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Loveliest of Trees by A.E. Housman
— Loveliest of Trees by A.E. Housman Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not … Continue reading
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Tagged ae housman, Poetry, robert frost
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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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Christina Rossetti’s “Uphill”
Writing website: https://thomasfarleywriting.com Rockhound website: https://southwestrockhounding.com Christina Rossetti’s “Uphill” Christina Rossetti was a brilliant and strongly Christian poet. If this poem is too religious for you, check my previous post on Rosetti’s “Remember,” (internal link) hauntingly delivered by the Irish … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, christina rossetti, Poetry, religious poetry, remember, women poets
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Philosophy and Physics to Explain the Universe
My rockhounding site is here: https://southwestrockhounding.com Philosophy and Physics to Explain the Universe The interconnectedness of all things seems a hippy dream. “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.” The Beatles … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins Reads A.E. Housman
Richard Dawkins Reads A.E. Housman From Poems that Make Grown Men Cry, Anthony and Ben Holden, ed., Simon and Schuster, Limited (2015) This video was for the UK’s National Poetry Day in 2014: https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/previous-years/ (external link) Turn on the close captioning. … Continue reading
The Desert Dwarfs Man and Machine
A look at the vastness of just one part of the Mojave Desert, here in Clark County, Nevada. Driving_North_on_Southern_Nevada_Liteweight_Road from Thomas Farley on Vimeo. — https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/ Follow me on Instagram: tgfarley
Posted in Photography, rocks and lapidary, southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized, video
Tagged Clark County, desert, distance, Mojave Desert, Nevada, trucks
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New Videos for Wikimedia Commons
Chasing an unseen ATV rider across the dry bed of Jean Lake ATV riders coming back from Jean Lake, their dust clouds making a dead lake live This one isn’t going to make it into Wikipedia. Fun with swirls https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/ … Continue reading
Getting The Lucky Shot
How do you get that great shot when you are only shooting some of the time? Sometimes it’s just luck. I’ve always liked this clip of my brother bowling. I was only snapping pictures with my iPhone now and then. … Continue reading
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Tagged bowling, public domain, railroad, ste4am engine, steam locomotive, video, virginia city
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Huff and Puff
What are people talking about when they say a steam engine huffs and puffs? I think my video here is a great demonstration of huffing and puffing. It sounds like the locomotive is actually breathing. Which, in a mechanical way, … Continue reading
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Tagged history, huffing and puffing, Nevada, nevada tourism, railroads, steam engines, steam locomotives, steam whistle, virginia city
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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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