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by Rhona Mahony. When I was a child, back in the late Renaissance, I often saw drawings of three monkeys: one covering its eyes, one covering its ears, the third covering its mouth. The monkeys illustrated an ancient proverb, of surprisingly murky origin. They advised us that to stay pure and safe, we should see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. I am pure and safe enough. I prefer these monkeys:

Thanks to Bruce Kitess for his photo.

by Rhona Mahony. Yes, the photos here are jagged and pixelated. I think that I have figured out how to do better. My new digital camera creates a huge file for each photo: seven megapixels. I’m going to try converting to RGB color and reducing the file size in increments, rather than all at once, to 25 to 50 kilobytes. See what you think of the photos posted here after today.