Dear Reader (2023-10-28),First of all to my new subscribers, thank you for joining me in my small corner of the interweb. To my pre-existing subscribers, thank you to you too, for sticking around. It is so nice to know you are out there in the … Continue readingFive Stans 06
Dear Reader (2023-10-23),Since I last wrote, I have completed the first set of experiments for my Exposure Festival 2024 Exhibition, “Shadows Passing”. I am excited by the project, and I look forward to showing you the results next February. In today’s post we travel from … Continue readingFive Stans 05
Dear Reader (2023-10-18),In today’s single blog post, or pair of Facebook posts I re-label myself and we visit a desert canyon. As some of you know from my new Cartes de Visites, and some of you may have noticed on my website, I no longer … Continue readingFive Stans 04,
Dear Reader (2020-10-13),In today’s single blog post, or trio of Facebook posts (because FB doesn’t sort consistently) the journey continues. Over the course of 4 weeks, 6 other travelers, me, and the tour guide travelled over 6,400 km. Outside of the two memorable overnight train … Continue readingFive Stans 03
Dear Reader (2023-10-09),I think that a collection of architects was invited to bring out their toy boxes to play in Astana. But before we get there, it is fitting that after yesterday’s Mosques and Minarets, we begin today’s exploration with a brief visit to an … Continue readingFive Stans 02
Dear Reader (2023-10-08), As some of you know, I recently returned (October 4) from a five-week tour of an area East of the Caspian Sea, West of China, and North of Iran and Afghanistan called the Five Stans. If you are hoping for any sort … Continue readingFive Stans 001
Dear Reader (2023-08-28),I have news to share. Notes On PhotosAs Samuel Johnson said in 1777, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”, and I am tired of neither.~ 01 – Through a Taxi window~ 03 – One of the places … Continue readingJackdaw 13
Dear Reader (2023-08-21),Correction: I accidently made Jackdaw 11 private. I apologize for doing so, and I have fixed that.—This post is the second for today, and the last of a trio of Vienna posts (Jackdaws 10,11,12). These twelve images are a mish mash of images … Continue readingJackdaw 12
Dear Reader (2023-08-21; updated 22:00) ,Correction: I accidently made this post private. I apologize for doing so, and I have fixed that.—So a couple of days, for any number of debatable reasons, turned into a week. In the first of two posts for today, we … Continue readingJackdaw 11
Dear Reader (2023-08-12),I have new projects and adventures coming soon, and yet I haven’t finished a current one. In other words I need to get my ass in gear. In today’s post we are jumping to Vienna, Austria, because that is the set I felt … Continue readingJackdaw 10
Dear Reader (2023-08-05),Fog, mist, and drizzle drift in and out on our wander (May 2023) through the Belogradchik Rocks and Fortress in Bulgaria. There are only about a dozen of us on this particular tour. For the first hour, we have the place to ourselves. … Continue readingJackdaw 09
Dear Reader (2023-07-15)This afternoon (July 5), my objective is to pretend to write. This is where words drift in and out. Semi-articulated phrases are occasionally scrawled onto paper, and then slowly refined. A dry breeze carries a butterfly across my view. I am sitting at … Continue readingJackdaw 08
Dear Reader (2023-07-02),There was a time sensitive task I wanted to complete. I have also been working on some materials experiments for the next iteration of Time Frame. Then there was a small problem of too much, and too little to tell. In today’s post … Continue readingJackdaw 07
Dear Reader (2023-06-20),In today’s collection of images, we travel the 2-3 hours by bus from Bucharest to Constanta. I wander past security guards in Constanta, continue wandering along a boardwalk, and I reflect on and am thankful for my dumb luck. We also board our … Continue readingJackdaw 06
Dear Reader (2023-06-16),Today we continue our visit to the Bucharest area with stops at the mythical burial place of Vlad the Impaler, and a palace to marvel at floors and fabric. The palace is also a prompt for a brief discussion about ghosts. I love … Continue readingJackdaw 05