In celebration of why I loved W Myśl Praw Geometrii by Dawid Kujawa, I submit this short essay, which I am deliberately not calling a review.

I count many reasons to read this exceptional, timeless book. And I hope a publisher makes it available for readers in Poland.

In this one, the Fujifilm X-T5 body and the Fujinon 56mm f/1.2 lens attend the Warsaw Winter Jam CI festival—and I am their tour guide.

Here’s my entry for a recent photo contest I didn’t win. It consists of twelve archival photos, along with some all-new writing they inspired.

Reflecting on all I did in addition to studying Klein Technique with Hanna Hegenscheidt leaves me feeling lucky and connected. Seventeen photos tell an adjacent story.

I’m pleased to announce that my translation of a Zbigniew Herbert poem has been featured in a book by Wojciech Sadurski.

I took these photos in Copenhagen’s Vestre Cemetery and I love they way they reveal grief’s private, affectionate side.

Figuring out how to make my own sourdough hard pretzel sticks has been a lesson in advanced baking and a master class in taking a bite out of life.

Tiny Ukrainian flags made out of toothpick halves and strips cut out of stickers. They’re what I have to say on the matter of politics.

The war next door has me thinking about the symbolism of those energetic and hopeful Ukrainian colors. May they be a sign.

Drinking tea is a daily habit of mine and a constant source of pleasure. In this essay I take a part-poetic, part-analytical line of inquiry.

Observations and practical tips about making jam using seasonal fruit, presented not as recipes but as a personal essay on the topic.

Some projects wind up much more satisfying than expected. And some clients deserve the same praise they lavish on their writers.

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.

Come over and let me introduce you to some playful, blues-inflected German rock. Be ready for a surprising amount of softness and sophistication.

Some connections are especially meaningful precisely because they are not deliberate. Here’s one linking two paintings by Agnieszka Zawisza.

Discover modular origami, the precision craft that combines abstract paper folding with multi-unit assembly into stunning polyhedra.

Summing up a trip that transformed both a mom and a son is a task for mixed media, metaphor, and leaving some things unexplained.

Last week I had the honor of attending a UCONN Human Rights Institute conference in memory of my father. Here is what I had to say.

One of the ways I remember my father is through poems he loved and ones I wish we could have read together. Here is a handful.

A frivolous experiment becomes a daily practice, gaining meaning and helping guide the way toward more enlightened living.

Click to view paintings by Warsaw-based artist Agnieszka Zawisza and read about their impact on the one taking the photographs.

On the evening of the summer solstice in 2018 the Warsaw sky revealed extremes befitting the occasion. Here’s what I observed.

Flowers are my favorite gift, a great subject to photograph, and always more than the sum of the stems making up an arrangement.