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Atelier des Lumieres — Digital Klimt
A digital art museum in a converted Paris foundry. Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art museum, Atelier des Lumnieres, digital art, Gustav Klint, museum, painting, Paris, travel
9 Comments
Guns in America: Where’s the Blaze of Glory?
Few things have had a greater impact on popular culture in America than images of the Wild West.
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Posted in guns, History
Tagged Cowboys, Doc Holiday, frontier, gun control, guns, gunslingers, Tombstone, Westerns, Wild Bill Hickok, Wild West, Wyatt Earp
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Along the Way to Ousel Falls
Gallatin National Forest (Montana) hiking trail Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Big Sky, Gallatin National Forest, hiking trails, Montana, Ousel Falls, Ousel Falls Trail, travel, waterfalls
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Looking Down from Big Sky
The view from atop Lone Mountain Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Big Sky, Cedar Mountain, Lone Mountain, Lone Peak, Montana, Rocky Mountains, skiresort, travel
7 Comments
‘For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People’
Teddy Roosevelt’s words stand as a welcome to Yellowstone Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Gardner Mont., Montana, national parks, Roosevelt Arch, Theodore Roosevelt, travel, Yellowstone National Park
15 Comments
The Earth Gazers: A Book Review
From Charles Lindbergh to Neil Armstrong Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Apollo, astronauts, astronomy, aviation, book review, books, Charles Lindbergh, earth, moon, NASA, rocketry, Science, space, Wernher Von Braun
4 Comments
Guns in America: ‘Well Regulated’ Militias and the Right to Bear Arms
Most of us at this point don’t see ourselves banding together and taking on the federal government in a firefight Continue reading
Posted in guns, History
Tagged 2nd amendment, constitution, gun control, guns, James Madison, Mass shootings, militias, states rights, Supreme Court, Timothy McVeigh
10 Comments
‘Put your make up on, fix your hair up pretty, and meet me tonight in Atlantic City’
A virtual tour of America’s oldest boardwalk Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Atlantic City, beaches, boardwalk, Boardwalk Hall, Bruce Springsteen, casinos, Jersey shore, New Jersey, resorts, Steel Pier, travel
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In the National Parks: Gurgling, Spewing, Oozing
A few of Yellowstone National Parks 10,000+ geothermal features. Continue reading
In the National Parks: Where the Buffalo Roam
American bison and other wildlife in Yellowstone National Park Continue reading