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Charleston, SC, May 2007

for Lili

my friend Lili asked me to take some pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge

lovely Anna in the dark

archives: Pondicherry, India, 2001

These boys must be about 15 now. They followed me for a while so I took their picture.

archives: Thailand, 2005

I am so saddened by what is going on in Thailand, and their neighbor India. I love it there, everywhere, and hope to return before too long.

Go see: Black Watch

I went to a play tonight called Black Watch in Dumbo, at St. Ann's Warehouse, which is a pretty amazing space. (Kind of the worst night in a while to walk right down towards the water at the harbor, freezing winds ripping your face off. ah winter!)

The show was great - especially the choreography, but I am not talking about modern dance. It is put on by The National Theatre of Scotland, about the elite infantry of the Scottish armed forces, which is reason enough right there to go. They talk about the history of the division, but it deals mostly with why why why are they involved with the conflict in Iraq. Why is anyone, for that matter. It's intense.

The run has been extended to December 21. Mom really dug it, and she was proud of herself for finding the place with no problem. ha.

Working Life: Margot, 10/23/08

Can you guess where she works? The lobby of the office is insane.

do you still write to Santa?

I haven't for a long time, but lots of kids do, and the USPS lets folks try and help Kris Kringle out. What a great idea. Christmas is still way off, but the decorations have been up at Macy's since September.

Fantastic

I have been photographing part of the Brooklyn Museum's extensive costume collection this month, while my friend Lolly is away at an artist residency in Rochester. I was very flattered and happy to take over while she is away. Clothing and accessories are a magic window into the lives of people long since gone. I have been shooting ladies folding fans, which are especially intriguing because this is an item that has essentially disappeared. I can't even imagine that a fan would help that much on a hot day here in NYC, but I think they were just as much a tool for communication in times when the social rigors were much more strict than today.

This feathered fan from the late 1800s looks like an animal to me, or a sea anemone.