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January 25, 2023

THE ART OF THE CLOTHESLINE

      IN INDIA THE CLOTHESLINE IS UBIQUITOUS, A PART OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE THAT PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES.       IN URBAN SETTINGS ONE CAN SEE CLOTHES DANGLING FROM STRANDS OF WIRE HUNG FROM ONE WINDOW TO ANOTHER.       EVEN ON THE SIDES OF BUILDINGS.         OR DRAPED OVER BICYCLES.         LOOKING FOR A LITTLE

By Pam Perkins
August 20, 2022

ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING A PHOTOGRAPHER

As a kid growing up, I took snapshots of people with my rudimentary camera, mainly kids at summer camp and friends at boarding school and college.  After graduation, I retired my camera and progressed to other avocations.  When not working long hours as a fundraiser at Stanford

By Pam Perkins
February 16, 2022

My Favorite Photographs of 2021

With Covid out of control and travel restrictions in place, 2021 could be described as boring.  And yes, it might have been if I didn't ride a bicycle or travel to Los Angeles, and take a six week cross country road trip with Bruce.  Riding

By Pam Perkins
August 10, 2021

I Wished Him Dead So Many Times……………

https://medium.com/@pamperkins/i-wished-him-dead-so-many-times-1ed73c719789   Dear Friends,  This is a story I never thought I'd tell, but I knew that sharing my feelings through the written word would be cathartic, and it was.  Grief comes in many different forms.  This time my grief has more to do with what I don't know

By Pam Perkins
December 28, 2020

2020 — A year when only a few good things happened

What we wouldn't give to be hugging you right now.     Instead we are pretty much confined to our house since our county just went on a second lock down that extends until mid-January 2021.  When it gets lifted will depend on medical statistics over which

By Pam Perkins
March 24, 2020

I Don’t Like Living in Limbo (redux)

Dear Friends, Thank you for your patience with me.   One problem with not publishing frequently is that I can  screw up.  Hopefully my story, which I published initially on Medium,  will come through on my second attempt. For some of you, there will be some

By Pam Perkins