Le garage hélicoïdal

On a recent visit to Grenoble, I discovered a hidden Art Deco gem, le Garage Hélicoïdal. It is practically invisible from the street, squeezed between other buildings. Louis Fumet and Louis Noiray, the local architects designed it in the late 20s, and it was completed in 1932. It originally offered extra services to the drivers, […]

Racing green

Snape Maltings, UK A busy concert day at Aldeburgh Festival, musicians, rehearsal, stage, backstage, interviews, and in between all that, SASSE/SLUICE, moulted pigeon feathers, by Kate MccGwire, and a pre-war Jaguar SS 100. At first seemingly unrelated, and yet strangely not without correspondance… […]

Fleeting winter

Fleeting Winter
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

Yanaka and Asakusa

Too curious flower
watching us pass,
met death . . .
Our hungry donkey
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)