Notes from Near and Far. Notes from Near and Far. Impressions of Place, by Julian Hoffman. September 3, 2017 by julianhoffman. One of the countless glittering insects found in this tropical region.

Pretty and sometimes strange old books and the world they live in.

Friday, January 23, 2015. Hey, play nice! .

I remember the happiness of going to National Trust properties and, against the odds, not being bored, perhaps because of the shop or the tea room. I remember feeling embarrassed by my unbroken singing voice.

Some things I think about. The Presence of the trees. Acrylic on canvas 116cm x 89cm.

What A Dear, Dear Day! August 4, 2015. With the onset of its equinox boiling in the sky, insects begin to bloom like teeming gardens. From wood, curtains, carpets one wanders through a seething soup of unwelcome life for three unwelcome months. On clothes summer colors are loud and foolish. They lack subtlety and wit. Summer clothes lack style their only objective is to display bodies and limbs made taut through a spring of diet and torture. Foods spoil in the heat. Stomachs are in an uproar with flu.