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...
Surbiton — This pink pom-pom swinging in a blooming white blossom tree put a smile on my face so it’s my photo for today. It’s outside one of my favourite local church buildings. I like the bell tower and conica...
New york — Each time I travel I question myself why I do not do it more. Each question I raise during my travels has the intimidating potential of shaking the very core of the foundations I have painstakingly la...
Seattle — I visited my little sister and her husband, recently; they’re a couple who met through their shared enthusiasm for games. I was a gamer myself, when I was younger, but haven’t kept up with the scene ...
Amherst — Breakfast and iced coffee with Alex at The Works. We woke up crazy for bacon and eggs, and talked it up on our way into town. We got here and didn’t find what we wanted, so we tried Lone Wolf, but the...
Aswan — Kircheh. Sand - the village looks less poor than the last one. A big tree, under which oxes from the Sennahar region, with their Apis-like heads and the hump on their withers. To the right climbing t...
Stirling — Five years ago i embarked upon the single biggest most scary thing i’d ever den in my life up to that point. It all came about pretty organically and grew into this amazing trip. I met friends for lif...
Tokyo — Some say concrete apartments are too cold and makes them uneasy. Concrete apartments are my only choice. I love the simplicity and the clean lines. I stare into my walls for hours on end thinking of n...
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Villanueva de perales — Sin embargo era una bruma necesaria. Limpia de hipocesías y falsas luces de neón. Su pegajosa humedad limpiaba los cuerpos de ideas absurdas sobre la libertad. Los corazones de los hombres son a veces...
Louisville — A nudist camp became a Catholic girl’s school and then a privately run prison colony. Point to the center of this state and find it there. The solstice brought a long bus ride to our new home- dilapid...
Crucecita —
Fort worth — For i have no Clue what life is about to bring me. It is happening Fast. I some how i make up each move differently as i gladly stand, on the ground or jump up and down. At times i ask my self can any...
Hong kong — To round off our several weeks of round the world travel, myself and Greg finished up in Hong Kong, one of my favourite cities in the world and one which I hadn’t visited for 12 years. It had changed ...
London — I love these bell-shaped checkerboard marked flowers. An unusual and elegant beauty. I’ve tried growing these but no sign of life yet. A mostly successful presentation today at work so I rewarded mys...
Surbiton — A beautiful surprise greeted me this morning. The cream/off-white tulips that had appeared a few days earlier had changed colour. When they first appeared, I was disappointed that there had been a mi...
Malibu — The first is hard to miss, but easy to mistake. Understandably, natives and tourists alike often confuse this 35-room Italianate mansion, the Villa de Leon (pictured above) with the Getty Villa, the c...
Surbiton — I left the house in a rush and forgot my phone. And then my camera card decided to give me an ‘error message’ so I couldn’t take a photo all day. It felt quite liberating not to be in ‘plugged’ in. I...
Reno — Hi.co looks interesting. It’s not about telling a whole story but about combining position with meaningful photos. The picture was of the sidewalk on my street, lifted 4” by roots and ignored by all. ...
Saint cloud — There’s a common story in mindfulness circles about the unique and clever way they catch monkeys in India. The hunter uses a coconut as the trap. He cuts a hole in the coconut just big enough for a ...
Madrid — She argues that in Spain police is very macho. She needs something more than testing the eyes.
Kochi — It’s hotter than hot in Kochi. This is one of the few moments when I wholeheartedly hate being a woman. I still must be respectfully dressed while all the men are walking around shirtless. We have th...
Munich — There are times where I wish I could live in Japan, just so I could enjoy finding small shrines on street corners, like the ones from となりのトトロ, or 夏目友人長. Only now I’ve realized, that I can have a simil...
Tokyo — I smile as I snap the beautiful aftermath.
Krong siem reap — One of the biggest motivating factors for my wife & I moving to Singapore was to be able to travel easily to lots of places. We had lived in Japan & Thailand before moving to New Zealand (wher...
Tübingen — Irony doesn’t extend to endeavors which took you more than a year to complete. Making an audiobook happen, I went to considerable lengths. Testing mics, interfaces, mic isolators and software took se...
Munich — Looked up just now from my workspace and saw Tobi’s Kitchen. Ran to the window to make sure it’s not Baby Jane. It really is not Baby Jane. Eversince I moved to Munich about a year ago I’ve restarte...
San francisco — J. took this photo and brought it back to Tokyo. I asked him, “How come the sign is covered? Did some idiot vandalize it?” “Oh, you didn’t know that? They closed.” The yellow sign says, “Esta Noche,” ...
Icogne — Bundled up in my winter gear, with my hand on the camera shutter and my gaze fixed on the heavens, I forgot the triumph and exhaustion of the trip. The challenges of meltwater and snowy cliffs disinte...
Lens — The trail followed the contours of the cliff, winding back and forth above deep gullies. Rock and ice competed for dominance where fir trees and bracken struggled to place roots. I had to admire the a...
Ayent — I discovered that the real problem of springtime hiking in the mountains is that the north side of each ridge is still covered in snow. With the trail hidden several feet below me, I trekked east, fol...
Tokyo — afewa fwaj fej fe fewfe
Annandale — One of the advantages of living 10,000 miles from home is that you get to revisit your home city every so often, and each time it’s through different eyes. When I left Sydney in 2009, it was with eage...
Saint cloud — As much as I’d like to see the green grass and spring tulips that still are hidden under four feet of snow, I drink to celebrate another moment of now, and now, and now. Acceptance of what is allows ...
London — I had to travel back home during this morning and as the train came in I was rather disappointed to see how old it looked, tatty at the edges, and definitely not as nice as the much newer trains that ...
Milton keynes — I was really tempted to snap a photograph of the setup, but felt a bit exposed in the farmer’s driveway… So I’ve recently been exploring two things: local produce, and the history of local areas, i...
Manchester — This is the nearest the Writing Squad gets to an office, an airy annexe in The Cornerhouse Manchester hired for the day. The rest of the time we work from home, on trains, meet in coffee shops, a boo...
Khumjung — I peaked at 18,514 feet, watching sunrise gild the crown of Everest — one fat king in a room full of (to be honest) far lovelier ladies. The next day, after crossing/crawling the treacherous Chola Pas...
Costa mesa — That day, two years and about eight months ago, we shared a bicycle. Hoi An’s busy town was distant now. We stopped at a sleepy cafe that had no guests until we sat down. I remember wishing for the ic...
Mexico city — Walking home from work today this poster of the Hell & Heaven Fest caught my eye, it was supposed to take place last month. I’m not into Metal but I do believe anyone who has the chance to catch ...
Kennett square — it bugs me that this dumpster has to sit out there across from my studio window. dumpsters are not attractive, and mentioning it evokes images of trash peeking from beneath its lid, spent cans scatter...
Tokyo — Another one about chance, discovery and accidents. A little nerdy too. I bought this box of brush markers a couple of weeks ago after having used exclusively watercolours for years. Jumping from the o...
Tokyo — このベンチは霞ヶ丘団地の隅っこにあって、暖かくなると、お祖父さんやお祖母さんがひなたぼっこをしながら、ひがないちにち、座って話し込んでいる。ぼくは仕事場の窓から、何をするでもなくそれを眺めている。 そういう風景も、もうすぐ終わる。新しいオリンピックで古いベンチは取り壊されることになる。霞ヶ丘団地は国立競技場のすぐ横にあって、新国立競技場の建設計画のなかに組み込まれている。 老朽化した団地と一緒に、...
Ili — His mother seems to be uncomfortable with the situation, but I am thankful for the entertainment. (Some while ago, a little girl did exactly the same. Her grandmother tried to chase her away from me ...
Rio — The weight of the habits, the idea of fate, always have been some very sensible points to me. When on my daily life I make sure to protect some time to allow a bit of chaos, I also make sure to forge ...
San francisco — Shockingly, not the work of a child. I do not remember what led to this stunning work of art being scrawled across my arm, but I do remember that Moose was very proud of himself afterward.
Chattanooga — Having a boring day? Not when you have the magic of a powerful imagination at your disposal. Can’t see your way around the room because you can’t turn the lights on for fear of waking your lovely mate...
Sevenoaks — This evening as it was getting dark my wife commented on how loudly a blackbird was singing right outside our house. So I crept out with my phone and managed to record a snippet of his lovely song, w...
Ann arbor — Drove the cub to school this morning. Not for precipitation’s sake, nor lack of suitable temperature. No, he just let his hibernation hang on a few minutes too long. Came home to a garage full of rak...
Tokyo — I filled out the form and signed it, and he gave me 5,000 yen. Then when I saw him closing the case with two snaps, I suddenly felt like saying goodbye to a close friend. That was unexpected. I hadn’t...
Buenos aires — In Buenos Aires, street art is both prevalent and unique as compared to other places in the world. This first picture shows a pair of eyes above a wall of graffiti. The work was done with pastels and ...
London — Times are tough. Spotted Michelin man has been moonlighting for Moet.
London — I realised today that I have now been using email for 22 years, which rather took me by surprise! I got my first email address in April 1992 when I started work at the Institute of Archaeology, Unive...
Saint cloud — In a few weeks, a new family will make this their home for the spring and summer. It won’t be long and little birds will leap into the air looking to fly like they have seen their parents do. They wi...
Seattle — Instagram is a curious place1: It connects people through stories told via images — one at a time and over the course of time — and those 640 pixels squared2 can say far more than 1000 words. After f...
Paris — Old bookstores always intrigued me. I begin to wonder about the stories that happened there in the past, and not just the ones that was written in the books, but the ones where people are involved in....
Leigh-on-sea — The Fishermen’s Chapel in Old Leigh is an unassuming little white building on the edge of town. Looking out to see it’s Blue Cross catches your eye as you walk past it. It’s not grand like the other c...
Dubái — I used to think I can get away with anything. You know how you can dance more freely when no one is watching? I like to pretend that no one is watching most of the time so I get to do what I want to ...
Santa clarita — Don’t let the alcohol fool you — it wasn’t a super happy moment. Well, actually, maybe it was. The overall mood was heavy; Auntie A had collapsed a few days prior and was now in the ICU, and in a co...
Nara — The one and only Vairocana Buddha: a 13-centuries-old dude “that shines throughout the world like the sun,” cast first from bronze and plated with gold, and the chief recipient of worship from Japan’s...
Hexham — Y’know that cat is in your mind one black galaxy swirling across your retina rods popping and cones popping as photons quiver and nerve impulses like secret cats screeching in the darkness to be ...
Accra — The rains are coming again But we will soon see a new day When our emotions shall also pour When we will need more than the “consolement” of a brother Friends yet to come, friends here and friends gon...
Portland — shadows of words half smiles, doubled teeth blue eyes mailed first class pretty sentences half a whatever, forever tight belt, loose shoes palaces of hay cloudy voyage upon the irregular mediu...
Shingu — The stapled packet explained the region in elegant robot-translation poetry: Mountains upon mountains, deep and steep, since the times of ancient times, the Kii Mountain Range has been considered...
Surbiton — I’ve been looking forward to the hour of daylight on my balcony all day! Happiness is planting seeds and the sense of hope and wonderment of what might come up. And I bumped into one of my knights-in...
Ann arbor — Acknowledging the fact that referential humor is generally hacky and as phoning-it-in as you can get, I love callbacks and in-jokes. I’m sure a good 20% of what comes out of my mouth are obscure refer...
Seattle — Simplicity is brilliance. Code should not be clever without good reason. If there is a simple way to accomplish something, use it. Imagine that the future maintainer of your code is exhausted at the...
Mexico city — This morning I read in La Jornada, about this lady who carried all this weed in her baby’s diaper bag. If she got the chance to make up an excuse I hope it sounded something like: Well, the baby shit...
Saint cloud — Impermanence… over night the temperature plunged 30 degrees (F), the wind went from calm to bursting upwards of 35 miles per hour, and the drizzling rain turned to a dusting of snow. What was yester...
London — Being a lovely mild day today in London, I decided to go and sit for a while at lunchtime in St George’s Gardens - an old burial ground near my office that is now a public green space for all to enjoy...
New york — I was on my way back to my apartment in Kips Bay in NYC. The walk took me past Grand Central Station, so I decided to pop in and see how busy it was. Even at about 23:00 (that’s 11 pm in the evening f...
Milton keynes — This cast iron aqueduct, known as Cosgrove Aqueduct, was built in 1809-1811 by Benjamin Bevan. It carries the Grand Union Canal across the River Ouse (just out of shot to the bottom right). The Grand ...
London — For the sake of continuity I’m including this picture, event though I’m sorry to say that I think it’s pretty rubbish! If you check out the Burial Ground topic you’ll see all the pictures from my Lon...
London — I don’t understand why people weren’t running for their lives at St Pancras this morning. There were monsters everywhere!
Tokyo — I feel like throwing a paper unicorn to the Meguro river. And watch how it floats on the glittering water together with the sakura petals until it disappears into the darkness below the Nakamekoen Bri...
Northampton — Ever since I grew up opposite sloping fields in Amersham, the sight of fields sown with rapeseed, or oilseed rape, has been common around these parts. The vivid yellow is quite pleasing to the eye, re...
Northampton — St Peter & St Paul is a hidden gem, located in the tiny hamlet of Preston Deanery (pop. 51), just to the south of the urban sprawl of Northampton. Its tower appears amongst trees and fields as yo...
Mexico city — Ashes like words, now rotting away in a trash bag somewhere. Another one of my friends turned 25 today.
Northampton — When quietly exploring an old churchyard, it can be a little alarming to notice movement in the bushes at one end. I headed over to see what had caught my eye, and found these creatures! Of course, I...
Mexico city — Whichever way you choose to go, was the way you were meant to go.
Sakyo ward — In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks. 1 I find that a mountain top is perhaps the most suited location for meeting interesting people. Take today for example, arriving at...
Mexico city — It’s very common to hear this insult on the the streets & they say it like it’s a bad thing when animals have caused me no harm.
San francisco — I didn’t actually remove the Twitter account. I’m not going to readily come by @timcosgrove again anytime soon, and Twitter deletes a deactivated account after 30 days. Not like Facebook; Facebook wil...
Tokyo — Actually, they miss everything. The other day, I realized on the Sobu Line that the clouds were beautiful. But I was the only one who was looking up. Baudelaire, a French poet of “flaneur,” writes ab...
Aireys inlet — Temperature at 3pm just passed the record high for this day in Aireys Inlet history: 35C/95F. And no April Fool!
Tokyo — Likely a reflection of my advancing age, but never have I been so aware of the passage of time than I have during my life here in Japan. The melting pot of seasonal American traditions get diluted bet...
University heights — Echo was rescued from a kind individual who witnessed him being pummeled by a middle aged man simply because he was in the man’s garbage pile. Echo no longer has the use of his front legs. He was bea...
Dong district — Hot, my skin was moist. Then I felt it again, a prickle of cold across my bare chest. I didn’t know what to make of it. I don’t often wake in the middle of the night. Clumsily I hauled myself up and g...
宇都宮市 — あ、なるほど。 本文はこちらに書く訳ですな。 上はタイトルなのか。
世田谷区 — 『下北沢ものがたり』という本で、作家のよしもとばななさんのインタビューをした。下北沢については自分も前に「下北沢ノート」という連載を書いたり、「路字」というフリーペーパーを作ったりしていたのだが、Webや電子書籍の仕事にかまけるうちに、いつの間にかフェイドアウトしてしまった。その間も下北沢の変化は続いている。というより、いまがまさにその渦中なのだ。 よしもとばななはこう言った。「下北沢でもいろん...
New orleans — Isn’t it so simple? Here I am, a seafood loving chef from New Orleans, transported to Oregon for my own prodigal son reasons, gladly devouring oysters $1 each during Happy Hour. Simple enough, this pa...
Portland — Tomorrow, the new vial of snake oil to sell. have such a great merrily in, it’s still like a huge lake is still, lake superior, deep the dark of week slough off another snakeskin. have another day—...
Portland — Reaction to the tumult of imminent moving. It’s coming any day maybe tomorrow and I’m excited but also a little horrified. It’s hard to jump into the Abyss. Must remember I am The Fool, Parsifal, with...
Mexico city — Airports are amazing because they are filled to capacity with stories everywhere you look. Stories that are shared via a persons facial expressions or body language. I like to play a game called “Gues...
Accra — The-taxi-driver : If we are having trouble keeping the city clean, I think it’s time we created an avenue for ppl to make money off their rubbish Sometimes you learn the most brilliant ideas from tax...
Accra — One thing you are bound to see in Ghana, especially Accra is traffic hawkers. And when the traffic is bad, the weather is hot and stress is high. That’s when these traffic hawkers make money the most....
Mexico city — The kid was singing this song: http://bit.ly/PbhEQp to his mother, while walking backwards.
Surbiton — It’s 7pm and it’s still light out. It’s great as I get to spend an hour on my balcony after work. Tonight’s job - preparing the seed tray/propagator for my tomato seeds.
London — A lovely family get-together for Mother’s Day. Yummy dim sum followed by a potter around St James’ Park with my nephew, who really enjoyed dancing amongst these beautiful and unusual variety of daffod...
Revelstoke — asdf