Nick James
Bio
Illustrator, traveller, and writer. Formerly architect and company director.
Lover of all things beautiful, both real and abstract.
Better do small things well, than do great things with mediocrity. Enjoy what you do, and do lots of it.
Stories (6/0)
Life the Universe and Everything
It was suggested to me once by a faithful friend - that means a friend with faith, not a friend who was loyal to me, although he was - he suggested that he didn't have to prove the existence of God, I could just look around me and observe the beauty of His creation. That was proof enough. Yep, you got me. I love mountains, the sky, oceans, forests, raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens! I also love the creative product of my fellow humans. I really do. All of that stuff. Really.
By Nick James2 months ago in Humans
Polish Delicatessens
I told Ania about my memory of the Barony Street delicatessen in Edinburgh. In 1979, when I had been a postgraduate architect in the city, long before we had met. I used to buy a sandwich there to take into the Minto House studio. The shop was long, running back from the door, and getting darker toward the back. A glass-fronted display cabinet ran the full length of the room. You came in from the street on the left, and to the right behind the long counter was the shopkeeper's territory. She was a dear old woman who spoke no English. And anyone else I would meet in the shop would also be old, slow, wearing heavy brown clothes. They would speak no English. I think they usually carried Polish newspapers. Perhaps that last detail is just an invention of memory.
By Nick James2 years ago in Feast
