J. A. Pollard

Hello there! I post mostly about books, music, walks, film, and my photos. I work in #humanities. WIP: #20Streets.

Interests: #Literature #LitStudies of #MiddleAges & #Modernism, #esoterica, #travel, #psychogeography, #bookcollecting, #photography, #jazz, and . . . .

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Frauchen Will Rausfrauchen@troet.cafe
2023-02-12
Ein Gans steht auf den Rand von ein Kahn die in einer Flussarm im Wasser liegt. Der Kahn ist versunken, nur der Rand vom Kahn ist über Wasser. Am Flussufer steht Schilf. Dahinter einige Bäume. Der Himmel ist bewölkt. / A goose stands on the edge of a boat lying in the water of a river. The boat has sunk, only the edge of the boat is above water. There are reeds on the river bank. Behind are some trees. The sky is clouded.
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2 groups of ducks on a pond, one group is moving away from the camera towards tall brown reds on the far side of the pond.
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In the small section of sky I can see from where I work at home, I sometimes notice special hues at sunset that prompt me to run out to the street and look to the west.
This evening was one of those evenings…
#Dublin #Stoneybatter #Sunset

Looking west along Arbour Hill in Stoneybatter. The hoot is taken from the middle of the road. A terrace of two storey houses is along the right hand side, after them is the Sorrento chipper. On the left, in the foreground, is a single storey house, beyond it a modern two storey house and older two storey houses. The street turns gently to the right off in the distance. A few people are walking along the street, and a car is pulling out of a laneway on the left. This section of Arbour faces west, it’s sunset & the clouds are being illuminated dramatically by the setting sun, with intense yellow, orange, red & pinks. A blue sky is behind this dramatic display of colour.
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Just a reminder: in the US, universities legally own not only your work email, your work machine, your time at work, but anything written on those machines or during that time. It's in a series of IP policies that we don't read and are rarely enforced. twitter.com/LAHeffernan/status

2023-02-07

From a wander around Paris: the Société de Géographie was founded in 1821. The caryatids represent land and sea.

#Paris #SociétédeGéographie #SaintGermain #LeftBank #doorways #RiveGauche #caryatids #walkinginParis #Pariswalk #dérive

A bright blue door is the entry to the  Société de Géographie on Boulevard Saint-Germain. Above the door a plaque announces the society in bright gold lettering. there also stand two caryatids that look as though they are gazing off, toward the horizon, toward an upcoming adventure.
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For #StandingStoneSunday the famous Carnac stones, Brittany. There are about 3000 monoliths arranged in rows, stretching over four kilometres. Erected in the #Neolithic period, the purpose remains unknown.

Photo: Martin M. Miles via flickr

#archaeology

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2023-02-05

#StandingStoneSunday Rollright Stones The Whispering Knights. Nearing Chipping Norton.

3 rough stones leaning together. Surrounded by an iron fence and Blue cloudy sky.
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Chris BondVibracobra23
2023-02-05

Boswens Menhir, a standing stone on Boswens Common on the moors above St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Photographed from the west on 5 May 2003.

A colour photo of the prehistoric menhir on Boswens Common in West Cornwall.
2023-02-05
A small group of standing stones with several sheep. It is a bright summer morning, abd the stones are before deep green foliage.
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Schnee kann so leise sein. Gestern wanderten wir in einer Schneelandschaft nahe beim Brocken im Harz.
Zum #silentsunday #SilberSonntag gibt es dazu diese Bild.

Kleine Fichte durchbricht die Schneedecke und wirft einen langen Schatten.
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Wim Van Mierlowvmierlo@zirk.us
2023-02-05

Toton Sidings, near Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire, February 2023.

#photography #photoart #railway #trains #LongEaton #Nottingham #Nottinghamshire #uglyheritage

Close-up of two abandoned, rusty train wagons .
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2023-02-03

This is a poorly timed ad.

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