My celebration of this unusual year includes a dozen self-portraits I took today and some thoughts about the way 2020 was my time for change.
Read MoreYear of Yes
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Independence
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To write what I want, about what I choose—this is independence. To photograph my city my way. To live on my own terms. Yes, in Warsaw.
Read MoreIt’s a Sign
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Two years ago, a giant army-adjacent neon hijacked my favorite skyline. In this post I show and tell just how that has turned out.
Read MoreArt of a Spare Part
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Even beautiful lamps often come with canopies that are an afterthought. Here’s a close look at one neat workaround for this problem.
Read MoreAnnenMayKantereit
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Come over and let me introduce you to some playful, blues-inflected German rock. Be ready for a surprising amount of softness and sophistication.
Read MoreBeing Strategic: Phase Zero
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Are you looking for a simple road map to help you clarify and implement your current business objectives? Maybe this can help.
Read MorePicking Up Guitar
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I may be less than one percent into those famous ten thousand hours of practice, but I am still well on my way to something extraordinary.
Read MoreNotetaking While Baking
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A cook’s notes to self have tremendous utility to the cook, but little more than voyeuristic value to everyone else. Want a peek?
Read MoreThis and That
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April elicits heavy memories while ushering in lighter days. (It turns out that three years into bereavement one is whole again.)
Read MoreVenturing Out
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As pandemic polemics drown out all other noise, everything becomes part of that chorus. Here are a few of my quiet observations.
Read MoreYin Finds Yang
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Some connections are especially meaningful precisely because they are not deliberate. Here’s one linking two paintings by Agnieszka Zawisza.
Read MoreOrigami Squared
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Discover modular origami, the precision craft that combines abstract paper folding with multi-unit assembly into stunning polyhedra.
Read MoreAdvanced Adventing
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This year’s calendar combined the exuberance of gift giving with a controlled architectural streak. In other words it was perfect.
Read MoreAčiū Vilniui
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When an introduction to city coincides with new professional challenges, the photos are rushed but the sense of discovery is doubled.
Read MoreGrammar School
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Check out the cheeky-but-serious wall calendar I co-created with some other eager folks for my son’s elementary school in Warsaw.
Read MoreClay Community
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How do nearly 500 people fit into one pottery studio in Copenhagen? By doing what Danes do best: sharing with others and observing the rules.
Read MoreSummerhouse Stills
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For this text-free post I’ve selected a dozen photos to tell the fragmented story of a whole season’s worth of simple pleasures.
Read MoreA Week in Greece in June
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What makes the Aegean adventure into what it is has to do with that tranquil turquise sea made for swimming, but that is not all.
Read MoreCelebration Song
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A boy’s ninth birthday inspires contemplation of how this unlikely milestone marks not just the child’s life but motherhood, too.
Read MoreNew York, New York
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Summing up a trip that transformed both a mom and a son is a task for mixed media, metaphor, and leaving some things unexplained.
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