Shadows & Light

This is a house just down the street. I first photographed it in June, when the wisteria and bear's breeches were so leafy they pract...

I went to the Science Museum in Kensington yesterday to see an exhibit by Alec Soth, an American photographer who I didn't know befo...

When I sat down to write yesterday morning and saw the news about Paris, I was immediately struck dumb. Nothing I could say seemed adequa...

Working in a school library, it's probably inevitable that I occasionally think about the librarians I knew during my own school ye...

OK, I called the drinks guy in Tampa for our party in December. I e-mailed him a statement of what we need -- 67 bottles of beer and 14 b...

I slept in this morning until 6:30. Pretty much unheard of for me. I'm going to be late for work if I don't get a move on. I sl...