Category Archives: Uncategorized

Back from Plymouth, California

Posted on February 17, 2019 by thomasfarley01

I am back from the Mother Lode Country of California. For the next two weeks I will be working hard on my book before I take another collecting road trip. As I left Plymouth I happened upon a mysterious rock … Continue reading →

Posted in southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized | Tagged Amador County, Plymouth California, rockhounding, The Mother Lode | Leave a comment

The Boundless Enthusiasm of A Western State

Posted on February 5, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Photographed at some museum near Reno, Nevada. The state has always been raw since the Comstock strike and the wild, boomtown days of Tonopah and Goldfield. An acceptance of legal gambling throughout the state, and prostitution, in some counties, Nevada … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Uncategorized | Tagged gambling, Goldfield, Nevada, no taxes, prostitution, retro, rural nevada, Tonopah | Leave a comment

Headed to Oatman, Arizona

Posted on January 28, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Just a quick note to say I’m making a one day field trip to Oatman, Arizona, Actually, six miles outside of Oatman. I’ll report soon on what I was looking for. Update! For a feel good story about part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agate, Arizona, Oatman, rockhounding, southwestrockhounding.com | Leave a comment

Getting Ready for Quartzsite

Posted on January 13, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Update! I’ve posted some of my Quartzsite experience here. It’s at my book site: https://southwestrockhounding.com/2019/01/19/a-little-from-quartzsite/ Quartzsite is a small town in the Arizona desert that each year plays host to rock and gem enthusiasts from all over the world. These … Continue reading →

Posted in rocks and lapidary, Uncategorized | Tagged Arizona, flea markets, gem, history museum, mineral, QIA Pow Wow, Quartzsite, rock, Rock&Gem Magazine, winter in the desert | Leave a comment

That Was Intense!

Posted on January 11, 2019 by thomasfarley01

“An ordinary person spends his life avoiding tense situations. A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.” From the movie Repo Man. This morning I had Mohs surgery to remove a basal cell carcinoma from underneath my left … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged basal cell carcinoma, BCC, cancer, Dr. Susun Michaels, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Skin and Cancer Clinics, skin cancer | Leave a comment

Flying A Drone Part III

Posted on January 9, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Some bright morning when this life is over I’ll fly away To that home on God’s celestial shore I’ll fly away Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch I’ve written on flying a drone before. (internal link) This is a recap and an … Continue reading →

Posted in Drone, Uncategorized, video | Tagged DJI Phantom Standard drone, Drone, flying tips, sudoku portable solar generator, video with a drone | Leave a comment

Reflections on a Black December

Posted on January 8, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Now that I am feeling better, with my violent nightmares having subsided, I wanted to write about how concerned I am with the rising suicide rate in America. As medicine is practiced today, I don’t see hope for its decline. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged mental health, modern medicine, suicide, suicide rate | Leave a comment