December 25, 2025 – Christmas
We have hd a lovely evening at a friend’s house yesterday and found out that none of us know how to play pool. let alone win a game. Today it’s Christmas albeit with a little less excitement than we had a few years ago. It’s all smooth sailing and our steaks for lunch are taking priority over gifts.
November 25th, 2025 – Port of Hamburg
The port is actually a tourist attraction albeit also serving as a working port. Hamburg has always been an international city due to the many sailors who have passed through over the centuries. I am here for a private tour of the actual port, which is absolutely astonishing. You normally don’t get a behind the scenes view of the largest cargo terminal. Love every minute of it.
November 24th, 2025 – Malte & Lotte in Stendal
Just a quick two-day visit to see Malte and Lotte in Stendal. It was great fun as always and I saw the first snow of the year on a trip to the forrest. We had a fantastic dinner with lots of wine and good conversation. Most of the images are not mine, which is why you occasionally see me in them.
November 21st, 2025 – Krefeld
Back to Germany for one last visit to the house. It’s strange when you leave a familiar place behind. The house is incredibly beautiful and it’s soon just a memory. Some last photos.
August 12th, 2025 – Museums
Lots of art this week. Margo and I went to the DMA on Saturday and then on Sunday Arno accompanied me to the Fort Worth Modern. All of them are in-between shows so we took in the permanent collections. It was great to get out and we had lots of fun talking.
May 26th, 2025 – Family
Lots going on and we’re just hanging out around the house. Austin came by for a visit and everyone’s ready for the long Texas summer.
May 24th, 2025 – Kimbell
Arno and I went to the Kimbell to check out the exhibition on German Art between 1910 and 1945, which was obviously a period of wares and upheaval in Europe. The show is well curated and several artists that my Mom had known personally such as Emile Node and Georg Muche were represented. In fact Muche, who taught at the Bauhaus for several years, was one of her most influential teachers at the School for Textile Engineering in the early 1950s.
April 26th, 2025 – Fredericksburg
We had our annual Johanniter Convocation in Fredericksburg, TX this weekend. The town is a tourist destination because of the many wineries around and there are lots of great food options. It is always amazing how many interesting and genuinely nice people I meet at these events.
April 12th, 2025 – An Art Fair and a Gun Range
The weekend was excitingly busy. It started with a visit to the Dallas Art Fair, although there wasn’t much to report on. Later, we went for BBQ, downtown and the gun range. It was great fun and we had a couple of great shooters in the mix.
April 5th, 2025 – Visiting Dallas
You never really experience the place where you live until you have to show it to someone else. Henk and Susanne are in town for two weeks and we’re making the rounds through the usual spots. It’s a lot of fun to see them here and we’ve gotten quite drunk on Saturday albeit without photos.
March 6th, 2025 – In the City
Today I am meeting John and Nancy for lunch at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central. It’s always an opportunity to walks the streets for a few hours.
March 5th, 2025 – Brooklyn
I spent a few days with John and Nancy to pick up the astonishing photographs of Alfred Schwartz, who was Nancy’s Dad. We shipping everything to Texas and I will post scans of the 1950s though 90s imgaes here over time. Stay tuned. First, a couple of shots on the street.
If the images of Alfred have taught me one thing already, it is to be far more selective in what I post here. Up to now, my images are often documents of something we have done or seen. However, now that the kids are out of the house, I can be a lot more selective. Hopefully the quality of images goes up by quite a bit.
February 15th, 2025 – Austin’s Christmas
We have hd a lovely evening at a friend’s house yesterday and found out that none of us know how to play pool. let alone win a game. Today it’s Christmas albeit with a little less excitement than we had a few years ago. It’s all smooth sailing and our steaks for lunch are taking priority over gifts.
February 1st, 2025 – Downtown
Margo gave me a lunch and nice afternoon for Christmas and we finally got an opportunity to go out. The weather was a balmy 22C and ot seemed like everyone else had the same idea. It took a whuile to even find parking, but once we had that covered it was absolutely brilliant.
January 9th, 2025 – Closing the Shop
We’re spending our last night in the house and it’s unlikely that we will ever set foot in it again. Given that it’s been my homebase for close to 50 years, it all feels a bit surreal. A reminder that we don’t actually own the things we have. We’re just looking after them for a while. These last few days have also given us more opportunities to roam and explore.
January 3rd, 2025 - The Move
We’re goping to fill an entire 40ft container although close to half of it will be taken up by the old BMW. The movers were incredibly fast and efficient. Now it’s just a few weeks before all of this has to find a place in our house.
