Our friend Peter, during a winter visit.

Anne is our stellar babysitter, who also happens to be a talented writer and a fabulous artist. Our kids love her, and so do we.

A fisher in the Grand River hauls in three big fish. No idea what kind they are, or even if they’re edible, but the guy was pretty proud, so I took his picture.

A nice man whom I met in a small park downtown let me take his picture.

Despite all appearances to the contrary, Myron was very glad to have his picture taken. You can just barely make out his smile from behind the hand that he thrust at the camera. It must be tough to be a celebrity.

Usually I’m pretty shy about taking people’s pictures. But Tristan was in my kitchen, so I figured he couldn’t say no.

Tristan is a cool guy. I met him when he was a high school student hanging out at the coffeehouse after classes let out. Now he has a kid. Can he be that old? Can I?

I couldn’t resist taking a picture of this beautiful smile.

This man walks around downtown Grand Rapids with his cat perched on his shoulder. He was a lot nicer than he looks here when I asked if I could take his picture.

One of a series of head shots for David Molinari, a Grand Rapids musician.