Evenkiysky district — I was on a flight to Narita, Japan, and the aircraft had left the tarmac of London Heathrow for several hours. After a long and quite uncomfortable nap, I woke up and had a look on the screen on the s...
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Lorne — I don’t really have a lot to say about this. After all, it’s pretty easy to point to the weeds in this picture. “Weed” is not, of course, botanical terminology. Rather, it is a gardening term. A ...
Seattle — As of today, there are 9 movies in the current iteration of The Avengers franchise (no, we’re not counting that questionable Hulk from 2003). This makes for an impressive movie marathon each time a ne...
Guilin — Over the decades I’ve honed an effective method for doing a two-week learning vacation that seems to work for most of the people involved. For the lack of a better name I called it Laser-Back travel. ...
Saskatoon — A few weeks ago, the thoughts of spring began to wrap my mind with ideas of renewal. I’m a fairly simple person, but I find it hard to share certain things about myself. The family that I come from w...
Tokyo — Supporting the piece I just published on Drawing vs Designing, I went ahead and cleaned my drawing tools in the kitchen sink. Such a pleasurable thing to do: feel the water running between my fingers...
Portland — Rain outside. Coffee inside. The shop is a warm oasis of polished wood and exposed beams; of burr grinders, steaming espresso machines, and gleaming glass slow-drip apparatus. Professionals, hipsters...
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Saskatoon — “Home” has always been a tricky subject for me. From a very early age I knew the word, spoke it, and frequently cried in hopes to return to it. I never did understand the word. From age 8 to 14 I spe...
Tokyo — In his recent interview (“AERA,” March 17), Toyo Ito, a 2013 Pritzker Prize winner, states that many Japanese architects are being satisfied with just making beautiful buildings because they can pleas...
London — A beautiful sunny lunchtime and I’m lying on my favourite ‘hill’ in Regent’s Park, under the blooming blossom trees and in amongst the daisies and long grass - bliss!
Saskatoon — I started journal writing when I was about ten. I had been filling notebook after notebook with science fiction and horror short stories and I think my mother wanted me to branch out into a safer and ...
Saint cloud — To often in today’s world of exponential change and discovery we find ourselves like a child wanting to see the butterfly emerge by breaking open its chrysalis. But the butterfly will only emerge fro...
Durham — Nine months I’d been in Durham, in the middle of the state, landlocked. Before that, two years in Oregon with the Pacific on my left, a strange, cold ocean. Before that? Fifteen years in Florida, whic...
London — Yet another blue plaque in Marchmont Street, this time for the famous conductor and cellist Sir John Barbirolli. Well, famous if you’re above a certain age and/or into classical music! I vaguely rec...
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Mexico city — I walked around the city on my day off to find all the pianos on display by Toca Conmigo, an outdoors piano exhibit created by Luke Jerram. The Gold Piano at Casa del Lago is completly mesmerazing but...
Mexico city — Sometimes when the clock strikes midnight, you awaken to a new insight. Driven by your everyday persona, sometimes you’re trapped in the same zona.
Nakagyo ward — Here are “Pork Soba” and “TKG”. TKG means “Tamago Kake Gohan”, a bowl of rice with a beaten egg.
Usuki — See more » http://blog.livedoor.jp/ldmoriuchi/archives/7026998.html
Kingston upon thames — A hearty bowl of yummy pho to end the day.
Saskatoon — Classes are over and finals are coming up and my first year at university is coming to a close. I’m glad for it to finally be over. My first year was awful. Maybe I had the wrong expectations. I thou...
Bologna — “Self-portraiture has become the defining visual genre of our confessional age: the sheer volume of contemporary self-portraits defies enumeration” (James Hall, The Self-Portrait: a Cultural History)....
Örebro — Just after dinner this evening, I went out for a walk. From Järntorget I follow the stream leading out from the city into Lake Hjälmaren. I pass the castle and Henry Allard’s park on my right and the ...
Chicago — Data centers are uniquely terrible places. I suppose they can be compared to factories — both are large spaces, filled with large machines, and both generally have very bright, harsh lighting. Both ar...
Saint cloud — Trust provides the confidence, faith, and conviction that your journey down the yellow brick road of life will have purpose and meaning. You must trust in yourself, and you must trust in the people yo...
Tokyo — That’s what I thought while I was translating a wonderful lecture on the history of American graphic design by Ian Lynam. Until I got this honor, I had little knowledge about the subject. Almost none....
Aljaraque — Me parece estupendo que hoy en día la información sea casi instantánea. Me parece muy bien que los periódicos sean también digitales porque así, de forma gratuita, puedo ver la misma noticia desde var...
Saskatoon — I left the house early this morning. Walked to College Drive with my husband and then headed to the hospital as he headed downtown to work. It was my twice-yearly gastroenterology checkup. “Unremarkab...
London — Beauty hangs high o’er the head Of passing drones who walk, half-dead, To railway train or coffee shop Automatons who will not stop To look skyward and see the sight Of colours dancing in the light Ve...
London — It was just glorious at lunchtime today when I went for my walk. It felt much warmer than the temperature data above would suggest. I even managed to take a half-decent panoramic shot with my phone!...
London — I attended the London Book Fair today and got to hear bestselling Korean author, Kyung-Sook Shin talk about writing her heartbreaking novel, ‘Please look after mother’. A novel about mothers, generati...
Ronda — I’ve traveled extensively for 40 years. In almost every style there is. Been pampered in first class: I remember a time in Bangkok where they put me up in the Grand Orient Hotel on the river and I was...
York — “The elegant lantern on top of the tower is visible from many parts of the city. It was built around 1400. Throughout the mediaeval period, the light was kept burning at night to guide travellers int...
Mandaluyong — There are two things that I always think of whenever her birthday comes: 1) we are finally at the same age for six months, and 2) that I’d be getting a year older than her in six months. She just tur...
Torquay — What’s that dirty old piece of wood, painted red, on the wall of Today’s Coffee Shop? Well, when you are in one of Australia’s surfing capitals, you can expect to see prized old surf boards used as d...
Tokyo — 早朝まで降っていた雨が上がって晴れ間がひろがってきたので、空気がきれいなうちにと、カメラをぶら下げて、明治公園まで散歩にでた。うちから歩いて5分ぐらいである。 まだ人もまばらな明治公園の全景を撮って、日本青年館から神宮外苑へ入る。サイクリングの催しがあるらしく自転車に乗った親子連れが目立つ。神宮球場でのナイトゲームを待つ阪神タイガース応援団の脇をすりぬけて、国立競技場の前にでた。 南門をパチリ...
Shimogyo ward — At first, this little alley seemed a little bit unwelcoming. It was narrow and gloomy, surrounded by wood planked walls. As I remember, the only lights were coming from the entrance sign and an old la...
Thames ditton — Today’s photo is a bit of a cheat as it wasn’t taken by me but I’m sure my friend won’t mind me posting it. The experience is mine (and his!) The day started on a good note with banter between our tu...
Darmstadt — I remember the relaxed and connected atmosphere of these moments. Drinking coffee or tea, exchanging facts, checking learning scripts, joking with other students outside the learning circle. These we...
Saint cloud — We begin by first loving ourselves with a loving heart. Sit quiet today for 15 minutes and recite to yourself the following mantra: May I be filled with loving kindness. May I be well. May I be peac...
London — I love the latest artwork to appear hanging in the Barlow Train Shed roof at St Pancras! It was unveiled yesterday but I had to wait until today before I had a chance to see it for the first time. I...
Maynooth — I mean can a pop up bank or to speak generally a popup store, encourage people to go into civic activities? To create more of a community? I wonder because the bank pictured here as far as a know doe...
Aljaraque — Tras abrir la última caja de la última habitación, se incorporó, puso los brazos en jarras, observó alrededor todo colocado, y lanzó un profundo suspiro. ¡Por fin se podía declarar oficialmente en su ...
Victoria — Last time I got Hakushu and he didn’t like it. He went on to say that he didn’t like Japanese whiskey. So I had to step it up a bit and got Hibiki. I’m not much of a whiskey drinker, but I’ve always l...
Lijiang — Once you have been shocked by an army of tourists confined to the narrow lanes of a once charming place, one vows never to wind up in a tourist trap again. But that is a mistake. The reason that most...
Toronto — Then I spent the last 3 days binging the entire 3 seasons, just to be prepared for a season 4 viewing party. Watching TV has officially become a social activity.
Tokyo — 1. Be A Good Neighbor (photo) good coffee, original arrangement tea and some sweets / branch shop of Tas Yard 2. BiRd and rUbY good coffee and panini / branch shop of “bread, espresso &” in Omote...
Tübingen — When I saw the stage, my heart sank. It was all black, and observing the dancers go through their warm ups in rather dark, casual attire convinced me light and contrast would be scarce commodities tha...
Sevenoaks — Our village newsagent allows adverts to be placed in his window for a small fee. Most are rather mundane - ‘for sale’ notices for old lawnmowers, furniture or other unwanted items, or people looking f...
Duluth — This Superior Sea With her vast flows of ice this season, Lake Superior sent two modern state-of-the-art vessels limping back to port. Not a few miles down her shore from where these injured vessels ...
Saint cloud — “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Teresa Take just a moment to close your eyes, take a big deep breath, and think about the four seasons of t...
St. thomas — Mom is a Catholic. Kind of. For as long as I’ve known her, she hasn’t been to church, always complaining it was “too boring, that she can always pray at home and doesn’t need a building and other peo...
Tokyo — The pile usually gets higher to bury those books I have to read. It gets in the way. But as soon as I put a coffee cup on the top, it disappears. For some reason, I can’t read a newspaper everyday. I...
Munich — When I finished my work today I glanced to the clock and saw that it was 6 PM. The sun was shining brightly outside with no signs of going down soon. I was then surprised by my own thought – a thought...
Ramberg — Myself and Dave Morrow had been staying in Reine/Hamnøy on the Lofoten Islands and Dave was really keen on a dawn shoot, so we drove up to Ramberg beach at about 06:30 (I think). Despite the atrociou...
London — I admit that I don’t know the statistics, but I would hazard a guess that today about 95% of cutlery and 95% of umbrellas bought in the UK are made in the Far East. And I think that’s a shame. Not be...
Amsterdam — As some of you (that have read other posts) may know, I have a 4 legged companion, with whom I do daily walks. Recently there has been a strange phenomenon in our ‘walking-routes’, where in strange pl...
Portage — I was once again on top of Upper Adele’s, one of the highest slopes on Cascade Mountain, waiting at the ‘ready’ but not really ‘set’ to ‘go.’ I was Frozen, by both fear and cold combined. Can I do th...
Aljaraque — The smoke of my pipe slowly accumulated on the roof of my small office. The silence in that room was the highlight, because there was not a sad window in the basement, and the street noise did not rea...
Wellington — One of the moments that really stuck with me from last year’s Taylor Swift concert was her performance of the song, “All Too Well” (which is, I reckon, the most emotional song on her Red album). Not ...
Moriyama — We don’t use any pesticide and fertilizer. 日本語でもおｋ。
Otari — One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books. 1 Skinning the slopes towards the summit of Norikura-dake, warm with anticipation and exercise; captivated by the wind and snow...
Chennai — My finals are over and I’m done with college. It’s going to be a long, hot summer. Typically, Indian summers start in April and end by July. But here in Chennai, they last till September and sometimes...
Madrid — http://eseldisparador.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/interseccion-de-viajeros.html
Kihei — There was really not more to that moment, David, than the elemental fact of it. But thanks for wanting to “know more” about it; although I’m beginning to wonder about this hi.co trope—do readers real...
Chicago — I took in this exhibit today at MCA. It centered on the film ‘Chicago’ by Sarah Morris. For a few moments everything felt familiar, I was a local- relating to the city I knew, approving shots in the ...
New orleans — Commander’s Palace is one of the classic restaurants of New Orleans, and like many historic restaurants in historic towns, fights a battle against its history and present. Even though the restaurant h...
Aireys inlet — I ask you, how could a day that starts out like this involve a trip to the dental surgeon, an hour of moving small stones in a wheelbarrow, an hour of weeding, a trip to Kmart, and taking out the whee...
Mandaluyong — “This.” Your eyes never left the view from beyond the glass windows. The blinds were drawn and we sat there staring at the not-so-amazing skyline. It was not like New York’s that has hundreds of skysc...
New york — There was an hour left of sunlight. The paved walks were crusty snow at the end of a long winter, and they sat in the tunnel as he poured most of a fifth of gin into two bodega juices. The drink was a...
Greenville — But they would be wrong. The hardest part about going for a run is deciding what you’re going to think about the whole damn time. Before you lace up your shoes, before you pull back your hair, before...
Oregon city — We left home, married, had children of our own, found the seeds of meanness blooming also within us. -George Saunders, “Sticks” When we’d go back home to visit, the seeds sprouted even though nothin...
New york — Two days ago, the New York Times published an article about women who work in tech and the variety of sexism and frat boy behavior that they routinely encounter. One of my problems with the article is...
Luang prabang — There is a trinity of travel modes. You might think of these 3 styles as 3 corners of a triangle. Rest. Do. Change. One corner is Vacation. In this mode, you are trying to optimize rest. You seek out...
New york — They asked me how I feel about New York, but I don’t think I will do her justice if my feelings can be summed up within 72 hours of my first footsteps. This picture captured what I cannot adequately ...
March — Somehow, despite my best efforts to raise independent, self-reliant children, they have grown up to expect me to be able to fix every single thing that is capable of breaking down or going wrong aroun...
Saint cloud — Different from all other human activities, the goal of mindfulness is one of non-doing. The purpose is for you to discover who you already are and for you to be yourself. So the paradox here is in o...
New york — I don’t know what came over me. I hadn’t intended on entering this vast cathedral. This was my shopping day after all. But something drew me. As soon as I entered and looked up and around me I felt a ...
Fort worth — When you are no longer able to fell the life as it comes simply because of getting numb to change. Everything down the road has bought one to the true meaning of life. No matter how long it takes or w...
Guelph — We had a busy week this week. And last week to be honest. We have begun our great experiment with the Airbnb and have had two guests so far with a third showing up today. So far so good. Oded, a young...
Dartford — I was rather taken by this tree that we saw as we walked by the River Darent in Lullingstone yesterday afternoon. It reminded me of Treebeard, although I suspect it was not as old as him!
Block island — There we were, we weren’t quite sure we were. We didn’t know where we were going, but we knew how we got there. We were searching for something, that one of us had seen in this area before. We didn’t ...
Surbiton — I’m probably getting boring, but gardening makes me happy. This morning, it was rainy but it didn’t stop me doing a bit of planting indoors. I’m attempting to grow carrots, and am following the instru...
New york — ashes at judson… sitting in the dim light candles flickering beside me… robe on… ashes at the ready… reading mysticism and resistance… sound of soprano rehearsing for bailout theater from th...
Aireys inlet — All along the Australian Surf Coast, one can find a series of Aboriginal Ochre Mines in the high cliffs that stretch between Torquay and Aireys Inlet. The colors range from bright yellow and deep gol...
Surry hills — Golden Age is a cinema and bar in the old screening room of the heritage-listed Paramount Pictures Building in Surry Hills, Sydney. Read more.
Dawes point — It’s only fair that a theatre should have a theatre bar, right? Read more
Rushcutters bay — Alaska Projects is a Sydney based Artist Run Initiative established in November 2011 to exhibit contemporary visual art in unused or disused spaces. Alaska’s first project is to establish a project sp...
Reno — The multi-family building boom around the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) could be a great opportunity to enhance the lives of all Reno residents—those around the campus and those force...
Nashik — I have never been disappointed by a visit to London. Paris or Tokyo. Or for that matter, by a tour of the hill towns of Italy, or India. In addition to the thousands of destinations I have visited in ...
London — It was the only place I could escape the maelstrom: of the city; of my life; of myself. I went there whenever I needed a moment to sort through my thoughts. From one stream to another. I took them the...
San francisco — When the tide comes in, the smaller sandpipers move with it, running in unison away from the waves. As the water retreats, they all rush back, a cloud of tiny birds on toothpick legs. They glide acros...
Berkeley — We had a delicious garden-to-table meal that included Moroccan chickpeas with lamb and poached egg, spinach and citrus salad with dates and olives, and a dessert of saffron panna cotta with candied ku...
Saint cloud — we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change. ~Buddha’s Little Instruction Book We have now reached th...
Munich — Today, at Munich creative fair, seeing lots and lots of people (myself included) buying all those craft supplies, I caught myself wondering: Why do people craft?
Lovrečica — Daniel, 7 months down, 4 to go. It’s been frustrating at times, no-one said it would be plain sailing, you’ve done volunteering in development before, you know how hard it can be. And whilst you mig...
Gloucester — When you don’t live in Gloucester, the problem of over-fishing is simple. The problem, clearly, is those greedy, myopic fishermen, destroying our oceans to score a quick buck. When you do live in Glou...
Hertford — I went home, that is back to my parents’ house, last weekend for Mother’s Day. I was in a foul mood. A great black hole of stress and worry consisting of essays, revision & what to do after grad...