Helen Sonner

@helensonner.bsky.social

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Medical writer by vocation and cultural historian by avocation. More often than not, these are one and the same. Enjoying the blue sky.

Screenshot from Schindler's List of little girl in red, on her own among Nazis
Pumpkin in cat-shaped stand
First frame in cartoon. Ancient Greece, with Socrates in conversation with Plato.
Movie poster for 1981 film "Mephisto" starting Klaus-Maria Brandauer. I
Cartoon by Asher of person putting book in bag on leaving home, telling other person "I better bring my book just in case I want to spend all day carrying my book."
Photo of Stillwater band and "band aids" from Almost Famous
US CDC graphic - COVID-19 Wastewater Viral Activity Level Dec 15-21, 2024
George Washington bathtub at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, with the Old Roman Bathhouse in the background.
Display from Museum of the Berkeley Springs with 1855 quote from travel guide describing the bathkeeper as believing "the chief end of man is to bathe."
Picture of Monkey, a tabby cat
Kevin Barry's novel The Heart in Winter
Aunt Kate and lost sisters Agnes and Rose, in still photo from Dancing at Lughnasa film
Snow drops in bloom
Heron fishing in koi pond
At sunset, in some atmospheric conditions, the horizontal rays would for a few moments turn everything saffron—but everything. The earth, the sky, the turf stacks, the white-washed cottage, all momentarily would glow into glory" TH White
Dun Laoghaire East Pier with Lexicon library, yacht club, sailboats, blue sky