The Fall colors and the old architecture on the university grounds were the perfect backdrop for my photography class. My students today, like nearly all my classes, skew older (fifties through early seventies) and women. I taught them how to use their mobile phone camera to create nice photographs. In the last year, since losing my lover Mary, I’ve thought about the ladies that attend my workshops and classes. A few wome...

It was a normal day photographing an upscale home for a realtor client. The house was large and modern in a nicely landscaped yard, complete with a waterfall pool and hot tub. The agent told me the house was empty, the homeowner was in the city. In the driveway was a new blue Porsche, a high-end model that fit well with the house. I wondered why the owner, a single man, left it in the driveway and not in one of four garag...