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On Losing That First Love
Continue Reading“Never give all the heart …. He that made this knows all the cost, For he gave all his heart and lost.” William Butler Yeats I remember the warmth she gave To reciprocal talk on humid nights, Our bodies jointly radiant, listening To raindrops chime on stained glass. In satin yellow light Water-beads cast shadows […]
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Death of the Grinning Girl
Continue Reading“None of your concern :)” The event produced excruciating sadness for this young woman’s parents, a cataclysm for any family; and because of its shocking and mystifying story-line, it is impossible for the rest of us to comprehend with rational thought why it happened. In a verdant setting at an inward curve of the Washington […]
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Wishing You A Happy 2nd Amendment Christmas
Continue ReadingThe Massie Christmas greeting appeared on social media channels in time to celebrate the 2021 Holidays. The image comes from an iPhone camera and falls within a subspecies we might label: group-selfie. This particular group seems energized beyond common expressions of emotion; their manic joy exceeds what you normally witness in even the most animated […]
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A Luckless Great Depression Family
Continue ReadingAs a child whenever possible I asked the adults around me for details about common ancestors and living family members. Not everyone complied in a forthcoming manner; some lacked interest in history altogether, while others clammed up for undisclosed personal reasons. The three people in our image — and everyone who knew them in life […]
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Ghosts #1 — Great-Great Uncle Frank Ezra
Continue ReadingHe does not seem like a Frank, Or an Ezra. He looks like me, At his age. Setting aside aspects of his nose — and the mutton-chops, Together we make two poles of a doppelganger pair. Photograph from the 19th Century — image creator(s) unknown.
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Environmental Self-Portraiture, 1970s Style
Continue ReadingI pushed from Las Vegas to Santa Fe, New Mexico stopping once to spread blankets on the ground and nap under vivid constellations; eating nuts, jerky and raw vegetables, drinking flawless spring water I drove a foreign car which steered like a tractor, rolling with barely space for a suitcase, ice chest and spare tire. […]
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Children Are The Universal Subjects
Continue ReadingThe image above comes from my personal collection. It was given to me for editing by a friend, a layman photographer using a simple camera. He captured something special here. I do not know the exact context; whatever the occasion, the girls seem dressed in their very best and most festive outfits. Among the sisters […]
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