Monthly Archives: July 2019

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Burning Beech

Why would you do this to a beautiful beech tree?  Or to any living thing.  How does the wood wide web responds to such an assault?  Photo: Beechwoods, Cambridge, July 2019.

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 13

Here someone is taking several moments – to sketch a Corfiot mourionia (gargoyle) in pen.  She has not chosen to take a seat: she is in a wheelchair.  Photo: Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece, June 2019

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Boreas – Bora

Athens’ Tower of Winds, also known as the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestesas, is a 12m high octagonal marble structure built around 50 BC.  It once boasted a sundial, a water clock and a wind vane, prompting DavidH to say, ‘it … Continue reading

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 12

Geoff Dyer in his fascinating meditation on photography, The Ongoing Moment (2005), makes a smooth transition (one of many) from reflecting on pictures of steps to an analysis of seating.  ‘It is appropriate, then, that in photos of the 1930s … Continue reading

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In the Pink

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‘Pink, a delicate color that means sweet, nice, playful, cute, romantic, charming, feminine, and tenderness, is associated with bubble gum, flowers, babies, little girls, cotton candy, and sweetness. The color pink is the color of universal love of oneself and … Continue reading

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Ghika Gallery

A friend, faced with the possibility of a flying visit to Athens, asked me after my recent trip, ‘Which one place would you go back to?’  My head would say the Acropolis, despite the overheated touristic chaos, with the Benaki … Continue reading

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 11

Whenever I see someone alone at a cafe or restaurant table I’m reminded of Tom Paxton’s poignant 1968 song ‘Victoria Dines Alone’. Victoria dines alone, she skips the potatoes / Victoria begins her meal with greens and tomatoes / Reading … Continue reading

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