intricate things

17Nov07

In my last year at high school (secondary school, we called in in Scotland), when I was 18, I still had no idea what I wanted to do, what work to do to support myself through this harsh and cruel world.
The nearest I came to thinking seriously about a trade or profession was on my [...]

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listening to country music

17Nov07

I never thought this would happen, but I have found myself listening to a singer of country music. Southern Gothic style at that. When I mean listening, I mean I have the ear-phones clamped obsessively to my head and I can’t stop! Really obsessive.
I am no judge of country music. So I don’t know [...]

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hanging out to dry

11Nov07

I had the urge to get out and take some pictures this afternoon, even though I knew I had no time to go very far, so, inevitably, I ended up alongside one of our nearby lakes – Lake Budgewoi.
They say a good photographer should be able to get some good pics wherever he/she goes. [...]

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the cathedral

02Nov07

This is St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia. We live about 140 km north of the city. About 3 months ago we went to an exhibition of Islamic Art (wonderful!) at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Took the train, then a taxi. I was grabbing shots from the taxi [...]

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the old church

01Nov07

There is some lovely small-farming country behind us. (Of course I always think of looking to the sea, so the country is “behind us”.) And in that farming country there are many old towns and settlements, as well as isolated farm buildings, barns, sometimes a school and often a little church. I have [...]

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