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ACubanInlondon
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Author of "Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner" https://buymeacoffee.com/mariolopez https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6886/9781528994309
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I wanted to shoot the oranges, coppers, and golds @kewgardens1099.bsky.social is famous for. It had been some time since I’d seen the autumn display Kew likes to put on, though.
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Shooting London
Autumn colours at Kew Gardens
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What a strange figure he cut on this early autumn morning amongst the many runners, dog walkers, home-bound, late-night dishevelled revellers, and flat latte-holding #Hackney regulars.
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Urban Diary
Parklife
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People like my ex-classmate are the small, imperceptible details in our lives. They make no big splashes, and yet years later, we stumble upon their faces in an old, yellow photograph
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On Life’s Supporting Characters
Where would we be without them?
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So, what brings you to #Andalucía? The young immigration officer asked me once my plane had landed. I’m in love with your land, I answered; no hesitation in my voice whatsoever. We both had a giggle.
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The Return
How I fell in love with La Alpujarra
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Pausing for a few minutes on either side of the bridge, I realised that the light hitting the river rendered it painting-like. The light was not very strong, but not so weak that one could label the day cloudy.
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Shooting London
More random images of an urban nature
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I'm just listening to "Save Me" now. On You Tube, of course. 😆
Inspiration strikes more often when we’re off guard. When we allow in the stories that have been gnawing at us for a long time. Unfinished sentences suddenly take shape and our “writing voice” steers the ship safely to port.
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How to Find One’s Flow in the Midst of the Din
And leave all distractions behind
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After many years living in the #BigSmoke I’ve begun to fall in love with the Thames. Last Saturday I saw it with the tide in and it looked ominous, but also beautiful.
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Shooting London
More random images of an urban nature
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There is a certain built-in philistinism in a teenager’s life. It is easier, however, to notice it in others than in yourself. Aged fifteen, I was exposed to #DizzyGillespie, #CharlieParker and #SonnyRollins
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Jazz and I
My decades-old affair with this much-loved genre
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