1.31.2007

Been Reading A Lot Lately

A few of the books I read this month are

Sweet Ruin by Tony Hoagland
The Painted Bed by Donald Hall
Different Hours by Stephen Dunn
Here, Bullet by Brian Turner

NUTLEY Yesterday-Tody by Ann Troy
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
The Annie Dillard Reader
BACK ROADS New Jersey by Mark Di Ionno

These books are on my short list to read:
PIGEONS by Andrew D. Blechman
OUR ROOTS ARE DEEP WITH PASSION - Gutkind & Herman
JARHEAD by Anthony Swofford
IDENTITY LESSONS by Maria Mazziotti Gillan & Jennifer Gillan
A GUIDE TO NEW JERSEY'S REVOLUTIONARY WAR TRAIL by Mark Di Ionno

I don't know why anyone would want to know what books I've been reading this month, but those are the ones I can think of.

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1.15.2007

STRANGERS IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS

Who are these people in these old photos?


The squares look like poster stills from some old WWII movie.

They are black and white, somewhat out of focus, yet, these people do seem to be enjoying the moment.

It is obvious they enjoy the moment of togetherness that is frozen in time before me on such brittle and fragile paper.

These long-ago relatives gathered at a wedding here, a baptism there, a picnic there.


They hammed it up with a smile, or stood prim and proper in a nearly formal pose for all posterity.
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