Thoughts for a Rainy Day

No matter whether a human being or a great egret, life is life, and a rainy day is the very time to find a quiet spot to think and reflect on its meaning.

Thoughts on a Rainy Day

Today, on a rainy day, “Here like leaves / on autumn trees”.

A Bed of Roses

Finally, a day of sun after weeks of heavy rain, which caused the Arno river to rise to alarming levels.

The Legend of Zelda

As they say, duty first — pleasure afterwards.

Working Hours

Unlike commercial offices and business incubators, a coworking office has more tenants than owners.

Rain Man

Here it is, another rainy day, and there are just a few people, just a few lights, just a few decorations, no Christmas. Oh, what a wonderful day!

Mobile Lives

Fortunately, there is not an app for everything. Yet one may waste one’s life searching for it.

Times Change

Things change and not always for the better. It should be accepted by the optimists.

A Rainy Wednesday Afternoon

Wednesday. Another day of rain but a day of sun as red flowers grow from vases.

In Search of Shakespeare

When autumn rain falls the once crowded streets suddenly become empty, for the sake of the few who seek their own spot of sunshine.

Coming & Going Again

To quote Ambrose Philips, “The flowers anew returning seasons bring, / But beauty faded has no second spring”. Photos: Mado Flynn.

And Yet...

Seasonally speaking, it is still winter, yet there are spring blossoms already. Photo: Mado Flynn.

Tales of the Champs

Pictured above are the eleven Thai boys, plus their coach, who, against all odds, won the Soccer World Cup final! Composite: Various.

Narongsak Osottanakorn, head of the rescue mission, attends a news conference in the northern province of Chiang Rai. Photo: Tyrone Siu/Reuters.

As Hikmet said, “Believe in the wheat, in the land, in the sea, but first of all, believe in man”

Indian schoolchildren in Ahmedabad hold placards and pictures during a prayer event for the safe rescue of young soccer players and their coach stuck in a cave in Thailand. Photo: AFP/Sam Panthaky.

Belonging Through The Seasons

An egret looks at her chick as she feeds it on the banks of the Daya River at the beginning of the monsoon season on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar in India’s eastern Odisha state. Photo: AFP/Asit Kumar.

It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game

Thai volunteers take a rest as rescue operation continues for the 12 boys and their soccer team coach trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non (“Great Cave of the Sleeping Lady”) in northern Thailand. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu.

A Spring Day

A daisy is covered in snow on the first day of spring in Düsseldorf, Germany. Photo: Martin Gerten/AFP/Getty Images.