The final hand-in deadline for my MA course is at the start of September, and effectively that will end my two years as a mature student. I enjoyed the classes, the cameraderie with classmates, and the access to university facilities,…
Down at the end, round by the corner, close to the edge, just by the river.…
I've taken a lot of photos that I'm very happy with since updating my phone a year ago…
It is hot even under the trees in Central Park. People are strolling, having languid conversations on the lawns, or dozing off on an outcrop of warm Manhattan schist.…
Walking through Newcastle earlier this month I noticed this graffito. L'amour est partout où tu regardes.…
Sodium lamps outside bloomed orange in the condensation-covered windows.…
in my fantasy world, I would have enough time to read all the books I want to…
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature…
Once upon a time there lived a man on an island drenched in the tang of spray and scent of pine where the forest river ran into the cove, in a rivulet silvery-grey…
Peace is the only battle worth waging. -Albert Camus…
Our impact on the world is no more, in the long run, than footprints in the sand. Unique to us, but usually very much like other people's. Nothing is permanent. Everything that is seen is impermanent. Everything that is felt…
In Japan there is a better system than waiting for a shooting star. You go to a Shinto shrine and write/draw your wish on a votive tablet. A lot of people wish for health and wealth, for themselves or…