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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Atrocious Hideousness
Many American numismatists may have heard this expression, used by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in a 1904 letter to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie Mortier Shaw to describe US coins: “I think our coinage is artistically of atrocious hideousness. Would … Continue reading
Feel the pain
Yesterday I walked around the Tidal Basin in Washington DC and found out that the little buttons they hand out as souvenirs every year at the for the National Cherry Blossom Festival aren’t available this year “due to the sequestration.” … Continue reading
Joy
Now and again during our troubled journey through life we reach little oases of almost perfect happiness, set jewel-like here and there in the thorny wilderness of time. Sometimes these are hours of mere animal content. In others they are … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged Daffodils, nature, outdoors, spirituality
Burke Lake
Bleak morning at Burke Lake, blue herons watchful waiting for snow to fall. A 5-mile walk at Burke Lake, VA, map here.
Posted in Hiking, Photography
Tagged blue herons, Burke Lake, burke lake va, nature, outdoors, wildlife
Rethinking the mattress
Maybe putting your money under the mattress isn’t such a bad idea after all: Bank depositors in Cyprus learned today of a planned heist on their funds. It was a well organized one that will take 6.75% of all small … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged cyprus, david beckworth, economy, European Union, fdic, gold, government, International Monetary Fund, Politics
The Big Rock
Last Sunday’s walk was a visit to “The Big Rock,” a little-known landmark along Pohick Creek in Springfield, Virginia. Little-known perhaps in a broad sense and a little hard to find, but knowing how kids like to explore, I imagine the rock, … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Photography
Tagged Big Rock, Cross County Trail, Fairfax County, nature, outdoors, Pohick Creek, stream crossings, The Big Rock
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Curiouser and curiouser
Here’s an interesting tidbit about curious happenings in the gold and silver markets, from a recent interview of investment analyst Eric Sprott by Toronto’s The Gold Report: Eric Sprott: This will sound like a conspiracy theory, but unusual things are happening … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged economy, gold, gold prices, quantitative easing
