When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

TS Eliot, The Naming of Cats

#InternationalCatDay

'Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.'

Rembrandt van Rijn, born on this day 1606.

Image: Self Portrait, 1657, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

#art

You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

Angela Davis

(Image: Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

The cistern contains: the fountain overflows
One thought, fills immensity.

William Blake, Proverbs of Hell

(Image via Wikimedia Commons)

All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings to society.

Clara Zetkin

Solidarity on #InternationalWomensDay

Poster by Karl Maria Stadler calling for women's suffrage and supporting International Women’s Day, March 1914. Via Wikimedia Commons.

She was supposed to be helping me with my spelling but feel asleep...

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Frederick Douglass: 'Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.'

Solidarity with everyone on strike in Britain today, defending our right to strike, our public services and their pay and conditions.

Cartoon by Ralph Chaplin via Wikimedia Commons.

#SupportTheStrikes #WalkoutWednesday #EnoughIsEnough

Café des Alliés by Jean Émile Laboureur. Woodcut print, 1920 via WikiCommons.

#art

Back to work today.

Now, let me see, where did I put that To Do list??

In the meantime... Happy New Year everybody!

#BackToWork