…I’d ask for my water wings. For some reason known only to him, Thor has declared Wednesday to be “Post a photo of Your Desk Gnome day” and since I do not have my regular one handy, I am complying by showing this gnome themed drawing I made at my improvised desk last night. Why… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Slave to the picturesque…
Came in to town and got yet another sketchbook (because it was little and had smooth pages that could take ink and the only one I had that size was a moleskine with rough pages)and a German Donald Duck comic for some additional source material. Evidently he’s huge here, because everywhere you go there are… Continue Reading
Stability…
For the past couple of days I wore my New Langton Arts t-shirt. A black Gap pocket t (we had a member of the extended Fisher family on our board who was able to get us a deal) with an image of a hand holding a flame on the back. I designed it about 22… Continue Reading
Sign of Civilization…
Free dog shit bag dispenser on the public waste cans. Folks love their dogs here. Quite a few bikes are fitted out with baskets for pooches to ride. As you might expect, dachshunds are popular, especially wirehairs. Yesterday I saw a pair that seemed to be a mix between poodles and fox terriers, with a… Continue Reading
Internet killed the video star…
Did I mention that there’s a TV in my apartment? There it is, right where I like it, at the foot of my bed. Same spot as back at home. When I got here, all the electrical devices were unplugged (except for one clock radio that was oddly set to go off in the middle… Continue Reading
It’s easy…
…to fall out of rhythm. Not a whole lot to say today. A plate of tortellini and one hour walk knocked me out for a couple of hours mid afternoon. Even now I’m fuzzy and slow to get down to work. Tags: daily photo, nap, Sylt… Continue Reading
Looking up…
This is where I have lunch, the exhibition space and and cafe here at Sylt-Quelle. My routine has become a cup of yogurt with a cup of muesli in the morning, one full meal here at lunch and a salad at dinner. The food at lunch is pretty rich so otherwise I try to keep… Continue Reading
Supposedly good for the dunes…
I was ordered, er requested to post some more color pictures of Sylt, and since I am nothing if not obedient, I’ll be sprinkling them in in the coming days. I read somewhere that sheep were intoduced to the local ecology to help with erosion, something that is of big concern here. Idea seems to… Continue Reading
In response…
A friend wrote me a letter and after thinking about it for a while I decided that I wanted to respond to it here. He consented graciously to me reprinting it: hi Nayland, I hope you’re enjoying your travels. Can you answer me this? How do I keep the faith when everyone tells me my… Continue Reading
Syltkitsch
Thanks to everyone who said such nice things about the broken pipe yesterday. It was unexpected. Evidently Sylt has some historical connection with pirates. I’m not quite sure what this consists of, but one of the themes of the tourist tchochkes here are things emblazoned with the skull and crossed cutlasses. Thus this winsome item… Continue Reading