"Dear Sir. My father liked to take pictures and left a lot of film. I would like you to have them. He wanted to make his own pictures but never did."

Photographs can be achingly beautiful. There's family here. If you look closely you'll see the photographer reflected in a mirror in some lost motel. See ?....She's standing near a Cadillac.

You know what's funny ? The word "pocketbook." I don't think women call their pocketbooks "pocketbooks" anymore. The word itself is a contradiction. Hell, that big old thing wouldn't fit in a womans pocket and it's not a book either. My mother had lots of pocketbooks but they went to Goodwill when she died.

What a gorgeous photograph. Technically perfect and artistically moving. This is what we strive for.