Sevenoaks — While on a walk on New Year’s Eve my wife and I spotted several daffodils in full bloom, including the one shown above. It’s certainly been unseasonably mild so far this winter in the south east of E...
Itri — We all felt sometimes like you didn’t belong amongst the rest. What will you do if it continues? That is the question that I have jet to answer. It feels like living in a prison… are you asking why? ...
Hong kong — As the countdown neared 0, I held onto my miniature party popper, ready to pull. “0! Happy new year!” Everyone starts cheering, popping their poppers and clinking champagne glasses. Turns out mine wa...
San francisco — The Evolution of the Photographic Posture: Part Four With the release of the iPhone in June 29th 2007, Steve Jobs and his company Apple Inc. put photography into hands of millions of people around t...
Lungsod quezon — クリスマスが大嫌いです。フィリピンという国でクリスマスは９月から始まり、これを「ber months」といいます。この期間は、だんだんに色んなことが起こります。たとえば、毎日交通量がひどくなります、モールで人混みが多くなります、もっとストリートチルドレンはさまよいます。「クリスマスというのは、与える事と分け合う事です」というのが主流ですけれど、その考えは現実とはまったく違います。人々は贈り物をもら...
Taitō-ku — My first visit to Japan was in April, when cherry blossoms were blooming. Somewhere around Ueno Park, a white hot air balloon was flying in the sky, carrying the name of a company and some slogan. I ...
West hollywood — The first one who walked through my open door of innocence will and did forever leave an enormous imprint on my impression & ideas of love. I should say the first one to swoop me off my feet, whic...
Kazanlak — The statue at the bottom of the mountain had graffiti sprawled across it. “It says Death to Communism“, Lora helpfully translated, as we made our way past it and towards the summit. We were in Bulgar...
Saskatoon — We were good friends once, you and I. Remember? All those good times we had… I looked you up today, and I hurt for you. Part of me wanted to go back and save the parts you lost. I can’t he...
Bissingen an der teck — “I can’t relax in Germany”, some say. Now living in the very country, being a German, I sure think this is an overgeneralization. In many cases failing to relax has every bit as much to do with onesel...
Saskatoon — I was alone for Christmas this year, but I wasn’t really alone. Text messages and phone calls were shared between my lovely and I. Many friends sent well wishes, and I had Vida (my kitten) to keep me ...
New york — These thoughts are starting to consume me. Good things are happening to me but all I can muster is self-destructive behavior. A whole lot of paranoid ideation. Walking on the street? Jump in front o...
Bangalore — Hello readers’ Good Morning! Hope you are doing good, merry Christmas and a happy new-year. “God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.” - Chanakya The new-ye...
Ahmedabad — Not all surprises are good surprises. 2015 has been a year of disappointment and disillusionment for me in terms of losing so many people for no reason. Some friends, some friend’s friends and some pa...
Aireys inlet — On Christmas day the weather forecast is “windy and hot,” over thirty Celsius (90F)”. The kicker is that there is an out-of-control bush fire about 15 K (9 miles) away from our little coastal communi...
London — …Central London is this quiet in the middle of a weekday morning! This is the south side of Gordon Square, in the Bloomsbury area of central London. This could rightly be called the university dis...
Aireys inlet — When I first came to Australia forty five years ago, my window on the world was wide: both philosophically and geographically expansionary, so to speak. Yes, the Atomic Bomb was already a real threa...
Paris — Not the worst place to come from.
Bengaluru — just testing the available real estate bellow now .. is this gonna go as comment or an extension to the existing post? only time will tell
Moscow — I lay my notebook down, lay down a sensual geography approaching the edge where cultivation cuts a clean line — -Linda Russo, “In Ordinary Landscapes”1 Before we had Street View and before phones ...
Conway — Good Old Fashioned Pancakes Prep 5 m Cook 15 m Ready In 20 m Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 1/4 cups milk 1 egg 3 ...
Moscow — Grandfather and his little terrier Bitsy live on the Arkansas side of Texarkana on a stretch of land we call Thomasville (after our family name). To emphasize how disconnected I felt from technology a...
Paris — My favorite bookshop in Paris was Shakespeare & Co. Like many of my favorite places there, it would have been much better without so many tourists. It was here I bought my map. The clerk stamped ...
Dallas — We were heading to the burbs. Organizers have nicknames for everything. All work cars were burbs, named after a fleet of Chevy Suburbans donated to nonprofits like ours in the 70s. I had parked my bur...
Bengaluru — Hello readers Good morning hope you all are fine. It’s not the years in your life that counts. It’s the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln We live in the present always that is what we believe bu...
Duluth — I donned full winter layers and braved 19° F. temperatures to witness the Cornelia glide under the Aerial Lift Bridge. Consider this cautionary tale the Cornelia brings to mind, fellows, if you think...
Moscow — Our house is tall for a one-story home, with all but it’s rust-red roof obscured by a garden gone-wild. The grass was covered by pine cones from our lanky pine tree, by flowers from our crape myrtles ...
Vancouver — The Evolution of the Photographic Posture: Part Four In 1990s the biggest photographic revolution so far happened — the commercial introduction of digital cameras — which practically meant: unlimited...
Moscow — I’ve never considered myself a tree-hugger. In fact, the number one cause of potted plant death is my attention. When I was still relatively new to camping (and being outside), I volunteered to go on...
Saskatoon — I’ve always loved Christmas. I love the Christmas trees, the decorations, the look, and the distinct smell of a Christmas tree. I love the songs and the lights that seem to warm up even the coldest of...
Saskatoon — A couple months back, this guy and I realized that we both had feelings for each other, but it all fell to pieces by the slight problem that he lived in Texas. Which is more the 2500 kilometers from w...
Accra metropolis — Big speakers spewing loud music is what powers Barbershops here. From the morning when the barber shops open until they close, the speakers never stop working. Playing some of the most popular songs ....
London — This is my cycle club, so I may be biased. But, it’s a great place to spend an hour or two in the middle of a bustling Soho. Great coffee, excellent mint tea, healthy and purposeful snacks and a varie...
Dieppe — But, the expectation and hopefulness of all things to come when arriving somewhere new by boat is by far and away the most indelible feeling of having travelled somewhere you can get I think.
Kanagawa-ku — I once asked her, “At what age could you die without regrets?” “Seventy-five, I guess. And you?” “Eighty,” said I. “Then I want eighty-two,” she smiled. She is two years older than I.
Saskatoon — The medical condition that I have; is a life-threatening one and it is also super rare. There are only approximately 1200 cases reported worldwide. Since there are so few of us, the ones that are olde...
San francisco — Today, I went to the dentist. When I went to pay I was informed that my insurance had changed in between visits and that my deductible was now larger. What the heck? I had been under the impression my...
Toronto — You could be forgiven for thinking it’s Vancouver or Victoria, B.C. These endless grey days of “mist” and “fog”, interspersed with downpours, are certainly alien to my years of living in Toronto. And...
Wetzlar — The Evolution of the Photographic Posture: Part Three At the beginning of the 20th century a concurrent string in photography was ignited through the motion picture industry. German Oscar Barnack was...
New delhi — “The days when things don’t go well” Am I overwhelmed? Well, I ask this question to me several times, but got ambiguous answers only, and I’m still in a dilemma, as things aren’t going perfectl...
Spartanburg — Honestly, the picture doesn’t do it justice. All the multi-colored glory you see before entails sitting and decorating hundreds and hundreds of anise cookies, by hand, while drinking more brown liquo...
Washington — The world is going crazy, as it has been since the beginning. - Mahmoud Al Moufti Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. Wi...
Cambria — The Evolution of the Photographic Posture: Part Two Further technological development liberated cameras from big and heavy tripods. Decreasing camera dimensions and therefore less weight and new flex...
Saint-loup-de-varennes — The Evolution of the Photographic Posture: Part One Many centuries ago alchemists and painters already knew about the unique optical qualities of camera obscura, curved mirrors and lenses. In his boo...
Brighton — There’s a building, in this picture. The structure is the size of an average farmyard barn. It’s discovery will give you the scale of these mountains against the size of us. I took this photo after w...
Vancouver — “When you work for yourself, social media is almost like a water cooler. I miss that aspect of it, because most connecting in my day happens online. Sure, I still text with my good friends or email or...
Paris-1er-arrondissement — Two weeks following the attacks at the Stade de France, Petit Cambodge and the Bataclan theatre, I feel that Paris is confused. The cafés still have patrons, the restos and clubs still hum with people...
Null — Hello Peoples! The Fuzzy BUnnies haven’t written on this for a long time, but that is because we haven’t had a chance. Everybody came back after PGL, blah blah… Then, we started having normal days a...
Vancouver — “He had to be a genius or nothing, and since he couldn’t be creative he turned to bohemianism, eccentricity, social versatility, conquests.” —Ginsberg
Saskatoon — You had a grand idea; get up early and watch the sun rise. You picked me up at 8am, of course my alarms didn’t wake me up, so you waited for me to get ready. We left my apartment at 8:30am, su...
Tidal river — Snakes always create a bit of excitement in Australia. The one pictured above, likely a Lowlands Copperhead, is poisonous enough to be a little scary. We have many venomous snakes, and Australian Ge...
New york — I wanted to watch the sunset with you at multiple places, like those bleachers that reminded me of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. I told you it was my favorite movie and that we should find time to ...
Saskatoon — Don’t get me wrong, I love being single. I love being accountable only to myself and only having to worry about what I want and need. I’m happy being single. I’m now over being single. One of my best...
Vancouver — “The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape...
Vancouver — “Lost really has two disparate meanings. Losing things is about the familiar falling away, getting lost is about the unfamiliar appearing. There are objects and people that disappear from your sight o...
Aireys inlet — Ascending from a gelatinous dreamland you open your eyes and suddenly find yourself obligated to deal with the practicalities of an external universe. Do not topple into that all-too-familiar state o...
Dubai — When I first went to Dubai it was amazing how things were so different culturally. Yet, it was amazing to see how they strived for greatness in the midst of a desert. 1. The Dubai Metro is the longes...
Santa fe — These clouds portend great events. Don’t ya think? Great changes. Don’t ya think? Hanging low over Los Alamos. Once again. Warning of great changes. Don’t ya think? These heavens declare a possible ...
Charlotte — Life is not a Disney Movie. Everything doesn’t end in “and they all lived happily ever after.” Sometimes things do. Lots don’t. If there was a movie about a regular person’s life it would be a repetit...
Qiqihaer shi — My girlfriend and I had recently gone to the movies to see Inside Out, a film about emotions. Which was really funny, because i was certainly feeling all sorts of emotions that night. There was just ...
Vancouver — “The novel begins in a railway station, a locomotive huffs, steam from a piston covers the opening of the chapter, a cloud of smoke hides part of the first paragraph. In the odor of the station there ...
Tidal river — Stereotypes can be one of the most dangerous forces for evil in the world. They are the mechanism we use to dehumanize, to demonize the “other”: Blacks are lazy; American Indians are drunken; Muslim...
Dhaka — The wind blew and it seemed as if it was trying to whisper the unsaid words of life. Footsteps emerged near the bank and stopped when it hit the cold water. He closed his eyes and felt the cold water ...
Walkerville south — Up at 5 AM with my camera waiting for the sunrise. We know our little tourist cottage at Bear Gully looks out over Waratah Bay in a generally easterly direction, facing the broad expanse of Wilsons P...
Aireys inlet — Above is the picture I posted, of course on Facebook, to reassure my family and friends in the US that, although transplanted to Australia, I have not forsaken the practice of Thanksgiving. My partne...
Manchester — As a man once sent for a fertility test by a new doctor called Cockshoot, I should never be surprised by coincidence. I’m riding around south Manchester at the moment, piecing together a geography I ...
Bengaluru — Hello readers Hope you all are doing well. Be the person whom your dog thinks you are.-J.W Stephens. The world is in a paradox mode actually, people are killing each other and coming in groups and ...
Baguio — Baguio isn’t really my home. I did not intend to live here. It was a place miles and miles away from my hometown. But in my three years here, I could not deny the beauty it holds. It was considered th...
Saskatoon — When I was 16, I lived with my parents, and despite the fight I put up, I didn’t control much of my life. I wasn’t in charge of the makeup I owned, the clothing I wore, the people I was friends with, ...
Roma — I’m the kind of person who wants to know people inside out. Talk to me, laugh with me, let’s wipe our tears together. Tell me things that you are too scared to hear yourself say, let me in, and mayb...
London — Another view of the Francis Crick Institute, which I’ve written about previously here (in October 2013) and here (in May this year). In just a few weeks this is due to be opening, with something like...
Astana — Даже не знаю, что я ищу в музыке. Чаще всего это атмосфера ночного города, когда взбадривающее ночное дыхание улиц заполняет каждый уголок твоего мозга. Когда желтоватый цвет фонарей прорывается через...
London — Over the last few years the changes in the design and manufacture of artificial Christmas trees has been profound. Many of them not only look, but actually feel like a real tree! Like to learn more a...
Thane — @ The Botherline I was squeezed in the backseat of a car and was chewing over the movie I had just seen. Power-full. Then the people with me started a conversation that I despise being a part of. Th...
Huntington beach — This is my favorite place in the whole wide world. To soak in all of Trocadero, I had to look up a lot. At the Eiffel Tower standing still beneath the shifting clouds, at the water shooting out above ...
New york — Twenty years ago to the day. Maybe fewer, maybe more. Close enough. This very spot I stood, or someone like me, as I was back then. Looking up and down for Coney Island High. I don’t remember the dri...
Barcelona — That by geography it should be in GMT, not CET, and that a change would boost productivity because people would start work earlier (I think that was the argument). What a sad way of thinking, Alfredo ...
Saskatoon — You’re a tasty little treat, but I don’t have a linear understanding of causality. The world was spinning way to fast, even before I started drinking. I looked into the black between the stars, and st...
Sevenoaks — Quite a while ago I started a series showing spoof advertising cards that someone in my village has been putting in the newsagent’s window. I’ve missed rather a lot since posting the previous one, but...
Accra metropolis — Today I have been pondering a lot on my brother’s ability to arrange things. He is able to clean up spaces so neatly… no matter where the space maybe… virtually, physically, on paper, his room. M...
Brasília — O clima seco varria a humidade de seus olhos e quando os fechou eles arderam. As letras no monitor desapareciam diante daquele interminável encarar. Ao seu redor muitos murmúrios, sorrisos, dentes e b...
Holland — Last year there were 2 feet of snow already. Today we got a near-balmy thunderstorm and some vibrant rainbows.
Saskatoon — There are two types of childhood friends. The ones that survive the ups and downs of life. They are there through moves, puberty, and growing up. Those friends you might not see or talk to every day, ...
Heidelberg — “Was thustu mich hie angaffen? Hastu nicht gesehen den alten affen zu heydelberg? sich dich hin unnd her Da findestu wol Meines gleichen mehr.”
Fakenham — An iconic British red telephone box. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the model shown in the photo is a K6, introduced in 1935. This one, on Thursford Green in Norfolk, dates from between 1936 a...
London — So, my office is on a busy street on the edge of the Bloomsbury area of central London, and the local council has decided that this week is the week to do some major street alteration work. The aim i...
London — I suppose we can’t complain that St Pancras station is all decorated for Christmas, seeing as that is only 5 weeks away! I’m afraid I don’t feel Christmassy yet, but I’m sure that will come in due co...
London — I forgot how much the tube reminds me of a big playmobil, as well as the energy I get from cool, overcast days.
Ravello — Villa Cimbrone of a cliff top town of Ravello is the handsome muse of countless writers, poets, artists — the likes of Richard Wagner, Escher, D.H. Lawrence, and Greta Garbo. From over the cliff top, ...
Grignano — Trieste, a not-quite-Italian city nestling in the armpit of Adriatic, is an unusual holiday destination. As unusual as it may sound, we’ve learned how exceptional she is for us. Originally, we had pla...
Saskatoon — I’ve always dreaded my birthday. I’m not vain or shallow, or any of the other culprits that would make a person hate their birthday. It’s a result of when my birthday lands. Smack dab in the middle of...
Saskatoon — Dear Brothers, My existence has simply complicated your life more than it should have. You know too much about hospitals, emergency rooms and special therapies for kids. You know so much about ventil...
Dover — The shocking events in Paris on Friday evening have reminded us just how easy it is, for those who are really determined, to penetrate a country’s defences. We’ve watched with a mixture of deep sadne...
Saskatoon — I wish I could say some set of profound words to you, to let you understand the thoughts going through my head. I cannot. Words escape me, somehow, when you’re near me. We joke about this frequently, ...
Bangalore — One of my blogs:) Happiness ahead! Hello readers Hope you had a nice week. Most Folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. -Abraham Lincoln. There are many situations in life where we...
Cypress — This’s what I call the life of me and my surroundings. I write live I read rest I do both for fun
New paris — I went to my grandmas and we went for a walk. It was fun and all my cousins came. We had fun and I can’t wait to have Thanksgiving dinner. :]
Wellington — Another month, another writing group exercise :) This time we were given small slips of paper, like the one pictured above, and with it we were supposed to write a story that conveyed the emotion wri...
Manchester — I took a lot of pictures at the Take Back Manchester march when the Tories built a fortress in our city to conference inside. Normally I’d only post a tiny fraction of them. You might have heard the...
Whistler — After 14km of trails up the mountain, just before sunset, we reached the Russet Lake. It was cold, frigid even, with bitter winds blowing all over the bleak campground. Hurried, we put on every warm p...