Man with pipe. Kumasi, Ghana.
Less than one month before my 89th birthday, old age is announcing its imminent arrival. My fall at Potter's Falls in 2024 (you can read about it here) caused nerve damage affecting my hips legs, and feet. It has greatly limited my walking, in particular, which affects my photography. I can walk as needed, but not far, and it isn't much fun. I hate that! When we were younger Louise and I often took our children on long walks. I miss those days.
The nerve damage also affects my balance. I've had a few falls,but nothing serious so far.
Honestly, though, I can't blame the fall for all my aging troubles. In February, 2023, we moved from our 5th wheel travel trailer pulled by a honkin' big Ram 3500 dually into a townhome in Knoxville. My life is much more sedentary, and that's my fault.
Louise rocks on, with occasional very painful back spasms interspersed with occasional good days. Today is one of them, so she went shopping.
Other than that, I've been scanning slides from my Africa file for upcoming posts about Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia. My old Konica-Minolta DiMage 5400 scanner (now there's a mouthful!) makes beautiful scans, but it is slow, slow, slow --15-20 minutes per scan.
How do you like my Ghanain man with his pipe? More good stuff coming on Wednesday, I hope. His picture was made with an Olympus OM film camera and Fujichrome 100 film.
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Text and photographs copyright David B. Jenkins 2026.
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