dryer lint for Mary Kelly

In Tucson, the best Tex-Mex in town can be found at Paco's Mexican Food on Grant Rd.

You would probably want to order the soft taco with carnitas and guacamole or the carne asada burrito, both fresh and delicious, and served on flour tortillas which are tender and tasty enough to be eaten on their own.

The flan is rich and dense, more the consistency of a pot de creme, and is sufficient for two.

5563 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85712-2209(520) 733-5935

shadows, Philadelphia

Double Bubble bubble gum

His talent lay dormant throughout the war.

I had never seen so many insects at one time.

portrait of a lady, circa 1985 (photographer unknown to me)

Her emotional IQ is so low that one is forced to be rude.

smushed can, philadelphia PA, september 2010

taqueria, Tucson AZ, September 2010

"It is the hour of the dressing room, when actors are not quite off the street but hardly yet onstage."

André Aciman, on 4:30 in the afternoon

from his essay Counterintuition

leaf pictures after Charles Burchfield (do NOT miss the Burchfield show at the Whitney Museum, it closes on October 17)

His heart was broken by a doctor without borders.

of course I can't eat rabbit, I used to be a rabbit.

decorative door-panels, 18th street, Philadelphia PA

Perhaps there is another way?

gorilla, The Philadelphia Zoo, 2010