Meet the Ferals

In Kim Carlson’s backyard, a society of cats flourishes. Rather than allow this colony to fully overtake them, Kim and Mark Cichra have learned to care for these cats, providing food, shelter, and the occasional “snip snip.” Still, the feral felines posed for this gallery.

The Fall of an American Beard

“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Recently, obsolete Vernacular editor Paul Jackson took his beard to the proverbial woodshed, documenting its demise in photographs.

Photographs from a Year: 2007

Obsolete Vernacular editor Michael Grandone presents a collection of photographs from the past year - in technicolor. A veritable photoreality of 2007.

“Every Leaf Is a Flower”

Many have said that they cannot leave the northeast for fear that they would miss a fall. Mary Catherine Youmell offers up these photos of the late months.

Harry Potter & the Marketing Storm

Or Chasing the Boy Wizard Around Three Boroughs
by Paul Jackson 7.21.07
As someone who makes his living in the book publishing industry, the arrival of the new Harry Potter book, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, equivocated to Hank Aaron’s 715th home run, the last episode of MASH, or the release of Abbey Road. In short, [...]

Cherry Blossoms: In Photographs

by Mary Catherine Youmell

Mary Catherine Youmell lives, works, and studies in New York City.

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