Pictures from the Past

A Photo Walk Down Memory Lane

Am I the only one who thinks it is a good idea to keep recent physical pictures of family members in my wallet to show people? It’s come up at least one dozen times that I am mentioning one of my daughters, say, and like to show a physical copy picture of them. Sometimes my phone has a dead battery and I commonly don’t carry it with me everywhere I go. We have yet to get to the implications of downed electricity and Internet, when these devices that many of us have become so reliant on all would quickly turn into rubbish.

I decided to look through some of my old photo albums, mostly from developed pictures from the time before smartphones and social media. I’ve decided to digitize some of these here on substack and for those who read my personal musings perhaps you can put a few faces to names. I hope you enjoy

Me and Nemo

This is from Gulfport, Mississippi, in December of 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Although New Orleans got all of the attention the supposed storm surge along the Mississippi Gulf was like a nuclear bomb had gone off. Everything on the coast was in most cases vaporized with only the base cement slab of ground remaining. It was haunting…

I know I look fat in this picture but I’m actually 6 months pregnant

Mar with my younger daughter in Thad Phanom. May she rest in peace

College graduation with my parents

Grandpa and Grandma Hawkins with Great Uncle Josh and Aunt Suzie

My parents meeting their first grandchild in Venice Beach

Beth and I in 1992

Grandpa

Aunt Sharon and me at my brother’s wedding

Baby Jasmine with her dad Joe

Mom is the nun in the middle

Is anybody else finding themselves staring at screens less overall?

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