Tag Archives: USA

1961: The Disaster of Everyday Life

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

The distinction between “disaster” and “normal” conditions is implicit in most treatments of disaster behavior. The everyday, ongoing life of the society is usually equated with the “normal,” and those conditions that result from disaster are viewed as “abnormal” and … Continue reading →

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2019: Native Land

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

From a series by photographer Adam Sings in the Timber: I am currently working on a broader project making a series of portraits of Native Women wearing traditional regalia in metropolitan settings, in order to illustrate that wherever a person … Continue reading →

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1941: FDR and Captain America’s Shield

Posted on June 21, 2019 by

  Captain America recieving his trademark circular shield from FDR in June, 1941. From Captain America #255 (March, 1981) (Roger Stern, writer; John Byrne, artist). The shield’s history developed slowly. Originally, in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), Cap carried … Continue reading →

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1871: The Burning Ship

Posted on June 6, 2019 by

Albert Bierstadt: The Burning Ship (ca 1871)

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1924: Queen of the Clouds

Posted on May 27, 2019 by

Otto Kuhler: Queen of the Clouds (1924)

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15 mya: Oecophylla

Posted on May 25, 2019 by

    Up to hundreds of weaver ants…line up side by side in militarily precise rows. They grip the edge of one leaf with the claws and pads of their hindlegs and the edge of the other with their jaws and … Continue reading →

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1965: It Was Always Saturday

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

He was Walt. He owned a Jaguar XXB sports ship with a flat-out velocity of fifteen thousand miles an hour. His shirts came from Italy and his shoes were made in England. As he opened his eyes he looked for … Continue reading →

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