Category Archives: art
Bots Censoring Even Storied, Factual Magazines
Few history magazines are more well respected than American Heritage. Its scholarship, impartiality, and stable of great writers have proven its worth over more than a half century in print and online. Today, mindless bots and algorithms are now attacking … Continue reading
The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter
My rockhounding site is here: https://southwestrockhounding.com I didn’t know Ezra Pound knew Chinese. I knew he was buds with T.S. Eliot but that was about it. If you like this style of writing, you would enjoy Kenneth Rexroth’s translations from … Continue reading
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Tagged ezra pound, ghada charki, Poetry, rexroth
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Take That, Death!
Rockhounding site here: https://southwestrockhounding.com Take That, Death! Poetry endures. Sonnet 75: One Day I Wrote her Name Upon The Strand By Edmund Spenser (1552 – 1599) One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and … Continue reading
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Tagged edmund spenser, love poems, Poetry, spenser
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Twitch.TV
Have You Heard About Twitch? Have you heard about Twitch? It’s a website for musicians to perform their art through live streaming. You can watch for free or donate if you can. I find it fascinating. Every kind of musician … Continue reading
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Tagged classical piano, music, piano, singers, twitch.tv, vocalists
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Caliban in the Coal Mines
Caliban in the Coal Mines By Louis Untermeyer 1885- 1877 God, we don’t like to complain— We know that the mine is no lark— But—there’s the pools from the rain; But—there’s the cold and the dark. God, You don’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged caliban in the coal mines, coal, coal mining, mining, protest poetry, protest songs, social justice
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Assessment Tests
Rockhounding site here: https://southwestrockhounding.com Assessment Tests From my writing website: https://thomasfarleywriting.com Assessment tests are often required but results depend on the writing style and preferences of the test writer. Or the guide they use. CMOS? AP? MLA? Importantly, will the tester … Continue reading
Why Do You Have Ads on Your Site?
The most unprofessional thing a job applicant or anyone showing off their work can have on their website are ads. It is absolutely devastating to see fine writing or photography mixed in with ads that talk about emptying your bowels … Continue reading
The Fountain and Garden Patio Area at the Marin Civic Center
This is video I am putting into the public domain at Wikimedia Commons. It shows the beautiful outdoor seating area in the fountain and garden patio area of the Marin Civic Center. You can buy something inside at the Civic … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, California, frank lloyd wright, marin civic center, marin county, video
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A pHun and Creative Company
Just ordered this bright yellow nylon wallet. My dark colored wallet keeps getting lost. This was only twenty dollars with shipping. You can customize practically everything wearable at Zazzle, including face masks. There were at least 30 cat icons to … Continue reading