19/9/22 19/9/22

Songs of a Sad Summer

Songs of a Sad Summer - a book of poetry by Anne Harrison

17/9/22 17/9/22

The Faces of Japan

Photographs of people I met in Japan So many faces, all with a story to reflect their years.

13/9/22 13/9/22

Exploring Hyde Park

11/9/22 11/9/22

A Bookshop in Venice

The Acqua Alta Bookshop is so typically Venetian: hidden in courtyard, with a gondola overflowing with books in all languages.

8/9/22 8/9/22

Exploring Civitavecchia

6/9/22 6/9/22

The Gods Themselves

4/9/22 4/9/22

Walking Melbourne Backwards

Discovering new sights in Melbourne as I walk through the city by a different way to my usual path.

24/8/22 24/8/22

A Witch Doctor’s Day in Photos

Photographs of pelicans, cormorants and a magpie on a beach, plus the sky during a coming storm

22/8/22 22/8/22

Braving the Doctor Fish of Singapore

Submitting my feet to a Doctor Fish massage (and nibble) in Singapore

20/8/22 20/8/22

Dawn in Hoi An

Thoughts as I watch the dawn in Hoi An from a fishing boat.

18/8/22 18/8/22

Venice and the Church of the Skiing Jesus

An unusual church spire in Venice

16/8/22 16/8/22

Drifting Along the Danube

Images and memories as I drift along the Danube in flood

14/8/22 14/8/22

Montalbano's First Case - Andrea Camilleri

My review of Montalbano's First Case, the first in the series which made Andrea Camilleri one of Italy's most popular writers.

13/8/22 13/8/22

Venice, Gondolas and Me

Images and tales of gondolas from my visits to Venice