"Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city"...

above: the site of the death of a bird.

Duc was 34 when I took these photos.

  Hatching Chicks: The Definitive Collection. The moral of this story (and the moral of all my posts about farm animals) is: animals a...

The Next Village Franz Kafka My grandfather used to say: "Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so fo...

The Isle of Man, 2010

  Neighborhood spot for contemplating infinity, Atlantic Ave, Crown Heights, 2013 These two things have been on my mind constantly si...

how many times at my schoolgirl’s desk: what’s beyond those mountains? which rivers? is the scenery nice without tourists? am I right, R...

Podere Campriano, 2013

Buffalo Bill 's defunct                      who used to                      ride a watersmooth-silver                        ...

The Rhythms Pronounce Themselves Then Vanish After they told me the CT showed there was nothing wrong with my stomach but my heart was ...