Monthly Archives: September 2021
John Charles Fremont the Explorer is up for Adoption
John Charles Fremont the Explorer is up for adoption. He can’t follow me where I have to go. He’d do best in a quiet household without frantic kids. He seems to warm up much more quickly to women than men. … Continue reading
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And That’s ’30’ For This Edition
I am sorry but I will no longer be posting to this site, my rockhounding site, or my business writing site. No more new posts. I’ve stopped using Instagram and all social. You can still contact me at: thomasfarley@fastmail.com May … Continue reading
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The Same Old Movie
“A man’s dying is more his survivor’s affair than his own.” Thomas Mann First Subject Woke up from a terrible dream just now after only forty minutes or so of sleeping. The worst nightmares are these, finding myself hurting someone … Continue reading
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In Memoriam / 9-11 / Many Questions
Twenty years later I am still confused as what to call the people that the world calls Islamist terrorists. The Taliban certainly represent this kind of group. But who are they really? Have we accepted them as religous fundamentalists first … Continue reading
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Tagged ., brutality, islam, religion, terrorists, the chinese, totalatarian regimes
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Let’s Return to Direct Lead Paragraphs
A Wandering Lead and Three Revisions Writers must compose direct lead paragraphs or risk losing readers. A wandering opening finds readers lost, wandering somewhere else. A direct opening can’t guarantee that a reader will continue but a clear, direct path … Continue reading
More Colorizing With Photoshop’s Neural Filter
Adobe recently come out with filters which rely on downloading additional software and then real time processing in the cloud. In other words, for these operations, Photoshop is not a stand alone program but instead relies in part on harnessing … Continue reading
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Tagged monochrome, neural filters, Photography, Photoshop, portraits, still life
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Rewriting and Forgetting History in Today’s Ever Present Moment
1984 is here. The Orwellian Era has officially begun in the United States. CNN reports (external link) that a large statute dedicated to Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia will be removed on Wednesday under orders by authorities of that … Continue reading
This is How Everyone Dies
A recent article in the Sun (external link) describes how women celebrities and influencers on Instagram are sometimes stalked by lunatics who cause harm. One woman was recently killed. Celebrity stalking didn’t begin with Instagram, of course, I’m sure Helen … Continue reading
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Tagged killing yourself, medicine, mental health, suicide, threats bullies
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To A Poet a Thousand Years Hence by James Elroy Flecker
Another poet grasping for immortality and advising other poets on same. Just like Shakespeare did centuries before with “Not Marble Nor the Gilded Monuments” (internal link) Well, this poem has lasted a hundred years. My writing won’t. Flecker wins! Maeonides, … Continue reading
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Tagged elroy flecker, Poems, poets
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Affliction Turning Into Disease
4:05 AM I was trying to wake from another bad dream just now and found I couldn’t. I am sometimes aware that I am dreaming when going through a violent nightmare or disturbing dream but this time I couldn’t end … Continue reading
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