2018 | Marin County, California
I had no intention of photographing on this workday. I was intensively remodeling my mother’s little house to make it more comfortable for relatives and caretakers to stay with her. Early in the day, at my workbench out on the deck, I had cut some difficult mitered pieces for the interior trim. Carrying these, along with an armful of tools, I found the sliding door still locked from the night before. As I retreated to set my things down, the extra distance gave my eyes room to work. The device in my pocket had poor phone coverage in this rural area, but its camera was my best tool that day.
Here, my mother is reading Jhumpa Lahiri. I think the book is our favorite: “Interpreter of Maladies.”