Monthly Archives: September 2005

Home of an Immortal – Painting by Vermont artist Dominic Koval

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.wellofstars.com/Painting/Painting%20-%20Solo%20Pages/immortal.html Waterfall at Lu-shan Sunlight streams on the river stones. From high above, the river steadily plunges– three thousand feet of sparkling water– the Milky Way pouring down from heaven. Li T’ai-po

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Early_TreesĀ­_alongĀ­_the_Road,_oil_painting_by_Vermont_artist_Dominic_Koval

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.wellofstars.com/Painting/Painting%20-%20Solo%20Pages/2002/Early_Trees_along_the_Road.html In The Seven Woods I HAVE heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods Make their faint thunder, and the garden bees Hum in the lime-tree flowers; and put away The unavailing outcries and the old … Continue reading

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Morning Expanse – Painting by Vermont artist Dominic Koval

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.wellofstars.com/Painting/Painting%20-%20Solo%20Pages/expanse.html The Plain I was alone with a chair on a plain Which lost itself in an empty horizon. The plain was flawlessly paved. Nothing, absolutely nothing but the chair and I were there. The sky … Continue reading

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Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.altphotos.com/Gallery.aspx?a=Photo&photoid=109618 O sing, fair lady, when with me Sad songs of Georgia no more: They bring into my memory Another life, a distant shore. Your beautiful, your cruel tune Brings to my memory, alas, The steppe, … Continue reading

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Hackel Bury Fine Art – Dennis Stock

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.hackelbury.co.uk/artists/stock/stock_pic06.html James Dean on Times Square Dennis Stock By the photographer that gave stock photography its name. This was taken just a few months before the car crash in which James Dean was killed.

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Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.praktica-collector.de/images/Dresden_1945.jpg View From The Dresden City Town Hall Richard Peter sen. One of the few building to escape the firestorm of 13/14 Feb 1945 that destroyed 6 square miles of city. The statue is “Goodness” by … Continue reading

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Walking on the moon by Mathilde DN [Mathilde]

Stumbleupon Review of : http://altphotos.com/Gallery.aspx?a=Photo&photoid=40502 So we’ll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart still be as loving, And the moon still be as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul outwears … Continue reading

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Dream Land

Stumbleupon Review Dream Land Where sunless rivers weep Their waves into the deep, She sleeps a charmed sleep: Awake her not. Led by a single star, She came from very far To seek where shadows are Her pleasant lot. She … Continue reading

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Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.theorientalcaravan.com/images/Japan%20trip%201/Temple%20with%20cherry%20blossom.jpg The Cherry Trees The cherry trees bend over and are shedding, On the old road where all that passed are dead, Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding This early May morn when … Continue reading

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In Europe, High-Tech Flood Control, With Nature&39;s Help – New York Times

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/science/06tech.html?ex=1283659200&en=f2cbac85235230ad&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss New York Times article looking towards the rebuilding of New Orleans, and the prevention of anything similar ever happening again. From the page: “On a cold winter night in 1953, the Netherlands suffered a terrifying … Continue reading

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