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SHORT #13: A Tree Who Negotiates
There were at least a hundred and thirty people crying that morning, by my count. I couldn’t follow them all home, but I suppose some of them were…
Patrick M. Lydon
Feb 22
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SHORT#11: The Art of Ignoring Trends
When we lived in Osaka, Suhee and I would go on at least a few early morning bicycle rides every month to explore kissaten (喫茶店)—the small, old coffee…
Patrick M. Lydon
Feb 9
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SHORT #12: The Sacred Water Dragon
A small creek runs through the back of all the homes and shops. Not really a creek though, more like a shallow aqueduct, lined with stone, and just…
Patrick M. Lydon
Feb 16
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SHORT #7: A Bicycle in the Stars
and the process of regaining the twinkle in our eyes
Patrick M. Lydon
Dec 27, 2021
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SHORT #16: Merits of the Urban Alley
there are comforts in narrow urban streets with no sidewalks
Patrick M. Lydon
May 19
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SHORT #10: The Paris Apartment
Ten years ago, no one who lived here could have imagined this transformation
Patrick M. Lydon
Feb 2
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PHOTO ESSAY: Seoul and The Call of the Urban Wild (Part I)
In the most densely populated city in the developed world, people walk to work through a forest instead of driving. They take vacations on the metro…
Patrick M. Lydon
Mar 9
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SHORT #8: Cities in Darkness
Arriving to Yvette during the day, the city seems not so much different from the one before it, or the one after. A train station with a few shops…
Patrick M. Lydon
Jan 3
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PHOTO ESSAY: Seoul and the Call of the Urban Wild (Part 3)
In which we temporarily transport ourselves to the landscapes of Scotland and Japan
Patrick M. Lydon
Apr 14
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PHOTO ESSAY: A Japanese Neighborhood Where Time Stopped
Friends in the city center tell me that, sometime around the 1970s, time stopped in this neighborhood. Economic growth stopped. Changing trends stopped…
Patrick M. Lydon
Jan 11
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SHORT #2: Ode to Small Buildings
scale, ownership, and love in the equitable, regenerative neighborhood
Patrick M. Lydon
Nov 15, 2021
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Short #14: Tiny Speck of Beauty
He lights up the entire forest in soft golden light, as if a single candle burns inside him. Somewhat turned around, I ask this glowing man where we go…
Patrick M. Lydon
Apr 8
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