• on time

    take it to the streetcity walls a buzz with hopea new Birmingham ~ n.b. Stronger together. Who painted this? Do we fete the artist, applaud the message, or live and work for a stronger, shared future for the peace and security of us all and those who are following in our footsteps? This artwork is

  • on love

    take the freedom walkfirehoses, dogs, prison barsfour girls as angels ~ n.b. Birmingham, Alabama, once the frontline of the hate line, a victory for love. I studied at Birmingham Polytechnic in the period 1978 – 82. Coming to its namesake city has been an education. Real friendly place, as the locals might say, but do

  • on time

    graffiti, street tentssubstation, bricks, broken glassLand of milk & honey ~ n.b. Another time, another place. Elysium Fields, Marigny, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • on time

    waltz me into itwalk up the aisle side by sideno witnesses please n.b. Nothing to see here at the horse and carriage store. As the song says ‘Walk on by’. CLP 02/10/2022

  • on Beale Street

    camera wobblestrolley catches tourist beatdrunk? it ain’t me babe ~ CLP 29/09/2022

  • on time

    where blue suede shoes trodthey long since left the caféno scent left to track ~ n.b. The nice thing about The Arcade Restaurant is that, apart from a modest postcard, the proprietors don’t trade off the reputation of one of their many happy customers. More importantly the café has been up and running for 102

  • on cash

    I’ll buy you a mealbut I won’t just give moneyyou said you’re hungry ~ n.b. Talk me through that again. Hungry means ‘food’ right? A young man, in a desperate condition, scarred, nervous, tired and dirty asked for a dollar for food. I said I’d get him some food, (we were stood outside a hamburger

  • on light

    despite so much lightno one can see everythingthere are dark corners ~ n.b. To describe Chicago as complex would be a good starting point. A stunning construction. A place that seems to strive to improve. My kind of town.

  • on time

    same old song re-sunggigging round the USAnostalgia for some ~ n.b. Supper club swan song, the songs sung over supper. Some punters went along yesterday too. Calling up the past, second childhood, or trying to bury the present? One bloke with a mullet got up to dance to one familiar tune, but sat down when

  • on hope

    everything ran truenothing to worry aboutlearning every day ~ CLP 13/09/2022