Alte Zürcher Blog - General

The Blog Has Moved

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:27:00-0400

I've decided to mothball this blog. Well at least I'm not going to be updating it any longer. Why? Well, over the years it has staggered back and forth between being a City Daily Photo blog, a photo blog, a personal blog etc etc. It has an identity crisis. And so I'm starting afresh - ish. The new blog will be less of a photo blog and more about living in Switzerland - Zurich in particular. More words, less photos. Go to blog.richardtugwell.com if you want to follow the results

Time for a change..

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:42:00-0400

This blog has been going for a while now - 499 days - and it has strayed from the original intention of trying to give one persons impression of Zurich via a daily dose of photography

It's time for a change. I want to concentrate more on photography, and posting a daily photo, some of which are ok, a few of which are good, many of which are banal is diluting my efforts. This blog will continue, hopefully on a daily basis, but I'm going to amalgamate it with my other efforts (which are mainly prose rantings for anyone who hasn't looked). There will still be photographs, but mainly to illustrate topics.

I'm not sure how it's going to work out - we'll have to wait and see. Now is also a good time to thank all the people who have followed and contributed over the past 16 months or so. Keep an eye on this space, and hopefully you'll still find it worth a visit.

(Here are the stats btw)

Untitled

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:52:00-0400

I'm "on holiday" at the moment, although it's a bit of a busman's holiday hence the paucity of postings and general activity

Wo ist der Shoebox vom vergangenen Jahr? *

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:22:00-0400

Excuse the pseudo German. This is not so much a post, more of a thought which has struck me more than once over the last few years. At home I have a shoebox full of family memorabilia, documents, photos, letters, etc. My sisters have even more such archive material. I spoke to a blogger friend recently and we looked at his photo records of family from the last 100+ years. My point is, what happens now? We all have a huge amount of irreplaceable family and social documents stored on our computers or on servers around the world. Where is that shoebox now, one that future generations can leaf through? The big institutes and concerns have a plan of course, but what about us? Anyone thought about this? Made a Will recently? * The quote comes from Bertold Brecht /Kurt Weill - "Nanna's Lied" "Wo sind die Tränen von gestern abend?
Wo ist die Schnee vom vergangenen Jahr?"
"Where are the tears from yesterday evening?
Where are the snows of yesteryear?"

Mr and Mrs

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:09:00-0400

"Bye, darling. I'm off to work now.."

Shop window

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:09:00-0400

Vock Antiques

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:56:00-0400

I posted a photograph taken through this doorway way back at the start of the blog (probably a much better photo). I pass it regularly and I like the way that some things have stayed the same, especially the light, but there are subtle changes (like it looks as though they sold a lot of stuff)

Pots

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:26:00-0400

Sign

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:29:00-0400

Spotted in Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris

Allotments

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:28:00-0400

Another view of the allotments on the Hönggerberg, shown a week or two back

Glockengasse

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:18:00-0400

Wishbone Ash

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:30:00-0400

In 1970 as a schoolboy immersed in the classic rock of the period, Wishbone Ash were one of the bands we latched on to. Still going in 2008, although in name only - the band now seems to be an ever changing session line-up - seeing the name on a poster in Zurich gave me a bit of a jolt. Although I shouldn't be surprised - these old rock bands seem to go on for ever

Good Night, and Good Luck

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:47:00-0400

Limmat

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:43:00-0400

The road alongside the Limmat

Strehl-Gasse

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:37:00-0400

This is a photo of, well, Strehl-Gasse I suppose