Category: 1000 Words

Bookish Mural

China is better known for sprawling developments of faceless apartment towers, and for good reason: there are miles of them in every city. But Qingdao...

Who’s Behind Closed Doors?

Maybe I read too many portal fantasies when I was I kid, because nothing piques my curiosity more than a door in a wall. Who’s...

On the Beach

Whether its a sandy beach or a muddy one, nothing beats walking in the water at the edge of the ocean....

Enjoy Cafe

I didn’t go inside this cafe, since I passed it at a time of day that was too late for coffee and too early for...

Under the Sea

There is a sort of magic to walking through an aquarium tunnel. I think it fills a sort of human need. Like shaking an Etch-a-Sketch,...