Charlotte — Beads of thought haphazardly strung together with scraps of thread, recycled from decaying books of old. Even after reading the world’s greatest verses and prose, even after perusing timeless words of...
London — As I’m sure many people know, the final ceramic poppy of the art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was installed yesterday at the Tower of London. One hand-made poppy for every British a...
Faulconbridge — They say knowing where you’ve come from enhances your future path, and in this case, whether in the jungles of Malaysia or atop the Notre Dame towers, I’ll be looking for the same life, tranquility, e...
London — This lovely terracotta frieze is one of several that are high up on a terrace of properties on the south side of Russell Square. The terrace is Grade II listed, and from the listing it would appear t...
Tübingen — For my annual advent calendar, I have to choose photos. Going through my massive archives, I must swim rather quickly, or I will drown. This year I realized a curious thing: clicking at a certain pace...
Leeds — He isn’t really. The photo by an unidentified Australian war photographer is titled The Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendeale 31 July - 10 November 1917. The soldier isn’t him, but my Grandfather did...
Kita ward — The station is chaos. Somewhere upstream someone has either fallen or thrown themselves on the tracks, the official language is notoriously obtuse in these circumstances, and we ride the trickle-down ...
Barcelona — I went back to Barcelona. I was there for almost all of October, which is just enough time to get over jet lag, readjust, fall back into your old life and then say good bye all over again. I spent my...
Bodega bay — Once a week, I get a grilled cheese sandwich, a cup of tomato soup, and a whiskey sour. Every day, if I have some extra cash, I get a pumpkin bagel with apple cinnamon smear from Noah’s. One of these ...
Broomfield — First Snow In The New Home. It feels like Christmas already. The fireplace is roaring (oh how I love it!) And my blanket is warm. My Netflix Queue is filled with all the Christmas movies I could find....
Châtillon-sur-marne — J’aime la facon dont les pieds se posent par terre, poussés par les genoux, par le poids du bassin, le poids du corps. Une signature unique, comme la forme d’une oreille ou la facon dont quelqu’un éte...
Othis — Promenade champêtre, vu des betteraves à sucre, vu courir des biches (Impression que c’est un de ces leurres sur roulettes qui filent à toute vitesse sur des rails dans les courses de lévrier) “Un pe...
Othis — Samedi 08 Novembre 14 | Personnal Jesus On a chevauché des perches, sans marcher sur l’eau. On a récupéré les clignotants, patienté cinq minutes qui en étaient 10. Au “U” on a préfère la chaîne. On a ...
Shenzhen — It has been a long time since I have been to a Karaoke place or Nori Bang. It has also been the first time I have been to one stone sober. The place was massive. We were put in room 1976, which I thin...
Broomfield — Recently we moved into a new home that by far exceeded any hopes and expectations we could have had. Although we’ve only just begun to settle in, and the one-car garage is packed full of boxes, and ou...
West palm beach — I miss the sea like wild horses miss the fields that used to be. I remember the way I felt standing on the patio at the Breakers Hotel. It was freedom, and belief. Belief in myself, and everything I ...
Woodstock — I think what life has taught me over the last few months is that things can change monumentally over a short period of time: health, family, friendships, love, wellbeing, travel, work, general plans. ...
Llano — ….deep in the heart of Texas! This year I didn’t even contemplate a Halloween costume (something I usually choose to ignore until the last minute then stress about unnecessarily). I had a plan week...
Praha 1 — Sociolinguistics has always been interesting to me, how language shapes culture and its relative sense of the world. Finnish and Estonian are very similar, a unique language family. So in these cases ...
Tokyo — As I walk toward him, he turns and makes eye contact, then blinks furiously and faces the tracks. The crowd parts for a second and I am able to see him in profile. On top of his shaved head rests a th...
Central jakarta — I began to love enjoying cities by walking since I visited Bandung. Then I tried the same way at Jogja. The result was amazing. I fell in love both. They are amazing, though I love Bandung more than J...
Monterey park — But there seemed to be plenty of time still, the light showed no sign of dimming anytime soon. Then, through the south-facing window, you see the skyline has put out a dirty ombre rag, and you can se...
Aireys inlet — Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling, (Walt Whitman)
Vancouver — But I feel empty of anything to say. Maybe because it’s grey outside…the first truly grey day I’ve encountered on this trip. Maybe it’s because we were out until 2 last night. Maybe because my next s...
Inverness — On a quiet Monday morning in July, around the time of day when I would normally brush my teeth before heading to work, three of us set sail from Stavanger, on the western coast of Norway. Our next por...
Praha 1 — The counterpoint to this is today I’m sitting here working on my Chicago based project. It all makes sense to this Colombian Norwegian-American.
Berlin — The best mate starts with the best mates and then comes the fire. So we started a traditional mate ritual on the streets of Berlin. After loading off 800kg of fresh Mate we gathered around the fire fo...
Aireys inlet — I have seen a lot of talk recently about what has come to be called lucid dreaming, a concept which can be defined as ‘any dream in which you are aware that you are dreaming and in which you experien...
Bagneux — Vendredi 07 novembre 2014 Nous sommes nos phares réciproques. Non la lumière et la lumière ne s’annulent pas. Ça permet de voir les ténèbres. Vent et légère pluie. On dirait qu’on vole. Puis pluie p...
Milan — Trizero srl, l’azienda lecchese specializzata in servizi web personalizzati, ha messo a disposizione della degustazione veronelliana una tecnologia made in Galbiate dedicata al mondo dei vini: Vocal-i...
London — This morning in my home village we had the first frost of this winter. The cold wasn’t great, but I could see the sky was totally clear, and so I knew I ought to get a good view crossing Blackfriars ...
Aireys inlet — Reveillé WAKE: the silver dusk returning Up the beach of darkness brims, And the ship of sunrise burning Strands upon the eastern rims. Wake: the vaulted shadow shatters, Trampled to the floor...
Aireys inlet — This is my sun before the eclipse, just before the eclipse, just before the moon’s shadow began to encroach on the Sun’s disc. I remember the moment perfectly. The banks of the Lower Basin of the Ch...
Saint-denis — Pris un jardin metropolitain et une affiche flamme rouge. Marché dans les feuilles mortes en respirant à pleines oreilles. Ai trouvé que finalement à pieds c’était moins loin qu’en voiture. L’ai trouv...
Kennett square — I saw stars, but they were not stars, they were flying vehicles. Maybe in the millions. I then realized that I was on another planet. The civilization’s technology was exceedingly more advance then ou...
Null — Rêve. Je suis au japon. Dans un immense centre commercial-piscine tout en carrelage blanc. Il y a des palmiers. Il y a des zones shopping et des zones aquatiques avec des pans inclinés transparents (d...
Kelowna — I don’t even drink that much coffee. I don’t need it in the morning to wake up, I don’t order coffee to go. But I love the smell of coffee. The way the cup heats up your hands. And I enjoy going to co...
Vautha — Early this morning three donkeys from Ahmedabad, including myself, woke up at 4, got ready half an hour later and set out 50 kilometers to watch something that even the state tourism department and in...
Singapore — last term, we made a robot out of lego and above is my end result. It might look silly but it is SO POWERFUL. It is so strong that it can push your phone off the table. yup. this thing is controlled b...
Saint-denis — Mardi 04 novembre 2014 Dans mon rêve il y avait une bague en ambre. La pierre se “flétrissait” et je prenais conscience que c’était en fait un bouton de chair humaine en putréfaction. Il y avait aussi...
Athens — When it was time for Taxol to come in (that’s the drug that will be making all my hair fall off, and the first of the hardcore chemicals), I put on music. I chose my Pan Am compilation, and boy did it...
London — Last week I visited the steps down to the Regent’s Canal at Granary Square, King’s Cross Central, and took some pictures of the pumpkins that were being set out there ready for Halloween. You can see...
London — I’d been wanting to get to the amazing fountains in Granary Square, King’s Cross Central, at night time for ages. I’d heard how great they look when they’re all lit up. I finally got the chance last...
Saint-denis — Kazumi. Et son sachet de saucisson sec pris dans un distributeur parce que nous sommes français. Kazumi qui essaie de fredonner en franponais : “bondju bondju, bonsua bonsua”. Kazumi qui connaît par c...
Hamburg — This is Hamburg in November. Not bright and sunny and warm, how it is in the few days of summer that we get here. Not yet decorated with twinkling christmas lights, the air full of snowflakes that m...
London — This half loop in Russell Square is all that remains of Britain’s first experiment with Big Bang creation - the Little Hadron Collider run by UCL and RADA. This earliest of particle accelerators was i...
Florence — Nice trip to the birth place of the Renaissance. Saw many things. I laughed, cried, and ran out of deodorant. A weird policy on irons in hotels made for a tough day. Some good food. Some tourist tra...
San francisco — Since I spent my entire Saturday cooped up in a coworking space getting stuff done (tweets, check, logos, check, lettering, check), I decided Sunday was going to be Neighborhood Explorers Day — well, ...
Berlin — My abiding memory was not of the Wall, but of the U-bahn from the West whizzing non-stop through stations in the East, their colours and adverts frozen in time from before the Wall. On each platform ...
Tokyo — Near my apartment, there is a big street with an endless row of ginkgo trees, which are symbols of Tokyo. This one near the subway station somehow attracts tons of sparrows from 4:00 to 6:00pm. I some...
Bengaluru — I was very excited when I informed my family that we will be going to visit Tirupati , the heavenly abode of Lord on this earth. Lord Venkateswara/ Balaji/Srinivasa/Bhakta Vatsala/ Vaikunta Nivasi as ...
Madeira — Thirty hours without sleep, fifteen without food. Biting my tongue to stay awake, peering out into the abyss to scout for other boats. There is nothing to see; nobody goes here. Too tired to cook. We’...
London — Good morning, what will you have today? It’s another Tuesday morning, which I’ve decided to spend working from a coffee shop in North Greenwich. I arrived there a bit later than usual, so the good se...
Orlando — There was a propane gas explosion at a plant in our coverage area . The news came right at eleven when I’m supposed to finish work. I knew I was going to stay late. But didn’t realize I’d be there unt...
Tokyo — How can we give up what we love?
Saint-denis — Jeudi 30 oct 2014 Rêvé que j’étais dans un hôtel où chaque étage était une saison ou un climat différent. Et l’ascenseur un cylindre de verre coulissant dans un escalier en spirale. (Je rêve souvent ...
Chengdu — The first thing to notice after you approach the counter is selection; the most “plain” thing you can order outside a chain like Starbucks is an espresso or americano (neither really my cup of tea), w...
London — The roof over the new-ish passenger concourse at King’s Cross Station was looking rather nice today. I’ve seen it red before, but is seemed brighter today, and there was a giant red poppy attached to...
London — On my lunchtime walk today I saw the preparations for Halloween that are being made on the steps by the Regent’s Canal next to Granary Square in King’s Cross Central. Once they’ve finished setting th...
London — This advert on the end of a bus shelter caught my eye as I was hurrying to a meeting earlier. It made me laugh out loud, which was slightly embarrassing, but not so much that I wasn’t willing to stop...
London — This is frustrating! Got up on time? CHECK Trains running from my station? CHECK Connection at Herne Hill on time? CHECK Passed through Blackfriars on time? CHECK Got photograph of beautiful sun...
New york — I open to the content page for this year’s The Best American Travel Writing. Amanda Lindhout’s story on being kidnapped in Mogadishu for 460 Days caught my eye. That story was my bedtime reading a few...
Trenton — It was a hot job. Hot like the Sahara, hot like lying down on Arizona asphalt in August, hot like if you put on a ski jacket and rubber rain boots and went for a walk on the surface of Mercury with a ...
Wellington — I was having lunch with Rowena (who I will refer to from here on out as HER ROYAL MOOSE-LI - the conditions set by her for allowing me to write about her idea in a blog post. This is gonna make thing...
London — Since the clocks went back an hour at the weekend I’ve been wanting to get a photo from Blackfriars Bridge of the sunrise, but travel problems have so far thwarted me! On Monday my train was cancelle...
San diego — In my 10th grade English Class, we have been exploring the ideas of famous psychologist, Carl Jung. Carl Jung was inspired by Sigmund Freud and even became his apprentice until they both agreed to spl...
Hong kong — Isaac and Lacey Goldstein met 14 years ago at San Francisco State University. They fell in love and got married seven years ago. Josh Erdman and Cotter Christian met 11 years ago while working at a re...
Paris — Now three years away from Paris — I should say “Paris and Paris suburbs”1 — I could truly enjoy the beauty of la vieille ville européenne recently only. As my wife and I were finally sitting in ...
New orleans — There are a bunch of things I love about this sign. Sure, the letters are of varying weights, the weight of the H is unbalanced, and the N has an extra serif on the bottom right that makes it reversib...
Kolmanskop — This is a location that I’ve seen many times and been wanting to go to for years. This particular scene has always captured my attention and I just had to photograph it for myself. This is the amazin...
Toronto — This is the former Canadian headquarters of Coca Cola. It, along with its one-storey bottling plant next door, was listed as a Heritage Property by the City of Toronto in May of 2013. By August, ther...
Jerusalem — Nous pouvons apprendre bien des choses de la symbolique : les mythes et leurs significations s’expriment dans l’objet, le corps et le geste qui se transforment dès lors en symbole. Dans les temps anci...
Wailuku — October 26, 2014. This would be, by far, the most difficult thing I’ve had to write. So I’ll leave this here for now. I need to gather and contain some needed resources first. But I know I’ve found ...
Makati city — Deep down, I already know that it’s a matter of if, and not when: I am going to leave you. I don’t even know where I’m going yet, but I am so sure of it that once I can, I know I will. I know you’v...
Greenville — The colors of the woods behind my house are magnificent. Today, it’s a mix of gray greens and hazy yellows, shots of orange dabbled on top, a hurried painter’s palette slopped over a nearly-finished c...
Duluth — David wade Chamber’s moment on “Two Governor’s Houses” reminded me: The governor of Michigan has a summer home, provided by the state, on Mackinac Island, an ultra-tourist destination on an island ...
San francisco — “Go hoooome,” Stephen says, passing by my desk. “You can finish that next week.” “I’m at 43,” I answer. (43 titles to go.) See, I’d been busy with intern things (whee) and my task since last week wa...
San francisco — “I gotta go,” I said, cutting the party short. Well, sorta party — it was my boss’ birthday and we were all on our third (fourth?) bottle of prosecco: celebrating that, and our co-worker Kelly’s last ...
Mackinaw city — In August of 2013 I had the good fortune of traveling on a 826 foot Great Lakes ore freighter from Two Harbors on Lake Superior just outside Duluth Minnesota to Indiana Harbor on the southern end of L...
Southbank — The Melbourne Art Centre spire seemed dank and cold this morning till this hot air balloon suddenly appeared to keep it company. I’d say this augurs well for the day, wouldn’t you?, but I don’t hold...
Southbank — One can think of many reasons why the mansion (on the left) which the current Victorian Governor calls home is so much larger than the modest cottage (on the right) in which the first Governor housed ...
Paris — Vendredi 24 octobre 2014. Une jeune femme tout en voiles noirs sur une trottinette. J’ai souri. Un jeune homme a chignon, verres de lunettes bleus, écouteurs géants, demi hamburgers de cuir sur les or...
Amsterdam — Somehow I’ve found myself in a room bustling with all the languages of Europe—they’re mixing out in the dusty air around me; Dutch and German, Greek and French, others are arguing in Romanian (or perh...
Pilanesberg national park — Whenever I watched films about the wildlife in Africa, they always seem to be at the watering hole. Now I know why. Around 8:00 am we were driving on Hippo Drive next to the lake created by the Mank...
Hampi — When I was about to start the day with a tasty chai and some local newspaper, I was shocked to the core to see a detailed, fully colored photo of a man whose limbs were spread all across the street. I...
Antipolo — Is it too late to be a 22-year-old unpaid intern for Elle Decor or House Beautiful and learn my Adirondack, Bauhaus, Chinoiseries from the ground up? I flip through features on East Coast charm and E...
Portland — Road life shows me too many people like her, for me to ignore them. I try to tell myself that they wouldn’t want me to identify with them…I have a car, I have a job (at least most of the time), I’m ...
Pilanesberg national park — We had just entered Pilanesberg National Park. On the main road we stopped the car to look at zebras on a hill far away. The zebras were quite a distance, but we had a clear line of sight on them. ...
London — While wandering around London, I find myself wondering as well. The ones carrying their luggage on the underground, the ones carrying a backpack on the anonymous crowded streets of Central London — a...
Bengaluru — In the current day scenario, outsourcing has become one of the major win-win situation in any field . India, is becoming an Outsourcing hub , due to its rejuvenate business investment policy , competi...
Tokyo — Many dead letters are sent from prison:
Berkeley — A writer, a strange animal. Most animals eat their prey, from skin to very bone and marrow. Enjoying the hunt and the kill. A writer though, does not enjoy the hunt, the scheming and plotting. They to...
Othis — Mardi 21 octobre 2014 Des images, encore des images toujours des images : Elle en pleurs, dans le corbillard. puis elle hors les larmes, qui me dit “bon sang, j’ai plus de larmes” comme si elle s’exc...
Fujisawa — This unfortunate habit exposes his small and uneven tobacco-stained teeth in a manner not unlike a grimace but only for the length of time for which he keeps it that way. There is an air of indignant...
Aireys inlet — It is my impression that the majority of Hi people are young professionals, starting or building their careers, or in some cases still out seeing the world. Sure, Hi includes a few old blokes like me...
Tehran — I’ve been to more parks in a single trip to Iran as compared to the last four years in a university situated next to the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Many Iranians spend their weekends and free time ...
Shiraz — Islamic architecture is varied across the different shrines and mosques. Intricate enamel paintings pattern these walls. Some have stained glass with light gently pouring into the prayer rooms; others...
New york — I went on a poorly conceived 3-day camping trip in the Catskills with a friend. Wilderness, campfire and star filled sky was what I had in mind. Except my trek mate’s ODC got the better of him and a s...
New york — I am not the anywhere but here girl, that is not what this is. I can do this. I can stay put… I can do this. All the bits of Zen and happiness and light I found and gathered and tapped into from six-m...
New york — The joy of sleeping in my own bed again. Six-months on the road is long. To shower in a bathroom where the shower is separate from the toilet holds unparalleled joy. A bathtub. Even if I don’t actuall...