William Bennett (@wirab) · DIRTY

William Bennett

@wirab

Retired physician. Reading “Defying Hitler” by Sebastian Haffner (Raimund Pretzel). Somerville, Mass.

676 Folgt796 Follower2.477 Posts

YouTube Bluesky

Ist das dein Profil?Übernimm es — dann gehört dir wirab.dirty.social.Profil übernehmen

William Bennett@wirab· 10d

A disturbing book, carefully written, eminently readable.

A cover shot of Melvin Patrick Ely’s book “A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South” with a photograph from the 19th century of an expressionless white man, appearing prosperous, holding a little white girl, behind him a young Black enslaved (one has to assume) woman with an expression that looks frightened and sad.

William Bennett@wirab· 29d

Red orange sun in a gray sky over trees.

William Bennett@wirab· Jun 21

A father and his toddler by the duck pond in the Public Garden, Boston.

William Bennett@wirab· Jun 17

The New York Times confirms: No one in their right mind would have children.

New York Times headline: “Mental Health Can Complicate the Decision to Have Children”

William Bennett@wirab· Jun 10

The butt of a bumble bee (note correct spelling: two words) entering a flower of foxglove beardtongue.

The butt of a bumble bee (note correct spelling: two words) entering a flower of foxglove beardtongue.

William Bennett@wirab· Jun 7

Monarda bradburiana, a bee balm native to SE United States.

A wheel of tubular flowers, pale pink petals spotted with darker pink.

William Bennett@wirab· Mar 4

Somerville, MA, this afternoon.

A small statue of a young boy and girl, revealed from a melting pile of melting snow.

William Bennett@wirab· Feb 14

A hawk perched on a tree branch as seen from my back porch.

William Bennett@wirab· Feb 3

I thought this was charming. H/t Robert Hubbell’s “Today’s Edition.” @rbhubbell.bsky.social

Woman protester with sign that says “SUPER CALLOUS FRAGILE RACIST SEXIST NAZI POTUS.”

William Bennett@wirab· Jan 19

Somerville, Mass. This morning.

Two snow-draped Cryptomeria japonica trees forming a V through which snow-covered deciduous trees can be seen in the distance. Above, a patch of blue sky.

William Bennett@wirab· Jan 9

From this evening’s Renee Good demonstration at Park St. Station in Boston.

An evening demonstration in Boston. One placard rising above the heads has a picture of Stephen Miller and the caption “American Eichmann.”

William Bennett@wirab· Nov 2

Luis Meléndez, 1716-1780.

An 18th-century still life of brown plums tumbled in front of a white ceramic pitcher and a golden loaf of bread, with a few green figs in a corner.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 22

A friend’s new puppy

Puppy in a light green halter, holding a white chew toy. The puppy has a dark nose and coarse brown fur.

The same puppy, still in his halter resting on a cushion and looking straight at the camera. A small toy is near him.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 22

A last one from today.

Late-blooming garden chrysanthemums with simple, daisy-like blossoms, pale peachy color, in front of a deep red Japanese maple.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 21

From this afternoon’s walk.

A few kacecap hydrangeas, a bluish red, with a stem of prairie bluestar at the lower right.

Mophead hydrangeas, mauve, leaning against a bamboo support.

A milkweed pod releasing its seeds

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 21

Many pale yellow, tubular flowers of brugmansia above bright red begonia flowers nestled in light green ipomoea foliage.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 21

A single white night-blooming cereus, technically Epiphyllum oxypetalum, a large white flower with a halo of pointy petals behind a group forming a cup, with many yellow stamens in the center. Photograph taken at 10:40 p.m.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 21

A cluster of orange dahlias with warm yellow in the center petals.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 21

Clusters of small purple berries on an American spikenard.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 21

Two dahlia blossoms in a range of peach/orange tones.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 18

A cardboard caricature of Trump: large orange face, smaller body with blue suit and red tie. The mouth is wide open and “LIES” is printed in yellow. “VENOM” appears in that space in the second photo.

See description with other photo.

William Bennett@wirab· Oct 18

Boston

A large, four-sided sign shaped like a milk bottle with “Missing Person” panels on the sides. The two in this picture have “SUPREME COURT’S CREDIBILITY” and “DEMOCRACY” as missing. Picture from Boston Common.

William Bennett@wirab· Sep 22

But once in a while, while strolling in Murray Hill, the car is essential. As is the public art.

A photograph taken in Murray Hill, Manhattan, of a sculpture of a woman wearing a bathing cap; in front of her is a car stopped at a light. It looks as though the woman in the sculpture is sunning atop the stopped car.

William Bennett@wirab· Sep 11

Davis Square, Somerville, MA.

Two people standing at a big intersection in Somerville, Massachusetts, and holding a mostly orange banner sign: “The Trump Fascist Regime MUST GO NOW!!!”
At the top is a URL: RefuseFascism.org.

William Bennett@wirab· Aug 30

The view from my chair in the garden this afternoon.

View of a garden, mostly container plants in the foreground, a couple with purple foliage, a bright orange begonia blossom low in the field, red cardinal flowers in the distance, a range of textures in the foliage.

William Bennett@wirab· Aug 28

From Heather Cox Richardson’s August 27 newsletter.

Text from HCR’s newsletter describing ICE abuse of firefighters in Washington state.

William Bennett@wirab· Aug 18

How is this a “deal”? How does it “shift” anything to Zelenskyy?

William Bennett@wirab· Aug 4

Bald-faced hornet drinking from birdbath.

A mostly black, rather chunky wasp with three yellow stripes on her butt, sipping water from a brown concrete birdbath.

William Bennett@wirab· Aug 4

Cardinalis cardinalis in birdbath next to stand of Lobelia cardinalis.

Red male cardinal in birdbath next to a stand of red cardinal flower.

William Bennett@wirab· Jul 21

A gift, left on the steps last night.

A picture of a small posy, with one white daisy tucked into a cloud of pale purple and soft greens.