Tag Archives: California

The Fountain and Garden Patio Area at the Marin Civic Center

Posted on April 29, 2020 by thomasfarley01

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 →

Posted in art, Photography, Uncategorized, video | Tagged architecture, California, frank lloyd wright, marin civic center, marin county, video | Leave a comment

Driving Down Geary Street in San Francisco in 2001

Posted on April 5, 2020 by thomasfarley01

This is a one megabyte video file of Vamprella and I driving down Geary Street in San Francisco in early 2001. We had survived Y2K. Notice how we are driving past Japan Town. This is the original file, MPEG Layer … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Uncategorized, video | Tagged California, driving, early video, Geary Street, San Francisco in 2001, sony camera | Leave a comment

Night time Fluorescent Mineral Hunting at Darwin, California

Posted on March 16, 2020 by thomasfarley01

Last Friday I went night time fluorescent mineral hunting with Pat Dolan in the hills above the remote hamlet of Darwin, California. No services, no businesses, no gas station, no cell coverage, nothing, save a Post Office and 42 people, … Continue reading →

Posted in rocks and lapidary, southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized | Tagged California, darwin, death valley area, fluorescent minerals, glowing rocks, Inyo County | Leave a comment

Architecture and Writing and Compromises

Posted on November 2, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Tom Wolfe once said that we all have to live with an architect’s mistakes. How true. My bad writing won’t assault your senses (and that of the public) every time you drive to work. That’s unlike the concrete tilt ups … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Newspaper article, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, blacktop, California, california state fair, compromise, design, dying trees, eliot, fairgrounds, pavement, Sacramento, The Hollow Men, wallpaper magazine | Leave a comment

Pfeiffer Beach Sand, Monterey County, California

Posted on September 15, 2019 by thomasfarley01

I’m trying to learn my microscope. These are single focus shots; as I learn more I will get to know photo stacking which will result in the entire field being in focus. If I do it right. If you enjoy … Continue reading →

Posted in Photoshop, rocks and lapidary, southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized | Tagged beach sand, California, color correction, geological specimen supply, microscope, monterey county, pfeiffer beach, Photography, sand, white balance | Leave a comment

Back to the Nopah Range Wilderness Area

Posted on June 18, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Took a break a few days ago to continue exploring the Nopah Range in Inyo, County, California. I was looking for an old silver and lead prospect. Didn’t find it. As always, incredible scenery even with the temperature near a … Continue reading →

Posted in rocks and lapidary, southwestrockhounding.com | Tagged BLM, California, Inyo County, Nopah Range, quartzite, rockhounding, Tecopa Road, tumbling, Wilderness Areas | Leave a comment

Fallbrook, California

Posted on March 3, 2019 by thomasfarley01

A volunteer named Mary shows off newly installed display cases at the Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Museum in Fallbrook, California. The displays are so bright they overwhelmed my camera. Of course, that brightness makes the minerals and their descriptions very … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a beginner's guide to prospecting and rockhounding in the southwest, California, Fallbrook, Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Museum | Leave a comment

After The Gold Rush

Posted on July 19, 2018 by thomasfarley01

Since Twain’s death, only Hunter Thompson occasionally matched that great writer’s vigor. But Twain wrote this stuff routinely, spending an entire career blurring and combining pomposity, exaggeration, and the truth. This was Twain observing the wrecked landscape of California after … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips | Tagged 1849, California, history, Roughing It, Sacramento, The Gold Rush, Twain | Leave a comment

Feeling Humble Today

Posted on October 27, 2017 by thomasfarley01

Got the latest issue of Outdoor California (external link) yesterday and I am feeling both pride and humility. I enjoyed seeing my two articles in the issue, of course, but there is something more than that. I am proud of … Continue reading →

Posted in Magazine article, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips | Tagged Audubon Magazine, California, freelance writing, Outdoor California, outdoor writing, wildlife photograph, wildlife writing | Leave a comment

Another Article Submitted

Posted on December 14, 2016 by thomasfarley01

Just completed another article for Rock&Gem Magazine (internal link). With luck they will accept it, like they have my three other articles. This was a difficult piece because my rough draft ran over 4,500 words and the magazine’s limit was 3,000. … Continue reading →

Posted in Magazine article, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized | Tagged California, Highway 49, macro photography, magazine article, Rock&Gem Magazine, Sonora, St James Episcopal Church | Leave a comment