Homebase – photo provided by author Pro tip for wanderers: Take advantage of places where your friends are living. Often they will not only give you some insider information about places to visit, but also offer to hook you up with inexpensive (if not completely free) lodging for a few nights. Advanced pro tip: IfContinueContinue reading “Home Temporary Home (Rome, Italy)”
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Ruinous
The Ruins of Pompeii – photo provided by author Added weight crushes like dirton my shoulders and in my headI am buried alive under the strainof your incessant love and affectionstill and cold I cannot moveI don’t dare breathe and disturb youthe thinning air – is there nothing thereafraid to turn and see you don’tContinueContinue reading “Ruinous”
Tannhauser Gate (Pompeii, Italy)
The Granai del Foro – photo provided by author I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.Bladerunner, spoken by Roy BattyContinueContinue reading “Tannhauser Gate (Pompeii, Italy)”
Hole in the Wall (Pompeii, Italy)
I couldn’t resist the on-the-nose title. Although “Head Like a Hole” is the actual song running through my head right now. This image is a microcosm of the ruins of Pompeii. There are walls, everywhere. Holes, everywhere. This is a place of contradiction: so much preserved, and so much destroyed. And if you look hardContinueContinue reading “Hole in the Wall (Pompeii, Italy)”
Coffins and Keyholes (Pompeii, Italy)
Keyhole to Eternity – photo provided by author I wasthe girl of the chain letter,the girl full of talk of coffins and keyholes,the one of the telephone bills,the wrinkled photo and the lost connections.Anne Sexton When I was in middle school, one of my favorite things to do during breaks and the lunch hour wasContinueContinue reading “Coffins and Keyholes (Pompeii, Italy)”
Positano, Italy Photo Series #4
Corri-doors – photo provided by author Photography enthusiast readers — I don’t know why I like this so much, but it gives me that tickle under my skin every time I look at it, so I figured I’d put this one out into the blogo-verse. My hope is that someday I’ll understand technique enough thatContinueContinue reading “Positano, Italy Photo Series #4”
Positano, Italy Photo Series #3
Positano stairs – photo provided by author More black and white, more shadow and light. And inevitably, more stairs (this place is NOT sedentary-person-friendly). Shot on iPhone 8. Related: More photos here and here.
Blessings from Bast – Positano, Italy
Cat on a Positano Roof – photos provided by author She knows a good gig when she sees one — this furry ball of gorgeous has actually shown up more than once in my reading of other people’s blogs about journeys to Positano. An absolute camera-mugging, attention-crazed, ultra-self-confident specimen, milking her chance to steal theContinueContinue reading “Blessings from Bast – Positano, Italy”
Positano, Italy Photo Series #2
View from Positano heights – photo provided by author Another shot from our lovely day in Positano. Not only were there several different levels at which you could shoot the sea and sky (so. many. stairs.) but foreground was pretty much everywhere, which is my candy when I’m aiming to capture a unique perspective onContinueContinue reading “Positano, Italy Photo Series #2”
Rashomon Series: Positano, Italy
Back to my “something a little different”, inspired by one of my favorite stories, Rashomon. (Does doing it twice officially make it a habit? Okay, okay, not quite there yet.) The idea is to occasionally solicit the thoughts and opinions of others who have tread the same path as me, but (inevitably) they bring aContinueContinue reading “Rashomon Series: Positano, Italy”
Muttering Retreats 