Saying good night to my BlueSky friends with this incredible sight. On June 31, a rare 22-degree solar halo appeared above Devils Tower in Wyoming. The ring formed as sunlight passed through millions of tiny hexagonal ice crystals, creating one of nature's most beautiful optical displays.

Happy Heavenly 153rd Birthday to the one and only Alice Guy Blache, groundbreaking French filmmaker, who was #BOTD on 7/1/1873. She was one of the first directors to make a narrative film and the very first female to make a film. Now that's a trailblazer! Women can make films too!

Come on Scotland!

Fontaine des Innocents, #Paris #travel #travelphotography

Let's go, Scotland! ##worldcup

Thames, 28 May: Blackfriars Pier to London Bridge Pier. Something of a meditation on the great river. From a lovely day last month. #London #Thames #Travel #Travelvideo #travelphotography youtu.be/rPj5eX-0nqY?...

Cannon Street Railway Bridge, 28 May. #London #travel #Thames #travelphotography

Well done England!! #worldcup

Smithfield at night. #London #travelphotography #travel

Woodborough Hill, Wiltshire. It's name comes from the Old English "Wodebeorg", meaning (unsurprisingly) "wooded hill." It is situated on a medieval route between Devizes and Marlborough and is easy to access from the village below.

June 17th: Today's word from the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" is "forþferde," literally "went forth" ("passed away"). Pronunciation: forth-FERD-eh. 860 AD: "Her Ęþelbald cyng forþferde..." ("In this year, King Ęþelbald passed away...") #OutdatedWords #OldEnglish #AngloSaxonChronicle

Happy April 1st! No joke: All this month we'll look at words from "The Canterbury Tales." This is because of its famous first line: "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote..." #OutdatedWords #MiddleEnglish #ChaucerianEnglish (1 of 3)

The Thames flowing through Oxfordshire; taken today at Wittenham.

@jacklynch000.bsky.social Just caught your BBC spot talking about Johnson & the Internet!

A walk around the Arno River, #Florence, in late May--just music and scenery. #Travel #TravelPhotography #TravelVideo youtu.be/-LcXKBKP7Ec?...

Video of our super windy mountain wild camp: youtu.be/MK3_CZLukVQ

Peter Gordon’s new biography of Benjamin reviewed here. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

japollard.com/2026/02/22/o... #Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #TravelVideo #Paris

What is going on with #Amelie ? No narration or dialogue, just music ? #tcmparty

Hello! My newest video is a narration-free and (very) abridged walk from Blackfriars to London Bridge (via Mansion House, St Mary Woolnoth, the Monument, etc.). You might consider it the "highlights" of a walk. #travel #travelphotography #travelvideo #London youtu.be/lrWOpsL2uQI?...

My newest video is a slow roam about Piazza della Signoria in Florence--surely the most iconic and beautiful square in an iconic and beautiful city! #Travel #Video #TravelVideo #Florence #Firenze youtu.be/x461eGu-9gs?...

I spent a perfectly lovely day on the #Thames in June and recorded historic Wapping riverside as we passed. #travel #London #Photography #travelphotography youtu.be/m6rsH-3rzB8?...

I am so excited to see the first-time viewers' reactions #NoirAlley #TCMPARTY #diabolique

Poor little lamb Christina. #noiralley #tcmparty #diabolique

How *did* he get to the Seine? Smh at her naivete. #tcmparty #noiralley #diabolique

"Effortless cool" = Simone Signoret. #tcmparty #Diabolique

Here for #TCMparty, #Diabolique and Simone Signoret!

Crug Hywel celtic hillfort. (Music- Scott Buckley, "Wanderlust")

January 9th: Durham Proverb 1: "Geþyld byð middes ēades." ("Patience is at the center of happiness.") Pronunciation (I think): YEH-thyld bith MID-des ee-AHD-es. #OutdatedWords #OldEnglish See you Monday!

Here's a link to a short, which I typically don't post, but I am pretty pleased as I started to try some things. It features two of Fra Angelico's works at the Museo Nazionale di San Marco: The Annunciation & The Anastasis. #Florence #RenaissanceArt #travel #Firenze youtube.com/shorts/MZ-da...

From the #Thames: Putney Pier to Battersea Power Station. There's no dialogue/narration with this one--just music and video. #London #Travel #TravelPhotography #TravelVideo youtu.be/jB44bgMYLiU?...

Happy New Year to you! I hope 2026 finds you enjoying good health, wealth, love, and much, much good fortune.

More from a wet, but brilliant, day on the Thames. Here: river views of the City between The Tower of London and St. Paul's Cathedral (with glimpses of Billingsgate, the Monument, London Bridge, St. Magnus Martyr, and oh, so many other landmarks. #Travel #London #Thames youtu.be/1jQrcphOJXQ

Steinen, Switzerland from a train. That shade of green is insane! #travel #photography #travelphotography

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Wayland’s Smithy looking particularly moody in the cold today. There’s a specific kind of magic in these stones when the colors are muted.

The season's greetings, dear friends and people of good cheer! I hope you enjoy very happy holidays, and I wish you the best in health, wealth, and other good fortune for 2026. Happy Christmas! Jacqueline

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.

Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.

R.I.P. Rob Reiner. I will always be grateful for what you have us--From Meathead to Spinal Tap II. Thank you for sharing yourself with us.

Brooklyn Brueghel, 2025

November 28th: Today's outdated term is "wes hāl," meaning "be well." This is the origin of "wassail," as in "Here we come a-wassailing..." Pronunciation: wess HALE. Source: Collins English Dictionary, 13th Ed. (2018). #OutdatedWords #OldEnglish Happy holidays! See you in 2026! (2 of 2)

November 27th: The outdated word for today is "brǣding," a generic term for any kind of cooked meat. Pronunciation (I think): BRAY-ding. Happy Thanksgiving, to those who observe. #OutdatedWords #OldEnglish

November 24th: The outdated word for today is "bēodgereordu," meaning "feast." Pronunciation (I think): BEE-ud-yeh-reh-ORD-oo. #OutdatedWords #OldEnglish (3 of 3)

From the other week: the Thames Barrier on a rainy May afternoon #Travel #London #Thames youtube.com/watch?v=7F8o...

Re-sharing while I recover from a ridiculous bout of a respiratory thing. Videos of the return to Putney on the way soon! #Travel #London #Thames

@willmckinley.bsky.social A very happy birthday to you! 🎉🎊🎉🎊

For me, optimism is a survival mechanism. Optimism doesn't make me an empty-headed idiot. It's kept me from doing something awful

@realgdt.bsky.social Maestro, thank you so much. Brilliant film.