Posted in Poetry, tagged creative writing, modern poetry, nature, painting, Poetry, Serenity, travelogue, Writing on 09 Oct 2025| Leave a Comment »
with paper before me and
a pen in my hand
a cloud is
rising blooming billowing scudding
cumulus nimbus a thunderhead
dark foreboding airy bright
with paper before me and
a brush in my hand
a cloud is
gradients reflective limned
shadowed grey sunlit white
rounded flat-topped
with paper before me and
nothing in my hand
a cloud
is
Posted in Travel, tagged air france, airport security, CDG, Heathrow, heathrow express, HRW, London, lost luggage, SEA, Terminal 2E, Travel, travelogue on 07 Jul 2013| Leave a Comment »
The final installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we have a major “oops,” meet some pleasant security agents, and our luggage takes an extended holiday.
Posted in Travel, tagged Old Bishop's Mill, Old Sarum, photo, photography, Salisbury, Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge, Travel, travelogue, Waterloo Station on 06 Jul 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which take our last day trip and walk through a sheep pasture to see an old relative’s house. And I sweat a lot…
Posted in Travel, tagged Bath, Bath Abbey, British style, Great Pulteney Bridge, Jane Austen, John Woods, photo, photography, river avon, Royal Crescent, Travel, travelogue on 06 Jul 2013| Leave a Comment »
Two installments today from my April 2011 travelogue, and a wrap up, tomorrow. In which visit the omphalos of Austen drama, sit by the river Avon, and learn the meaning of the word “reserved.” 
Posted in Travel, tagged Big Ben, Clock Tower, Houses of Parliament, Kensal Green, London, London Eye, photo, photography, Routemaster bus, Southwark Book Market, Southwark Walk, Travel, travelogue, waterloo bridge, Westminster Abbey, wild parakeets in London on 05 Jul 2013| 1 Comment »
Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we move from Plan A to Plan B to Plan C.
Posted in Travel, tagged Battersea Power Plant, Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Edward the Black Prince, English countryside, Kent, photo, photography, Thomas Becket, Travel, travelogue on 04 Jul 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we visit the place where my wife’s ancestor made a man into a saint. And I took a lot of pictures.
(more…)Posted in Travel, tagged London, Notting Hill, photo, photography, Portabello Road, Travel, travelogue on 03 Jul 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we take a few days to do not much but wander, shop, and pretend we’re locals.
Kurt R.A. Giambastiani 