• Copies of paperback books written by Chester Himes in the Penguin Modern Classics. In the centre: The Big Gold Dream.
    Commentary

    The Big Gold Nightmare

    I met a North American from the United States in a small town in northern Germany a few years ago. He was sitting on a bench under a tree in what passes as the town's main square, where the May Tree is erected each year, and looking very sorry for himself....

  • Black and white photograph of a man lying on a concrete wall , wrapped up against the cold, close to the main railway station in Bremen, Germany.
    Commentary,  Life

    The Worst Is Over.

    A full day has passed, the change from one year to another has moved into the background, and we are left with the reality of everyday life, littered with the remains of fireworks and the occasional drinking spree along the edges of cold streets. Transport returns to normal

  • CSD Lübeck: a young person dressed in a stunning black and scarlet dress - very Japanese anime - with silver jewelry, a silver eye-pad, and carefully made up without going over the top.
    Life,  Photography,  Travel

    Lübeck: 17 August 2024

    If there is one thing I have noticed about every single Christopher Street Day celebration / demonstration that I have attended over the years, it is the joy and pleasure of those taking part. Everywhere you turn there is a smiling face, there is music and people dancing.

  • A woman enjoying the sunshine in Bremen.
    Life,  Photography

    Out On Four Wheels

    It's not exactly the Freedom of the Road, and many people advancing in years, fight against them right up until the last moment, but even these four wheels bring a certain degree of self-confidence and more. I'm not sure, being relatively young and fit ...

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