And here is a video montage of the view from the PATCO train from Philadelphia to Camden, New Jersey over the four seasons

People seem to like these pictures of the same location over time: here is a series of Four Seasons of a street in South Philadelphia (Lombard and Jessup)

What a difference 3 months makes!

This is a piece I wrote for carillon (cathedral bells) this past summer in Paris. Its opening is based on the peal of bells at Sacre Coeur that @chrisinparis.bsky.social might recognize (thus the French title) but I was really thinking about the end of an era in history… youtu.be/D_UbAt_KkC8?...

Slava ukraini

The sunset off the septa line in Philly always hits hard

Go birds

Walked through Philadelphia’s Italian Market today after a long absence. Great to see old faces and new places! But sad that some mainstays gone too. Still think it’s the best street in Philly 😻

Every station needs a cat station master! Why are the Japanese always ahead of us?

Would have gone except I was out of town. Will go to the next…

Was in Philadelphia city hall today…such a gorgeous building in the best country in America! (we often talk about Philadelphia being its own separate country in light of recent events…)

Every NYE there is a Twilight Zone marathon on TV and I think I’m going to propose a course at Rutgers where we just watch episodes of the Twilight Zone and do readings based on them. I mean it covers almost all of human psychology! Maybe this year I just should go for it…

Me playing a Christmas carol (an arrangement of In Dulci Jubilo) on the Rockefeller carillon at the University of Chicago. At 105 tons, it is the largest musical instrument ever built. Have a happy holiday!

Christmas Eve Feast of seven fishes here in Philly. It’s an Italian American thing with origins in southern Italy. We substitutes sushi for bacala because no one in my family likes salted cod! But we had salmon, flounder, crab, clam, scallop, and shrimp.

City Hall in Philly has a carousel you can see in the center of the courtyard

Philadelphia today - still beautiful late in autumn in Rittenhouse square. The last image is of the Comcast center - its architect Robert AM Stern died earlier this week

I 😻Philly!

There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻

Philly from Camden including then Franklin Bridge, PATCO, and Rutgers Camden! 😻

Now do Sean Duffy.

You can tell who got their PhD in Developmental Psychology.

Analyzing data at my lab’s annex research field station.

Today we celebrated my grandmother’s 98th trip around the sun! My sister of course can’t resist photobombing in every photograph! 😹

Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.

I took a few pictures of the newest train station in Philadelphia!

Philly today from the Camden waterfront!

Some window cats of south Philadelphia

The FLoP isn’t messing around!

Montmartre spotted in Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation! chrisinparis.bsky.social

Pets of the Barnes Foundation Museum in Philadelphia

You’re at Reading Terminal Market and can only get one…which are you having?

Philly, Love Park this week

Discovered there is a cat park in Philly! How did I not know this existed? 😹😹😹

Walking through the Barnes Foundation museum in Philadelphia with its massive collection of art is a wonder to experience especially when everyone else is watching the Eagles game!

Cycled the new Schuylkill Banks trail in Philly - it is extraordinary! Tomorrow I’ll be doing Yardley to New Hope! Let me know if you ever want to join me for a ride!

Artist Isaiah Zagar before one of his South Street murals.

Smedley street Philadelphia

Went for a nice bike ride from Yardley to New Hope. Very nice late summer vibes and so easy to get to on the west Trenton line…

RNA >> RFK

Pretty cool to have been on both sides of the portal in Dublin and Philadelphia!

Some Irish cats

Scenes in Dublin from the first and last lines of Finnegan’s Wake

Dublin, Ireland

Spotted this one off the wharf at Howth, Ireland! He gets my seal of approval!

Dogs of the Irish National Gallery. Clearly the Irish love their dogs!

Cats of the Irish National Gallery

Before going to deep into Dublin I must address Belfast, once the site of extreme terrorist acts by the Irish Republican Army resisting British rule there. There are many remnants of the conflict including these walls that bombs were lobbed over. While the Good Friday agreement

Hello to the people of Philadelphia from Dublin Ireland!

Some window cats of Belfast, Northern Ireland