eahorses were in my orbit of interest since I was a few year old kid. In our living room there were a few objects that belonged to my grandfather, who died long ago, in 1921, right at the end of …
Male Seahorse Reclining (on Seaweeds after Giving Birth to His 2500 Kids) Read More »
Jellyfish Jellyfish are fantastic. You cannot think of anything in nature that is more extraordinary, unexpected, surprising. When I was a little kid we would occasionally bump at some jelly-fish swimming in the Baltic Sea, a cold pond. I was …
If you think that this cutout reminds you something, you are right. This is a variation on a very well-known tune, “view of the sea through the window” and the view is on the Promenade des Anglais, which is a …
J & J mooring at the Promenade des Anglais, 2020 Read More »
Our rat-terrier Rufus often-times goes with us for short vacations to the Atlantic beaches. North Carolina has fantastic, wide, sandy and scarcely populated beaches. Dogs are not allowed on the beach during summer season, so usually go there in the …
Allegory of Time Ι have been in a sort of melancholic mood in recent months. A few friends passed away of late, which is never a good thing, and which in addition to leaving you in sorrow, reminds you an …
Since I was a kid, I had an almost religious approach to the trees and the forest. Can’t really say why exactly. As very small children we (with my older brother) would be taken by our parents to the woods …
I was enormously impressed by the Australian nature during my last year visit there. I’ve spent only two weeks there, and seen very little. But my friends, Manman and Wenjie took me to the Blue Mountains, 100 km north of …
In my classroom – Lecture 13: “Shear strength” This piece has been commissioned by a colleague of mine for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Duke. The commission has wisely been vague on the subject of the opera, …
Dancing on my tail… The expression “dancing on their tail” was for me always appealing as representing something equivalent to a bold or beautiful achievement bordering on impossible. I do not even know where I picked up this expression from. …
Coyotes were sighted !! The whole story started exactly like that. A friend of ours reported during our usual evening walk what she was told by her neighbor about apparently two coyotes been seen near a patch of woods nearby. …
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