A girl in a field by Margaret
Clearing out old boxes buried in the back of my wardrobe I rediscovered Margie. It is 30 years (almost to the day) since the photograph was taken. So long ago that she is almost unrecognisable to me....
Archive for January, 2004:
What the future beholds by David La Rock
A picture of a one-way bridge. Not especially compelling one might think.
Me being up early enough to witness the sunrise from the rivers edge as I ineptly attempted to surprise my sleeping wife with...
Bruised twice by Barbara Lewis Showell
Bruised twice, first by my boyfriend Elmer. It wasn’t the first, but it will be the last one he puts on me. The second bruise doesn’t show, it’s from the justice system here in Delaware.
I...
Italian Lessons by Kate Jones
A few days before I left for Europe, it happened that I found myself in conversation with an elderly man over tea. He hadn’t travelled in many years, and was very keen to hear all about my plans. Just...
Havana 1959 by Tod Brody
When I show this photo to people, they usually comment by saying that my parents were a very attractive couple, not that I was cuter than anyone they had ever seen. They never ask about Lon Chaney, Jr.,...
The Fair and memories of Cotton Candy by Medb
I took this photo 11 September 2003 at the TVA&I Fair in Knoxville, TN. I love going to the fair– the people,the rides (this was the Pharaoh’s Fury ride), the sounds and colors and, of...
Rescue by Genevieve Birch
One night, I was sitting on my back porch reading when I heard a cat crying. Having an extremely huge soft spot for the small and furry, I went to investigate. The cat meowed – I meowed back, trying...
Friends on the jetty by Sarah
It was my friends 21st birthday celebrations. She rented a getaway house up the coast for the weekend. We visited her one day to greet her Happy Birthday.
The house she rented faced Lake Munmorah, which...
Darkness imagination by John Q McDonald
The air has the kind of chill snap in it that one doesn’t usually associate with Hawaii. But, it can be quite chilly here. Thousands of feet below, in the core of the Trade Winds blowing from the...
Spring Cleaning by Vanessa
How much do I hate unpacking stuff? *This* much.
I had a really quiet sleepy Christmas, which was cool, it was what I wanted. Reading a book in a day, practising a new stoopid computer puzzle, stuffing...