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The ‘Pile in the City.

December 30, 2013by tompostpile 3 Comments

The ‘pile went into the City last week, during a trip North to see family. In the old time westerns, the so-called “oater” movies, the fellow with the gun next […]

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2013, photograph, Travel, Words

Arborean Silhouettes

December 29, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

A grey, overcast, warm day in late December. A good morning to walk to the Southwest, into the wind, to see what can be seen. One group of seen-things was […]

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2013, Essay, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, trees

Midnight. Christmas. Abstracts. Tissue and Lights.

December 25, 2013by tompostpile 3 Comments

I stayed up late on Christmas Eve. I didn’t really consider why, but I didn’t want to go to bed until late. Maybe I was waiting for Santa. Midnight came. […]

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2013, Art, Color, Essay, Light Painting, photograph

Solstice and Christmas Images from the ‘pile.

December 23, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

A paucity of posts does not mean that the camera has not been clicking or that nothing has been happening. The ‘pile presents an octet of seasonal images, and celebrates […]

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2013, Essay, photograph

The Mysterious Hanga in the Bathroom. Part the First.

December 19, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

One of the things I learned unconsciously from my father is that it is a good idea to have art in your bathroom. Thanks to his influence, where ever I […]

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2013, Architecture, Art, Essay, photograph

A Ferry Nice Act of Kindness.

December 11, 2013by tompostpile 2 Comments

As we were leaving snowy Woods Hole on the noon boat yesterday, the ferry had no sooner left the slip than it stopped and returned for a moment, and then […]

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2013, Essay, Ferry, Martha's Vineyard, photograph, Travel

Silhouettes

December 6, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

Silhouettes. Where does the word come from? From the name of Monsieur Étienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister who in the 1700’s imposed high taxes and austerity on his […]

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2013, Black Point Beach, Color, Essay, Ferry, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, Woods Hole, Words

Death Comes to the Archfootprint

December 5, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

I’ve come to Black Point Beach again. The day is late, the sun is winter-lingering-low. The December beach is wiped almost bare of tracks. On the upper beach, over time, […]

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2013, Black Point Beach, Essay, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

Nature Constrained, or What You Can See in Three Minutes and Nine Seconds.

December 4, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

I had parked in a passageway between buildings at the Falmouth, Massachusetts Mall. When I came back to the car after some shopping errands, a bush caught my eye. The […]

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2013, Color, Essay, photograph, What can you see in???

Late Fall. The Earth Colours.

December 3, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

I’ve spent the last few mornings down at Black Point. We’ve been in a period of cloudy, humid, cool weather, with temperatures in the forties. (Five to eight in Celsius) […]

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2013, Black Point Beach, Color, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

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