The Polar Vortex or Arctic Blast keeps me indoors this weekend with wind chills somewhere near -15 to -30F. I’m very appreciative of my a warm home and the ability to stay in.

The weekend’s plans include chores (of course) and a couple of books about photography. Two of these books were gifts from my dear, dear friend Margot. Thanks, pal!

Postcards from Mecca: The California Desert Photographs of Susie Keef Smith and Lula Mae Graves, 1916-1936. Editors: Warner V. Graves, Ann Japenga

Unseen: The unpublished black history from the New York Times photoarchives.

Vivian Maier Street Photographer By Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Allan Sekula.

Pictures On The Radio By David P. Gilkey