Views From My Balcony
Views from my balcony as I cruise along the Rhine
Songs of a Sad Summer
Songs of a Sad Summer - a book of poetry by Anne Harrison
The Faces of Japan
Photographs of people I met in Japan So many faces, all with a story to reflect their years.
Exploring Hyde Park
A Bookshop in Venice
The Acqua Alta Bookshop is so typically Venetian: hidden in courtyard, with a gondola overflowing with books in all languages.
Exploring Civitavecchia
The Gods Themselves
Walking Melbourne Backwards
Discovering new sights in Melbourne as I walk through the city by a different way to my usual path.
A Witch Doctor’s Day in Photos
Photographs of pelicans, cormorants and a magpie on a beach, plus the sky during a coming storm
Braving the Doctor Fish of Singapore
Submitting my feet to a Doctor Fish massage (and nibble) in Singapore
Dawn in Hoi An
Thoughts as I watch the dawn in Hoi An from a fishing boat.
Venice and the Church of the Skiing Jesus
An unusual church spire in Venice
Drifting Along the Danube
Images and memories as I drift along the Danube in flood
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.