Category Archives: Travel

Sunrise over pond with tree

Photographs, Travel,
Landscape showing the sunrise over trees in the background, a body of water in the middle ground, and a tree in the center of the foreground.

There was a time when I remembered when, where, and why this was taken. It was taken in England, for sure. And it was sunrise, and cold, and I remember walking with a group of friends when I took it. It was most likely taken winter, 1979 when I student taught in London.

I do remember that I was proud of it. It was probably the best photo I’d ever taken up to then, I even had it enlarged and framed. Yes, it’s blurry and was taken with a cheap camera, but I still like it.

Recently someone whose artistic judgement I value remarked on a photo I took and said I had a good eye for composition. I agree.

Sunday December 10, 1978

Events, Film, Travel, ,

Until this morning I didn’t remember much about Sunday, December 10, 1978. I probably wrote about it in my journal — almost certainly — but I’m not sure where that journal is.

Among the many many papers and other memorabilia I found in boxes from my mom’s house was a flier from Leeds Playhouse about Luis Buñuel’s film, That Obscure Object of Desire. I was staying with Jeremy’s family near Leeds, England before heading to London to do some student teaching and Jeremy had a part-time job at Leeds Playhouse.

I’d not seen too many foreign films, and none as unusual as this one. It stayed with me for years and I know I shared it with at least one other person.

I wonder what I’d think of it now.

And — all this time I thought he had an R in his name. I was calling him Brunuel.

Okay, I can throw this flier away.