12 May 2026
2026 Skopje
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| Just don't call him Alexander the Great |
The most amazing thing about this place is that it exists, a complete culture and nation that practically no one outside knows about. It is like a secret land, hiding in plain sight. This ensemble – the square, statues, river, buildings – is astonishing. Although quite new, it has an eternal, classical feel to it. It brings to mind The Ideal City, usually attributed to the architect and artist Fra Carnevale.
A short trip to the mysterious and little-known Skopje, capital of North Macedonia, with its intriguing mixture of ancient Ottoman culture and in-your-face neoclassicism. It also has 202 red double-decker buses - made in China.
10 March 2026
Moody Sonnets
As some people may have noticed, there's a new entry in the pinned post above: Moody Sonnets. As well as a few dozen things I wrote decades ago, there are also new entries from recent months.
The plan is to write something every week or so. That's probably over-optimistic on my part, but hey. In any case, I hope the new site provides some mild distraction from everything else that is going on in the world.
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