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The Thinker Waits
One of my favorite places to visit and take photos is the Cantor Art Center, home of the Rodin collection. Lets walk around the museum: Cheers, Carto Check out other WordPress bloggers favorite places, here.
Posted in Classics, History, Other, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged B&W, California, Photography, Photoshop, Wordpress
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Favorites 2017 — Transition to Winter
First, here is a photo of our flowering cherry as it transitions to winter dormancy. The second photo is the silhouette of a sparrow that is wintering in the brush at Windy Hill Preserve. Cheers and Happy Holidays, Carto Follow … Continue reading
The 25th Century — A Doom Scenario
Note: California City was laid out in 1958 by real estate developer and sociology professor Nat Mendelsohn on 80,000 acres of Mojave Desert land. It was never completed, but has one landowners’ resort, one PGA golf course, one prison (the California … Continue reading
Posted in eBook, Fantasy/Adventure, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Tagged California, POD, postaweek, San Francisco, Self-Publishing, Tijuana, Yucca Mountain
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