This week a used Nikon Coolpix camera arrived in the mail, purchased via eBay. I had one of these (in about 2012) that I gave to my daughter for her travels, but she hasn't used it in years. I wanted to get it back to use as a modest little camera at the Trump protest marches so I could leave my phone tucked safely away. The current small camera I've tried using that way is too fussy, and my daughter will never get around to looking for our camera in all of the unpacked boxes from her last move . . .

The thing about this little camera is that it seems to have been used just for a couple of years when the previous owner had it. Old batteries burst inside and it needed cleaning, and the card that the original owner used was still in it. An Asian family in an Asian country, travelling to rural schools, from what I can tell. Photos and videos interspersed with beauty shots of elaborate cookies, cakes, and pastries.

How the camera got there and back, or came here from there originally (the language was set to English, so probably a round trip), and why didn't they take out the photos? It's tempting to put out a few photos into the world to see if anyone recognizes themselves or family members to return the card.