The Last Days of Tivoli
On the occasion of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. And Tivoli Luna Park closing down soon. (1967-2013)
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Travels and Daydreams
Tag: Nicosia
April 24, 2013
April
New trees planted, they’re already in bloom. (I think this is apricot.)
Watching planes fly while lying under a big olive tree = new favorite thing.
This place isn’t as small as you think. It’s not big, but it’s big enough for nice road-trips.
Record Store Day, celebrated. No record store needed. (Here is a video of the music.)
This island is small, you say. Have you been to this wonderful beach? (First time for me.)
Is it warm enough to swim yet? (Maybe in two weeks. Hopefully.)
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March 26, 2013
326 Days of Sunshine
Cyprus
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February 11, 2013
random Monday | eclipse
My mind is currently occupied with writing, and designing things (including Matchbooks!) so here’s a random post with pictures of an eclipse circa I don’t even remember when exactly. I just found them when I scanned some slide films the other day and thought they were pretty.
Have a good week, everybody!
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January 28, 2013
Monday
How it felt today
Weekend fun
Downtown self-portrait
Road-trip
Have a good week everyone!
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January 17, 2013
portraits, #2.
Friends. Family. Friends of family. Self, and I guess, a cafe waitress passing by a framed Marlon Brando.
Also one of these pictures is from 1996.
Guess which one. (In Homer Simpson whispering voice: It’s film.)
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November 12, 2012
Impossible Monday
It’s Monday, so of course I don’t want to do anything. This is what happens when you forget to stop working on the weekend. So. Much. Writing. Editing. Submitting. Mind swimming.
So, great time to look at some pictures!
These were taken with the older Impossible color film. (Got the new one, haven’t used it yet.)
By the way, notice how crisper that last shot is. That’s because the nice people at Vintage Instant tuned my Land camera last month.
And because I used the new scanner adapter to scan it.
Me: What are Newton rings?
T: (points to previously scanned Polaroids) That. And that.
Me: Oh. (Orders scanner adapter.)
Best Beach Restaurant. I like how proud they are of their establishment. (Pretty good food, too.)
One of my favorite lifeguard tower shots. Where did those colors come from? Does it matter?
And finally: my Impossible Nicosia.
I took this last week at Ledras Street when I was visiting my favorite apples at their post-wandering event.
I showed the picture to the kids.
Instagram, they said, and laughed.
But they were only kidding. They knew what a Polaroid was. The μηλιά kids are geniuses. I ran another mini writing workshop for them and they wrote genius funny stories.
I can’t wait to see what they do next.
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March 3, 2012
a good week that ended with an angel in the snow
Our publishing house’s first book Nicosia in Dark and White won a prestigious POYi Book of the Year award
It snowed in Nicosia (this happens less often than a leap year)
Wrote a new short story
Spent all Saturday in Troodos playing with the snow [snow angel not pictured]
A good week indeed
Snow falling on tropical trees and our little fish pond
I made these as a tribute to Bill Watterson
Moon over frozen lake
The award winning photographer taking pictures of frozen lake with his homemade pinhole cameras
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January 24, 2012
a birthday post
Another selves-portrait,* circa 1991.
Happy Birthday mom!
xoxo
*selves-portrait: taking a picture of another person and including yourself in the frame. [coined!]
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January 20, 2012
a sneak preview
It’s only January but things have already been real busy.
A lot of new writing and lots of different projects in development. We are making travel plans for later in the year. Book Ex Machina is getting a site revamp.
But here’s a little sneak preview of a tasty literary treat we call Matchbook Stories.
Each matchbook is a tiny story in prose or poetry form. They are stories about meetings fleeting and temporary, about moments and places, invoking the feeling of real matchbooks. A few words that can be carried in a pocket and shared with a friend, or perhaps a stranger.
The first four made their debut in a Nicosia Christmas market. But there will be more on the way.
To kick off the project me and Matchbook Stories poetry editor Lee Jing-Jing contributed two each. Mine: Paris, Las Vegas and Cha Cha Chicken. Jing’s: An Old Wives’ Tale and Last Fall.
In due time we will post ways to buy and submission guidelines. But in the meantime, this is a sneak preview.
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