31 May, 2023
“Crystal City” (a One-Shot Story)
Sometimes, a piece of art offers so many tempting ways to capture portions, parts and pieces! That’s how I reacted when I first encountered this stunning Josiah McElheny assembl...
24 May, 2023
A Tale of Two UFOs (a One-Shot Story)
If you'd like to have some fun, go to a photo exhibit when the photographer is there. Find an image that intrigues or puzzles you, and ask if they can tell you more about its co...
26 April, 2023
The Haunting on Sunset Hill (a One-Shot Story)
This cute little building was the fraternity house on the college campus that made me whole. But it’s also where I survived my most terrifying “paranormal” ex...
19 April, 2023
Confessions of a “Windmill Hog” (a One-Shot Story)
Yes, I confess. I’m a “Windmill Hog.” I learned this sad truth when Kate and I took a tour of the Rhine and Mosel Rivers in August, 2005. One of our...
12 April, 2023
The Eyes of Venice (a One-Shot Mystery Story)
Few people, I think, would doubt Venice’s beauty. But when Kate and I visited just before Covid closed Italy in 2019, I also noticed a bit of the city’s darker side.
As we st...
5 April, 2023
The Film Noir Cake Stand – A One Shot Story
In early December I spent a few hours over the course of a couple of days attempting to take shots inside Greenwich Market. As the result of a comment to my last post asking if ...
29 March, 2023
Fourteen Years in the Making! (A One-Shot Story)
Between 1998 and 2012, Kate and I visited Rome four times. And one of her priorities was always to see the inside of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone on the Piazza Navona.
Bu...
She was a living painting hanging above a gloomy stone staircase. A bit of sexual theater.
This anonymous sex worker, erotic dancer, or model earned her daily bread quietly con...
