Yearbook: I Really Do Remember the 60s

Just for fun before I show you how I might have looked in the 60s, this is my real 1962 yearbook photo.

And this is what I might have looked like in the 60s

But it was fun to look at the possibilities.

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Getting To Know Me, Getting To Know The Cheek That Doth Not Fade

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I am a librarian, a grandfather, an Army brat, a fairly good photographer, and a rather undisciplined genealogist. I have very eclectic taste in music, but 60s style folk is my favorite.  I read adventure novels for relaxation. I collect old camera. I married my high school sweetheart 41 years ago and [...]

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Smile for the Camera: Crowning Glory

The last Smile-for-the-camera Carnival was impossible because any attempt to choose a favorite picture had to leave too many out and could only be true for the picture selected at that time and place. Five minutes later, I probably would have changed my mind. The Crowning Glory theme was a lot easier because it gave [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Chickenpox

“Chickenpox.” Digital Image. Photographed by James E. Cheek, Philippines, 1949. Privately held by Richard O. Cheek, Midwest City, OK, 2005.
Wordless Wednesday

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Show and Tell – What Crack?

55th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy

The postings for this carnival can be found on the Creative Gene blog at http://creativegene.blogspot.com/.  The subject for the 55th Carnival is “Show and Tell.”  I was one of those kids who really didn’t like Show and Tell.  I always had some great stuff and some great ideas but [...]

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