Kimberly Tilley rescues forgotten stories of early twentieth century America from obscurity. Her books, Grievous Deeds (2023); Has it Come to This? (2022), Cold Heart (2020), and The Poisoned Glass (2019) were Amazon category best-sellers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and India.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
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As a follow up to yesterday’s post, take a look at this amazing picture that was taken by M.G. Loppé on June 3, 1902 at 9:30 p.m., when lightning struck the Eiffel Tower!
I love lightning photography. With today’s advanced cameras, we’re able to see in more sharp detail how lightning looks in the fraction of a second when it strikes. When you think of the camera he must have been working with, this beautiful shot by Monsieur Loppé is more amazing than ever. What a storm this must have been!
Originally published in the May 1905 edition of the Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France.
Cool pic!
The photo evokes thoughts of Ben Franklin and his kite, and his time in Paris.
Paris, lightning, and Benjamin Franklin. That’s a great connection! Hats off! 🎩