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You Know You’re a Rockhound When…

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Snowflake Obsidian Specimen _____________________ – You look down instead of up. – Any rock, no matter how common, will raise your pulse. – You see beauty in all rocks, even “Leaverites,” the ones you leave behind. – Your family and friends just roll their eyes when you pick up yet another rock. – You are willing to dig up a rock with a spoon, even if it means ruining the spoon. – You have been known to visit urban rock piles and risk stares from people who are wondering why an old person is crawling around on a dirt pile. – You are willing to pay excess baggage fees (international, yet) for a large yellow rock that looks like a loaf of bread. – Your pockets are always filled with rocks and residual dirt. – You often find pebbles in your shoes and even socks. – You don’t mind dirt at all, even under your fingernails. That’s why soap and water exist. – You get why rocks are so spiritual; you understand that rocks have been around since the beginning of earth ...

2012: Book Box #51 – Textbooks and General Books

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Black Boy , 1998 edition (Paperback): Richard Wright   2012: Book Box #51 – Textbooks and General Books   Boyle: T. Coraghessan Boyle. World’s End: A Novel , 1987 (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. 4:50 From Paddington: A Miss Marple Mystery , 1957, 1985 (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective , New Dell Edition, October 1957 (Paperback) Christie: Agatha Christie. Witness for the Prosecution , New Dell Edition, February 1958 (Paperback) Cook: Robin Cook. Abduction , 2000 (Hardcover) Gilman: Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Herland, The Yellow Wallpaper, and Selected Writings , 1999 (Paperback) Goldberg: Natalie Goldberg. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within , 1986 (Paperback) Hersey: John Hersey. Hiroshima (with Aftermath), 1946, 1985 (Paperback) (Used for teaching Intro to Lit classes) Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner; A Novel , May 2004, 1st Riverhead Trade Paperback (Paperback) (Used for teaching Intro to Lit classes) McEwan: Ian ...

Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky)

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Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) (closeup) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) (closeup) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) (closeup) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) (closeup, artist signature and date) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flowers and a Sunburst Against a Blue Sky) (closeup) Painting: Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Motif: Large Purple Flo...

Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape

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Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (closeup) Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (closeup) Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (reverse) Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (reverse) Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (closeup, reverse) Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (paper tag) Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (closeup, paper tag) Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape (reverse, paper tag)  Painting: Setting Sun Against a Blue Sky and a Green Landscape Acrylic on a Wood Plank Unsigned Very simple and flattened motif The wood plank, made in China, was provided by Jillibean Soup (This company’s website no longer exists; the url on t...

Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container

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Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (base) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (upsidedown) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (closeup) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (closeup, top) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (top) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (top, with glass banana) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (closeup) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container (closeup) Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container Very Pretty Marbling Made in Taiwan   5 pounds/ 9.79 ounces 2545.5 grams 12,727.5 carats   Community Aid Queensgate York, Pennsylvania   15 May 2026   2026-York-5-15 Marble: Slanted Green Marble Container

Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red

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Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red (side) Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red (side) Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red (side) Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red (soles) Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red (label) Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red Size 7 Youth “All Day Play” Made in India #D05889-161   Pair: 1 pound/ 10.44 ounces 748 grams   Community Aid Queensgate York, Pennsylvania   15 May 2026   2026-York-5-15 Shoes (Nike): White, Black, Blue, and Red

2012: Book Box #50 – Textbooks and General Books

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‘Night, Mother  (A Play) (1983, Paperback): Marsha Norman   2012: Book Box #50 – Textbooks and General Books   American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR , 4th Edition Text Revision, 2000 (Paperback) Bernays: Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter. What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers , 1990 (Paperback, Beige Cover) (2 copies) Gassner: John Grassner and Bernard F. Dukore. A Treasury of the Theatre: From Henrik Ibsen to Robert Lowell, Volume II , 4th Edition, 1970 (Hardcover) Gilman: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Afterword by Elaine Hedges. The Yellow Wallpaper , 1973 (Paperback) Golden: Catherine Golden, Ed. A Casebook on The Yellow Wallpaper , 1992 (Paperback) Hall: Roger A. Hall. Writing Your First Play , 1991 (Paperback) Knott: William C. Knott. The Craft of Fiction , Revised Edition, 1977 (Paperback) Lamott: Anne Lamott. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life , 1994 (Paperback) Lane: Ann J. L...

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