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@patraube.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:29 PM

Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.
~Proverbs 2:20
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Fall trees; an evergreen with green only at the top; deciduous trees in shades of green, yellow, orange, and rust.

@patraube.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:21 AM

With Wisdom, prudence will watch over you, and understanding will guard you.
~Proverbs 2:11
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Two women walking on the beach, late afternoon, at very low tide. The edge of the beach and the beginning of the water are at an angle, from lower left to upper right. The women are at the right side of the frame, with long, late afternoon shadows trailing behind them. A jetty of rocks crosses the angle of the beach, making an X with the angle of the shoreline. Pools of sand, pools of water.

@patraube.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:42 PM

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path, for Wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul…
~Proverbs 2:9-10
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The last hydrangea blossom, lavender, with fallen leaves and weeds.

@patraube.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:20 AM

The Holy One stores up sound Wisdom for the upright; she is a shield to those who walk blamelessly, guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of her faithful ones.
~Proverbs 2:7-8
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Closeup of brilliant red chrysanthemums, with the blurry yellow leaves of a tree in the background.

@patraube.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 8:14 PM

For God gives Wisdom; from her mouth come knowledge and understanding…
~Proverbs 2:6
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Green tree and orange tree dancing together. A large swath of green with brilliant orange popping through.

@patraube.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 10:06 PM

…if you seek Wisdom like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures—then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
~Proverbs 2:4-5
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White stone hand raised above a spread of tiny purple flowers.greenery above and behind, as well as in the forefront.

@patraube.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 12:30 PM

…if you indeed cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding…
~Proverbs 2:3
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A “mandala” I created alongside youth group members. Inspired by James 1:17, and God’s “perfect gifts from above,” we were charged with painting something we love. My love was color. The mandala begins with dots/ circles of color within a larger circle,and continues with various wobbly designs in the colors purple, red, green, yellow, blue, and orange. Outside the mandala, which is on a 10” square canvas, I painted the corners blue (left) and purple (right).

@patraube.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 PM

My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to Wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding…
~Proverbs 2:1-2
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“Cupcake poms”—I.e., white chrysanthemums that have been sprayed with dots of color, in this case, fall tones of yellows and oranges—in a hand-thrown clay vase with varying shades of soft beige and brown.

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 4:19 PM

For waywardness kills the simple… but those who listen to Wisdom will be secure and will live at ease without dread of disaster.
~Proverbs 1:32-33
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Fiber art: “Gaia” by Grace Antonokos

Artpiece, “Gaia,” by Grace Antonokos, made of fibers: a crocheted face of a beautiful woman with closed eyes and full lips, soft green complexion, curling moss-textured hair of a darker green, and antlers that are really delicate tree branches, with green leaves sprouting. A wine-colored flower and wooden beads at the throat, pink and yellow flowers clustered to one side of the crown of her head, and white daisies scattered around her hair. Seen at CloudCroft Studios’ annual exhibition, September, 2026.

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 12:12 PM

Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.
~Proverbs 1:23
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A chain link fence through which a tree grew; now the tree has been taken down and all that is left is a segment of a branch, about 5 inches in diameter and a foot and a half long, poking through the chain links. Smaller branches, all cut to a few inches, sticking out on all sides. Twilight. Some trees, the largest an evergreen, in the background to the left .the back of a white house in the background to the right.

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 12:39 PM

At the busiest corner Wisdom cries out… “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
~Proverbs 1:21-22
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The bust of a woman with a veil, eyes cast down, perched on a wooden stool, among the branches of a hemlock tree. West Side, Binghamton, NY, public art by an unnamed University professor.

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 10:21 PM

Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice.
~Proverbs 1:20
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Projection art at the LUMA festival in Binghamton, NY, September 11, 2026. Projection on a brink 19th century building: planets and stars in the upper windows, flower-power flowers (purple, pink, and yellow) on the bottom left and right and adorning the arches on the tops of the windows in the middle floor, a large slice of yellow cake with pink icing floating above the lower windows in the left, a large pink daisy poking out of the central lower window, and a tall woman in a flowered mini-dress striding berween to start filled windows on the lower right.

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 3:46 AM

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching, for they are a fair garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.
~Proverbs 1:8-9
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3/4 moon in a cloudy night sky, as seen between two enormous frees, in silhouette.

@peoplepowerunited.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 12:19 PM

🛡️ Immigrant communities should be able to file taxes without fearing that their private information will be improperly shared with ICE. This ruling protects that trust. www.washingtonpost.com/business/20...

#ProtectImmigrants #TaxpayerPrivacy

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 1:41 PM

Proverbs: For learning about wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight, for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity…
Proverbs 1:1-3
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A red clay pot, mounted on a red brick wall, with mostly bright fuschia (but also a few white) petunias and spring-green sweet-potato vine cascading over the sides.

@indivisiblenbct.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 5:17 PM

#ProtectImmigrants #ImmigrantRights #RuleOfLaw #CivilRights #ProDemocracy #NoKings #StopTrump

Text graphic explaining that a federal court rejected Trump’s Justice Department effort to force New Jersey to make state property available for ICE civil immigration operations. It states that New Jersey can refuse to use public resources as staging grounds for Trump’s mass-deportation agenda.

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

The Holy One will keep you from all evil; God will keep your life.
~Psalm 121:7
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From LUMA, Binghamton’s annual amazing mapping-projection festival as created by #JoshuaBernard and countless artists. The front of a building that seems to be covered with reliefs of people, looking much like Ancient Greek statues, and they are caught in a freeze frame while they are moving towards the top of the image.

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 7:55 PM

The Holy One is your keeper; the Holy One is your shade at your right hand.
~Psalm 121:5
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Looking up through a patio “roof” thats really a lattice made of 2 X 4’s, separated by about two feet vertical and one foot horizontal. Blue sky and clouds through the pattern; greenery from the roof at the bottom left, a hanging red-blossoming plant at the upper right.

@therecognizer.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 3:23 PM

beyond bulls*** - the ranger that called them in should be ashamed and I hope gets called out by his peers. #FICE #jailMiller #racism #jailHoman #jailTrump #seattle #protectimmigrants

@patraube.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 11:43 AM

The One who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
~Psalm 121:4
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A late-summer rose in bud, but you can see that it is peach-colored with the bud breaking open into little slivers of lime green. Surrounding foliage of sweet-potato vine, also lime green. Fuzzy background blobs of brilliant red and cream blossoms.