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Art & Thensome
“If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; 
and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more,
it will lose that too.”                                                    
-Somerset Maugham

“If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom;

and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more,

it will lose that too.”                                                   

-Somerset Maugham


Trisha from life - Prospect Associates D.C.
(about 1985 - charcoal on newsprint attitude drawing )

Trisha from life - Prospect Associates D.C.

(about 1985 - charcoal on newsprint attitude drawing )

“Researchers find that ground dwelling invertebrates such as Harvestmen and beetles preferentially live near streetlights even during the day. “
-BBC News 5/23/12-

This explains that guy hanging out at my lamppost.

     Scientists Make Cyborg Insect With Camera & Microphone
Flying insects fitted with tiny cameras and microphones could be used to search for earthquake survivors during rescue operations, scientists have said. The tiny devices will power themselves by harnessing power from wing movements.

     Scientists Make Cyborg Insect With Camera & Microphone


Flying insects fitted with tiny cameras and microphones could be used to search for earthquake survivors during rescue operations, scientists have said. The tiny devices will power themselves by harnessing power from wing movements.

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Tommy James & the Shondells

—Crimson And Clover (Extended Version)

magnificentruin:

Tommy James and the Shondells
Crimson and Clover (extended version) 

A table carved and constructed of solid cherry and purpleheart illustrating the surface and bed of a Pennsylvania stream from my childhood that ran through Uncle Leo’s eleven acre wood in Sewickley Heights.
17” w. x 14” d. x 44” high.
Completion this summer, God willing and the creek don’t rise.

A table carved and constructed of solid cherry and purpleheart illustrating the surface and bed of a Pennsylvania stream from my childhood that ran through Uncle Leo’s eleven acre wood in Sewickley Heights.

17” w. x 14” d. x 44” high.

Completion this summer, God willing and the creek don’t rise.

Laura visiting F. Scott Fitzgerald in Rockville, Maryland.

Laura visiting F. Scott Fitzgerald in Rockville, Maryland.

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Bob Dylan - Don’t Think Twice (Live)

Magnolia leaf drawing, folded.

Magnolia leaf drawing, folded.

 My Ethiopian Ambassador     Visits West Virginia-         Salli.

 My Ethiopian Ambassador
     Visits West Virginia-
         Salli.