Remus and Romulus

Los Angeles

California

Remus (6yo) was teaching his brother Romulus (4yo) street smarts while burying and digging miniature pirates and indians in a sandbox. “After drinking, why do chickens look up to the sky?” Remus asked. Romulus answered, “Because they ask god why they can’t pee!“ “Very well.” said Remus. “And why do piglets keep their heads low as they follow their mother?” Romulus answered in the deepest booming voice he can muster while gathering all his might to kick the one-eyed pirate -“Because they are ashamed their mother is a pig!”
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Crop Circle Submarine

Anami Oshima

Offshore, Japan

Juveniles are pelagic while adults stay in caves or under ledges of reefs. They forage at night with their large eyes. They are slow-moving and docile. When threatened, they swallow water to bloat themselves into a ball and for spikes to stand up making it really ugly and difficult to swallow. If this isn’t discouraging enough, they have strong jaws to fight any predator! Taken out of the water, they inflate by swallowing air and die. Taken to shops, they sell as souvenirs - all puffed-up, with spikes and all…. Before buying, look at the photo - made by a puffer.
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Made In Russia With Love

Moscow

Russia

It’s shaped like an octopus with a huge head (at the center) where the interchanges are. It’s one of the best and most luxurious metro systems you can be in the world. They are built to be the people’s palaces according to Stalin, and rightly so. It’s the place where the best architects, the best engineers, the best artists and designers and painters and sculptors congregate to showcase Soviet artistic superiority at the time. “My favorite is Komsomolskaya (pictured).” Says Viktor. Located under a major transit hub, it’s the most important, busiest and most elegant....

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The Scar

Lubavitch 

Russia

The Cantonists were Jews snatched from their homes then forced to abandon the faith while in the Russian Army. They who survived the torture became too emotionally and psychologically scarred to raise a family so they lived together in small villages. On the eve of Yom Kippur, a Rabbi came for minyan. Everybody gasped as one cantonist removed his shirt! “You can't take your shirt off in the synagogue!” Protested the Rabbi. But as the shirt fell from the man's shoulders, it revealed hundreds of deep scars - each one for each time he refused to forsake his God….
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Pussy Riot

Moscow

Russia

Pussy Riot, dodging religious backlash and political repercussion exercised freedom of expression through songs, mocking Putin who’s allegedly in cahoots with the church’s patriarch in Moscow. Their controversial performances inspired many and earned praises from artists like Sting, Bono, Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but earned the ire of Putin! “The KGB chief, their number one saint, will escort protestors off to jail” singeth the sensational punk band and as prophesied in song (while demonstrations erupted all over Russia) Pussy Riot headbanged, and may continue singing their hearts out - all the way to jail? The world’s watching….
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Comforting

St. James

Los Angeles

The hushed atmosphere magnified the hustling of feet towards polished pews and the smell of incense and the soft, lilting sound of a children’s choir soothe the senses. The House of God. It comforts me.

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Behold The Monkey

Borja

Northern Spain

Behold The Man is the original title for this 20^th century fresco (wall painting) of Christ in an obscure church in an obscure town in Spain. Over the years the image deteriorated and was restored by the original artist from man – to monkey! Because of these viral images this northern Spanish town of Borja is obscure no more. Now, Behold The Monkey becomes the 21^st century fiasco! This isn’t blasphemy, but an apt title for a painting restoration running askew. Plans to undo the redo is underway but ironically, many petitioned online to keep the post-restoration image. Huh?
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Sniff Sniff

Home Depot

La Crescenta

I was buying a broken sprinkler for the lawn and was already in line to pay for it when the clerk behind the counter said, “Brandon (customer assistant) please go to the plants section. There is a dead rat for you.” It sounded really funny but the clerk wasn’t joking nor was Brandon taking it in jest. “How can I find it?” He asked annoyed. She replied, “Use your nose.”

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Ant Wisdom

Molave

I was already sitting for hours by the shade of a tree in front of the house watching passersby in their Sunday best, then looked down and gazed again at long lines of orange ants that come and go, meet and greet and ant-kiss with their antennae (sometimes with their tiny legs). Some are errant but most stayed in long lines that all lead to a mound, but each one - without exception, carried sundry morsels of food for the rainy day…. I have sought instruction from the ants and tried to appropriate to myself their industry.
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It's A Boy!

Burbank

Los Angeles

Her husband said over the phone “Don’t come home if it’s another girl!” It’s a joke of course but I felt uneasy coming in for the ultrasound after hearing this. When we came out with a huge smile on my face, all dads in the waiting room cheered knowing I had a boy! I will name him after my grandpa Juan - who was a skilled horseman, a prolific storyteller, a farmer, a carpenter, a great chef and above all else, an esteemed elder statesman. Such big shoes to feel in. I hope my son lives up to his name....

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