PEOPLE I MEET ALONG THE WAY

I've decided to start a photo journal of the people I meet as I walk my own path through life. My object is simply to record a brief moment in these stranger's lives. Usually our meeting is a chance encounter during the course of a day. I've found that each person enjoyed the opportunity to share something of their life - a moment; a feeling; a story.

Alex Haley said that "The death of each man is like the burning of a library." When I watch the people who pass by each day I wonder about their lives. What stories do they hold... and what stories do they want others to know.

Everyone has stories to tell. We only need to be patient and listen. Each of these people has enriched my life in some small way just because they took the time to share their time with me. People are a wonder.

These are just a few stories of people whom I've crossed paths with - People I've met along the way.

Tavit

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Friday, February 4, 2011


This is Israel.  I met Israel as he was walking along the boardwalk of a local nature preserve. He carried a pair of binoculars and asked if I had seen a Bittern (a small bird). "I know there are a few here" he said, "but I haven't been able to see one. My eyes just aren't what they used to be."

Israel said that he was 89 years old. When I asked what he had done before retiring, he said "I used to teach advanced mathematics to graduate students." "You mean theoretical mathematics," I asked? "Yep" he said.

This piqued my interest, as some theoretical mathematicians work at defining the very boundaries of reality (at least that's my romantic interpretation of their work).

So, here is Israel who once worked at defining and looking for the limits of the physical universe.

Now he is looking for a Bittern.
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