Saturday, June 29, 2019

Writing Up a Storm


John Martin The Great Day of His Wrath (circa 1851)
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Me:  What are you going to work on today?
Callum:  Don't know, but I'm going to write up a storm.
Me:  You really could, you know, with your world.*  Gotta be some great storms in your world.
Callum:  Hmmm ...
Me:  Hmmm ...

Not sure what he's writing downstairs, but up here I've maybe found the ending of my current novel.  Writing up a storm.  Channelling my inner John Martin.

    
John Martin The Evening of the Deluge (1828)
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(in which the laws of physics are in flux)

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Ah, London








Saturday, June 15, 2019

Journalism from a More Leisurely Time

This month on The History Girls I blogged about small town journalism in Ontario in the 1890s.  Have a look here and you won't even need to take off your glasses!

And here's a photograph from about the same time of Eric Satie wearing glasses and looking surprised, just because I like it:




Friday, June 14, 2019

Indonesia 6

Banana, bamboo and miscellaneous bark:









Thursday, June 13, 2019

Indonesia 5

Shadows and statues (Nyoman Nuarta Sculpture Park and Gallery), Bandung, Java:











Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Indonesia 4

Details of statues by Nyoman Nuarta, Bandung, Java:












Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Indonesia 3

Statues by Nyoman Nuarta, Sculpture Park and Gallery, Bandung, Java:









Monday, June 10, 2019

Indonesia 2

Shadows and reflections:










Sunday, June 09, 2019

Indonesia 1

Sukuh and Cetho Temples, near Solo, Java: