This challenge subject is all about capturing the roads, walks, trails, rails, we move from one place to another on. You can walk on them, climb them, drive them, ride them, as long as the way is visible. —Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge
Category: Fingerprints
Fingerprints Part 12 — Day 1: The Trouble With Harry
This is the twelfth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. Hit the ground running On July 25, 1968 I began my career in the Electrical Trade when I took a dispatch from the Apprenticeship Director of IBEW Local 728, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I was 19 years old, married (with a child…
Fingerprints Part 11 — The Groundwork
Fingerprints Part 10 — The Doors
This is the tenth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. “I believe in the Scottish proverb: Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict and disease. They do not die of hard work. The harder your people work, the happier and healthier they will be.” —David Ogilvy…
Fingerprints Part 9 — Life’s a Beach
This is the ninth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. Yes, Sagittarius, this is a good moment to abandon old beliefs and moral values. Your view of life has changed and, above all, you’re more aware of how your outdated, preconceived ideas sometimes poison your life. The past no longer concerns…
Fingerprints Part 8 — A New Life
This is the eighth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy. I’ve Got Love In My Tummy. Some people come in and out of our lives through the years guiding us and some people enter once and leave a lasting impression.” —Anon A few days after the scaffolding incident…
Fingerprints Part 7— New Beginnings
This is the seventh part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. “People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.” —W. B. Yeats May 6, 1968 Undergraduate Division Office of the Dean Dear Mr. Smorra, In your letter of April 10…
Fingerprints Part 6 — The End Is Near
This is the sixth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. ”Most of us spend 59 minutes in an hour living in the past with regret for lost joys, or shame for things badly done…or in a future which we either long for or dread.” —Storm Jameson Social Studies and Social Grace The…
Fingerprints Part 5 —The Wrath of Math
This is the fifth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. “Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality.” —Caitlin Thomas I was not a good multitasker when I was in college and I am only marginally better now. I am good at unitasking, i.e. going into Tune-out…
Fingerprints Part 4 —Pride Cometh Before the Fall (Quarter)
This is the fourth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” —Soren Kierkegaard How close to the flame could I go and how long could I stay there? Fear, anxiety and teenage testosterone combine to make an uncontrollable personality…