Awe inspiring, eh? Mount Sopris near Carbondale four years ago. It is most likely from a huge magma chamber for a volcano above it. It is big enough that it makes its own weather as this photo shows.
Three thoughts.
1. We are seeing what happens when the dog finally catches that car.
2. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
3. Guilt-free shadenfreude.
When I was a teenager, I was fascinated by American Indians, especially of the Northern Plains. When I was 20 in 1972 (50 years ago!), I toured many museums and photographed some artifacts in their vaults. Unfortunately all the information about them was lost in a basement flood.
I woke up a little early today and this was the first thing that I heard on NPR.
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It talks about a connection in pre-Revolutionary Boston between slavery and the cacao and chocolate trade. I was surprised that this was first aired in June.
Anyone else think that with a certain crowd many things are being removed from home safes and taken to undisclosed locations?
Well, I guess this means I am officially bilingual. I've started getting calls in Spanish from people really worried that the warranty on my car is expiring.
Funny, it doesn't appear that it was being towed to port.
teapawt.net/AmorScriptum/status/15…
Today I read the Russian and Ukranian pages of the CIA World Factbook and I suggest you do too. There is a lot of good information. It is something we need more of always, but especially now.
cia.gov/the-world-factbook/c………
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Steven DeVries retweeted
Imagine having to use truck stop restrooms everyday but then drawing a line at wearing a mask.
I am not ready to bet the farm, but I would make a substantial bet that the buildup on the Ukrainian border is Putin's scantily clad magician's assistant.
I just found this very nice 1728 hand colored mezzoprint copperplate engraving by Johan Weinmann. Apparently he didn't believe that cacao grows directly out of trunks and old branches, so he place this cacao pod out on the end of a branch were "proper" fruit would of course be.
