Usman-Smith
@usmansmith.bsky.social
Now enjoying Malta sun & sea.
A life behind me of curious change and interesting people.
From Mancunia and yet travelling in both time & space here.
Join me for the craic & childlike adulting.
A life behind me of curious change and interesting people.
From Mancunia and yet travelling in both time & space here.
Join me for the craic & childlike adulting.
A little battered, a little older, a little wiser.
More steps along that yellow brick road to spring!
Time.
A construct.
We agree to believe in it so our lives have order & meaning.
Biological clocks V mechanical clocks, the temporal revolution?
A season temple next door
share.google/kBeYXgTOn3il...
More steps along that yellow brick road to spring!
Time.
A construct.
We agree to believe in it so our lives have order & meaning.
Biological clocks V mechanical clocks, the temporal revolution?
A season temple next door
share.google/kBeYXgTOn3il...
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 AM
A little battered, a little older, a little wiser.
More steps along that yellow brick road to spring!
Time.
A construct.
We agree to believe in it so our lives have order & meaning.
Biological clocks V mechanical clocks, the temporal revolution?
A season temple next door
share.google/kBeYXgTOn3il...
More steps along that yellow brick road to spring!
Time.
A construct.
We agree to believe in it so our lives have order & meaning.
Biological clocks V mechanical clocks, the temporal revolution?
A season temple next door
share.google/kBeYXgTOn3il...
In Porto two years ago.
Astonishing.
Then a bookshop.
Astonishing.
Then a bookshop.
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
In Porto two years ago.
Astonishing.
Then a bookshop.
Astonishing.
Then a bookshop.
Was in UK for three weeks
Drove across from Rochdale
two tickets a kings Ransom
we hated the cold
Caught awful flu
So smothered each cough
Thank you for a wonderful night
The stage ablaze with talent
Now back on gozo warming up
Antibiotics & sunshine
Although storm Harry hit hard
In recovery mode!
Drove across from Rochdale
two tickets a kings Ransom
we hated the cold
Caught awful flu
So smothered each cough
Thank you for a wonderful night
The stage ablaze with talent
Now back on gozo warming up
Antibiotics & sunshine
Although storm Harry hit hard
In recovery mode!
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Was in UK for three weeks
Drove across from Rochdale
two tickets a kings Ransom
we hated the cold
Caught awful flu
So smothered each cough
Thank you for a wonderful night
The stage ablaze with talent
Now back on gozo warming up
Antibiotics & sunshine
Although storm Harry hit hard
In recovery mode!
Drove across from Rochdale
two tickets a kings Ransom
we hated the cold
Caught awful flu
So smothered each cough
Thank you for a wonderful night
The stage ablaze with talent
Now back on gozo warming up
Antibiotics & sunshine
Although storm Harry hit hard
In recovery mode!
Sometimes the apple pie milkshake is inevitable.
Relax....
Relax....
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Sometimes the apple pie milkshake is inevitable.
Relax....
Relax....
We had a big storm last week.
This weekend the clean up continues.
Paradise does have some bad weather, worst since 1962.
Quiet here though, feels like a bookshop at end of January.
I shall sit in the sun & read!
This weekend the clean up continues.
Paradise does have some bad weather, worst since 1962.
Quiet here though, feels like a bookshop at end of January.
I shall sit in the sun & read!
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 AM
We had a big storm last week.
This weekend the clean up continues.
Paradise does have some bad weather, worst since 1962.
Quiet here though, feels like a bookshop at end of January.
I shall sit in the sun & read!
This weekend the clean up continues.
Paradise does have some bad weather, worst since 1962.
Quiet here though, feels like a bookshop at end of January.
I shall sit in the sun & read!
Well, I stayed indoors as a once in a generation storm raged here.
I discovered the 'Clarice' TV series which I binged.
I made fish & chips.
Today, the sun's broken through!
Crap days make me see the joy of great days.
I hope your today is better too.
I discovered the 'Clarice' TV series which I binged.
I made fish & chips.
Today, the sun's broken through!
Crap days make me see the joy of great days.
I hope your today is better too.
January 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Well, I stayed indoors as a once in a generation storm raged here.
I discovered the 'Clarice' TV series which I binged.
I made fish & chips.
Today, the sun's broken through!
Crap days make me see the joy of great days.
I hope your today is better too.
I discovered the 'Clarice' TV series which I binged.
I made fish & chips.
Today, the sun's broken through!
Crap days make me see the joy of great days.
I hope your today is better too.
Busy bee!
Currently battened down here.
Force 8 finally dropping.
Currently battened down here.
Force 8 finally dropping.
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Busy bee!
Currently battened down here.
Force 8 finally dropping.
Currently battened down here.
Force 8 finally dropping.
Gozo delivers sun & shade even in a warm winter.
Storm brewing but it will quickly pass & leave a promise of summer.
Always summer
Sometimes gentle.
Sometimes fierce.
Always beautiful.
Storm brewing but it will quickly pass & leave a promise of summer.
Always summer
Sometimes gentle.
Sometimes fierce.
Always beautiful.
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Gozo delivers sun & shade even in a warm winter.
Storm brewing but it will quickly pass & leave a promise of summer.
Always summer
Sometimes gentle.
Sometimes fierce.
Always beautiful.
Storm brewing but it will quickly pass & leave a promise of summer.
Always summer
Sometimes gentle.
Sometimes fierce.
Always beautiful.
Down the corridor of peace.
Stand in front of the door of war.
Ratling the lock of treaties.
Hearing silence before wars roar.
Hand on the handle of intent.
Foot on the doorstep of change.
The future you sent.
Children into a firing range.
The screams & the cries that build.
The door creaks open.
Stand in front of the door of war.
Ratling the lock of treaties.
Hearing silence before wars roar.
Hand on the handle of intent.
Foot on the doorstep of change.
The future you sent.
Children into a firing range.
The screams & the cries that build.
The door creaks open.
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Down the corridor of peace.
Stand in front of the door of war.
Ratling the lock of treaties.
Hearing silence before wars roar.
Hand on the handle of intent.
Foot on the doorstep of change.
The future you sent.
Children into a firing range.
The screams & the cries that build.
The door creaks open.
Stand in front of the door of war.
Ratling the lock of treaties.
Hearing silence before wars roar.
Hand on the handle of intent.
Foot on the doorstep of change.
The future you sent.
Children into a firing range.
The screams & the cries that build.
The door creaks open.
Winter walk.
Crop & sea.
Sunshines gift.
Crop & sea.
Sunshines gift.
January 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Winter walk.
Crop & sea.
Sunshines gift.
Crop & sea.
Sunshines gift.
Nature on Gozo.
It frames views that makes walking here like being in an outside art gallery.
Natures masterpieces.
It frames views that makes walking here like being in an outside art gallery.
Natures masterpieces.
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Nature on Gozo.
It frames views that makes walking here like being in an outside art gallery.
Natures masterpieces.
It frames views that makes walking here like being in an outside art gallery.
Natures masterpieces.
Verily, thy bot count doth lift thy spirits, like a tankard of sweet mead.
But soft, what feline through yonder window breaks?
It is the tabby & thy artwork is the sun.
Arise fair picture & kill the envious bot, who is already sick & pale with spam.
But soft, what feline through yonder window breaks?
It is the tabby & thy artwork is the sun.
Arise fair picture & kill the envious bot, who is already sick & pale with spam.
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Verily, thy bot count doth lift thy spirits, like a tankard of sweet mead.
But soft, what feline through yonder window breaks?
It is the tabby & thy artwork is the sun.
Arise fair picture & kill the envious bot, who is already sick & pale with spam.
But soft, what feline through yonder window breaks?
It is the tabby & thy artwork is the sun.
Arise fair picture & kill the envious bot, who is already sick & pale with spam.
'Being for the benefit of Mr Kite'
A Beatles song that was inspired by a circus poster.
John Lennon had bought it & framed it on the wall.
The circus was being held in Rochdale where I lived & worked for many years.
To me this is a rabbit hole I find fascinating.
The last 70 years.
Peak humanity.
A Beatles song that was inspired by a circus poster.
John Lennon had bought it & framed it on the wall.
The circus was being held in Rochdale where I lived & worked for many years.
To me this is a rabbit hole I find fascinating.
The last 70 years.
Peak humanity.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 AM
'Being for the benefit of Mr Kite'
A Beatles song that was inspired by a circus poster.
John Lennon had bought it & framed it on the wall.
The circus was being held in Rochdale where I lived & worked for many years.
To me this is a rabbit hole I find fascinating.
The last 70 years.
Peak humanity.
A Beatles song that was inspired by a circus poster.
John Lennon had bought it & framed it on the wall.
The circus was being held in Rochdale where I lived & worked for many years.
To me this is a rabbit hole I find fascinating.
The last 70 years.
Peak humanity.
Trudging on!
On my way back home now to face the fields of Gozo.
It's the road to hell.
RIP Chris Rea.
On my way back home now to face the fields of Gozo.
It's the road to hell.
RIP Chris Rea.
January 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Trudging on!
On my way back home now to face the fields of Gozo.
It's the road to hell.
RIP Chris Rea.
On my way back home now to face the fields of Gozo.
It's the road to hell.
RIP Chris Rea.
I miss mancunia, I don't miss the M60! Inside a shopping centre now so I could be in the Trafford centre, although it's warmth is continued outside, so maybe not!
January 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I miss mancunia, I don't miss the M60! Inside a shopping centre now so I could be in the Trafford centre, although it's warmth is continued outside, so maybe not!
Stunning....
Mines less so
Mines less so
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Stunning....
Mines less so
Mines less so
I am on a commute.... 😁😎
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I am on a commute.... 😁😎
It's a week that is full of transitions.
Every year the dark emptiness of this week chills the day.
SAD is gripping our hearts & minds.
Read a book set on sunny shores.
Immerse yourself in a fictional summer & buy a yucca or palm tree to sit by.
Refuse to accept this reality.
Create your own.
Relax.
Every year the dark emptiness of this week chills the day.
SAD is gripping our hearts & minds.
Read a book set on sunny shores.
Immerse yourself in a fictional summer & buy a yucca or palm tree to sit by.
Refuse to accept this reality.
Create your own.
Relax.
January 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
It's a week that is full of transitions.
Every year the dark emptiness of this week chills the day.
SAD is gripping our hearts & minds.
Read a book set on sunny shores.
Immerse yourself in a fictional summer & buy a yucca or palm tree to sit by.
Refuse to accept this reality.
Create your own.
Relax.
Every year the dark emptiness of this week chills the day.
SAD is gripping our hearts & minds.
Read a book set on sunny shores.
Immerse yourself in a fictional summer & buy a yucca or palm tree to sit by.
Refuse to accept this reality.
Create your own.
Relax.
Mdina.
The exact spot we met all those sweet young faces with Ned Stark as GoT began.
Then time & scripted killings moved them into roles we never imagined.
A brutal fantasy world that captured an audience for the Red Wedding, The Battle of the Bastards & dragon filled moments.
Malta had a role too
The exact spot we met all those sweet young faces with Ned Stark as GoT began.
Then time & scripted killings moved them into roles we never imagined.
A brutal fantasy world that captured an audience for the Red Wedding, The Battle of the Bastards & dragon filled moments.
Malta had a role too
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Mdina.
The exact spot we met all those sweet young faces with Ned Stark as GoT began.
Then time & scripted killings moved them into roles we never imagined.
A brutal fantasy world that captured an audience for the Red Wedding, The Battle of the Bastards & dragon filled moments.
Malta had a role too
The exact spot we met all those sweet young faces with Ned Stark as GoT began.
Then time & scripted killings moved them into roles we never imagined.
A brutal fantasy world that captured an audience for the Red Wedding, The Battle of the Bastards & dragon filled moments.
Malta had a role too
Xlendi.
Winter sunset.
Warm, calm, chilled.
Somehow a gateway to better things.
Summers on its way.
Winter sunset.
Warm, calm, chilled.
Somehow a gateway to better things.
Summers on its way.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Xlendi.
Winter sunset.
Warm, calm, chilled.
Somehow a gateway to better things.
Summers on its way.
Winter sunset.
Warm, calm, chilled.
Somehow a gateway to better things.
Summers on its way.
Malta film studio.
A couple of years ago.
Gladiator Two had finished filming.
The set of the Coliseum at Fort Ricasoli was being dismantled with the rest of fictional Rome & the provinces.
Europe's biggest water tank, next to the shore, was being prepared for more filming.
The list keeps growing.
A couple of years ago.
Gladiator Two had finished filming.
The set of the Coliseum at Fort Ricasoli was being dismantled with the rest of fictional Rome & the provinces.
Europe's biggest water tank, next to the shore, was being prepared for more filming.
The list keeps growing.
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Malta film studio.
A couple of years ago.
Gladiator Two had finished filming.
The set of the Coliseum at Fort Ricasoli was being dismantled with the rest of fictional Rome & the provinces.
Europe's biggest water tank, next to the shore, was being prepared for more filming.
The list keeps growing.
A couple of years ago.
Gladiator Two had finished filming.
The set of the Coliseum at Fort Ricasoli was being dismantled with the rest of fictional Rome & the provinces.
Europe's biggest water tank, next to the shore, was being prepared for more filming.
The list keeps growing.
Reaching up to heaven.
A testament to a faith that's community empowered.
Yet I listen to the vitriol from Americans who claim to be part of that faith & see no connection.
Here Christianity dominates, Islam is here too, but above all people care.
The community supports each other.
Power?
Poisons.
A testament to a faith that's community empowered.
Yet I listen to the vitriol from Americans who claim to be part of that faith & see no connection.
Here Christianity dominates, Islam is here too, but above all people care.
The community supports each other.
Power?
Poisons.
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Reaching up to heaven.
A testament to a faith that's community empowered.
Yet I listen to the vitriol from Americans who claim to be part of that faith & see no connection.
Here Christianity dominates, Islam is here too, but above all people care.
The community supports each other.
Power?
Poisons.
A testament to a faith that's community empowered.
Yet I listen to the vitriol from Americans who claim to be part of that faith & see no connection.
Here Christianity dominates, Islam is here too, but above all people care.
The community supports each other.
Power?
Poisons.
Monday's.
I don't hate them anymore!/
🤣
I don't hate them anymore!/
🤣
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Monday's.
I don't hate them anymore!/
🤣
I don't hate them anymore!/
🤣
Storm after that calm.
Earplugs in as I attempt sleep as the wind howls past.
The views here are incredible.
But so is the noise from the wind rushing from the Sahara over Gozo on the way to Europe.
Still, it will be bookended with days like that too.
Earplugs in as I attempt sleep as the wind howls past.
The views here are incredible.
But so is the noise from the wind rushing from the Sahara over Gozo on the way to Europe.
Still, it will be bookended with days like that too.
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Storm after that calm.
Earplugs in as I attempt sleep as the wind howls past.
The views here are incredible.
But so is the noise from the wind rushing from the Sahara over Gozo on the way to Europe.
Still, it will be bookended with days like that too.
Earplugs in as I attempt sleep as the wind howls past.
The views here are incredible.
But so is the noise from the wind rushing from the Sahara over Gozo on the way to Europe.
Still, it will be bookended with days like that too.
Terry O'Neil a shotokan fighter, Sensei & actor I remember well as being tougher than anyone I ever met!
Hks idea of 'control' was leaving you battered but not bleeding.
Really nice bloke too.
Came across this photo from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in an article.
Huge car but a true giant!
Hks idea of 'control' was leaving you battered but not bleeding.
Really nice bloke too.
Came across this photo from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in an article.
Huge car but a true giant!
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Terry O'Neil a shotokan fighter, Sensei & actor I remember well as being tougher than anyone I ever met!
Hks idea of 'control' was leaving you battered but not bleeding.
Really nice bloke too.
Came across this photo from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in an article.
Huge car but a true giant!
Hks idea of 'control' was leaving you battered but not bleeding.
Really nice bloke too.
Came across this photo from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in an article.
Huge car but a true giant!