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Matter and Other States
of Mind - A
Collection of poems by
Douglas A. Fowler " The average density of the universe is something
like
0.0000000000000000000000000001 kilograms per cubic meter (10-28 kg/m3).
One cubic meter of granite weighs some 2700 kilograms. This book's
density is 550 kg/m3. Your body weighs in at about 1100 kg/m3, a
density that is some 10 million trillion trillion times that of the
universe. Our condensation from the void would seem to be the
exception; not the rule."
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No
War No More
-Edited by Arya F.
Jenkins
"We take a stand for peace,
independently and collectively, artistically and politically. In these
times it is imperative not to let slip through one's hands the
opportunity to say again and again, with whatever means possible,
creative and peaceful, that war is wrong, that love is the only path to
peace, justice and freedom, and that we will not veer from this path no
matter the consequences. This idea fed this project and I hope will
feed the minds and hearts of those who share in our efforts by reading
this book."
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WNWG
Presents
- "The WNWG is a
unique writing club based in Youngstown Ohio. Four authors and friends,
each
specializing in different genres and styles, have come together to form
the Wednesday
Night Writing Group. Together, we will take you on
a
journey into the funny, twisted, macabre and at times surreal realm of
our imagination. Join us as we explore the mysterious, the magical, and
the utterly absurd as we take you on an adventure through our
oft-twisted mindscape."
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Greenwood/Blue
Lotus Press
- "Greenwood/Blue Lotus Press
grew out of the ideas and hopes of a few activists in the Mahoning
Valley in Ohio. The philosophy of our press is rooted in a Buddhist,
environmentalist and social consciousness."
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WNWG
Illustrations
- artwork commissioned by Youngstown
Writers Group...
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The Stuff of
Creation
- an informal primer on municipal solid waste and its connection to the
use of natural resources, this multi-media project is written by Doug
Fowler ......
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Natural Anthem
- environmental adventures in inalienableness...
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more
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The 1991 Volkswagen
Vanagon Syncro I once owned
more here click image to view larger
backpacking
on the Big
Blue Trail, West Virginia
cyano
paper-negative photo, reversed
cyano
paper-negative alternative process photo taken with home-made
camera (see
here)
One
of my first cyano paper-negative alternative process photos taken with
home-made camera (see
here);
the van was a good subject because it was a large white reflective
object.
cyano
paper-negative alternative process photo taken with home-made camera (see here).
Above was
a straight reversal, this is a desaturated version.
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under
the catalpa tree in Berks County
wind
clears a spot in the drifts to park...sometimes we would get the van up
the steep dirt driveway...
...and
sometimes we wouldn't...here at the bottom of the driveway.
snowbound in south-central Pennsylvania
the
driveway
southeastern
PA
brown-eyed
susans and artemisia
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avocado
trees in a row
under
the mulberry tree, positively Fourth Street, Appleton,
Wisconsin, 2002
fog
and snow
in Ohio
recalling daze of hippie glory
September 12, Walley Run
Road, Crown, PA, 1994
First
visit to Toad Hall Studio 3 months after we bought it, at the corner of
Oak River Way and Belltown Road, above the Clarion River
Early
autumn snow along Belltown Road
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1991
vw vanagon
Toad
Hall on Belltown
dusting
the penguins at the Eastwood mall ---mall getting all ready for
Christmas in October (see
penguin)
the funwagen June 2006
between trips
syncro
bird's
eye view of the roof from the roof
overhead
view seven-passenger vanagon
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view
from above right side of 91 vanagon syncro
October
2007
October
2007
October
2007
October
2007
October
2007
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Does
anyone know of any methods/plans out there for converting a van
into a small permanent camp structure, with wood stove and all? contact me
rear-facing
seats popped out. They are a little heavy so I only installed them when
I'm hauling lots of people.
1991 syncro vanagon
side
door rolled open
rear-facing
jump-seats popped out
the
wheel of the machine
overhead
view
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looking
in the front window
in the driver's seat
easy walking access from back to front (when I didn't have all my cupholders in place)
looking back, back bench flopped forward
looking
out the back
tool compartment under the driver's seat; the jack is stashed here
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vw vanagon
storage compartment under the bench seat (back heater is in the middle
of it)
bench
seat laid flat
bench
seat seats three
removable
seats folded up
bench
seat pulled forward
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half
of the rubber floor matting is removable
(see close-up )
removable
jump seats folded up
removable jump-seats folded down
one seat taken out
all
seats in and in the locked and upright position, ready
for flight take-off to the wild blue yonder!
bed was so comfy and roomy we spent hundreds of nights outdoors in
the van just parked in the driveway! And of course countless nights on
camping trips
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rear-facing jump-seats folded up--adds a little space
rear-facing
seats popped out
the
2 rear-facing seats
1991
vw vanagon
the
removable part of the mattress cushion removed (leaning inside)
vw
lid
off the engine compartment (close-ups of the
engine:
one,
two,
three, four, )
towing hook
( see closer-up )
Diana
in the Sky with a cloudy van in her head
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