Honk 4 Lanci

Campaigning for Ken Lanci, the wealthy businessman who ran a quixotic campaign for Cleveland mayor in 2013. The candidate, who lost by a wide margin to incumbent Frank Jackson, claims he was motivated to run following a near-death experience and religious awakening.

The Lord's Day in Cleveland

Above and below: East 105th Street.

 

 Public Square.

Near West Side.

Munch's Lunch

Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio.

Portraits, Public Square

 Mark, looking sharp in leather jacket and gloves.

Ron, in glasses and Falcons cap.

Do It Again

Some of the world's cutest kids, posing spontaneously in the Larchmere neighborhood. After I snapped the first pictures, they called me back to take another. "Do it again! Do it again!" Adorable!

Levitating on Lexington

Driving down Cleveland's Lexington Avenue, we spotted these agile young men practicing their gymnastic skills on a grassy hill behind Martin Luther King Jr. High.

The boy in the blue shirt is 10-year-old Charles, and his friend in the white trousers is Martin. How do they manage these aerial feats?

"It's easy," Charles said. "All you have to do is flip back."

Just "flip back"!

Four Little Girls

While driving down East 79th Street last Sunday afternoon, we saw people setting up posters commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 16th Street Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama that took the lives of four young girls:  Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair.  At the invitation of the event's organizer, a nice woman named Honey, we returned an hour later to listen to the rhythms of a drum circle, a brief talk, and the reading of a moving poem about the tragedy by a mother-and-daughter pair in matching white dresses (second from bottom photo).

The garden site is adjacent to the recently rehabbed Mary's House, a drug and alcohol recovery center.