His first attempt to escape from Romanian conscription under the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime landed him in prison. That might have happened twice but finally made it out.

Hoboken Days #19 — Amanda Peet

I just finished watching Ms. Peet and Jon Hamm in Your Friends & Neighbors.  Brilliant series, riveting story, wonderful characters, great acting—I smell multiple Emmys. Almost thirty years later, she’s just as captivating—if not more so.

Thinking Pink

Beech trees in Brookdale Park covered in tree graffiti.

Thinking Pink and how I learned to love the color.

A Fine Day in Montclair: paying homage to a 1947 Irving Penn group photo of Vogue fashion photographers by photographing a group of photographer friends of mine one sunny afternoon 76 years later.

Accidents Can Happy

Paragon Park Carousel

Homage to a Gralab timer

It he can’t tell us what he’s doing, is it art?

Jazz musician Diane Moser - pianist, composer, big band leader, mensch

Singer-songwriter Bruce Hanson all tied up in the garden.

Richard was the most comfortable-in-his-skin man I’ve ever met. Serenely self-confident, a great listener, never bragged.

Jim Kelly - artist in Portland, Maine

Julia MacLaine - cellist