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TartItUp@tart-it-up· 6d

purple allium in a kitchen garden, sea-green sedum below

TartItUp@tart-it-up· 18d

Glen Hansard. ❤️ "May you rest in the peace you gave to so many." - Bono

"Sometimes I would wonder if Glen Hansard really existed….

Seriously, he was such an angelic presence… not otherworldly…in fact, very present this presence…
A smiling rascal if you needed him to be… this most musical and mischievous archangel of Ballymun… no airs, plenty of graces...

Of course, Glen was the shining star of the Christmas Eve busk… sometimes the only one reminding the rest of us that Christmas began with a refugee born in a manger, which is hardly a step from living on the street.

To be utterly yourself by being more interested in others - a clue for any of us trying out different personas. He really was who you thought he was. He could never walk by a person living rough without checking they were OK… and more than that, he worked very hard so that less people had to live on the streets in the first place.

When the crowds got bigger and for safety’s sake Glen had to agree to move the busk to a stage kindly provided outside The Gaiety Theatre, he would say 'we’ll give it our best but it’s not a busk if we’re not on the street!’ …because that’s who he was - a performer at eye level in any situation. The stage was a separation he wouldn’t recognize. Of all the grand and gigantic venues he and The Frames played, you sensed the street was his most favoured place to perform. And street people, his favourite audience.

Voice of the streets. A choir of angels in one man. The rest of us blessed to stand there beside our very own and very earthed Angel Gabriel… All of us welcome in his choir, whatever shape or form.

….and I’m telling myself this morning that if he never existed, then he can never cease to exist. For me, he will always be everywhere I see a coin spinning into an open guitar case.

May you rest in the peace you gave to so many.

Bono"

TartItUp@tart-it-up· 26d

A single, sculptural dead tree with curved and craggy branches and a heron nest at the top in a green field with a tree line and mountains in the background.

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Jun 14

Upper West Side, 11:41pm. PURE. JOY. #KnicksInFive

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Jun 8

I ❤️ NY #Knicks

Meme with image of the orange slob president at MSG with text "I need all my New York homies to boo this motherfucker so thunderously when they show him on the jumbotron that my tv vibrates off the wall"

TartItUp@tart-it-up· May 20

05.10.26.nyc.

Central Park in springtime, a view of the San Remo, the landmark building on central park west and with boaters on the lake in the foreground

TartItUp@tart-it-up· May 1

Trillium maculatum, the spotted wakerobin. On Beltane.

A close up of a burgundy red woodland flower in bloom in dappled sunshine. Trillium maculatum, the spotted wakerobin. For Beltane.

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Apr 23

(RED).org

A special note from (RED) co-founder Bono in honor of Vespa's 80th birthday! Thank you, Vespa, for helping (RED) fight global health injustice since 2016. read more at Red.org

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Apr 16

statement from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops: WASHINGTON – In light of recent public comments regarding the Catholic Church’s teaching on war and peace, Bishop James Massa, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued the following statement:

“For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war. A constant tenet of that thousand-year tradition is a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2308). That is, to be a just war it must be a defense against another who actively wages war, which is what the Holy Father actually said: ‘He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.’

“When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ. The consistent teaching of the Church is insistent that all people of good will must pray and work toward lasting peace while avoiding the evils and injustices that accompany all wars.”

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Apr 5

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Apr 3

Easter Lily [iykyk]

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Mar 31

View of the stage and the very famous crystal chandeliers at The Metropolitan Opera House

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Mar 3

Artists, doing a job of standing up. A million times more impressive than any of the feckless politicians. #kesha #whitehouseperverts

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Mar 1

"We don’t call for war. We don’t celebrate violence. We don’t believe peace comes from pretending that ‘might is right’. We believe peace lasts only when it is rooted in law, restraint and respect for human life - on every side." #daysofash #u2

image of message from Edge, U2: We believe in a world where borders are not erased by force. Where culture, language and memory are not silenced by fear. Where the dignity of a people is not negotiable. Our support for those whose freedom is under threat is not about choosing sides in a contest of power. It is about standing with the principle that no people should be destroyed so another can feel secure. We don’t call for war. We don’t celebrate violence. We don’t believe peace comes from pretending that ‘might is right’. We believe peace lasts only when it is rooted in law, restraint and respect for human life - on every side. This belief isn’t temporary. It isn’t political fashion. It’s the ground we stand on. And we stand there together. - The Edge, U2 [2026] Days of Ash

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Feb 28

thank you, that is nice of you to say! it wasn’t my favorite production of Don Giovanni (they stepped all over the Don’s big scene in a blink-and-you-miss-it style) but the set design was wonderful. and it reminded me of another profoundly immersive musical experience so I was smitten.

A view of one of the set designs for U2 at Sphere, opening night. A scene meant to evoke Plato's Allegory of the Cave.

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Feb 28

A view of the stage for a performance of Don Giovanni at The Metropolitan Opera

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Feb 18

Days of Ash. [iykyk]

Lyrics for The Tears of Things, by Bono. As found on U2 'Days of Ash' released today, Ash Wednesday 2026

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Feb 2

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Jan 29

George Orwell, 1984 - "Every record has been destroyed or falsified. Every book rewritten. Every picture has been repainted. Every statue and street building has been renamed. Every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Jan 15

Indeed, yes! I've grown quite fond of the 8 or 9 who visit every day. They spar with each other sometimes but I haven't seen them go after the other visiting birds. I have a flock of mourning dove as well these days who share the space. Also lovely. 🪶

A dusty grey and tan mourning dove atop a hand made grape-vine bird feeder. Snowy brambles in the background

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Jan 14

My Adirondack Jays are bossy yes, but not too jerky. I call my flock a Party rather than a Scold. 😁

A bossy but beautiful blue jay visiting my hand made grape vine bird feeder for lunch. Snowy brambles in the background.

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Jan 1

aw. okay. fine, sure.

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Dec 1

hand written note from Bono and (RED) for Not World Aids Day with a message to "END HIV AIDS! Not World AIDS Day ...for the first time in 44 million lives lost we are this close to wiping this nasty little virus that has wreaked so much havoc in so many lives ... OFF THE PLANET"

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Nov 9

A fine, fine production. Gorgeously interpreted by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Most triumphant! “The essential doesn't change.” ― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot #waitingforgodot #onbroadway

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Oct 26

Thank you for the ramble through the scenery, beautiful photos! This is northern NY yesterday, you know, for comparison.

Autumn landscape with red maple in foreground and classic gold fall foliage mountain range in the distance

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Oct 18

So long NYC, so sorry I couldn’t stay longer!! #NoKings

Fall foliage in green and gold along the Hudson River, taken from the train window

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Sep 28

☺️ indeed it is Hobbiton in New Zealand. gorgeous place to visit. stunning at every step, every bend. gave my old iPhone 11 camera a proper work out that day....

Hobbit cottage with blue painted door on a cloudy day at Hobbiton in New Zealand

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Sep 28

Hobbiton cottage with a yellow painted round door and beautiful pink climbing vines, in New Zealand, November 10, 2019

TartItUp@tart-it-up· Sep 20