The Road To Home

The leaves are falling from the trees

And the snow is coming, don't you know?

But I still remember which way to go

I'm on the road, the road to home

(Amy MacDonald - The Road To Home)

I've booked plane tickets and B&Bs for my Scotland trip this winter... I'll be leaving on the 17th of December and returning on the 21st. I'm looking forward to a few days in Edinburgh and one day in Glasgow... the pictures I'm gonna take... the girls, the music, and the whiskey.

Today I woke up early... it rained... however, I didn't feel like staying at home, so I drove along some of the local country lanes, looking for new locations. I came across a nice old railway bridge before stopping by in the town of Lauenburg.

1st picture: Railway bridge near Lauenburg, Germany.

2nd picture: Lauenburg, Germany.

October 2010.

Closing Time

Excavation site. October 2010. 

What you're seeing here is the same part of the site that's been previously depicted in this image (looking in the opposite direction). The site has changed so much since then...

I'm halfway through the 13th week of digging, which is my last this summer. The new semester begins on Monday, so I can't keep on working. It's been a great experience working all summer long and witnessing the development of the site. My supervisor has been great to work with, too, and he has shared a lot of his knowledge and many stories about previous excavations.

Blog post title taken from Tom Waits' brilliant album Closing Time, which features beautiful songs such as "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You", "Martha", and "Grapefruit Moon". I'm lucky to own the LP - after almost 40 years, it sounds so much better than any CD could ever do. 

Goodnight.

- Dom

A Million Miles Away

I'm a million miles away

I'm a million miles away

I'm sailing like a driftwood

On a windy bay 

(Gallagher)

I was wasting my time

Looking for love
Someone must look at me and

See their sunlit dream

And that's how people grow up

That's how people grow up

(Morrissey)

Lower Saxony, Germany.

2010.

Yesterday, one of my friends suggested to have lunch at a Ghanaian restaurant in Hamburg. We both had a plate full of beans and rice with plantains. Delicious. I'd recommend the restaurant to anybody who enjoys giving foreign cuisine a try.

Tomorrow is my 22nd birthday. I'm gonna bake two apple pies later today and bring them along to the excavation site tomorrow. I'm looking forward to the last week of digging. 

Have a nice day!

- Dom

Shadow Play

35mm film. 

Top: Beelitz Sanatorium. 2009.

Bottom: Abandoned factory. 2008.

I love urban exploration... strolling through ruins of buildings that have long since been abandoned, wondering who the people were who lived or died, played or worked in there so many decades ago.

Blog post title taken from the song "Shadow Play" by Rory Gallagher. 

Tomorrow is Friday, which means that I've got only six days of working at the excavation site left before the new semester begins. My left hand, left shoulder, and both knees hurt after twelve hard weeks, but as far as the motivation goes, I could work on. One of the reasons why I love working at the excavation is that I don't have to think so much. There's always so much on my mind whenever I don't need to focus my energy on physical work.

Have a great evening.

- Dom

No Direction Home

I love the anonymity of motel rooms. The lamps with their yellowish lights. The thin blankets. The A/C which I turn off as soon as I enter the room. Watching HBO after a long day of driving through the American West. And last but not least... rearranging the furniture before I check out - yes, I admit it. 

Motel room, Kingman, Arizona. June 2009.

Goodnight!


- Dom