Protest and counter-protest

BOSTON, MA -- This photo was taken at City Hall Plaza on May 17, 2004, the first day that same sex marriage was allowed in Massachusetts.

Mother and Father

The spaceship has landed

A hotair balloon waits for riders in Boston Common.

Under the bridge

A bend in the river that runs through it

MAYNARD, MA -- The Assabet River runs through this town. The Assabet bends here at the converted mill known as Clocktower Place. When the water is shallow, one can see abandoned bicycles that have been apparently dropped from the bridge above.