Lucy

It was a thrill to see Lucy in Ethiopia. The oldest skeleton ever found must have been so damn exciting for the two young men who found her. I wonder how long it took for them to learn what a huge discovery this was for civilization.

 

The Bund- Shanghai, China 1994

 I haven't been back to Shanghai since this photo was taken in 1994. At that time, there were no cars on the streets, just thousands and thousands of bikes, dodging the pedestrians. Now, people tell me there are no bikes on the streets, just cars, thousands and thousands of them, dodging the pedestrians.

My Nails

 For 67 years, I bit my nails and then one day I stopped for some unknown reason. So I went out and got my nails sloshed for the first time. And then two years later, when I turned 69, I started biting them again for some unknown reason.

A Theater View

 I usually look at this theater from the back, where I stand as a volunteer usher. It's interesting to see it from this angle. In a few minutes, it will fill up with faces. I only see just the heads, hats and scarves.

Three Generations

 I've known this family since 1962.

Central Asia

Central Asia

The Silk Road

Tjikistan And Uzbekistan

April 21 to May 12, 2025

The Kid Is Scary

 

Seaside Heights, NJ

I was exploring in my car and wandered down this street which just caused me to pull over  and long for the days when beach houses were just small bungalows where people escaped to avoid the heat and pressures of the city. There was no fanfare to these homes, no air conditioning. They just served as sleeping quarters and outdoor showers to remove the sand from your body. They were nothing fancy. Most of the furniture was your broken furniture from your city house. You didn't need a lot of furniture then. You just spent the whole day on the beach where it was cool. In the evening, you grabbed a sweater and went back to the beach until the bugs got to be too much. Then you went home and got up again and spent the whole day at the beach yet again.

In Bangladesh, Santa is Asian

 

He was just circumcised

Tanzania 2016

He was just circumcised today. So he is marked with a big, temporary white rectangle for everyone to see. This marking gives us, all, warning not to approach him, to touch him as he is in so much pain and any touch can be excruciating. But he is proud of the fact that he has survived this procedure and can now consider himself a man.

 

Ethiopian Religious Art

 

No Kings Rally III- March 28, 2026- West Chester, PA

 

No Kings- 2025

 I hate him.