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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Moon over the Mississippi / Luna sobre el Misisipi.

The full moon shines over a bridge illuminated in bright green over the dark water of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus / and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaians..." There's a lot of interest in “The Odyssey” because of the movie, but I am going back to "The Iliad," where Homer's epic started.

A hand holds "The Iliad of Homer" translation by Richmond Lattimore, showing its cover.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The sky becomes a background without features in this summer evening of smog over buildings in Queens, New York.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A dangerous sign for me, outside a small bookstore at the Dallas Farmers Market. I almost walked away with a nicely bound edition of “Moby Dick,” even though I already have it.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Last Saturday, I was going on my first reporting outing since pre-pandemic 2019. I had to dig through my belongings to find an unused reporter's notepad. I couldn't find my trusty digital audio recorder, but wait, the phone could do that much better now. ⬇️

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Looking up at the main branch of The New York Public Library.

Carvings in marble in an arched marble ceiling over a stairway. A single round lamp hanging from the ceiling illuminates the space.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Bare branches before spring /Ramas desnudas antes de la primavera. #photo

Tree branches without leaves rising against an overcast sky

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Breaking through the fog / Atravesando la neblina.

A train's lights beeak through the fog as it pulls into the station.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Big wheels outside St. Thomas Church in Manhattan.

Large black S.U.V. passes in front of a majestic church in Manhattan.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Today, got my regular @nytimes.com delivery with this nice throwback edition from Jan. 20, 1961, of @newsday.bsky.social, my former journalistic home: "KENNEDY IS SWORN IN." #newspapers

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Earlier today, Mr. Dog, parked in Huntington, New York, reflects about his choices in life.

The silhouette of a dog sitting in a parked vehicle is seen through the glass windows of another vehicle.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I am conflicted. The sign by this quaint little shop in Babylon, N.Y., says "Traveller's Rest," but the Olivetti typewriter says to my brain, "Sit down and write! Now!"

Several items are set on a display outside the storefront of a shop selling vintage stuff, including a sign, some books, nutcracker figures and a typewriter.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Bluesky is open! Quote one artwork to promote yourself.

"Three Musicians," Pablo Picasso. The clowns Harlequin, Pierrot and a Franciscan monk are depicted as a band of musicians in his synthetic cubist style. Seen on exhibit at Museum of Modern Art in New York City, February 2024.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

"There is no abstract art..." said Picasso. His Harlequin among paintings and studies from the artist's period at Fontainebleau. Saw it yesterday at an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

Introductory text to the Picasso exhibit of the artist's work at Fontainebleau, on exhibit at the MoMA.

"Harlequin," a clown representing the artist, a painting by Pablo Ruiz Picasso, on exhibit at the MoMA in New York City.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

Quote skeet with a photo of water that you took. 📷🗽

A view of Hempstead Harbor in Nassau County, New York.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

Read the initial chapters of this compelling series online, and returned to it in today's paper | India’s struggle to raise millions into the middle class hinges partly on whether young women can delay marriage or buck tradition, working outside the home. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/w...

Photo of paper edition of special report insert of The New York Times, titled "India's Daughters," shows a woman looking up as she fixes her hair against a green background.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Readings: "The sweet days of his life time were running out in anguish over his exile ... But when day came he sat on the rocky shore and broke his own heart groaning, with eyes wet scanning the bare horizon of the sea." The Odyssey, by Homer.

Book cover of "The Odyssey" by Homer, a Vintage Classics edition translated by Robert Fitzgerald.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Ah. Must document that moment when I took the wrong train and ended up realizing it at a somewhat picturesque station in Queens. What is that I hear? Bachata music? At least that's familiar.

Train station in Queens, New York. Some passengers wait in the distance.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

Some days it's difficult to decide who you want to be.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

¡Ya está aquí! La edición impresa para el décimo aniversario de Contrapuntos, que incluye uno de mis cuentos.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 12/06/2023

Próximamente... Este es el bosquejo de la portada y contraportada del próximo número de Contrapuntos, que traerá poesías, cuentos y ensayos por escritores del Este de Estados Unidos, y me place que se haya incluido uno de mis cuentos. El enlace vendrá luego, cuando se publique.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 04/06/2023

Suburban moon: The strawberry moon emerges over the clouds and a house on Long Island, New York. Luna suburbana: La luna de fresas emerge sobre las nubes y una casa en Long Island, Nueva York.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 02/06/2023

A moment of quiet, looking at the parking lot from a small sushi spot.

Cactus and succulent plants by the window of a sushi spot.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 28/05/2023

The path forward on a marshy trail.

A channel in the marsh at the Seatuck Environmental Association in Islip, New York.

A wooden path to get through marshy areas at the Seatuck Environmental Association in Islip, New York.

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Víctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 26/05/2023

Hello. Might as well start with a blue sky image. Just finding my way around for now. ¿Y qué más decir? El término "cielo azul" no es el cielo azul.

Blue sky and waters at Caumsett State Historic Park and Preserve in Lloyd Harbor, New York.

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