Category: Photographs
Photography is another great love of mine. I got my first DSLR over a decade ago and have been teaching myself ever since (though now I’m a mirrorless man). Most of my photos are from travel and sport matches, but I do try to capture the odd street photo with my iPhone.
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Nostalgic For A Place I Have Never Been
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) The signal changes but I’m not on board. The train moves ever forward but I remain standing. At the end of the line friends will meet at a cafe and enjoy the breeze that always rolls through the suburb at four o’clock but the […]
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Today Is An Exciting Day
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Today I officially start my PhD at the University of Technology, Sydney. Today is an exciting day.
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The Tires Were No Longer Humming
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) She had only noticed how little light there was inside the car when two headlights appeared down the road and illuminated the entire front seat. Stray beams of light made it all the way to where she was strapped into the back seat. “Look […]
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More Of A Slip
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) It wasn’t so much a jump that was required – more of a slip. A fall, really. A perfectly timed fall and he would be on the tracks just as the train pulled into the station. He could think of a dozen reasons to […]
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Sweat That Ignites A Fire
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) She is sex incarnate and the whole room turns toward her to draw that conclusion for themselves. A long silk dress with a floral print navigates the curves of her body and clings to her legs as she descends the stairs. A belt balances […]
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Little More Than Stick Figures
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Now he was being trusted to give an opinion. He felt a strange amount of responsibility to offer sage advice that would steer her down the correct fork of the crossroads to choose. He could see that she was talented, but it was also […]
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It Was No Democracy
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) He never understood the politics of the situation or, at least, he wasn’t willing to accept them. One omnipotent ruler watched over his moves, his neighbour’s moves, the moves of everybody that surrounded him and toiled as he did. It was no democracy. Who […]
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On His Side Of The Mountain
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) She was gone and he could picture no future in which she would come back. The rear wheels of the pickup truck that she had driven away from him had kicked up a cloud of dust that was still settling. The sun slipped suddenly […]
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The Only Bliss On Which He Could Rely
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) He had been fighting for some time to avoid becoming an alcoholic but it was a losing battle in the hour between dinner and sunset. Condensation was forming on the side of the wine glass and he watched it with intensity. The heat was […]
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No Point In Taking The Bait
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) My phone buzzed and softly illuminated the corner of the kitchen where I had left it sitting. It would be my dad asking about the weather. I initiated a chain reaction of muscle movement that propelled me toward the phone with a not insignificant […]