by john7 | Nov 1, 2011 | African Tales
This is a big week for humanity–once again we are breaking a population record (according to the statisticians).They say that we are 7 billion and rising. No reason to think differently. Last I saw, there seemed to be a lot of people everywhere. At least we are...
by john7 | Oct 29, 2011 | Travels of Yellow Bird
(With photographs by Angela Atwater) Yellow Bird was a very happy bird and she had many friends. Some of her friends were yellow, and some were not. That did not matter to Yellow Bird, because she liked the other birds no matter what their color. She was very good...
by john7 | Oct 29, 2011 | Odd Writings
These photographs of the current flooding in Bangkok are from The Atlantic magazine website and show some stark moments of survival and life:Optimism has strange ways of revealing itself:And yet beauty can sometimes jump into the cruellest of places:
by john7 | Oct 24, 2011 | Odd Writings
My camera happened to snap this shot of me using the new Pentax UltraVision Lens. For those of you who do not have my high expertise in new technology, please allow me to explain the Pentax UltraVision Lens. This Lens, with Its intra sonar and high calibre radio...
by john7 | Oct 19, 2011 | Odd Writings
You know these art galleries are great and all. But I’m finding in Paris there’s just so many people flocking through them that it’s difficult to focus on the artwork. Thus, when I found out that the Louvre, like all museums, has one day off each...