Life

Articles which tell stories from or about my life.

Get Shorty

Life / Travel
Thursday, 22nd April, 20101 comment

A gallery of images from my journey to the U.K. and back, to collect Jo in 2006 and bring her back to live with me in Switzerland.

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View from here

Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Life
Tuesday, 9th February, 20102 comments

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London Life

By other people / Life / Travel
Thursday, 28th January, 20102 comments

Since moving away from the UK, I miss jaunts into London, which now only take place once a year at most. A German resident of London, Konstantin Binder, provides me with a dose of the kind of exploration I would do, were I still in the UK.

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A winter weekend

Life / Switzerland galleries
Sunday, 24th January, 20102 comments

In January of 2005 – five years ago this week – Jo visited me in Switzerland for the first time. These photos show our wonderful time together.

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Cross-country skiing

Individual photographs / Life
Wednesday, 20th January, 20102 comments

Jo learned to ski in Scotland when she was younger. After living here for several years now, she decided that it was about time to give cross-country skiing another try and give me my first shot at trying, as I’m not keen on regular skiing and had never tried cross-country before.

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Out in the cold

Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Life
Sunday, 20th December, 20094 comments

I pledge to take more winter landscape photos this year, after being out this evening to take some long-awaited photos of the Christmas lights in Spiez.

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There by the carousel

Life / Writing
Wednesday, 2nd December, 2009No comments

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Minarets and missiles

Advertising / Life / Writing
Wednesday, 25th November, 20097 comments

A rare article in which I express how I feel on the subject of national referendum and the political process in Switzerland. This article has been inspired by a prominent national campaign on the subject of the proposed national ban on the construction of Islamic minarets.

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Glad I went, now

Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Life
Sunday, 22nd November, 20091 comment

Jo and I take a walk through a misty Sunday afternoon to Faulensee.

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Things I could’ve photographed this morning, if only they’d happened

From the Road / Life / Travel / Writing
Wednesday, 11th November, 20092 comments

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Love of my life

Friends and Family / Individual photographs / Life
Monday, 14th September, 20091 comment

You know how the saying goes: behind every good man stands a great woman.

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One year on

Individual photographs / Life
Friday, 31st July, 2009No comments

A year ago today, I left my previous employer after seven and a half years to start a new working life in Bern.

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Through the Windows

Internet / Life / Switzerland galleries / Work
Saturday, 4th July, 20091 comment

A personal history of computer desktop wallpaper, a Microsoft Switzerland competition in which you can take part, and some free landscape photos for you to download.

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One little soldier, marching around Bern

Life / Writing
Tuesday, 30th June, 2009No comments

I’ve recently joined Jo in a drive towards more fitness and have rescinded the use of tram transport in and around Bern in favour of foot power.

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Into the Future

Books and Publications / Internet / Life / Travel
Thursday, 11th June, 20091 comment

Because I’ve wasted so much time with pointless babbling, I have had no time to create books of photography and of special holidays, yet I have wasted ten percent of my working day in inanities. So, no more. No more drivel. No more wasted time and a re-invigoration of my creativity.

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