Kodak Instamatic photograph I shot in June of 1979, Point Clear, Alabama. It was just after I graduated from Vassar on my 22nd birthday, and I was driving across the country with my late friend, Toby Caron. She had graciously offered me a place to stay in Los Angeles to begin my new post-grad life, and we were stopping in various locations to stay a night or two with friends. This stop on the coastline of Alabama was to see our friend Ellie Crosby, whose parents owned a vintage beach house here. We ate Hush Puppies and Shrimp Grits, and were soon on our way to the west coast. Toby's roommate, Andy Hixson, soon became my best friend for the rest of his life, and I like to think of this photo as the beginning of the rest of my life. I was hopeful then, completely unaware of all the tragedies that befall almost everyone's life, but at this point in time, I was nothing but optimistic, hopeful, and very, very thrilled to be starting a new chapter!
Really beautiful picture, Casey both with the camera and with your words. Sweet memories!
ReplyDeleteMy life is divided into before I moved to the east coast and after I moved to the east coast. I was a bit older, 34 but even that seems young to me now. The second chapter has all gone so well! As you said, even with the tragedies.Can't wait to see what comes next!
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Katie
thank you, Katie, as always! I'm less optimistic now, more cautious, but hopefully everything will come up roses anyway!
DeleteBeautiful. I really like the way the clouds and tree branches bracket the sun. It's funny how for most of us take a large part of our lives chasing 'things' and eventually coming to the conclusion we should have been searching for 'moments' and friendships. The years seem to slash at hope but memories and friends help restore it. Be well.
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thanks, Bob. This photo fell out of a box of stuff I was going through. Funny how such great moments in time can exist forgotten until just the right moment for their reemergence. Special time in my life which has had so many great twists and turns in it.
DeleteThankyou for this pciture and for sharing your emmories. Where would we be without the friends that accompanied various stages of our journeys. I love all the faded Polaroids in the last post also. Just beautiful!
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Hi Paul! thanks, as always! I never realized it when I was "living" it all, but almost all of my memories are of my friends and not the places we lived and traveled to. It's something I need to remember more often today.
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thank, Granny! Back at ya! : )
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing that same view earlier...or later. I was in Point Clear for the 4th of July. Thought of you this morning...IPad in hand and was rewarded. Kate Sherfy Rogers
ReplyDeleteHey Kate! Nice of you to stop by, lol! Hope all is well with you and your family!
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