The ‘Pile in the City.
The ‘pile went into the City last week, during a trip North to see family. In the old time westerns, the so-called “oater” movies, the fellow with the gun next […]
Category Archives: 2013
Arborean Silhouettes
A grey, overcast, warm day in late December. A good morning to walk to the Southwest, into the wind, to see what can be seen. One group of seen-things was […]
Midnight. Christmas. Abstracts. Tissue and Lights.
I stayed up late on Christmas Eve. I didn’t really consider why, but I didn’t want to go to bed until late. Maybe I was waiting for Santa. Midnight came. […]
Solstice and Christmas Images from the ‘pile.
A paucity of posts does not mean that the camera has not been clicking or that nothing has been happening. The ‘pile presents an octet of seasonal images, and celebrates […]
The Mysterious Hanga in the Bathroom. Part the First.
One of the things I learned unconsciously from my father is that it is a good idea to have art in your bathroom. Thanks to his influence, where ever I […]
A Ferry Nice Act of Kindness.
As we were leaving snowy Woods Hole on the noon boat yesterday, the ferry had no sooner left the slip than it stopped and returned for a moment, and then […]
Silhouettes
Silhouettes. Where does the word come from? From the name of Monsieur Étienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister who in the 1700’s imposed high taxes and austerity on his […]
Death Comes to the Archfootprint
I’ve come to Black Point Beach again. The day is late, the sun is winter-lingering-low. The December beach is wiped almost bare of tracks. On the upper beach, over time, […]
Nature Constrained, or What You Can See in Three Minutes and Nine Seconds.
I had parked in a passageway between buildings at the Falmouth, Massachusetts Mall. When I came back to the car after some shopping errands, a bush caught my eye. The […]
Late Fall. The Earth Colours.
I’ve spent the last few mornings down at Black Point. We’ve been in a period of cloudy, humid, cool weather, with temperatures in the forties. (Five to eight in Celsius) […]
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