I suppose it was inevitable, but even so, it causes the bile to rise at the back of my throat ( Read more... )

This weekend will be the last time I'm in Holland for some time, and possibly the last time ever depending on what the future holds in terms of travel ( Read more... )

There are some places that when you find yourself in them, are a little too reminiscent of the Twilight Zone. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, and in fact can be quite refreshing after the relative normality of the rest of the planet ( Read more... )

Time. The one thing that we never seem to have enough of ( Read more... )

It's a universal truth that if you play with fire, then you might just get burned ( Read more... )

Eight hours ago I was walking the streets of Amsterdam, just me and my camera, and once again enjoying that wonderful feeling of tiptoeing around a sleeping beast ( Read more... )

Things come and go, people arrive and depart, sometimes staying for a few brief moments, sometimes for a lifetime ( Read more... )

If you walk into any record shop these days looking for the new single by a band, you’ll be lucky if you get presented with any choice beyond several versions of the song, most of which are completely unnecessary remixes, spread in various configurations across a series of five inch CD singles ( Read more... )

“Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?” - Edgar Allen Poe ( Read more... )

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