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The man who started it all. My grandfather
Sam in front of his own tailor shop at 548 East 13th Street, New York City.

 

My father, Neversink River. The famous Abraham
and Isaac scene.

 

I really did wear dead man's pants! (Pictured
here with my realist Russian aunt Bea.)

 

My silent brother, Jerome (in the snake pit they
sent him to).

 

Me at fifteen trying to look tough during my
weight-lifting phase.

 

High school yearbook.

 

Jamaica High School, championship rifle team
(before kids went crazy on medications).

 

Plant-collecting years. Viti Levu, Fiji. My son,
Russ, with the women who taught me their herbal secrets (1972).

 

Portrait of the artist as a young father (1972).
J. Weiner

 

Viti Levu, Fiji.

 

My face appeared in every subway station in New
York City (1967).

 

Psych experiments. Reed College (1966).

 

My years as an Alzheimer's researcher (with my
private patron, Eric Estorick).