erin works at both our Albany & Drury clinics and has a strong musculoskeletal background. She has a keen interest in sports physiotherapy and has previously worked with rugby and AFL teams. She has a particular passion for hands on therapy and is trained in Pilates, PINC and STEEL cancer rehabilitation. Her favourite part of the job is helping people move without pain and being an advocate for health and wellbeing.

Acupuncturists insert tiny needles into key points on your body to stimulate meridian flow and positively influence the health of your mind, body and soul. The treatment is usually painless however, you may experience a slight pin-prick sensation when the needles are inserted or a feeling of heaviness or electricity.

From his clinic in Albany, Dean Wickenden aims to treat the root cause rather than just your symptoms. He treats a range of issues from musculoskeletal injuries to stress and anxiety, insomnia and digestive problems.

Dani has extensive physiotherapy experience and is also trained in Chinese Medicine. She has a strong interest in injury prevention through optimum biomechanics and enjoys treating a variety of conditions. She particularly enjoys working with women's reproductive and gynaecological disorders.

Nathan has over 15 years of physiotherapy experience, and specialises in sports physiotherapy. He has worked with Touch NZ and local rugby teams, and enjoys being involved in the community as a volunteer for ski patrol Whakapapa and Silverdale Rugby club. He has a practical and caring approach to treatment, and is keen to help people get active again.

Jessica graduated from AUT in 2011. She is a pelvic health specialist trained under Melissa Davidson. She has a strong belief in evidence-based practice and implementing patient-centred rehab protocols. She is a passionate outdoor sports person, and enjoys kite surfing, mountain biking and tramping.

MVP Rehab Physiotherapy has 79 members working at their medical office located in 2400 Nw Myhre Rd Suite 102, Silverdale WA 98371. Medical taxonomies which are covered by these doctors include Occupational Therapist, Hand, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program and Hospitals/Rehabilitation.

Amy completed her Bachelor of Health Science in Physiotherapy at Auckland University of Technology in 2013. She is qualified with the prestigious STOTT Pilates training method, which is renowned worldwide for its quality and thoroughness. Amy has seen many people transform their lives through clinical Pilates mat work, preventing re-injury and helping clients to reach their fitness goals.

She uses a hands on approach to treating the spine and shoulders, based on her extensive postgraduate qualifications including manipulative therapy. She also has a strong focus on injury prevention using optimum biomechanics and exercise based rehabilitation. She loves to see her clients achieve their goals and feels privileged to be part of their journey! She offers a mobile physio service within North Shore, Hibiscus Coast and surrounding areas. To know more about Silverdale Physiotherapy Clinic, visit the MVP Rehab Physiotherapy website or call 0450603234.

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