What's simple is true
on Nov 16, 2009 in Blogging Environment Historical sites London Ma famille Photography Sony A900 series The way we live Travel London Oxford photography Sony A900 series Soul Aperture St. Mary's travel A combination of beauty, fragility and strength... The courage of one's convictions and faith that never wavers... Unexpected, whimsical delights... New destinations... The road to success, always under construction... "All the great things are simpl...

Win a copy of Paris Postcards
on Nov 15, 2009 in Antiques & collectibles Blogging Books Historical sites News & current events Paris Photography Travel Antiques and collectibles blogging giveaway books Counterpoint Press news and current events Paris Paris Postcards Leonard Pitt's beautiful new book Paris Postcards is photographed among some late 19th-century and early 20th-century Paris postcards. Some pages inside Paris Postcards. If you love Paris, you'll be enchanted by Paris Postcards! Pitt's book (Counterp...

Don't miss the brocante at Bastille!
on Nov 14, 2009 in Antiques & collectibles Histoire d' objets Leche-vitrines News & current events Paris Photography Antiques and collectibles Antiquites Brocante at Bastille Madonna crowns mercury glass news and current events papier-mache puppets Paris photography Papier-mache puppets at Sophie Pretelat's Anges et Demons stand at the Antiquities Brocante at Bastille. This is the last weekend, so get your skates on! The brocante - with stands lining both sides of Canal St. Martin - is open...

Home truths
on Nov 11, 2009 in London Ma famille Sony A900 series The way we live Travel American Heart Association British Heart Foundation cardiovascular disease Covent Garden heart disease London photography Sony A900 series Bronze ballerina and phone boxes, Covent Garden, London. You may have noticed that lately I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front. That's due to a combination of travel, work and particularly, health issues. I was born with a...

Tear down ALL the walls
on Nov 9, 2009 in Historical sites Human rights News & current events Photography Politics Sony A900 series Travel Arundel England. Fall of the Berlin Wall anniversary celebrations human rights Israeli Security Fence John F. Kennedy Maya Angelou Palestinians photography politics Remnants of ancient stone wall, Arundel, England. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.” - Maya Angelou "We will prove to the world that we believe in peacefully..

Remembrance Sunday
on Nov 8, 2009 in Historical sites Human rights London News & current events Photography Sony A900 series Afghanistan England Queen Elizabeth Remembrance Day Sony A900 series UK Moss on a stone cross in a small graveyard at Church Norton, England. Today we pause to pay tribute to those soldiers who fought to uphold the principles of freedom we hold dear. Queen leads remembrance tribute. Minister defends Afghan...

Health care, party bias and the mainstream media
on Nov 7, 2009 in Delusional Environment Historical sites Human rights London News & current events Obama Photography Politics Sony A900 series The way we live Travel Congressional Budget Office D.C. healthcare reform John Boehner John Cole London mainstream media photography Republicans Sony A900 series Trafalgar Square Washington This person dressed like a banana and standing on a plinth is part of an art installation last month at London's Trafalgar Square. But the photo reminds me of the latest over-the-top activities of so-called "teabaggers" on Washington's Capitol Hill..

A tiny ray of sunshine
on Nov 5, 2009 in Antiques & collectibles Environment Paris Photography Sony A900 series Antiques and collectibles Antiquites Brocante Bastille Paris photography Sony A900 series ....in this otherwise grey and gloomy day in Paris. This is opening day of the Antiquites Brocante at Bastille. This morning the sun shone briefly, but before I could leave my apartment, it started to rain. Since it's not ideal...

Adventure travel and photography
on Nov 3, 2009 in Historical sites Journey to Jordan Longchamp News & current events Paris Photography Sony A900 series The Middle East Travel Jordan Journey to Jordan Longchamp Marianne Elliot photography Qatar Sony A900 series travel Qatari artisan stringing freshwater pearls, Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris. Please read Marianne's piece about our photography adventure Journey to Jordan. And come with us March 1- 8, 2010: we have two spaces left. Tonight I'm having dinner in Paris...

For Mandy
on Nov 2, 2009 in Blogging Longchamp Music Paris Photography Poetry Sony A900 series Longchamp Paris photography poetry Sony A900 series Abandoned musical instruments, Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris. The music flows through your poetry in motion; we will remember.