ipernity: William Sutherland

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Updated on: 23 Nov 2023.

Hall of Fame Photos, album created on 21 May 2013

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Nature Photos, album created on 24 May 2013

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Macros and Close-Ups, album created on 24 May 2013

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Just after 12:30 AM on 5 July 2022 I died... - 16 months ago

Composite created from images purchased from Shutterstock While I never crossed the threshold of the point of no return – permanent death – the near death experience (NDE) was nevertheless a shock. Being in top physical shape with perfect numbers on my last physical in December 2021, it was something I could have never imagined nor expected, which reinforces Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ (121-180 CE) words, “Live each day as if it were your last...” When I overexerted myself to hasten…

11 October 2021: Indigenous Peoples'/Columbus Day
- 12 Oct 2021

Collage: Totem Poles, Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, NY (25 May 2009) and Architectural Relief, Mount Vernon, NY (27 April 2012) On this 11 October 2021 the debate continues to rage in the United States about today’s holiday. Some call it “Indigenous Peoples' Day,” others continue to call it “Columbus Day” – I call it both, with the term “Indigenous Peoples” at the forefront since there are oral records of North American peoples hunting mammoths, saber-toothed tigers an…
15 August 2021: A New Day in Infamy
- 15 Aug 2021

Created using free online clipart from Clipart Library and Clipartmax. Words cannot express my shame (hence even the Chinook hangs it head) on this new day of infamy when all the lies of our Vietnam "success" are repeated, Chinooks ferry out Americans as the leadership or more aptly the cowards in Washington leave some 37 million innocent Afghans (especially women and girls) to fend for themselves in an uncertain future if there is one. :( Is America's word any good? Why should any countr…