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Waiting For Charlemagne

Waiting for a sign that the world might renew civilization

For a brief time groups encouraging free love flourished across the country, while nudists walked freely through the streets of Moscow.

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 William Julius Allen

http://www.france24.com/en/20171028-russias-brief-sexual-revolution-after-october-1917 For a brief time

Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1917

Never Happened

March 16, 2022 William Julius Allen

The most precious memories are those of things that never happened

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Memory, Word

Merge

March 15, 2022 William Julius Allen

Posted in photograph, UncategorizedTagged cloud, highway

Memories of things that never happened

March 12, 2022 William Julius Allen

are the most precious of all

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Memory

An Honest Gate

March 12, 2022 William Julius Allen

Posted in PictureTagged gate, texture, vernacular, wood

Tree Against Blue Sky On A Day It Snowed

March 11, 2022March 12, 2022 William Julius Allen

Sky

Posted in photograph, UncategorizedTagged branch, cluster, snow, tree

The Plane

August 30, 2021January 6, 2022 William Julius Allen

I don't remember the date. 1971. Summer. I sat in the plane and looked at the mountain. Waited. The plane began to move. The plane was still on the runway. Gaining speed but still on the runway. I was still there, still touching. The nose lifted. The center wheels still on the ground. Still touching.… Continue reading The Plane →

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Afghanistan

Afghan Boy and Girl

August 16, 2021August 20, 2021 William Julius Allen

Mazar-i-Sharif, 1969 #Mazar #Afghanistan

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Afghanistan, child, children, Mazar-i-Sharif, pensive

My first view

August 15, 2021 William Julius Allen

1968. My first morning in Afghanistan. Looking out my hotel window and I see girls on their way to school. The view from the window would be different today. wja 15 Aug 2021

Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1968, Afghanistan, Kabul, Peace Corps

Blue

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 William Julius Allen

wellsweptyard.blogspot.com/2018/06/blue.http Overheard at Magritte exhibition at SFMOMA: "We should use that blue in our hallway"

Posted in UncategorizedTagged blue, Magritte, SFMOMA

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