Stockholm-arlanda — When flying, people tend to be window people, or aisle people. I am a window person. On this trip though, I have sat in the aisle twice. The first was an overnight flight to Frankfurt, and the idea o...
Aireys inlet — For the last 35 years, I’ve lived on a five acre block of land, mostly wooded, that borders on the Otways National Park. For the first decade or so we heated the house solely with firewood grown on t...
Aireys inlet — Sometimes the line between cool and interesting, on the one hand, and cluttered and insipid, on the other, is easy to see but hard to define. Anyhow, I liked this place, and the food was lovely and a...
New york — “You just missed the party boat!” he called out from his car parked at the end of the loading dock. I had just voted in the NYC Mayoral primaries in Red Hook and decided to go watch the sun set on th...
Caledon — This is my son’s artwork accompanying a story about what he did this summer. We had so many fun adventures: two trips to Sauble Beach, a week at Grandma’s, long geocaching hikes, and boating/tubing/of...
Accra — It’s been 12 years since I assumed your role but I still can’t fill your space. Wherever you are .. know I have only paid attention to your strengths… weaknesses I knew of… weaknesses that I fee...
New york — I’ve tried to stop with the booze, but the coffee continues, undiluted. This is a hellish country, New York, a kind of swamp land in the erotic endless summertime. I’m inside waiting for it to rain an...
Uppsala — I thought he meant my deodorant. But he wanted to see my fishing reel. For what feels like 5 minutes he examines the reel, looking at it from all angles, turning the knobs. After a minute or so I unde...
Hoboken — The first time I tried to go to Maxwell’s was in high school. I had heard the Replacements were playing a surprise show but the tickets sold out quickly and I did not get in. In the years that follo...
New york — Soft boiled eggs are a genius invention and whomever thought them up should be given a medal, especially for the details like small cups, tiny spoons, and toast fingers. I woke up at 8 AM this mornin...
Charlottesville — A year ago, the possibility of me being here today, had not even been formed as a thought yet. I am grateful for how things have spinned around, for the whirl of events that transported me from one si...
Wellington — I’ve walked past this building on numerous occasions without giving it a second glance. This particular time it struck me that what I might be looking at was a building from an sci-fi future as imagin...
Salt lake city — The sky is so big out here that you can drive in and out of rain clouds like awnings on a city street. A beautiful, seven color rainbow ran from the valley up into the clouds today - the mountains wer...
New york — We had broken up over the summer, and not in a good way. She was back for a week to close the books on her apartment and officially discharge from college. Then she was going back to Japan. I had agre...
San francisco — At times when meditating or just taking some moments to breathe I get a sensation of tingling and warmth emanating from the heart, through the lungs and across the chest. It’s really quite a funny sen...
Chimacum — Waking up early so I can write, be creative and conscious for at least this one moment before I go to work and lose my soul. By creating this small excerpt I set an anchor, plot a point to come back ...
Saskatoon — I’ve always been a bit of an outsider in the theatre scene here. I have degrees in music and devised theatre but my aesthetic is based on a type of integrative performance that is more familiar to Eur...
Caledon — Wonderland, home of the Leviathan and the Behemoth, is, in my opinion, the best amusement park in canada. I’m a huge fan of thrill rides and the Leviathan is, indefinitely, the most exhilarating ride ...
New york — Last night I went to see a screening of some short films in the back of a video store on Bedford Avenue. It was great. The piece’s were weird and earnest — one featured a man swallowed by a giant vagi...
London — At No.114, as bus 29 passes, at 10:44
Tokyo — They however do ask that you pay 300 JPY an hour if you’re using your laptop or order an extra drink. It’s nice enough that I don’t mind that much.
Vancouver — We had exchanged fake goodbyes just a week before. See you in December—I’ll be back for Christmas! I’ll miss you! See you online! What other people didn’t know was that we were all going to see eac...
New york — “Write,” is something I’m always telling people to do. “Every single day, just do it, like it’s your job.” But this is never something I do myself. At least, not in public, where anything is at stake...
Nanaimo — There are days when going to work is just going to work. And then there are days when I remember to stop, and breathe, and look around, and be grateful that I’m sitting on a ferry the size of a small ...
Tokyo — I remember telling my boss Aki at Cookpad the day that my wife and I got married that it was on 救急の日(emergency day)、and he quickly said, “It’s also Cook day.” The pun is 9-9 in Japanese is pronounced ...
Laguna niguel — I didn’t know about downloading till about 2002. It seems we all do this. To explain the phenomena, it’s how many people will all at once come up with the same design solution to a specific problem. T...
Gentofte — Monday evening always has been a great deal of “mood-goes-down” thing. But not anymore. Put skates on, get your heartbeat up, get color on your cheeks. Couple of blue marks, too. After one hour you’ll...
West akim — Africa burns my eyes and sets my nerves on edge. He tells me this is a country in which everything is out to hurt you, white man — the insects, the water, the Nigerian road marauders. Nigerian road ...
New york — It was 10AM on a Sunday morning, on Madison Ave and 39th street. I had 90 minutes to myself while my son kicked sand bags at karate class. The streets were empty, coffee shops closed. I walked arou...
Paris — Robinias are the oldest living trees in Paris. Introduced from Northern America in the 16th century, they became fashionable in the middle of the 18th after the trend set by royal gardeners in Versai...
Salt lake city — This was the only brand of soap my parents bought for more than 20 years. Somehow my mind has associated this smell and this feel with cleanliness - no other soap works quite as well.
Charlottesville — “You are the sun I am the moon You are the words I am the tune Play me”
San diego — I don’t want to be writing about this and I especially do not want to be writing about this at 8:00 AM. I know they are natural to the universe and they serve their purpose in the awe-striking ecosys...
Ahmedabad — What’s surprising is the strong, positive emotional response to this photo by the NID diaspora - the venue obviously has hosted some intense, mind-altering sessions. Have given half a dozen presentat...
Hoboken — While not much to actually see, it was still pretty incredible. About a dozen or so gathered at the pier to watch the launch. Right on time, a small glowing streak came rising up in the south. The str...
Salt lake city — Dust and grit whips through the air, smelling of sulfur. I hear it was a mix up at the chlorine plant west of the city. Temple Square and the surrounding blocks are packed. the light on North Temple a...
Caledon — In my opinion, school can be seen in two ways: a lovely place where people can see there friends and socialize while learning and preparing for whatever life has laid out out for them or….. Purgator...
San francisco — The old-time band sways and gallops to the music, wooden heads stuttering in a vague approximation of boozy joy. The piano player has a wood-grain 5 o’clock shadow and bags painted under his eyes, not...
Port townsend — Every night I make my way home from town, via a local trail that navigates the zig-zag barriers between private properties, (somewhat makeshift paths like those made from cracks in ice, or lightning s...
Karuizawa — Walked: 45km a total of 13h straight 8h on Tarmac, The remaining, finally, up in the mountains and trough a mountain pass, albeit under a torrential rain. Met: A scarecrow so realistic that was distu...
Tokyo — Or something. This guy was washing his dentures in a public bathroom sink.
Saskatoon — We love the bats in our yard and at night watch them flap through the yard catching mosquitos. We found this one on the back lawn all curled into itself. It’s hard to say what may have killed it. I ...
San francisco — Find it in a shack on the end of Pier 45, nestled between bay and rows of squat monuments to seafood tourism. Prepare yourself: you will have to fight through a lot of bodies to get there. When final...
Creston — I remarked that this place was the type of German restaurant you’d find in Mexico. It was strange, and they sold sunglasses. The next song (that they played 3 times) was a polka about Mazatlán.
Creston — We’ve been slowly wandering through the Kootenays on our way to Vancouver Island, determined to do a bit of exploring and have a relaxing journey.
Petaluma — I have luck with just one thing in life, but it’s a big thing: planes. As in, I’m always, somehow, against all odds, managing to get on them. Let me explain. My Mom is a flight attendant and one of t...
Kade — Hello, I say. Hello, she says. What’s your name? Ophelia. Her name is Ophelia. She says this and then gives me the look — the look I get from so many of the Africans, the look I initially misread ...
Wellington — Every morning, when I leave for work, a piece of me remains. At the moment my daughter thinks it’s a game; I ask for a kiss, she turns away and digs her face into my wife’s shoulder. I wonder when it ...
Liverpool — Went to enroll on a year long Spanish language course at the local community college. Can’t wait to start I just need a weird asian kid, cool dude, cute blonde, someone to play mom and a Pearce and I’...
Barcelona — Just remnants of printing dies that has been left in the street by someone.
San francisco — Well, it all starts by having measurable units to work with. So for me that means: a scoop for scooping coffee a cheap food thermometer to check the temperature a watch to watch the seconds go by Her...
San francisco — The nickname happened three weeks ago; he’s only been here a month. The city hasn’t been terribly forthcoming with affordable housing, so tonight the Moose migrates east across the bay. (Dear rent: pl...
New york — Walking the High Line at 7 AM is fantastic. You’ve got the whole park to yourself while the city sleeps :)
Aireys inlet — This morning a dense fog (unusual for this coast) rolled in just at daybreak. The beauty of it left me wordless for a change.
Portland — Lovely sky, almost tropical in character on this Labor Day 2013. My wife and I enjoyed the nice weather to walk to Riverplace Marina on the Willamette River. This scene shows the Marquam Bridge, carry...
Hoboken — But taking my time getting to work resulted in a flash of inspiration for a new feature. Nice how that works out.
London — Plug the ear phones in and forget the city life for a while.
Aireys inlet — Kennedia nigricans. The bud is entirely black, the open flower black and yellow. Native to the southwest of Western Australia, but the specimen pictured here grows by my back door. The quote is fro...
Hayama — As I lie in bed tonight with my right wrist in a brace and a slightly painful left ankle I ask myself, is it worth it. With 2 years of CrossFit and a marathon (Big Sur) all injury free under my belt, ...
New york — …And right the wrong, because there is no wrong; this was never about cortelyou; the point was to reach the end of a subway line, any line, and the end of the c is a dot marked Euclid. This is what...
Duluth — “Not since I was younger, maybe,” He conceded, with one corner of his mouth turned upwards. Wry. “Everything feels different when you’re younger. Like there’s some sort of invincible lightness in you ...
Saskatoon — It started with the maple that was damaged by heavy snowfall last winter. A strong wind would have blown half of it on to our power lines so Ed decided to take the whole tree down. With this decision...
Tokyo — This aging restaurant in my trying-to-modernize-to-ride-the-SkyTree-wave neighborhood is closing its doors after what must be decades of business. The announcement is this message, its impersonal tone...
Sasamón — In the early hours of the morning, September 1, 2011, the sun having not yet risen, my wife and I left the Basque border town of St Jean Pied de Port, and began the first leg of the Camino de Santiago...
Wellington — It was the end of Islam Awareness Week in New Zealand. My wife, mother-in-law and my almost one-year-old daughter visited the only mosque we have in Wellington. A young girl with the most beautiful v...
Melbourne — Wow, just wow. I’m not going to make a habit of posting photographs to this space, but this scene was simply too good to pass up… Giant beam of light hitting the Melbourne Central dome and refracti...
Charlottesville — Earlier this week I noticed this cross at the back of my ipad cover. Obviously, it’s just a scratch and it could have been any kind of random shape. But it’s a cross, and it makes me wonder.
Salt lake city — This guy has a big chunk of my heart. He’s only 4 but I find myself soaking him up every moment I’m with him, afraid of what my life will look like without him. Our lives without him.
South kuta — 4PM. Queue up under the brilliant sun. Wait. Wait. Sweat rolls down the nape of my back. College girl in front of me stares me down. Ignore. What is there to be upset about? Look up and smile at the b...
New york — So many people live in my apartment building, car companies pay for ad space in our elevator. So many people live in this apartment building, I seldom push the elevator button; someone’s always beat m...
New york — So many people live in my apartment building, car companies pay for ad space in our elevator. So many people live in this apartment building, I seldom push the elevator button; someone’s always beat m...
Quezon city — Stuck in traffic. Again. (When are you not stuck in traffic when you drive in Manila, anyway?) I know these roads so well, but I never know what to expect each time I drive by. Speeding (!) buses. ...
Tokyo — 手持ち花火の光景を見ると、決まって興奮するのはセンチメンタルな思い出があるから。子供のころ、毎年夏休みには岐阜県高山市にある祖父母の家で過ごすのが定番だった。家の前の溝に向かってござを敷いて、祖父の監督の元、姉、弟、私で並んで花火をするのが楽しみのひとつだった。ロウソクの火種が風で消えないように苦心する祖父とか、重みのない線香花火の感触とか、すべて終わった後の煙くなった家の中とか。 その一瞬にして...
Saskatoon — My friend James met my husband and I in this very house we now live in back when we were just graduating from high school in 1989. The house was being rented by my now sister-in-law and through family...
San francisco — The needles click. The wool runs through the fingers on my right hand. The ball of yarn tugs against my side like an insistent child pulling at its mother’s skirts. The hypnotic rhythm of each stitch...
Liverpool — Enjoying breakfast at Duke st Espresso 😄
Reykjavik — Some beautifully green algae covering the rocks by the shore. Amazing to think how much time this spends under the water as opposed to above it.
Casselberry — In the city of Mickey Mouse and Americana commerciality at its peak, it’s hard to find moments and spaces of tranquility. Winter Park in Orlando seems to be that hidden spot. Come here to this quaint ...
San francisco — I was all turned around as I was getting ready because we had just gotten back from camping in Big Sur that weekend and my room was covered in the parts and pieces from the trip. I noticed I was missi...
København ø — Small trains, big trains. How it’s look from inside, how it feels to be the one who is on a front row. Now I’ve got a chance to peek.
Melbourne — An eternal moonlight glow through heavenly gates speaks to the sailors. Granting safe passage through the storm. They must continue their journey west, where the ocean meets the land and the trees rus...
Dubai — I did a quick work trip to Dubai, and by quick I mean I was on the ground for a total of 30 hours. It was weird arriving at 3am with the temperature at 36 C (97 F), at 80% humidity. That kind of heat ...
Bowen island — There are days when living in North Vancouver, and working on Vancouver Island—a one-and-a-half-hour-plus ferry ride away—is a pain. This isn’t one of them.
Sauble beach — The Keady Flea Market is one of the most peculiarly incredible places i’ve ever been to; long aisles of stands and tents selling everything from glassware and jewelry to Batarangs, from small houses t...
Keady — Mennonite-made Chelsea buns, lemonade, sheets, cherries and peaches and, of course, old license plates: the Keady market has it all. You can also buy livestock, seedlings, and all the traditional farm...
Gurgaon — A single guy in the group of married people is like an un paired socks in a laundry basket. You might be having the best fabric there but you still are a misfit of an garment. Such is life.
Nottingham — My hometown was obliterated during the war. Hitler’s Luftwaffe had destroyed the lovely pier and the docks, hoping to eradicate the strong Navy presence in and around Plymouth, historically one of th...
Aireys inlet — Oddly enough, the game is older than the house.
Aireys inlet — Yet every morning I get up for it.
Nashville — Beside a road someone dubbed sometime long ago, Granny White, a father, Black, and his young son kick a soccer ball barefoot through the warm, fertile ground of summer afternoon. Tired and a good bit ...
Manila — An estimated 600,000 people flocked to Rizal Park, locally known as ‘Luneta’, at the nation’s capital today to protest against the pork barrel system. The protest rally dubbed as #MillionPeopleMarch s...
Musashino — In reality, I couldn’t believe that my parents had finally caved. The oversized seat and the alien rubber handle bars and the wide base where i uncomfortably rested my legs and the exhaust fumes that ...
Sauble beach — Oh, the beach. I love the beach. The beach is a place where one can contemplate life in one’s own fashion, be it relaxing on the shore or partying and playing Volley Ball. This particular day at Saub...
Melancthon — We drive past this old farmhouse on the way to the beach. Have done for the 12 years or do that we’ve had kids. This house is a marker for us: we watch for it, talk about how it’s falling apart, imagi...
Altamonte springs — Liquid sunshine is one of those ‘I live in Florida’ things. Like lizards, humidity, and tourists. The lizards are probably my favorite on that list. Liquid sunshine is pretty good, too.
Tokyo — Amidst the squalor of Shinjuku is this stage - a compact hole for a few hundred people to shut out the world and scream for blood, perseverance and fine technique.
Tokyo — From a legacy grid framework to Foundation’s responsive grid; from vanilla CSS to the much more powerful Sass. Some cool technology, no doubt, but, most importantly, a message — this project is not go...
Combloux — They were all friends from college; I knew only our host. The week had gone by, games and alcohol, casual boredom. We were, mostly, a noisy lot. The usual rivalries, contests and judgmental remarks th...
Aireys inlet — I suppose there are a few American baby boomers around who still remember Princess Summerfall Winterspring from Howdy Doody, the fifties TV show for children. Even if you do remember this counterfeit...
London — If you spend enough time with any one place, or any one person, you tend to forget or overlook or simply stop seeing the interstitials - the streets between the main streets or the facts between the m...