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Mapping in progress

Here is a tentative map of my four month path across Europe using Google maps. I will be updating the markers since it will certainly change as I go (meeting people, learning of places I need to see).
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Travel updates part II: 6 days until departure

(15 Ways to Sleep on a Train. Want this zine (via etsy) by illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli. Hope my train rides are more comfortable than this.)

Behind on my research about each city, so far have thought in-depth only about London. Want to limit planning as much as possible to be on-the-go, over-thinking it seems […]

Hendrik Kerstens photography: the Paula Pictures

Hendrik Kerstens‘ series the Paula Pictures, takes his daughter as the photographic subject. I see many influences here, and find the relationship between father/photographer and daughter/subject to be a fascinating one. I wonder about the story behind each portrait - how it was set up, what she was thinking in that moment, whether […]

meet Benjamin

J’s sister heard meowing at her door the other day - found an orange cat eager to sprint into the apartment. She harboured him while she visited each neighbour on the floor to see if they had misplaced an orange cat, while she posted (very obvious) signs in all of the right places indicating […]

Travel updates

I apologize for being remiss on my posting - I’m 13 days and counting for my trip, which means my life has been filled with the tasks of purchasing VERY EXPENSIVE travel equipment (crying at cash registers) and learning about all of the exciting things I will soon be doing in other countries. This […]

Bringing you the very best of my kitchen experiments

So apparently this is the week of preparing home-cooked meals on a regular basis. Last weekend I powered through all of my home projects so I can focus on planning my trip (I am hours away from booking the flight!). With the extra time I’ve been flexing my cooking muscles for our health […]

Jennifer Zwick photography - Constructed Narrative and Anonymous Animals series

I am loving Jennifer Zwick’s photography. One of my new all-time favourite photographs is The Reader, 2005, from her Constructed Narrative series. Check out a larger version on her homepage.

and, detail:

It’s hard for me to explain why I love the photograph as much as I do. I think it reminds me of […]

I have a history: old photographs

I was recently given pictures of myself as a child that I had never seen before. I uploaded the best ones to Flickr. They have that beautiful faded quality of old photographs and some have interesting angles. Here are some of my favourites:
I think this is one of my earliest memories:

I get […]

So much I never knew I needed [wanted] to read, but oh do I

Things have been so perplexing lately - I hate not knowing what’s ahead. I am waiting to find out about three masters applications, am still unsure about when I’m leaving for Europe (April or May? yes - this April or May!), and I don’t really know what city I’m going to be living in […]

What else don’t we know?

Animal Minds - National Geographic Magazine. “Brainy fellow creatures show that humans are not alone in their ability to invent, plan, or contemplate.” Interesting article with examples of observed animal cognition.
At the core of snowflakes, bacteria - Los Angeles Times. “Moisture must cling to something in order to condense into precipitation, but scientists […]