Monthly Archives: November 2019
So When Did The Color Rust Become Popular?
I don’t recall rust, copper, or terra-cotta as colors for buildings and ornamental pieces when I was growing up. Do you? Somehow, somewhere, it started happening in my part of California in the the 1980s. I think. It’s certainly a … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, building design, color, copper color, cor-ten, rusty steel look, terra cotta color, weathered steel
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Full Disclosure About My Rockhounding Site
I run a website about rockhounding called southwestrockhounding.com (external link). It’s been fun so far. So far. This is what I just posted to that site: My latest posts reviewing different rock shops have proved popular with my readers and … Continue reading
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Version 11 of My Southwest Travel List is Out!
The .pdf file and the Kindle file are here: https://southwestrockhounding.com/sw-travel-list/ Why don’t I post it here? The first is that WordPress at this site doesn’t host .mobi files so a Kindle format can’t be posted. The second reason is more … Continue reading
Thoughts on Learning Video
I’m learning about video after putting it away years ago. In 2014 I produced this video which has now gathered over 118,000 views. 185 thumbs up, 36 thumbs down. Haters going to hate. Video was so time consuming that I … Continue reading
What Does Junk Mail and Wikipedia Have in Common?
The answer is that both only get a two to three percent response to their solicitations. And while junk mail sells junk, Wikipedia serves a good purpose. Their articles do a fine job of providing secondary source material (external link) and … Continue reading