Pops, holding his father’s maddock, Santa Cruz, CA (archival: November 2009).

Kid’s baseball card photo/talisman, Berkeley, CA.
Had to wait ’til Monday, since over the weekend the spirits flagged too much. Kept looking at pictures of pictures of my nephew, who would have turned 15 on Saturday. Couldn’t post a picture of anything other than him, but then couldn’t really post about him, either. So, a blank [...]

Waiting for the steam train, Berkeley, CA.

At Mama’s Royal Cafe, Oakland, CA.
We went to Oakland’s legendary Mama’s Royal Café the other day as a foursome, for the first time in forever. Or rather, for the first time since the little guy was in a baby seat, which feels like forever. It’s a long period of diminished engagement with the world, these [...]

Shoe, Berkeley, CA.
I asked his big sister to help get us out the door faster by putting his shoes and socks on. This was what she considered “done.”

Belly swingers, Berkeley, CA.
Archival image from about a half a year (and one significant boy haircut) ago. Swinging predilections and techniques remain as depicted.

Boy with pinkie, Berkeley, CA.

“Martin Luther King Jr, Birmingham Alabama, 1963,” by Ernst Haas.
One of my favorite photographs of Dr. King. Given the year and the setting (a jail), I think we can be fairly sure this was not just any jail, but a Birmingham one, and that the text being passed was one which included Dr. King’s now [...]