The Dead Fish in the Pond Was a Sign

Sometimes you see the signs, even recognise them, but still choose to ignore them. Superstition…

What’s Your Favorite City Symbol?

Ubiquitous in the city, the Eiffel Tower can not just be seen from almost anywhere in and around…

How Turning an Unexpected Corner Can Land You Underground

Reaching Higher and Higher for Snow

How we needed to go higher and higher to find snow in summer.

In the Middle of Anywhere

Navigating the world has long been a difficult undertaking, as it was hard to determine your longitude at sea…

Crossing Berlin on a Sunday Morning

The traffic is light
this Sunday morning
as a shy September sun
dries the Berlin streets.

I Challenge You to Play on This Court

Sand. As far as the eye can see out of the window of the bus. In the foreground the airport…

The Chef’s Garden

How a little corner of a hotel garden inspired poetry. And an appetite.

Tea and dragons — a haiku

A poem of contrast and tradition.

Our Rentree

And then, just before we reach
the summit of our low climb,
the sweeping searchlight of
the Eiffel Tower signals our
return in the bright…