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barn swallow chicks peek from their nest above the entrance to a local gift shop.
This was just after their mother swooped in with food. I’d like to return tomorrow to catch a shot of her but by then her overgrown hatchlings may be flying.
hydrangea blossoms in the mountains at twilight
after 16 years as a resident of Japan, during which I received only 1 to 3 year visas or saw my application rejected, immigrations has finally condescended to grant me a visa for a 5 year term. No idea what I did different but I guess the gatekeepers are pleased.
Picked up this out of print photobook as a reference for the essay collection I’m translating. Luscious photos of petite planes against sublime rugged landscapes and not a few good tales about daring flights. Makes me almost wish I’d become a bush pilot.
#outofprint #photobook #bushpilot # Alaska
Crowds inundating the streets for the local festival in Ofuna
No that’s not an alien eye staring at you (or is it? sometimes I wonder…). That’s a trackball mouse. The scroll wheel on my optical mouse died so I decided to try something new.
Haven’t decided whether I like it. It takes some getting used to.
The latest instalment of the Almost Real newsletter: my review of classic 1937 British sci-fi novel Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon.
#classic #1930s #british #scifi #novel #starmaker #stapledon
#hegel #leibniz #philosophy #cosmic #transcendence
https://elikpwilliam.substack.com/p/star-maker-by-olaf-stapledon
May 5th, 2015. I can't believe it's been ten years since Cash Crash Jubilee came out, since my first fiction publication, since I debuted as a novelist. Looking back, that had to be the single most significant event in my life up to that point.
