For me 2004 started five hours after my friends back in the UK had sang the few words of 'Auld Lang Syne' they knew. Once again I was in America, Boston to be exact. I spent New Years eve with my friends Karen and Anne walking around the city enjoying it's curiously named 'First night' celebrations and events. The year seemed to sweep by in a rush of work and general business, but I will remember 2004 as, in the words of Sinatra, a very good year.

I returned to America three more times in the year and unexpectedly fulfilled a lifelong ambition to travel to to India. I was taken to the Southern region of India called Tamil Nadu, to photograph charity work for one of my UK based customers. A month later Tamil Nadu and much of Southeast Asia was devastated by the terrible tsunami the day after Christmas.

-- 2004 --
24.12.04 - Menthol cigars Menthol cigars! Who are we kidding?
22.12.04 - Nice shoes It's all about naked ladies and beer!
21.12.04 - Long hours little pay It's a hard life being a busker in the cold.
03.12.04 - Save me from the saved Is heaven is going to be anything like church?
01.12.04 - Every spouse must go! How comes the clock only "ticks" for single people?
23.11.04 - Happy to be a dead man Is it really a good idea to try and wake the dead?
17.11.04 - Black charities Some people just don't get it.
31.10.04 - This cold October day Far from the throng of city life the sun is setting.
29.10.04 - God's President Does God care who runs the richest country in the world?
14.10.04 - God created nudity Despite religion, we're still born naked.
19.10.04 - A much updated ruin Looking at fame with Nick Drake in mind.
14.10.04 - God created nudity When did skin become so offensive?
29.06.04 - The long way home I'd always wanted a convertible, and now I have one!
02.05.04 - Sunday's in no hurry I'm not asleep, but I am not quite awake yet.
15.01.04 - I don't do text Plse dnt let txt spk be the evolutn of the wrttn wrd.
15.01.04 - I dnt do txt A version of the above article written in text message shorthand.
01.01.04 - The beauty of a storm Where pages don't confuse us.