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S. Kramer

@libraryephemera.bsky.social
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Librarian, gleaner, energy seeker. Love calls us to the things of this world.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 7h
Three days of art light installations prisma.aveiro.pt/pt/programac...
City hall with red and white projections of faces on the facade. Close-up of the installation.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 7h
Life on the salinas.
Salt marshes beneath a blue autumn sky. Sunset on the canals in Aveiro.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Vinho
Back lit vineyard under cloudy skies. All the wines we tasted on a table. Three partially-filled glasses of white wine. Wine cellar full of bottles.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A visual representation of my age in wine.
Wine bottles from the 1980s.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A princesa.
Well-groomed white poodle with a small black dog in the background. Well-groomed white poodle with a small black dog in the background. The poodle is wearing a sparkling black and white collar.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Manueline windows, Viseu.
Manueline windows with ring carvings in stone. Manueline window with arched leaf motif. Manueline double arched balcony doors.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The theology of the discount bus company.
Email header that reads: FlixBus Sarah You have free will
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some of the last blooms of summer.
Purple morning glories cascading down a metal gate next to a yellow plaster pillar with 27 on a tile.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here you go.
Horticola de COIMBRA sign with dancing letters.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This ad for a local love motel goes hard.
Ad for a love motel with a photo of four entangled feet that roughly translates to "Badly slept nights, but well worth it."
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Art Deco buildings do not get the love they deserve.
Art Deco building in Porto with two curving balconies. Details of door and round window above with square accents in the window glass.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This book is very Superman-coded and a cute read.
Another Perfect Day by Ross MacDonald.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This was a favorite at our house.
Race to the Treasure Board Game
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Adding:
Tomorrow the Green Grass by The Jayhawks.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The poster was cute too.
Kidical Mass Poster that says, A RUA TAMBÉM  É NOSSA with watercolor drawings of kids playing and biking in a park.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today is European car-free day, so the main road in town is blocked off. On Sunday youngest and I did a Kidical Mass ride, which was adorable.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Look at this guy.
Fluffy black and cream cat peering through a broken window pane.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today's tiles.
Blue, green and white basket weave pattern tiles. Ornate floral tile patterned wall in jewel greens, pinks, mauves, and yellows.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Western Queens Community Land Trust has a project to take over a massive building in LIC that would convert to a huge hub for artists. They've been meeting with the city. They're working with the Pratt Center on these surveys. If you could use affordable space to do your thing, FILL THIS OUT!
Artists + ARTS ORGS, HELP US MAKE THIS BUILDING AFFORDABLE ART STUDIOS AND MORE! Queensboro People's Space 

FILL OUT THE SURVEY

44 Dr

Vernon Blvd.

For information email: info@wqclt.org
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So many disastrous things, but will take whatever sweetness I can find in the midst.
Sunset over the ocean.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New shape for the youngest.
Round pot with wide mouth.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
O Porto.
Torre dos Clérigos in the distance through an open window.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Look at these good dogs waiting at the store.
Two small dogs with pointy ears tied up to the dog parking at a grocery store.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Your moment of Zen.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Noites Brancas in Braga. The streets were packed, and everyone was going well past midnight. It's difficult to express the difference of a crowded event in a high trust society versus the underlying edge that exists in the U.S.
Hanging lights that look like white/blue roses in a Portuguese street. Close-up of a hanging light that looks like a white rose in a Portuguese street. Illuminated gate in Braga.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Viseu and Manueline windows.
Two Manueline stone windows on a stone house. Full view of the stone house with a stone fence in front of it. Arched stone tunnel. White stuffed cat on a little platform in front of a stone wall.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Cake shop.
Cake display with reflection of the street.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Last days of August.
Waves hitting large rocks on the shoreline. Sky, water and a bit of land. Sunset behind a pier. Last bit of sunset.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Youngest at work.
Two clay-covered hands with a small pot behind at a workbench. Pot with two wavy handles. Blue pot with face on it and purple ears.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cholagutt is the best name in all of pharmaceutical history.
Poster in a pharmacy window advertising a medicine called Cholagutt. In one corner a cartoon man is holding his stomach. In the other corner he looks relieved.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Boa noite.
Sunset behind cloudy skies.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
Street shot of Porto at dusk.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Mission accomplished.
Porto Book Fair entrance. Mercedes bookmobile. A very cute blue and white mascot for a local hospital. A cardboard cutout of Greg Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Evening kitty count.
Two cats, an orange and a grey tabby perched on a fence. Grey tabby lounging on a patio.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
CanCon, of course.
Cover of Hayden's Everything I Long For CD featuring a blurred photo of a dad and kid pushing lawnmowers.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Some more. ❤️
Little brown donkey with a rider in a red helmet and tshirt. Brown and cream donkey descending a hill with the owner in an orange shirt and black shorts. Brown donkey with a female rider dressed as a cowgirl. Cream donkey being led by a guy in a hockey mask.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Ancas Donkey Festa
Donkey on a feather walking in the street with onlookers. Brown donkey with his rider. Brown donkey with a rider and a small white donkey next to it. Two young men leading a cream donkey.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Running of the Donkeys
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Youngest asked, "Are there pictures?"
Bubble bath with an illustration of Grimace surfing.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Here's what he threw.
Blue small vase and floral bowl.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Back in Viseu today for youngest's ceramics class.
Weather meter that reads PREVISÃO DO TEMPO LOCAL OPTICA PERES. Metal donkey door handle. Metal griffin? door handle on a red door. Lion door knocker on a green door.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
CULTURAL HONEYPOT
Metal plaque in the city of Viseu with the phrase "cultural honeypot."
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Pick your Friday night entertainment.
Three stacks of very faded VHS tapes.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Águeda
Giant red and white inflatable bicycle that doubles as an activity tent. Transparent rainbow umbrellas hanging over an alley. Transparent rainbow balls hanging over an alley. Plastic rainbow fish and sheets of blue hanging over an alley.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Kafka in the wild.
Blue and yellow Kafka street art on an electric box.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We're watching cycling time trials in Agueda (also home of the world's largest and world's smallest Santas). One of the cyclists took a spill right before the finish line and everyone clapped him through.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The wealth of the sea at the Portuguese grocery stores. It's like a living Flemish painting.
Bins of different fish and seafood at Pingo Doce.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Some excellent door knockers. (The last one makes me think of Cathy's ghost hand in Wuthering Heights).
Orange door with brass laurel door knockers with a cameo head in the center. Brown door and door knocker with woman's head at the bottom and an urn on top. Two gold hands on a dark green door. Small brown metal hand above a chain and lock.
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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Today's tiles. AKA: How your email finds me.
Blue and white cathedral tiles of Satan with wings and man boobs AND a face near his crotch flying with arms outspread.
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