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second-story man

I really don’t have the faintest idea what that guy was doing up there – the one standing in front of the red window. It’s not like it was a balcony. It’s not like it was balcony weather. I just don’t know. It may have had something to do with the spirit merchant on the ground floor or it might not have. Other than that guy, I suspect that no one else knows. Or even noticed what was going on.

It was one of those reflex photos – I saw it and made the shot without taking time to do stuff like composing it or anything. The moment was there and then it was gone, possibly because a bus drove by.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023

tiny rivers

The only reason I saw these tiny rivers easing their way from the puddle behind them is that I sat in the drizzle and took some time to look around me. You know: just being a photographer.

Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 9.5.2021

“espresso shots”

Yikes! There’s a lot going on here. But my favorite (and the reason for the photo) is the paper plate that’s serving as a sign on the wall of this bakery.

But I do wonder what exactly is the difference between regular espresso shots and their offer of “espresso shots.”

Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 9.5.2021

close enough to touch

I never really imagined that I’d be in a hurricane and surely never thought that if I were in one, I’d be Boston when it happened.

Yet, here I was, watching Hurricane Ida rolling right along.

Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 9.1.2021

night/light

Did I travel to a city and stay in an upper floor of a hotel? Yes.

Did I enjoying looking through the windows of nearby buildings at night, trying to imagine other people’s lives? Again, yes.

Did I take some photos of it? Hell, yes.

Boston, Massachusetts 
photographed 9.5.2021