People just like us
At the height of the Cold War when Westerners were facing down Russians and vice versa, John Steinbeck and Robert Capa got it into their heads to hop over to the Soviet Union to see for themselves. Visiting three Soviet republics, they finally concluded that the...
The blue bow
One evening I had supper in an Italian restaurant in Beijing. A family came in, Spanish: a pretty wife, a smiley husband and a girl of about eight. She sat with her back to me which allowed me to see the beautiful big blue bow in her hair. Then she looked around at me...
Meeting a nuannaarpoquina
Many small children are nuannaarpoq-on-legs. I was walking home through the village when I saw a man pushing a pram and next to him his daughter, a tiny tot of about two, pushing a small dog-faced wooden cart or trolley in front of her. When she saw me coming, she...
Unconditional love and life
What is your idea, experience or dream of a timeless afternoon? ‘Me lying in bed with my five year old, and he is sleeping and I am just lying there listening to the breathing and smelling the smells of children. But I can not describe it very well… it is a...Yes, sign me up!
