Bldgblog.
Cabinets of Curiosity . The Cyclorama . Dr. Evermor and the Forevertron ; R. A. Miller ; visionary environments . Tar pits. Delbert Jackson's "Panorama of Petroleum" mural in Tulsa (it and I have a history). "Age of Reptiles" mural at the Yale Peabody. Charles Willson Peale . Representative painting and non-representative filmmaking. Ben Franklin. The Museum of Jurassic Technology . Stereo cameras ( 1955 View-Master Personal ; 1948 Stereo Realist ) and photography. Infrared photography. Anything that bioluminesces: fireflies , squid , foxfire , you name it. Milky seas. Maps: topographic, vinyl raised-relief, geologic, pull-down classroom. Lighted globes. Minerals and fossils. Stamps and coins. NASA/ESA. Death Valley, Saguaro, Joshua Tree, Mesa Verde, Arches, Canyonlands, Zion and Big Bend National Parks. Wyoming. Rails-to-Trails. Sloss Furnaces. All of Alabama. The Okeefenokee. All of Georgia. "See Rock City." Whirligigs. Bats. Sacred Harp singings. Mayhaw and scuppernong jellies. Low-country and crawfish boils, cornbread in milk, pulled pork at the Dot 'n' Dash (Athens, GA) and Harry's (Willow City, TX). Chicken-fried steak at the Broken Spoke . Grits. I have a recipe for Brunswick Stew that calls for 90 squirrels. "Spread out, boys." Tuxedo cats. Vast, lazy, inefficient, white-bellied armies of tuxedo cats. Beekeeping . Hardcore gardening. Confederate jasmine. Infinite kudzu.
My Interests
I'd like to meet:
Alexander von Humboldt, Hernan Cortes (far enough to get a gander at Tenochtitlan ), Charles Darwin, Merriwether Lewis and/or Harrison "Jack" Schmitt. Of course I have a favorite astronaut -- don't you?
