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Pictures I Love
These are memories.. collected from near and far.. of things and places and people that I love.
It is a very personal place for me to recall these things, but also a place I send people who want to know me a little better.
This is because we are all constructed from what we know.. what we love.. and where we have been.
That is who we are..
It is a very personal place for me to recall these things, but also a place I send people who want to know me a little better.
This is because we are all constructed from what we know.. what we love.. and where we have been.
That is who we are..
Places I've "Been"
Into the Past
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2008
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January
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- Two Mad Hatters
- A cup of Tea and Me
- St. Nick?
- "Old Schoolhouse"...a picture by Mary Stebbins Taitt
- Old postal card...the "Michigan Union"...I lived i...
- Old postal card...Jackson, Michigan as it was...
- Old postal card...the "Engine Arch"...I attended c...
- Old postal card...the Rose Garden at Ella Sharp Park
- Old postal card...City Hall...now sadly gone
- Old postal card...Cascades Falls...Jackson, MI
- Old stomping grounds...University of Michigan
- Mary as a "slightly" younger woman
- Blue Beach Rider
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About Me
- Michael Serafin-St. John
- Student of history, philosophy, and social sciences---BA in Communications from Michigan State
7 comments:
Schoolhouses like this one once stood in every corner of Michigan, including one on a hilltop not a quarter mile from the house where I was born. Classes were held with a single teacher, who taught all grades, who in turn taught each other, and all were from the same local neighborhood and therefore closely related. My cousins attended such a school, and my "Aunt Mary" Ackerman taught them. I would have attended, too, but our family "left the farm" the first year I attended elementary school, and I missed the experience.
Thank you for the link, I'll visit your site later.
Is mary Stebbins Taitt a famous or a local painter?
I like her style !
miss Yves
Mary will be very glad of your comment! What do I think of Mary? She is well-known but perhaps not yet "famous". She is an excellent photographer, a creative artist, and a poetic writer. Mary's mantra is always, "What is art, and how do I achieve it?" (She is also something of a perfectionist!)
Thanks so much Miss Yves and Mr Nerd for your nice comments, and thank you Imperfect for posting my picture. I really appreciate it.
I am a local artist in the Detroit area. I used to be much more well-known when I lived in Upstate NY where I had a number of shows. I have yet to have one here.
I love your barn shots, too... you can tell I'm a nut for things like me... old, worn, and grey.
This stands out in black and white. Nice.
Time seems to bleach the color from our environment in some things... the brilliance of youth gives way to the grey of age... but the form and figure of what was is still there... even if only as bleached bones and shanks of hair.
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