last weekend i saw my grandfather for the first time in eight years. there's a long story attached to that, and if you know me, you can ask and i'll tell you. suffice it to say it's very strange to see someone for the first time in eight years for the sole purpose of saying goodbye for the last time. he has lung cancer and is going to die in the next few weeks (most likely). we talked a lot about when he used to photograph (he has cataracts now). he spent a lot of time in pakistan and nepal and tibet with my parents in the early 80s, and has a lot of slides from the trips. all of his work is at his home in lexington, kentucky, in boxes. in may i'll probably go there with my grandmother, archive it, and scan some of it, maybe to post here. -collin olympus om-1