Rare book or curiosity?

A Hastings-on-Hudson individual owns W.E.B. DuBois's own copy of The Souls of Black Folk. It's inscribed by DuBois to Hastings resident Kenneth Clark, and by Clark to his daughter. It's an early edition of the 1903 classic -- almost small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, with simple, sinuous ornamentation on a dull cloth cover. And here's the tragedy: smoke and water damage. The owner tells me it's worthless.

William & Warburton: Wistaria

Every year I vow that I will photograph my downhill neighbor's wistaria. This family has an extraordinary garden, and bordering it is a wistaria that towers at one end and is trained along the uphill-running fence.

This year, because of rain and fog, the perfect day never came ... and I just realized its time is passing. So here's this year's wistaria before it disappears for good. Soon the Rose of Sharon bushes (currently green blobs along the fence) will bloom up and out and swallow it all!