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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_single_image image="597" img_size="large" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690487734454{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="20px" css=".vc_custom_1690487657568{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_column_text] Enter Paul Griffiths. Paul has had a rough patch.  The global pandemic of 2020 surely...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690487300692{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="587" img_size="large" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Bhama aunty’s life was one of hard work, responsibility and isolation. Her father had died at an early age, and as a young woman she was called upon...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690487189145{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="579" img_size="large" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] Most people lead full and happy lives without ever having their cat litter stolen from them.  While I can’t imagine that there are many legitimate motives for...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690487109374{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="571" img_size="450x600" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] Out the front door and turn right. Head north up Lincoln Street toward Beach Avenue. Pass manicured lawn after manicured lawn and see the large tudors...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690487030942{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="565" img_size="399x600" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] My fascination with women’s hats predates my self-awareness as a person.  I have no idea why from the age of 18 months old I started wearing them.  My...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690486918593{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="562" img_size="467x700" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] Lucille arrived at our front door one Christmas morning, unexpectedly for some, but very much coordinated by the rest of us.  It was my mother’s idea to...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1589484557300{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690486828626{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="429" img_size="large" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] New Mexico, October 1988.  The weather had finally cleared after days of cold rain now gave way to an amazingly sunny and crisp fall day. ...

[vc_column][/vc_column][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690486745027{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/399730806" align="center"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]That’s me on the street. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] Actually, he’s kind of an unwitting surrogate of mine.  I saw in him my reflection, and I projected myself upon him at that moment. ...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1690486197079{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690486167538{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="537" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1690486224159{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"] Umbrella Point is an idyllic setting in Manor Park on Long Island Sound in Larchmont,  New...

[vc_column][/vc_column][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1690485933558{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/349282249"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] A few years ago I was in Hyderabad, India doing a video project for a company that was having great success in helping local farmers cope with climate change.  I...