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“The Stranger in the Woods”, by Michael Finkel, Simon & Schuster
Source One fine day in 1986, sometime after the Chernobyl disaster and well into Reagan’s second term in office (and a few months before my birth, though it wasn’t mentioned), a twenty-something called Christopher Knight parked his almost-new Subaru Brat … Continue reading
Posted in Books review
Tagged Books review, Chris Knight, Finkel, Hermit, Journalism, Junger, Literary review, Maine, Michael Finkel, Stranger, USA, Woods
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The Merry Shopkeepers of Bukchon.
There’s a neighbourhood, in Seoul, called Bukchon. Traditional and small-towny in a city of tens of millions, it’s familiar to Instagrammers worldwide. Bukchon has many charms. There are windy hill roads and villas for which the term leafy has, undoubtedly, been coined. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, South Korea
Tagged Art, Autumn, Autumn colour, B&W, Bukchon, Bukchon photographer, Fall, Hanok, Hanok village, Individually owned shops, Korea, Maple, People, Photography, project, Seoul, Shops, South Korea, Street art, Street photography, Tradition, Traditional houses, Villas, Woods
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The land beneath the mountains.
That’s the name of my region. The land at the feet of the mountains. Click on the photo to open the panorama In my region, topography is binary. Clear cut. It’s either flat, or mountainous. No middle ground, no rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Piemonte
Tagged Alpi, Alps, Biella, Bird, Bird spotting, Duck, Emigration, Expat, Fara Novarese, Fields, Fourteener, Geese, Glacier, Immigrant, Italia, Italy, Lake, London, Malpensa, Massazza, Masserano, Massif, Monte Rosa, Musings, nature, North West Italy, Novara, Piedicavallo, Piemonte, Reservoir, Snow, Switzerland, Travel, Vercelli, Vineyard, Water, Winter, Woods
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