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Tag Archives: Photography
Today’s Portrait: FIREFIGHTER
No, today’s portrait isn’t a flower! It’s occurred to me that other objects besides flowers can emanate presence and personality. Can demonstrate QUIDDITAS, the quality that Aristotle meant when he wrote of “thatness,” or “whatness,” or “what it is.” When I was painting … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography, Wonderings
Tagged Aristotle, Greek, Painting, Philosophy, Photography, Portraits, Still lifes
23 Comments
Dinner of the Cold Maidens —
Or, if you prefer, the Dinner of the Smorrebrod Virgins. No, not the outdoor temperature, nor yet the status or amorous nature of the participants. Smorrebrod Virgins are young women, mostly unmarried (hence the name), who make the delectable open-face … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged Danish Sandwiches, Denmark, Feasts, Food, Photography, Smorrebrod, Toasts
21 Comments
The Clouds Above Us —
Summer, having finally arrived, is moving along much too briskly! We are midway through August already. Summer heat, blue skies, green leaves, the slow passage of fleecy clouds — all are rolling past. In another two weeks we will all be … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Etcetera, Happiness, Nature, Poetry, Wisdom
Tagged Celebration, Chinese Poetry, Photography, Summer
34 Comments
HOW SWEET IT IS: The Gift of the Maples
Here in New England (and all the way north into Canada), the deciduous sugar maple (Acer Saccharum) is leafless and barren in February, a dead sign of a dead land. Or would be — except that with the slightest daytime warming, sap … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Food, Nature, Personal Essay, Photography, Pioneer Valley, Spring
Tagged Breakfast, Local Farming, Maple Syrup, Nature, New England, Photography, Sugaring
22 Comments
Birds of Look Park
Birds: not my usual photographic pursuit. Some of my favorite bloggers concentrate on birds. They seem to be half avian themselves (the bloggers, the birds are wholly avian), because they have such wonderful rapport with the feathered creatures. Their photos … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Etcetera, Nature, Photography, Pioneer Valley
Tagged Autumn, Birds, Parks, Photography, weeklyphotochallenge2012
28 Comments
Another Northampton Original: THORNES MARKETPLACE
I promised to tell you about Thorne’s Marketplace many months ago, this quirky shopping attraction in the heart of our quirky town of Northampton, before I got sidetracked by summer and visitors and illness. Now that the cold weather’s upon us, … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Food, Home, Pioneer Valley, Shopping
Tagged Malls, Northampton, Photography, Shopping
28 Comments
“THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE” (1)
That’s the slogan of the State of Maine. It’s the sign that greets travelers crossing the invisible line on I-95 just beyond the bridge separating Portsmouth, NH from Kittery, ME, and it always cheers my spirits when it does. Life … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Flowers, Nature, Photography
Tagged Art, Flowers, Maine, Museums, Ocean, Ogunquit, Photography, Sculpture, Tourists
29 Comments
The Medicine of the World —
Usually my Touch2Touch posts develop from a thought, a quote, a poem, an event. This time, though, I just want to share an image with you. Nothing profound or significant, just an image of a brick wall. I took this … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Health, Medicine, Photography
Tagged Beauty, Images, Medicine, Photography
18 Comments
ALMOST AUGUST
The rain (or mist or perhaps fine drizzle) early this morning is so quiet I’m not sure it’s raining at all until I put my ear to the open window and hear a faint pattering, a whispering over the parched … Continue reading
What is REAL?
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anais Nin, who said this, was born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, of French-Cuban ancestry. It’s apparent just from her naming that she would have a … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay, Photography, Quotes
Tagged Difference, Mexico, Objectivity, Photography, Reality
27 Comments
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