Things in General
Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives, Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890). Look at the chapter on Bohemian Cigar Makers
www.common-place.org - An entertaining journal of American History and Culture. Be sure to see the one on Early Cities in America, Philadelphia, and look at the bottom of the page for links to previous issues
Guide
to Philosophy on the Internet,
Internet Medieval
Sourcebook
Why sit up all night with a book when you can fry your eyes reading PHI
LIT on a computer monitor?
www.nasa.gov
- with links to the Mars rover missions, and latest news. Watch NASA briefings
live on the net as well as regularly scheduled programming:
NASA TV Real player
stream, or
NASA TV Windows
Media player stream
Save the Milky Way - click on "links" during your visit
World Wide Words - fun with words old, new and weird, Brit-biased
Arkisto - archive of artistic photography from Finland, great nature and rural scenes, beautifully done.
Atmospheric Phenomena - at polarimage.fi - includes pics and movies of aurorae
The UPenn Museum of Archaeology, terrific museum & a best-kept secret here.
The Fallacy Files
Philip Larkin Society: http://www.philiplarkin.com
Nick Virgilio, Haiku Poet of Camden: http://www.nickvirgilio.rutgers.edu/
I finally got the 2nd PB ed of Selected Haiku, but why don't
you get me the first letterpress ed. for my birthday, k?
William Wordsworth: http://www.bartleby.com/145/wordchrono.html
also a great deal more poetry online at bartleby.com
Walt Whitman at Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/people/WhitmnW.html
Elderly Musical Instruments: http://www.elderly.com
Old old American
Music http://www.1001tunes.com/
Early Jazz: http://www.jass.com
So sue me: http://www.bluesworld.com/
Bossa Nova, Samba--play it, sing it, who cares:
http://www.bossanovaguitar.com/bossa_nova_song_lyrics.htm
Popular science, juicy stuff. Get book reviews, news:
http://www.popular-science.net/
National Geographic, the greatest thing in print: http://news.nationalgeographic.com
Historic Preservation in Philadelphia: http://www.uchs.net/philahistorylinks.html
BBC News Science Pages: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm
The incomparable Barnes Foundation: http://www.barnesfoundation.org/
Matisse
More Specific Things
Last snow, March 1, Marriott Sculpture
Grace & Sean's Wedding in Connecticut
What's Open 24 hours in Philadelphia?
Mike Geier's KINGSIZED, in all its tikilicious glory
Karen & Marty, January 10, 2004 (and other visits that weekend)
Weekend in Philadelphia, Nov. 15 & 16
Need help
for research project, including books and information:
Information about Principe de Ximento, local strongman hero and musician
in Cape Verde, lived about 1890s-1960s.
Book, out of print: Race,
Culture, and Portuguese Colonialism in Cabo Verde (Foreign and
Comparative Studies. African Series, No 41) by Deirdre Meintel
Book, in print: Cape
Verde: Crioulo Colony to Independent Nation
by Richard A. Lobban
Online Family Address Database Project
The
Star Carol
Evening Snow, January 5, 2003
Party with Aunt Marion, Richie, Hong Yu & Kevin, Dec. 28, 2002
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day in Richmond
A Day at the Virginia State Fair, late September 2002
Camping at Kiptopeake, Eastern Shore of VA, July 2002
Like pickles? Make them
My recipe for African Peanut Soup
things I've
done or had a hand in:
www.davidmichieviolins.com
www.oldcitydata.com (my freelance
work site)
www.smithnjones.net
www.stefaniniviolins.com
www.vintage-instruments.com
www.rafestefanini.com
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