Monthly Archives: March 2019
Revising, Style and Time
Tighter writing is better writing by making reading and comprehending easier. That writing, though, takes time and alters the style of a piece. In revising other people’s writing, crisp writing costs. Before: There are various underlying causes as to why … Continue reading
The Unknown Orwell
Although Orwell is best known for 1984 and Animal Farm, his greatest writing may have been his first novel, Down and Out in Paris and London. (external link) It is rarely reviewed or mentioned yet it is a powerful, hammering … Continue reading
Gold!
I got these little and now treasured pieces from a fellow rockhound and miner in Mariposa County. I was writing an article on Mariposite at the time and the two of us fell into a deep discussion of gold at … Continue reading
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Tagged Diltz Mine, gold, Mariposa County
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At Least I Got to Go
I’ve been thinking of my dead friend, time spent, and Cinderella. There are many versions of the Cinderella story, some dating back hundreds of years. The version I recall had her doing a good deed for a beggar, although she … Continue reading
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Field Trip in California’s Mojave Desert Coming Up!
I’ve been to this rock shop several times and gone out on one of their field trips. Highly recommended to do both. If you can’t catch this trip, check out their schedule for future events. Only fifty people permitted on … Continue reading
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Non-collecting area but a nice place to spend a few hours near Las Vegas. Went looking for an old mine but had to turn around when the road changed into a Jeep trail. Managed to make it back. Many interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake Mead National Recreation Area, road trip, volcanics
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A Good Man Gone
Another good friend has died a stinking, low, miserable death. I believe in God and that another world exists, only sometimes glimpsed. But I have difficulty understand suffering. Even a man as steeped in faith as the Reverend Billy Graham found … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, death, god, Grace, Jesu Christ, meaning of death, suffering
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Fallbrook, California
A volunteer named Mary shows off newly installed display cases at the Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Museum in Fallbrook, California. The displays are so bright they overwhelmed my camera. Of course, that brightness makes the minerals and their descriptions very … Continue reading