Marooned on Mt. Laguna, California

High atop a steel snow marker pole, a large man's left 'Columbia Sportwear' ski glove - ratty with torn finger tips.

Shot in Longyearbyen, Svalbard - Norway

There's no dark here right now, it's 24 hours of afternoon (like 5PM) light. At midnight I went walking and found the huge trash yard where all trash from the city is bagged, shrink wrapped and stored during the winter until the seas thaw and boats can remove it.

Polar bear warnings are everywhere around town and many of the residents casually walk around with rifles over their shoulders. At the trash storage (and I suppose recycling too) I found this huge pile of spent shells (defensive target practice?), possibly for recycling - but someone before me maybe - lost a grip when they happened upon this . . . found: a grey suede man's work grip.

Oslo, Norway

They're losing a grip in Norway too - as we walked past the Henrik Ibsen Museum (near the American Embassy) in Oslo - we found a thick black rubberized right hand, man's glove.

Busker Black

Found at San Diego's Seaport Village during the Busker Festival this morning - a lost black rubber glove hanging on the fence outside the Men's Bathroom . . . mimes and buskers were everywhere, many dressed in all black - waiting to perform for the judging that would happen later in the day.

Bare Knuckled at the Border

Today I walked along the border fence that stretches between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. This newest part (in Imperial Beach) is made only of concrete pillars with a thin strip of steel connecting the tops.

I found a lost grip, a black fleece glove - maybe thrown through from Mexico.

Used up in Ushuaia (Argentina)

Someone lost a grip (a very old used and worn brown knit with black plastic grip bumps) in the southern most city of South America. Down here in Tierra del Fuego penguins rule the barren islands off the coast, they're painted on buildings and adults in penguin costumes approach shoppers outside souvenir shops (selling glass, wooden, plastic and paper penguins, of course).

Back in San Diego

Kearny Mesa: in a huge lot that was possibly going to be condo's 5 months ago - I've returned to Southern California to find more empty, bare lots that seem to have no buildings planned now - a 'G Tech/Maxi Tech' - size L, lost grip (left) - fake black suede with a grey knit wrist, excellent condition, lying on a flattened cigarette filter . . .

A Collapsed Cajun

In Abbeville, Louisiana: Run over and totally flattened in a Louisiana bayou parking lot - a leftie, light orange canvas work glove with suede trim around the palm and finger tips.

Two on the Blue (Ridge Parkway in VA)

On the Blue Ridge Parkway in VA (at the Farm Museum), I found a lost grip today - a very worn fleece glove (left) - a man's size with holes in the finger tips.

Several hours later at Crabtree Falls - just next to the parking lot in the leaves, another left - a leather work glove with a tiny red bead on the pull tie at the wrist.