Loves and Lighthouses
“He slept that night thinking of loves and lighthouses. That one love might shine to bring all loves home.” – Jamie O’Neill
Silent Winter
It’s not music this time. Sometimes it’s the sweet sound of silence that makes us appreciate the beauty that surrounds. Nature is wonderful and inimitable. Take a walk and listen to the crunch…
WALK
Your carbon footprint is huge!… walk. Nothing will be decided at the Copenhagen Summit… walk. That über party is dull?… walk. You are showered, dressed and night beckons… walk. You have doubts about…
V.
“Do you know how few vampires have the stamina for immortality?” “Very few things really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring…
Dark and Lovely
Listening to WEDR, The Black Giant, in Miami and hearing SWEET THING by Rufus for the first time in the backseat of a hand-me-down turquoise Oldsmobile Cutlass. Going to The Public Lounge for…
Paris / Le Roi Soleil
When I ran my fingers over the edge of the guillotine blade, it felt quite dull. Waking up at rue Mazarine, Having café crème at Deux Magots, buying bread at Poilane, strolling the…
Music for Films
“You see, this is my life. It always will be. There’s nothing else, just us and the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark.” – from Sunset Boulevard
The Spice Route
Spices were an important component of ancient commerce well before the 15th-century, but were monopolized for centuries by Middle Eastern and North African middlemen who guarded the Asian provenance of their valuable sources…
Sketch for Summer
An impression or a pentimento, the line flows from your fingers as it fashions a beautiful shape, it curves and travels as you introduce color. Hold it to the light as it prisms…
Sabor de Verano
In other words, A Taste Of Summer. Yes, taste it, live it. Happy Birthday to the United States of America with a wink to Henry Hudson. Fireworks can be made or found anywhere,…
True Flowers
“… Whether it is because the faith which creates has ceased to exist in me or because reality takes shape in the memory alone, the flowers that people show me nowadays for the…
Aqua
The water glitters and shines as it dances in the light. On this gorgeous weekend find a pool, or an ocean, or a stream. Leap in the sun and dive in again. These…











