Monthly Archives: February 2011

I’m back. I survived another couple of airports, another day of pretty much zero communication and after a week of megabytes of information deprivation and enforced web detox, I have to say I was feeling quite relaxed about the whole … Continue reading →

I woke up yesterday to a virtual whiteout. The snow was falling thickly and the mountains encircling the town were invisible. I took a photo of the whiteness, the nothingness. I liked the idea of the obliterated landscape. I felt … Continue reading →

I have been more than happy to adopt the weekly photo challenge set by WordPress over this last month, and just before leaving England noticed that the subject beckoning this week was ‘refuge’. This struck me as a particularly apt … Continue reading →

How many hours have you spent on holidays over the years attempting to capture the perfect landscape shot? Trying to keep out of the scene such inconvenient imperfections as steel high-rises, roadworks, parked cars and workmen in fluorescent jackets? And … Continue reading →

I had great plans to visit the Cogne Lace Museum yesterday. Lace-making has a venerable history in this region of the Italian alps, and I’m always interested in any opportunity to nose in local craft museums. Sadly the museum has … Continue reading →

I love the fact that with maturity comes wisdom. Especially the wisdom that says just because you are surrounded by fresh snow doesn’t mean you have to spend all day gliding through it. And especially when there are little cafés … Continue reading →

Despite snow, fog and ice, I survived my flight yesterday and now find myself in Cogne (an isolated Aostan village) for a week with intermittent wifi access and my service provider already about to withdraw service because I have almost … Continue reading →