Category Archives: Photography

“The Life of Pie”

Posted on 15 May 2013 by

In my house, The Life of Pie is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”, as Thomas Hobbes would have put it. Well, this was definitely better than the film which had no pie in it at all.

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A Road Trip around Israel

Posted on 25 April 2013 by

I have been to Israel many times and I dare say it’s my favourite country. Yet I don’t have a lot of photos from most of my visits. On most of my trips to Israel I was guiding youth groups … Continue reading →

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Isn’t that a beautiful place? (Part 2)

Posted on 4 April 2013 by

Ten days ago, I had presented you with this photo and had posed the leading question “isn’t that a beautiful place?”. Predictably, and I would not have responded differently, all of you agreed. Many exclaimed how beautiful of a scenery … Continue reading →

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Where the **** is Spring?

Posted on 1 April 2013 by

It’s April. It’s Easter. Spring should have begun 10 days ago. But this morning, the view from my window looked like this: Vilnius looked like this: And because the Easter bunny had frozen to death, we had to make our own … Continue reading →

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I found the Land of Lilliput

Posted on 25 March 2013 by

While hiking through Gauja National Park in Latvia, I spotted this toilet from afar. “Great,” I thought, “I don’t need to leave these yellow graffiti in the snow today.” As I walked closer though, the toilet hut seemed to shrink. … Continue reading →

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Isn’t that a beautiful place? (Part 1)

Posted on 23 March 2013 by

I am going to write about my walk to that forest in a week or so, but in the meantime I’d like you to guess where it is. If someone gets it right, you will win a prize of my choosing. … Continue reading →

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Meet my Fridge

Posted on 20 March 2013 by

Very energy-efficient: This is in mid-March. If I am (un)lucky, it will still be working in May. And then again from October onward. (Photographed during a short rest on my hike through Gauja National Park in Latvia.)

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I need to lose weight.

Posted on 19 March 2013 by

I am not fat, but I am not thin either. I have never been particularly concerned about my weight, as I measured my health by my ability to walk or run long distances. In my book, whether you are fat … Continue reading →

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Keep it short and save paint!

Posted on 18 March 2013 by

Why “FUCK YOU!”, if there is also a short version? The next time somebody at your office or in your organisation goes on for hours about something which could be summed up in a few sentences, send him/her this photo. … Continue reading →

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If I described it to you, you would think it was ugly.

Posted on 3 March 2013 by

If you asked me “how was your day today?”, I could tell you that it is still winter, it is terribly cold, a snowstorm has been ravaging all day, I live in a Soviet-era apartment block made out of pre-fabricated … Continue reading →

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