Tag: Walk

A work colleague once said to me, “If people walk straight at you, don’t move; let them move.” This was a long time ago. It’s still a problem today. Picture the scene. You are walking along a path, and a group of people walk towards you. As they get closer, no one is makin...

What the hell are you doing at a crossroads deep in the countryside, almost sunset in winter ? How did you get there ? You escaped Paris and suddenly you’re walking everywhere. You have to — no car. What self-respecting city type has one ? You walk the crease at the side of the road, sur...

Not many people can afford a midlife crisis these days. Even fewer admit to having one. The very term, coined by Canadian psychoanalyst Elliott Jaques in 1965, feels anachronistic. When 50 is the new 40 and some 40-year-olds are only just setting out on the mission of motherhood or staying resolutel...

Manjeera Wildlife Sanctuary is a riverine wetland 50 km northwest of Hyderabad in Medak district. It is a place with a good number of resident and migratory birds, in addition to being home for the Marsh Crocodile Crocodylus palustris. It is recognized internationally as an Important Bird ...

When I joined participants at the Vancouver Art Gallery on June 22nd for our Flourish book launch gathering, there was a particular group of individuals in attendance who stood out. These are the members of the SPARK9 Team, led by Sprout Ideas Fellow Aaliyah Mahboubi. The excitement of the...

You step out from under the awning of your hotel building onto the side pavement, and into the rain with your umbrella out. The raindrops hit the plastic of your umbrella with a kind of muted splash, and trail down along the curvature of the umbrella until it reaches the edge and then just drip to t...

Bohemia. Such a romantic name. A name Prague lives up to, even when the sun’s barely risen 3 degrees. Although it was spring, the morning was bitterly cold. When most sensible people would still be warm in bed, I set out with the aim of photographing the Charles Bridge before it became swamped...

On the day I arrived in New York, it was drizzling all day long. Contrary to expectations, rainy New York was so chilly, and there were many puddles of dirty water on the road that I wanted to avoid. I went inside the coffee shop, ordered hot chocolate to warm up, and just looked outside. The peo...

The large turkey had been in the refrigerator for over 20 hours. It was soaking in a bath of olive oil, cayenne pepper, garlic, jalapeno peppers, citrus juices, and crushed, fresh herbs from the local farmer’s market. As I inhaled the rich marinade, a thought struck me hard. I was here, pre...

We spent the first day working off from a cafe in Venice Beach (we work in EST so we were done pretty early to enjoy the day). After work, we grabbed pasta at Venice Beach and walked around taking in the sun and views of the skater park, muscle beach, volleyball courts, and some free games. The b...