Her we are, on the cusp of mid-November and about to be catapulted into the Advent / Christmas Season. Wasn’t is just yesterday when we
Category: Christmas Season
Starting 2024 with Vertigo
I had the best intentions to write a Christmas and end-of-the-year blog, but the Universe had other plans for me. Let’s backpedal a bit to
When The Going Gets Tough, The Camera Gets Going
“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this
When Upside Down is Right Side Up
Last Christmas, I gave you… ooops, that’s not how I wanted to start this entry. Let’s try that again – last year I didn’t put
Nikolaustag 2023
I love tweaking this post every December 6th in honour of the German tradition of Nikolaustag, or St. Nick’s Day. Living in Portugal, I am
Care Packages From Afar
The concept of the care package began during World War II when Americans sent food, clothing and other basic necessities to friends and relatives in
