Monthly Archives: September 2015
I’ve Redesigned The Site
I redesigned this site today. Text is now black with blue links. The header image changes as you move from page to page. I can’t recommend WordPress.com (external link) enough. I moved 120 pages of posts and pages from the … Continue reading
West Sacramento Reacts To TBD
This article appeared in The West Sacramento News-Ledger (external link) on September 30, 2015. West Sacramento Reacts To TBD Photos and article by Thomas Farley Social media and telephone lines blew up on TBD weekend to praise and protest the … Continue reading
TBD: 17,000 Gather By The River, Celebrating Music, Art, Food, and Drink
This article appeared in The West Sacramento News-Ledger (external link) on September 23, 2015. The News-Ledger is the paper of record for West Sacramento. Produced weekly, it is $.35 a copy. Subscriptions are $25 per year within Yolo County and … Continue reading
The Mystery of Photos with Google Search
A few years ago Google started including photographs of authors in search results (internal link). You had to set up a profile with Google and then set a link to your website but that wasn’t hard. Then sometime last year Google announced … Continue reading
The Wages of Writing
The Authors Guild (external link) reports some depressing conclusions about writers and wages. Although their report is about book writers, I think their study applies to non-fiction magazine article and newspaper article writing as well. Their report states that only 39% of … Continue reading
I’ll be covering the TBD Fest this weekend
I’ll be reporting this weekend on the art and musical festival for the West Sacramento News-Ledger (external link, site under reconstruction). Are you going? Please send me any comments you have on the event, even if you don’t attend. You can send … Continue reading
West Sacramento’s CERT: Prepare, Educate, and Assist
This article appeared in The West Sacramento News-Ledger (external link) on September 16, 2015. West Sacramento’s CERT: Prepare, Educate, and Assist — Writing and photographs by Thomas Farley Are you ready for a disaster? CERT members are. CERT stands for … Continue reading
The Outdoors Next Door: Exploring The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
This article appeared in The West Sacramento News-Ledger (link no longer working) on September 9, 2015. Note. This post contains additional photographs not available in the newspaper. Scroll down to see the article: The News-Ledger is the paper of record … Continue reading
West Sacramento’s Port is on a Path to Profitability
This article appeared in The West Sacramento News-Ledger (external link) on September 9, 2015. This post contains additional photographs not available in the newspaper. Links: City of West Sacramento information about the Port of West Sacramento (external link) SSA Marine information about … Continue reading
Magic or Magical. Why English is so difficult to understand.
Yesterday I used the phrase magic prose. This morning I woke up alarmed. Perhaps I should have written magical prose. After failing to find a coherent explanation on which use was proper, I did a Google search. Magic prose returned 10,300,000 results, nearly … Continue reading