Rufus Butterworth

AN APPRECIATION OF JOHN WILLIAMS And an appreciation of a book club.

#johnwilliams #stoner rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/an-appreci...

James Dean of Indiana Along Came a Spider

#jamesdean #americana rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/james-dean...

Do not speak unless it improves on silence. I Have a Great Deal to Learn

#Merton #inthenoment rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/do-not-spe...

Walking Home - Pedricktown Edition I was born in a small town....

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"When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro," Hunter S. Thompson Yeah I read Fear and Loathing in High School

I was much different person 50 years ago. #Pedricktown #pennsgrove open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...

I Found My Thrill In a Diner as I Sat Out the Dread Parent Surprise Inspection

Old story I clean up to put on Substack. #Fernwood #diner #FatsDomino rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/i-found-my...

Lisboa in Evening's Golden Hour Words Can't Capture It and Photographs Don't Do It Justice

My spin on Lisboa early evening #Lisbon #Portugal #Gregson&Collister rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/lisboa-in-...

LIVING A LARGER LIFE BY TURNING THE VOLUME DOWN TO 2 Life is slower and life is smaller and I like it that way.

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Ocean City Reefer Busted?

#oceancity #weed rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/ocean-city...

"Where's Home?" This Was Her Question. I am Pretty Sure I Will Never be Home Again.

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#Lisbon #Portugal#exile

My Old Man, His Gun and the Hot Summer of 1971 Where Did You Get the Gun John?

A tale of the early seventies. #guns #southjersey #pedricktown
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Water, Wind, and the Power of Nature Outweigh the Deeds of Fools at Work Ericiera in February Cheered Me

Fun in Ericeira. Watching the waves. rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/water-wind... #Ericeira #Portugal

Saturday After the Storm Grinding Sounds and Cool Air

Thursday night was a rough one in Michigan. Storms raced across the state causing significant damage. Where I live got slapped but other parts of the state got stomped. #Eastlansing #Michiganstorm open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...

Let the Wind Carry Me A Lisboa Summer Story

Some of what I have learned in Lisboa #Lisbon rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/let-the-wi...

On Reading Crime Novels Bosch, John Puller and the 6:20 Man

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Email, Truth, and Mortality Contemplations over 45 minutes in a doctor's waiting room.

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Walking in East Lansing Clouds and Trees, Birds and Flowers.

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Evora, Monsaraz and the Megaliths As I Age into Insignificance.

If you have never been to the megaliths they are worth the visit. #Évora rufusbutterworth.substack.com/p/evora-mons...

Coffee Beneath the Lisboa Sky LAG-ing a bit on a Saturday

Why Lisbon? Well because I have got these guys that is why. open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut... #Lisbon #Portugal #Coffee #Oldguys #Saturdaymornings

Trump and My Exile From Main Street It Wasn't in my Plan to be an Exile but Here I Am. This was Written the Day After the 2024 Election.

I wrote this on the day after the 2024 election. I have cleaned it up a little bit. open.substack.com/pub/rufusbut...
#Americanexile #NotTrump #Lisbon

Cinema Paradiso [Love Theme] YouTube video by Pat Metheny - Topic

Another of my new works on Substack #Lisbon #Portugal

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On Growing Older ...and the only damn thing Facebook does right.

I have been silent for a bit. So it goes. Found Substack and started creating there. Here is a sample. #Birthdays
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

have said for a month that Ukraine must look to Europe and elsewhere for support. This proves it. It is time for Ukraine to do this without the US. We are no longer a country that stands by our stated values and ideals - we are now morally small, vicious, and petty.

This is evil. Pure evil.

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Carrying the sun towards the zenith.

Walking amongst ancient Roman ruins one gets a sense that without a unifying civic force even the mightiest of empires fall. When people just sit back and abdicate their responsibilities to the fellow humans empires crumble.

Stray architectural details from Coimbra taken this me. #Coimbra #wanderingbutnotlost