&quot;like a dog, to the vomit of memory&quot; – Byron http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/e-postcards/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:45:07 +0100 All Rights Reserved http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2013/01/25/a-week-in-istanbul-s-marigold-hotel.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2013/01/25/a-week-in-istanbul-s-marigold-hotel.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:59:00 +0000 <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/02/01/2442651275.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="media-715694" style="margin: 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/02/01/2024579243.jpg" alt="IMG_4341.jpg" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #888888;"><strong>Some pictorial highlights from a recent week in snow-bound Istanbul.</strong><br /><br />It was my third visit to the old city, a busy</span>&#8230;</p> http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/04/29/in-the-light-at-st-ives.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/04/29/in-the-light-at-st-ives.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:35:00 +0100 <div style="text-align: left"> <div style="text-align: left"><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/02/02/335e43fb751f014c216206ed5260b4b0.jpg" id="media-181397" title="Porthmeor beach, St Ives" alt="335e43fb751f014c216206ed5260b4b0.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.7em 0pt" name="media-181397" /></div> </div> <p>Ivo (or Yves or Ives) of Kermartin, the patron saint of lawyers and abandoned children, is said to have been commemorated&#8230;</p> http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/04/06/four-days-in-vienna.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/04/06/four-days-in-vienna.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:25:00 +0100 <div style="text-align: left"><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/00/00/1aa010c67bb32611275fe2fdc2dea992.jpg" id="media-168166" title="Strauss statue Vienna" alt="1aa010c67bb32611275fe2fdc2dea992.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.7em 0pt" name="media-168166" /></div> <p>“If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna” said Napoleon. A tall order for the art-lover with just four days&#8230;</p> http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/28/a-ravello-cosmology.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/28/a-ravello-cosmology.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:30:00 +0100 <p><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/01/02/d90bdef7d7adb48f05426defcccb2f3b.jpg" id="media-53353" alt="d90bdef7d7adb48f05426defcccb2f3b.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0pt; float: left" name="media-53353" />Violet Trefusis urged: '<i>be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic, be an anarchist, be a religious</i>&#8230;</p> http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/08/19/a-castle-in-provence.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/08/19/a-castle-in-provence.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:25:00 +0100 <p><a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/00/00/fce4459d9be1719e7e3abcdec9432158.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/00/00/fce4459d9be1719e7e3abcdec9432158.jpg" id="media-32509" alt="fce4459d9be1719e7e3abcdec9432158.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0pt; float: left" name="media-32509" /></a>The heat fills the Provençal landscape. It is a tangible thing that sets the distant rocky ridge shimmering, across a deep&#8230;</p> http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/08/15/glittering-like-gold-on-the-riviera.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/08/15/glittering-like-gold-on-the-riviera.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:55:00 +0100 <p><br /> <a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/02/01/26c2b84ee0429fce4028d019f0b9ffc9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/02/01/26c2b84ee0429fce4028d019f0b9ffc9.jpg" id="media-28605" alt="26c2b84ee0429fce4028d019f0b9ffc9.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0pt; float: left" name="media-28605" /></a> After a ferry crossing to Calais that threatened storms but turned out calm, then a short onward journey by train, Lille&#8230;</p> http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/19/skinny-dipping-at-the-west-blockhouse.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/19/skinny-dipping-at-the-west-blockhouse.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:35:00 +0100 <p><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/images/medium_pict0372.2.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0pt; float: left" />Undiscovered Pembrokeshire and the <a href="http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk">Landmark Trust's</a> stunning West Blockhouse provided a terrific location for a holiday during the hottest week of&#8230;</p> http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/10/street-life-and-the-ambassadors-in-marrakech.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/07/10/street-life-and-the-ambassadors-in-marrakech.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Sun, 10 Jul 2005 21:10:00 +0100 <a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/images/medium_pict0004.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/images/medium_pict0004.2.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0pt; float: left" alt="medium_pict0004.jpg" /></a>A riad in the heart of the medina where purple bourganvillea trails from a roof garden to a cool tiled courtyard.&#8230; http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/05/27/what_is_the_point_in_being_a_conventional_person.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/05/27/what_is_the_point_in_being_a_conventional_person.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) But not forgotten E-postcards Fri, 27 May 2005 00:15:00 +0100 <a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/images/medium_dvd_room07.3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/images/medium_dvd_room07.3.2.jpg" alt="medium_dvd_room07.3.jpg" style="border-width: 0; float: left; margin: 0.7em 1.4em 0.7em 0;" /></a>So said film-maker Ismail Merchant, who died on 25 May aged 68. His belief 'in doing things in the most unorthodox&#8230; http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/03/31/la_gomera_21.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/03/31/la_gomera_21.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:20:00 +0100 The full moon glittered silver on the water as we gazed out to sea from the Santiago shore. Waves crashed in&#8230; http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/03/29/gomera_1.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/03/29/gomera_1.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:30:00 +0100 Happy I certainly am here on La Gomera, one of the smallest and greenest of the Canary islands. William, Marc, David&#8230; http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2001/07/31/stockholm_july_2001.html http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/archive/2001/07/31/stockholm_july_2001.html noreply@blogspirit.com (David Woodward) E-postcards Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:50:00 +0100 SURREAL NICENESS<br /> <br /> Bright sunlight, clean streets, smiles, the palest of blue eyes - everyone was so unfailingly polite and helpful it&#8230;