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Author Archives: Phill Gibson
Mimosa Tree in Bloom
Sometimes things just fall into place, despite our best efforts! This is a totally unfiltered / non-photoshopped image of a mimosa tree in bloom from last year (2020) made with my cheap smartphone and hardly any thought went into composing … Continue reading
Starting a Photoblog!
I’ve decided to start doing a photoblog. That’s in addition to my usual blog topics of Learning the Banjo, Photography Techniques, Trail-blazing, and Urban Studies. Typically, I post one of these existing topics each Thursday morning at 6 am, central … Continue reading
The Sysop Revisited
The sysop – that’s a word you seldom hear anymore. At one time, it occupied the same status as, for instance, the modern day phrase ‘influencer’. Different definitions, of course. A sysop was short for a systems operator, sort of … Continue reading
Taxonomy of a Banjo Player
Image by mcmurryjulie from Pixabay Elizabeth Barrett Browning (not William Shakespeare) wrote the Victorian sonnet that starts out: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. In a fashion, we also have a plethora of sorts of banjo … Continue reading
Posted in Banjos in General, Music in General, Philosophical Ramblings
Tagged Categories, Roles, Taxonomy
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Downtown Huntsville: Pre and Post World War II
I must confess the obvious here: I’ve been fascinated with downtowns and skyscrapers from an early age. I believe it was at the age of ten that my father took my brother and me to watch an Atlanta Braves game, … Continue reading
Posted in Urban Studies
Tagged Downtown Huntsville, Parkway City, Population, Pre WWII, Skyscrapers, Urban Renewal
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Trail Building – Learning the Ropes
Note: This is one in a series of blogs on my volunteer work with the Land Trust of North Alabama (just ‘the Land Trust’ here). It details many of my experiences and observations creating and maintaining trails on the Green … Continue reading
Originators and Elaborators
I’ve been reading a book by the well-known photographer and author Tom Ang. In it, he prefaces a section on other famous photographers by comparing and contrasting originators and elaborators; terms defining, respectively, those who invent and pioneer, and those … Continue reading
Posted in Banjoists and Others, Philosophical Ramblings, Photography
Tagged Comparison, Elaborators, Invention, Originators, Photography, Tom Ang
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Why!?
… are the ‘Publish’ and ‘Save Draft’ buttons so easy to mix up in WordPress? After close to 200 blogs, I finally did the unthinkable. I pressed the one when I thought I was pressing the other. I’m pressing Publish … Continue reading
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Urban Density in Huntsville
Last week, I blogged on Huntsville’s ‘Heaviest Corner’; the place in downtown Huntsville, Alabama that had the greatest density concentration. Since then, I’ve had a few additional thoughts, so I’d like to look further into that topic here. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Urban Studies
Tagged 225 Holmes, City Center Huntsville, Downtown Huntsville, Embassy Suites Huntsville, Hampton Inn & Suites Huntsville, Heaviest Corner, Hilton Curio Huntsville, Human Scale, Hyatt House Huntsville, Marriott Autograph Huntsville, Russell Erskine Hotel, Times Building, Urban Density
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Huntsville’s ‘Heaviest Corner’
Here’s an interesting, obscure, fun fact for when Bank Independent completes its newly-announced 225 Holmes Avenue building in Downtown Huntsville, Alabama. You may be aware of ‘The Heaviest Corner on Earth’; the corner of 1st Avenue N and 20th Street … Continue reading
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