Category Archives: Places

Swoopy!

Posted on August 26, 2010 by phil

I very much like the new 100 Acres Art & Nature park west of the Indianapolis Art Museum proper on 38th street. It’s a visual feast, and has interesting art scattered throughout its environs. The photo is of Jeppe Hein’s … Continue reading →

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IPL Christmas tree

Posted on December 15, 2008 by phil

IPL Christmas tree Originally uploaded by pjern This tree had so many lights on it I understand NASA is looking into it for use as a planetary beacon.

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Explore!

Posted on March 20, 2008 by phil

Downtown at dawn Originally uploaded by pjern I’m unreasonably pleased that this photo made it into Flickr Explore!

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My Berlin, Part Two – Andrews Barracks

Posted on December 12, 2007 by phil

Or, even spies have to have somewhere to live. This is me outside the Barracks I lived in on Andrews Kaserne in April of 1977. Andrews Barracks, located on Finckensteinallee in the Zehlendorf district of Berlin, was originally a barracks … Continue reading →

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My Berlin, Part One- Arrival

Posted on December 11, 2007 by phil

A recent post on Metafilter got me thinking a lot about my past and increasingly, how my time in Berlin (1977-1980) has defined my life since then. I’ve decided to write it down while I still can. This will be … Continue reading →

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Eastgate, I remember you well

Posted on July 31, 2007 by phil

I put up a gallery of photographs I took this afternoon over at Eastgate mall, now abandoned to the elements. Eastgate was a social center of my formative years; it was THE shopping mall on our side of town forever … Continue reading →

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Canal Walk

Posted on July 15, 2007 by phil

Like most other folk who live in any given city, there are lots of things here I know about but have never seen, but would have seen were I a tourista. A case in point is the Canal walk downtown. … Continue reading →

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The play’s the thing

Posted on June 9, 2007 by phil

I’ve driven US-24 through Waterville, OH probably a hundred times or more. Today, I decided to duck down into a little park I’d seen for a quick rest. I was surprised to find this old-time canal boat

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On the road again

Posted on May 18, 2007 by phil

I’m on the road again, cruising the highways for a while. I took this picture of Pilot Mountain in North Carolina from a rest area/scenic overlook on US-52/I 74.

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Tulsa, OK

Posted on April 25, 2007 by phil

I spent some time last week with my cousin Jim in Tulsa, as I was passing through. The rare luxury of being able to spend actual time there with him meant that I got the twenty-five cent tour of the … Continue reading →

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