Don Charisma gone into writing romance novels ? … NO, no, no … Probably that’ll never happen. So there’s no sex, romance or intimacy here, sorry about that … Passion – Passion is a term applied to a very strong feeling about … Continue reading Reigniting Passion
INTRO FROM DON – Heather as most of you know is our technical writing intern. Heather and I worked hard on this the first article we’ve published – it’s on Web Design. She’s done a great job of explaining the … Continue reading What Is Web Design?
Shot this one near the beach … pretty white flowers. Photos taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma 2013 Continue reading Night Tree
Heather, our technical writer intern has kindly sent me over an update. I feel it’s important to keep readers updated on how it’s going, and so Heather can share what experiences she’s had in our intern program. Heather’s words : “Heather … Continue reading Internship Update
“Someone who thinks logically, provides a nice contrast to the real world.” Ancient Chinese Proverb It came out of a fortune cookie … so may not be an ancient Chinese proverb … don’t believe everything you read 😀 Cheers Don … Continue reading Logical Thinker
One clear winter’s day, an Ant dragged out some grains of food to dry in the sun. A hungry Grasshopper passing by asked the Ant to share some of the food. Why do you come to me for food?” asked … Continue reading The Grasshopper And The Ant
Thirty-four portrait photos joined together to form a very large sky. Some of my other priorities been keeping me away from the blog … busy days ! … Continue reading Huge Sky Beach Sunset Panorama
A vast number of photos joined together by a special distillation process, to form a very large sky. Taken last year … Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Big Sky Beach Sunset Panorama #2
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. This one’s two landscape photos fused together with PTGui Pro. Enjoy 😀 Taken in Thailand (c) Don … Continue reading Night Beach Panorama #5 – Loy Catong Festival
It’s a testament to the good people I know to have people like Brian in my circles. Brian is a good man, caring father and leader in his work. We used to work together many moons ago, it’s how I … Continue reading Sophie Has Leukaemia
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In my last post, I discussed having confidence. But to be sure of one’s self, we need to know who that “self” is. Nowadays everyone goes, goes, goes so fast. We grasp at answers… Continue reading breathethislife – Who Am I ?
Another Don Charisma experiment that paid off … my iPhone was about an inch from the water, I wanted to capture how “still” the water was … Continue reading Ocean Closeup Sunset
Trolls always remind me of the “I’m So Ronery” song from “Team America – World Police” … which leads me nicely to this post, thank you dear trolls, you’re a consistant source of inspiration and amusement to me 😀 I first saw “Team … Continue reading Kim Jong-il – The Coolest Movie Villain Ever
It’s a shame we have to deal with insincere people. However inauthenticity is a fact of life, the only way I’ve found to deal with effectively is through awareness. Sometimes that awareness comes from wise friends sharing their experience, sometimes in life … Continue reading Crocodile Tears
There was a boy tending the sheep who would continually go up to the embankment and shout, ‘Help, there’s a wolf!’ The farmers would all come running only to find out that what the boy said was not true. Then one day … Continue reading The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’
That’s all folks, this stunning sunset taken off of my balcony yesterday … beauty seep calls … Enjoy 😀 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Balcony Sunset Yesterday
The sun has started rising a little further around so I can now capture sunrises off of my balcony … Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) … Continue reading Balcony Sunrise Yesterday
The customary Don Charisma bedtime sunset in a panorama of six photos magically joined from Abode with love 😀 Enjoy 😀 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Beach Sunset Panorama
Songthaew, pronounced like “song-tail” is the Thai equivalent of a bus. For 10 baht fare (20p English, 30c USD) you can travel a fair distance locally, … Continue reading Songthaew – “Song Tail”
Mangosteen is a tropical fruit, tastes great, got a citrusy tang to it. It’s quite similar to a lychee, except not as chewy. Sometimes, I’m guessing when they … Continue reading Mangosteen
I have a dear old friend from back home in UK. He used to say this to me a lot – “Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down”. I don’t know how well this translates into American-English, but basically it means, stay positive and don’t … Continue reading Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down
«You have enemies ? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.» — Winston Churchill Graphic courtesy Facebook.com Continue reading You have enemies ? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Photographing birds flying past, well it’s more luck than skill for me … Looking at what to post today, for my 365 sunsets, this one stood … Continue reading Beach Sunset Flying Bird
OK, so some more of my closeups of “patterns”. This one is from one of the columns which make up the perimeter wall at one of the local temples. There’s blingy gold paint and mirror bits. Thais love to decorate with … Continue reading Thai Temple Patterns
There’s a few friends and mentors behind the Don Charisma blog, that I don’t mention too much. These guys and gals aren’t looking for validation through being thanked publicly, it’s thanks enough that they see me doing well. One of … Continue reading My Friend Has A Malignant Melanoma
Quite a few people have expressed their concern for me, and I wanted to set you minds at rest. I am safe where I am in Thailand, I don’t stay in Bangkok. For those who don’t know – The government … Continue reading Thailand Update
This evening’s sunset, well what can I say, again beautiful … The clouds have so many different layers, close, far away, different colours and types … … Continue reading Beach Sunset Cloud Layers
I’d like to publish more of these pattern type photos I’ve been taking. This one is of some bird footprints in the sand, taken whilst I’m … Continue reading Bird Footprints In The Evening Sand
Negative people can distract one from one’s purpose for a while, but never permanently. Their pettiness makes people so little, their troubles are so often so insignificant, it’s pitiful really. Today the cynics were put in perspective for me … A … Continue reading Suicide – In Loving Memory Of Jerome
This is to the left of the little bay from yesterday’s sunset pano. Nine landscape shots painstakingly tried in four different merging softwares to produce this … Continue reading Rocky Sunset Panorama
My girlfriend pointed out a bee’s nest, for it’s honey content. Unfortunately with my iPhone it was too small to photograph, but when I looked up what a beautiful canopy of leaves from the tree. So this is multiple shots … Continue reading Evening Tree Canopy-Orama 2
Blogger friends send me awards all the time – it’s now been around six weeks since I’ve given any back out. So this is well overdue ! I work through the awards in the order that I receive them. So if … Continue reading The Most Influential Blogger Award
This evenings sunset in a little bay, that’s a very good spot for photographing sunsets. Six landscape shots, moulded together with tender loving care and Photoshop … Continue reading Beach Sunset Panorama
My girlfriend pointed out a bee’s nest, for it’s honey content. Unfortunately with my iPhone it was too small to photograph, but when I looked up … Continue reading Evening Tree Canopy-Orama
Last but not least in response to my “Breathing” prompt – https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/08/breathing-don-charisma-s-prompt/ My comment on Belinda’s site – “Lovely belinda … Two poems, I am indeed very honoured … especially love the “slim” one, very cool you are lady !” … Continue reading Our Breath ~Our Life
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Breathing- Don Charisma’s Prompt I started taking Yoga years ago in an attempt to manage stress, and find some “calm.” High strung by nature, I was my own worst enemy in terms… Continue reading Breathing- Don Charisma’s Prompt
Warning – this post Jenny has been marked as NSFW – Not safe for work. It does contain an art nude. This post comes in response to my “Breathe” prompt – https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/08/breathing-don-charisma-s-prompt/ Jenny, I really like this watercolour, it’s very … Continue reading “Breathe” (NSFW)
I came across a piece of what I’m calling drift-rope. I thought it might make a nice pattern at least for a background, and actually it’s … Continue reading Frayed Nylon Drift Rope Close-up
Durian is a tropical fruit, which in my opinion tastes pretty good. It’s not cheap either. However it does smell quite fowl, I guess a rotten … Continue reading Durians
Very calm waters this evening, which gives lovely reflection on the ocean … Nine photo joined with special Pritt-Stick magic in Photoshop … Enjoy 😀 … Continue reading Ocean Sunset Panorama
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