२४ ऑगस्ट, २००५

Old photos.

My son John scanned some photos taken in 1980 and 1981 (the year he was born) and posted them on his Flickr page (appropriately labeled so you can see which ones I took and which ones his father Richard took). The pictures show me, Richard, his brothers Steve and Andy, and his mother Jean. Jean died this Sunday. Let's take a glimpse at the family dynamic, in two photos I took in 1980.

Richard with his mother at our dining table:

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Steve, acting comical, and seemingly outraging Jean. I think she's outraged not because he's making fun of religion, but because he's making fun of her objet d'art:

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११ टिप्पण्या:

amba म्हणाले...

So, do blondes have more fun?

Pancho म्हणाले...

Were those out-takes from some discarded Al Pacino film?

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Pancho: I'm trying to think of which yelled Al Pacino line would best express my experience of my marriage.

Ron म्हणाले...

Ann: "I'm out of order? YOU'RE out of order!" or worse, "I'm tryin' to get out -- and they keep draggin' me back in!"

Richard looks like he just got off the stage of Jesus Christ Superstar! (and I suppose you would now have to sing, "I don't know how to love him.")

Ron म्हणाले...

Steve looks like he just recorded "Purple Rain!" Will he change his name to a symbol and then change it back?

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Yeah, what's with the rainbow suspenders? Check the photoset. Everyone seems to have them. I can't figure out if there was one pair of rainbow suspenders with guys taking turns wearing them or if everyone had their own. Was it some Mork and Mindy thing???

amba म्हणाले...

Funny, Richard looks exactly like I imagined him from his blog (except younger, of course).

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

Haha, amba, same here. I had the same thought as Pancho too. The pictures of Richard kept making me think of Serpico.

Very nice pictures too. (Yours are better than his. Just saying/typing.)

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Ron: Sure it's not Godspell?

Finn Alexander Kristiansen म्हणाले...

Something about black and white photos really captures life, or the mood of life.

Ron म्हणाले...

Ann: I have blissfully forgotten Godspell...brrr...I wonder if there are any 'rock/religious' efforts that are below even these...

There's an exercise: What New Testament character are you? What book most resembles your life?



BTW, at least it's not the Turkish Wizard of Oz!

http://www.disinfotainmenttoday.com/
darenet/turkishwizard.htm