Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.Â
Comments (30)
MagikUnicorn
Great idea !
annie5
Great concept and idea! Good imagination :)
misskitty
This makes me sad for some reason. Maybe it's the 'don't remember, don't feel' part. It's great artwork when you know you have made the viewers feel with emotion. Great work!
mgtcs
Wonderful idea my friend, splendid words, makes me think about my work!
drifterlee
How true!
magnus073
Fantastic and very thoughtful image, although sometimes it is harder to turn the page than we think or desire.
clbsmiley
Thought provoking...
helanker
Yes, makes one think.
mariogiannecchini
Non sempre è facile voltare pagina ! Ma molto importante la volontà di farlo !Penso tu abbia avuto una grande idea che sei riuscita a trasmettere in poche, ma belle parole !!!Buona domenica e buona settimana nuova , Lucinda. Is not always easy to turn the page! But very important the will to do it! I think you've got a great idea that you managed to convey in a few, but nice words! Good Sunday and a good week new, Lucinda.
wysiwig
Keep your eyes on the prize, your shoulder to the wheel, your nose to the grindstone and your ear to the ground. Now try and work in that position! Excellent expression of sentiments so true. Someday you will retire and throw out the entire book!
M2A
Words sound well, very pretty.
BertDes
Good idea, but not always easy.
durleybeachbum
And to add to Marks list, Back to the wall, and a stiff upper lip! I like the succinctness of your verse..like a good pic, tight and sharp.
jmb007
beau texte et image,mais il faut pouvoir tourner la page,pas toujours facile!!
jendellas
Very unusual & great words!!!!
sandra46
marvelous!!!!!!!!!
unstart
Great depiction of the rat race!!
flavia49
fantastic idea!!
vaggabondd
this is a great impression of the daily drag, nice work
virginiese
excellent poem nice image to fit with !
npauling
An excellent poem to go with the picture. This makes me think of the time when I worked in a factory, it was so repetitive each day, it nearly drove me mad.
psyoshida
What a clever poem and equally clever picture. It is a bit depressing, but like the title expresses a clean page is a chance to start fresh.
JaneEden
LOL yes I can see that this would be if doing the same old job each day, of adding up numbers that just won't tally, and the whole task day after day gets so tedious. Very creative and clever poem, very well done indeed! hugs Jane xx
CoreyBlack
I don't get to the writing gallery much, but I am happy to see this here. What a surprise. I love the visual with this and the whole idea of just turning the page. What fun it is to just turn pages and go from something dull and boring to something more fun and worthwhile. This is a great piece of work.
beachzz
short and to the point awesome
Madbat
Yeah, be a good little robot, how very telling!
e-brink
Excellent words!
ShadowsNTime
You sure hit the nail on the head Lucinda! Wonderful image and verse! Some days I think I forget to turn the page...or maybe they are stuck together, lol!
bmac62
I find myself agreeing with CoreyBlack...this is top drawer. The impact of your artistic illustrative photography and your short, to the point writing is great. Reminds me...I have to turn the page...and begin writing once more! Thanks for the inspiration:)
greensleeves81
hey I didn't see this. wonderful work and touching words. This is one reason I decided not to be an accountant.