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Pride of Baltimore II with everything set.  Ringtail, topgallant, stuns’l, everything.  I think I’m at the helm in this picture.  It was a glorious day, though the wind had died and shifted a few minutes before.

Photo credit to Chief Mate Hank Moseley

Well, I know what I'm listening to today.

"The Best Indigenous Music of 2013" | Revolutions Per Minute

#DecolonizeYourPlaylist

re: chromophobia... of course these chromophobes idolized a Greek/Roman past full of cool white marble.... which we've since discovered was actually a gaudily painted riot of color!

OMG!!! I FORGET PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS!

Yes, all those aloof, “pure” white statues from Ancient Greece?

They actually looked like this:

Vinzenz Brinkmann, much to the apparent chagrin of Westerners everywhere, used ultraviolet light to reveal the original paint schemes of these statues that the millennia had washed away.

And to underscore the Chromophobia?

Check out this graphic that i09 made for their leading image for this story:

You can check out a video here to learn more about the methods used to discover the original paint schemes of these statues and reliefs.

It's on like Kong.

(more amazing underpants here)

#nature#National Geographic#house#river

River House, Serbia

A brief but lovely midwinter tune, written by a friend of mine.

Give thanks for this, the shortest day,

Keep out the winter's breath

Grant us health and peace and faith

And help us get some rest.

A page from my upcoming children book “Le Petit loup Rouge” (The little red wolf) ~( *V*)~