Almost ten years ago to the day, I met up with my then-81-year-old friend Rod at the community garden greenhouse we were bringing back to life when I noticed he wasn’t well (sharp pain and […]
Cargo bikes
Meet Thor. He was a Today’s Nice Stranger in 2010 (although I hadn’t started that street portrait series yet). I met him at the Your Dekalb Farmers Market and we got to talking because of […]
Public plazas
Let’s kick off a week of looking back at this past decade with this photo, taken in New York City in the summer of 2010. That’s how long ago we started reclaiming our public space, […]
Bearing witness
Let’s take a look back during this final month of this final year of the decade where my children came of age, I came of a new stage, and the world came of rage. I’ll […]
Take the leap
Sunrise. Sunset. Sunrise. Sunset. Swiftly fly the years. So goes the song from Fiddler on the Roof, a play which shows up in this book of mine when my older daughter got to be in […]
Common wealth
People driving. Walking. Riding bikes and buses. Taking the T. Sharing a common space, a common wealth, as public space has priceless value. This is the new and improved Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, where […]
Lingering
Happiness is . . . lingering and laughing deep into the night, long after the food was cleared, the candles burning so low they formed a sea of wax on the plates. Yesterday was my […]
This Thanksgiving
This photo is from November 2013. That bike, helmet, and mural are now gone from my life. A lot of bigger things have changed close to home and around the world. Some have almost broken […]
