Monthly Archives: July 2010

Lake Tahoe View: A thunderstorm building up

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

It started out as a beautiful day, a day that, for some reason, promised it would give me the world and more. There were some distant clouds, but they did not bother me, they only emphasized the intensity of the … Continue reading →

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Silicon Valley View: A Horrible Death to Die

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

Palo Alto is where I took up residence for a couple of weeks, before I head down south to that famous city of angels and stars for a writer’s conference. From the outside it seems a quiet little town, but … Continue reading →

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Silicon Valley View: Where the Wind of Freedom Blows

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

It was dead silent at The Farm. No one but me and the omnipresent sun were seen on the Main Quad, that seemed to have freed itself from the usual student mêlée and now oozed an eery quiet. Was it … Continue reading →

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San Francisco View: Twin Peaks

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

The best way to start a day in San Francisco is to hike up one of its hills to get a bird’s view of the city. I decided on Twin Peaks and looking up from the Vista point I was … Continue reading →

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Silicon Valley View: A Ride Through the Baylands

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

Every now and again a writer needs to spread his wings and find new places for inspiration. I took my writer’s residence a couple of thousand miles away from its regular place and the orange madness, and settled down in … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam View: An Orange-clad View

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

Last Tuesday Amsterdam got surprised by one of the first actions of the newly installed mayor. Where the acting mayor had promised the people to pay tribute to the Dutch soccer team with a mass celebration on Museumplein and – … Continue reading →

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Dutch View: A Wedding in IJmuiden

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

The venue was unusual: beach pavilion Zeezicht (Sea View) in IJmuiden. A wooden pavilion, built on high poles with magnificent views on one of the widest beaches in the Netherlands, on the IJmuiden jetties and the sea. The day was … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam View: A Writer on the IJ

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

Yesterday, I took my writer’s residence out biking to Amsterdam-Noord, that part of Amsterdam that usually gets treated as if it is parted from the main city by an ocean rather than by that former bay that is now known … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam View: Football fever

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

Navigating the Amsterdam canals after the Dutch National Soccer team beat Brazil in the World Championships 2010. Continue reading →

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Arizonan View: Tsé Bit’Aí

Posted on July 3, 2010 by

This was the first view at that magnificent monolith the Diné call Tsé Bit’Aí, or the Rock with Wings. Hiking high up in the Chuska Mountains I could see why legend tells these are the petrified remains of a giant … Continue reading →

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