Got up to witness sunrise over Turkey. Clouds still covered the sky but there was a silver, or in this case, red lining on the horizon. Looking at the somewhat lose cloud cover I decided to sit it out and wait for better light. The … Continue readingPatience is key
6 days in Tokyo In many ways it is a modern metropolis yet it maintains many Japanese attitudes. A clean city without garbage cans, a busy but quiet city, a crowded city with no security issues, in short Japanese attitudes, engrained over generations, make themselves … Continue readingJapan
Once again the forecast was way off. The warming promised to us turned out to be much delayed and instead the snow turned harsh and will stay around for a while. The sun came out and turned the whole village and valley into a living … Continue readingPost Cards from Les Avants
Presumably the artists of the classical period were the first to capture our emotional experience of a life caught between Chaos (disorder) and Kosmos (order). Looking at the remains of their works it is ironic to see how, over a long enough time horizon, chaos … Continue readingAccidentally Abstract
Every sci-fi lover dreams of a future when tourists beam from home straight to their pool side lounge chair. Pesky lines, tight and uncomfortable seats, delays and other vagrancies of travel obliterated by progress! Gone would be the days when the twists and turns of … Continue readingTravel not Tourism
After the storm comes the calm or in this case sunshine.
