Wednesday, October 31, 2007

divergent visions


Six days until election day. Important choices will be made by voters in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville concerning the future of our homeplace. Read the voter guides published by Charlottesville Tomorrow!

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Safeway 1972


Safeway, 1321 Long Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

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Monday, October 29, 2007

october


first frost today

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Sunday, October 28, 2007

man versus mussel


Poor urban planning, implementing conservation measures too late, drought... The Washington Post follows the Florida, Georgia, Alabama eastern water war.
Charlottesville residents, the City has a low flow toilet rebate program. Take advantage.

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

philip's dog

Friday, October 26, 2007

manzanillo


Manzanillo, Colima Mexico, sunset 1972

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

speed


photo by John Mason

John Mason presents images from his series Democracy of Speed, Friday Night Drag Racing in a Small Southern Town at 7pm this evening, at Wild Wings Cafe.
For more information visit cvillephotonight.com

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

good girls


E & H, Charlottesville 250 bypass, 1987
How much does parenting contribute to the person who emerges from childhood? I hope that playing late at night next to Route 250 was good prep for Emma.
Regarding her whereabouts, generally I know she is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
Recent fires and earthquakes (really the fires, she slept through the earthquake) have flushed her out of the back country. She phoned home. Playing on the side of the Ten, ready to dive into the city of angels.
Good girls.

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Monday, October 22, 2007

fishbones


support community radio!

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

edith


April 1918

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

water wars


text from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and from the Associated Press.


Val Perry Jr., a homeowner and officer of the Lake Lanier Association, told the Corps last week that "If there were no dams at all, some mussels would die and [the species would] not become extinct. ... Does a couple of mussels trump 5 million people? What I hear from the Corps is that the answer to that is yes."

Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said the region should explore piping in additional sources of water--possibly from the Tennessee or Savannah rivers. She even suggested desalinating sea water from Georgia's Atlantic coast.
"We need to look beyond our borders," she said.

"And if Los Angeles can do it, I'll tell you Georgia can."-. Roy Barnes (former Governor)

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Friday, October 19, 2007

Greensboro, Florida, 1980


John Mason says there is no need for a cut-line. A place in time.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

edith


Colonel Edith Mary Nesbitt Moss, Royal Army Medical Corps, surgeon. Edie was born at Stainfield, in Lincolnshire.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Winston tastes good


Winston's advertising slogan, Winston tastes good like a cigarette should poked a stick in the grammarians' hive. Winston made the most of the furor offering a "good grammar" library, Better English Made Easy, A New Guide to Better Writing and four other reference works for the smokin' masses.

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Monday, October 15, 2007

hurricane


Sailors commonly refer to the CH-53E as the "Hurricane Maker" because of the downward thrust the helicopter generates.--Wikipedia

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

day of rest

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Saturday, October 13, 2007

hurricane


The CH-53E can transport up to 55 troops or 14,515 kg of cargo and has an external load lift system that allows the helicopter to carry underslung loads up to 16,330 kg. The Super Stallion has a cruise speed of 278 km/h and a maximum unrefuelled range of 2,000 km.--wikipedia

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Friday, October 12, 2007

drought


Our region is currently under the influence of a "persistent" drought (see NOAA illustration).

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

seven years


same dog, same light, everything else is different

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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

environment


what happens when the rain falls?

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Monday, October 08, 2007

environment


Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 1970

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Sunday, October 07, 2007

day of rest


Millenbeck, Virginia

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Saturday, October 06, 2007

on the road


Sign for McBurg, route 64, west of Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee.

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Friday, October 05, 2007

teach your chidren


Where do we learn our driving habits? One teaching moment is the School Bus. Bus drivers should strive to set the example of how to drive in neighborhoods, they could easily establish a tradition of uncompromising driving excellence. If the school bus drivers aren't interested in leading the way, a half dozen tickets per week from the Police Department targeted at school bus drivers might have a salutary effect. Human learn and humans talk to each other.
Traffic is a major concern in this community. There are over two hundred mentions of traffic in the City's comprehensive plan, the degradation of quality of life secondary to traffic is an issue common to all the neighborhoods in this City. And we respond how?

A interesting interview from Cville Podcasting network on the subject of pedestrians and motor vehicles sharing streets:
Peter Norton speaks with Coy Barefoot about his article "Street Rivals: Jaywalking and the Invention of the Motor Age Street," published in the Journal of Technology and Culture. Norton discusses the transition from streets being pedestrian-oriented to becoming the domain of the motorcar, and whose interests were really being served. He is also working on a book called "Fighting Traffic."

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Thursday, October 04, 2007

over the hump


One of my grandfather's friends flew the air supply route over the Himalayas during WWII after the Burma Road was closed. This his house, his dog, late in his life. 1970's. Col. Kirkpatrick's dog. All dead now, everything passes.

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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

in the beginning


annus mirabilis, 1984, compuserve

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

suidae sus scrofa


88 teeth (2x44) Hezzy's hogs from Gillette, Arkansas

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Monday, October 01, 2007

God's Poem Writer


God's Poem Writer, Harold Jerome Arnold

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