• A black and white photograph through one of two arches of a bridge over the river Main in Germany. In the background there are the arches of another stone bridge, in the foreground a rush of water downriver.
    Life

    Appropriate Weather

    I commented recently on weather perceptions at funerals, and the way many films seem to portray the moment when the remains of a loved, or unloved, person are laid in their final resting place. Here, over the last three days, I have not been disappointed. Aside from a brief period of relative warmth under clouded skies, rainwater has increased the flow of the river, cleaned the streets, soaked those coming out of the train station and walking through town. A fortnight earlier, I am told, the area was covered in snow....

  • Mythical Lion before the Dom in Bremen: biting the neck of a dragon.
    Photography,  Travel

    Bremen: Caught in Stone.

    Welcome to fear, and friendliness. The lions in front of the Dom in Bremen are a masterwork of art and representation, even if the tale they appear to tell is not quite Bible-true and they, carved many hundreds of years ago, do not quite look like the lions we see on the Discovery Channel, or the start of old films in the cinema.

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