A few weeks back I had the chance to take my camera for a walk in Quebec City.  Autumn isn't really my time of the year (I generally prefer the hot months), but there is something beautiful about an old city at this time of the year...

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black sweater zipped up high

under that heavy leather jacket

its collar turned up to ward off

the encroaching chill

of an early autumn morning.

curls pulled back

one or two stubbornly escaping

dark-rimmed glasses in

crisp, angular contrast.

eyes shimmering, focused

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Nothing better than a Halloween party to provide a living laboratory for my on-going experiments with low-light photography. There's something about the grainy grittiness of it that appeals to me.

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It's been a few weeks since I've managed to string together a piece I felt was worth posting. It's been a good and happy time for the most part, so I can't really complain. But it has also been frustrating not being able to effectively translate the moments I'd like to… Read full post »

This past weekend, my son and I headed off to explore the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, QC. We had five hours, two cameras, one excellent picnic lunch and almost limitless possibilities. As an added bonus of sorts the museum staff were on strike, which effectively cut down on the crowds.… Read full post »

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heart beats
discrete, combined—
overlapping waves of
joy shaping the rhythms of
our love...

As dictated to me by my  darling boy earlier this evening, in commemoration of our now deceased (having lived a long and full life) goldfish.

In lieu of a small plot in the garden, we settled for the more traditional flush and the creation of a small memorial.

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In a recent post, CarolinaBlue50 proposed an interesting writing exercise, converting a paragraph of prose into poetry. As he describes it:

Someone recently observed that we had let our Thursday haikus and cinquains slide. 

In the spirit of Adelaide Crapsey, I offer a revival of our fading tradition...

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The following Op-Ed piece in the New York Times by John Aloysius Cogan Jr., executive counsel for the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner, caught my eye.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/opinion/20cogan.html

Cogan plainly illustrates that most of us don't know wh… Read full post »

Stringed instruments can be as interesting visually as they are musically...

(The instruments shown in the first three photos are hand-crafted from unexpected and recycled materials. )

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I have loved black currants since childhood. Black currant juice, black currant syrup, black currant jam—you name it, I love it. Gin & tonic is elevated to new heights by a touch of liqueur de cassis. With practise and experimentation, I have developed a Kir martini that is not sweet, just/… Read full post »

 Summer has finally arrived in these parts. The timing was perfect: I had a day to myself and decided to take my camera for a walk. Montreal is a city of summer festivals (we pack as much outdoor living as we can into the warm month!) so I headed off to… Read full post »

This past weekend I got to play in the presence of some truly gifted people. They enjoyed their musical medium while I played with capturing bits of interesting low light. While I play with light and shadows a great deal outdoors in daylight, this was a new set of conditions for… Read full post »

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?
Bobby Ellis. I took the train all the way from Montreal to Long Island to go to him prom with him.

2. Who was your FIRST love and do you still talk with him/her? 
Hannes Fuchs. I would love to get back… Read full post »

I often try to take pictures of the things that are less tangible, more fleeting...reflections and light and darkness and illusions. These are some of those.