This morning in New York City I was thinking about Jan Pohribny and his family in Prague. I recalled that I had photos from their wonderful house that I enjoyed visiting very much. While looking through them, I really missed […]
From Still Sundays: On Friday evening I visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art and was mesmerized by this amazing sculpture. I am sure most people who visit there often are quite used to it and hence could and couldn’t understand […]
We would rather be ruined than changed We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die. ~ W.H. Auden Took this photo in Cambridge, England inside a spot on […]
The wonderful and inspiring Czech photographer Jan Pohribny invited me to his village where he lives with his wife, a beautiful woman and amazing artist and photographer too, and their son who enjoys playing the guitar and can cook a […]
The title I borrowed from Gore Vidal’s book (I read it ages ago in my political science days). That is not the actual title of the mural. I don’t know what the actual title is. I guess I could ask […]
Lorca writes: “The duende, then, is a power, not a work. It is a struggle, not a thought. I have heard an old maestro of the guitar say, ‘The duende is not in the throat; the duende climbs up inside […]
I know when I am developing a character, the biggest challenge is to show that like life itself he or she is not one dimensional. And that something in him or her is really also in the reader too, whether […]
After lunch I continued writing. Then it got sunny. This meant I had to rush and avail the opportunity to finally get recharged (it has been cloudy and cool lately in Prague and I can’t function too long without the […]
No – I did not take a nap – The nap – took – me ~ from the poem “The Nap Taker” by Shel Silverstein So all who know me know I believe in the power of naps. I […]
This is around Sovinec Castle (‘owl’s nest’ castle). It is in the south-west parts of the Rešov hilly region in North Moravia in Czech Republic. It is in a small village town and there are other towns near by as […]