Six decades of a date – the thirtieth of July
The six decades between 1958 and 2018 – today is my 60th birthday and I’m sharing snapshots of my life from the last six decades.
Month: July 2018
Dockside cranes – photo of the week
Framed by one of the iron mooring loops set into the quayside, some of the few remaining dockside cranes along by Göta älv.
Laurie in the City of the Unborn
Laurie goes looking for the City of the Unborn – a short story inspired by one of the cities in Italo Calvino’s book of Invisible Cities.
Dunstan by Conn Iggulden – a review
Dunstan (2017) by Conn Iggulden, a review of the historical novel and some ruminating on the the workings of the creative imagination.
Sunset silhouettes – a photo of the week
The sunset silhouettes of four people on a headland watching the sun set as the contrail of a passing jet cuts across the sky.
Brussels parakeets make the world a better place – or don’t
Depending on your point of view these Brussels parakeets make the world a better place, or they’re a green menace. Either way they’re not easy to photograph.
I am reading The Lucky Galah and Händelser vid Vattnet
I am reading The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen and Kerstin Ekman’s Händelser vid Vattnet. More on the joys of reading two very different books in tandem.
Children watching falling water – photo of the week
Two children watching falling water in the fountain at Brunnsparken, I took this photo and originally published it in July 2013.
Words of slender means – a writing diary entry
Words of Slender Means is my writing diary entry this month and focuses on the soundscape in Murial Spark’s novel The Girls of Slender Means.
A Karoliner at the Gate – photo of the week
A guide at the Nya Älvsborg fortress silhouetted in the gateway to the castle. She was wearing a blue woolen Karoliner greatcoat, a tricorn hat and boots.