by Geoff | Mar 2, 2015 | India
The notion of a ‘tirtha’ has always intrigued me. In its widest interpretation, tirtha refers to anywhere, often related to pilgrimage, where gods/goddesses and men/women become closer together and even intermingle in localities where the boundaries of...
by Geoff | Dec 12, 2014 | India
The planning for the trip to India on January 5th 2015 is continuing at a steady pace. A return to Asia is an event to be celebrated, but it does bring with it some trepidation and anxieties, not least around health. My main considerations have been about how to build...
by Geoff | Dec 4, 2014 | India
Another cold and grey winters day finds me on the outskirts of Glastonbury, having lunch in a fairly new cafe called the Bocabar. It is a part of the Red Brick Building, a community arts, education and enterprise centre situated on the site where the old Morlands...
by Geoff | Dec 1, 2014 | India
The Sigma Merrill series of cameras are ‘not for pussies’, as described by the veritable Michael Reichmann on his website The Luminous Landscape. He maybe correct. Built around a Foveon sensor and world class lenses, the Merrills provide unique...
by Geoff | Nov 24, 2014 | India
Somerset is famed for its carnivals which wind throughout the larger towns of the region on Autumn nights. Here, on a farm on the Somerset Levels at Moorland, are the remains of a float from another year. Apart for the local relevance of the statues it does also...
by Geoff | Nov 18, 2014 | India
A mile or so off the B3327 Taunton to Wiveliscombe road, a turning just before reaching Wiveliscombe, is a building called Quaking House. Purchased in 1679 the Quaker meeting house was registered in 1684 and abandoned in 1753 when a property was obtained in the nearby...
