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
Dear Reader (2023-06-14),A Nigerian friend of mine once asked if I had been to Africa. With a smile, he said that our trip to Morocco didn’t count. I could say the same about our initial time in Istanbul. It doesn’t really count as a visit … Continue readingJackdaw 04
Dear Reader (2023-06-12),The Pink Floyd lines “Careful where you walk, Move along, move along” come to mind. Oh the dreck I captured. Today’s presentation challenge is to somehow communicate the lushness of history and visual splendor that is Topkapi Palace, using images that were captured … Continue readingJackdaw 03
Dear Reader (2023-06-10),Yesterday I released the first post (click here) in this new Jackdaw series in which I will try and bring visual sense to our recent travels in Eastern Europe. The map [1] summarizes the cruise portion. Having slept on the current approach for … Continue readingJackdaw 02
Dear Reader (2023-06-09),As some you know we have now returned from our most recent journey, which began in Istanbul. Following a brief visit to that enticing city, we flew to Bucharest, and then onto the Black Sea where we began our river cruise up the … Continue readingJackdaw 01
Dear Reader (2023-04-13),Forward and Table of Contents can be found here. Date: Tuesday 2022-08-09 through Wednesday 2022-08-10Location: Chalet de Bise to Refuge de Chesery to Refuge de Chardonnière Even though a smooth morning routine is still a week or two away, this morning has all the … Continue readingWhite Over Red 06 – Madness