day 283 of 365

Run -- don't walk -- to your nearest library or bookstore, and get this book of amazing photographs by Stephen Wilkes.  You can read more about it and see an excerpt gallery at   www.ellisislandghosts.com. 

day 12 of 365

I was cleaning out a cupboard at the library last month, and found an old broken camera with a roll of film still inside. The roll of film sat in my car until yesterday, when I took it to be developed. Definitely 1980s-1990s vintage, with pictures of a family of girls and their parents, making funny faces, sleeping, and playing recorders. I liked this little ghost-of-Halloween-past the best. Are those some kind of pre-Uggs she's wearing? Also, her little note is pinned to her as if by becoming a ghost she's also somehow lost her voice.

Oh, OK -- I can't resist. Here's another photo that was on the roll of film. If you know this lady, please tell her I found her photos.