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.ÂÂ
Comments (22)
flavia49
very lovely poem
Faemike55
Great picture and cool writing have fun in Seattle
auntietk
What a great story! I'm glad my poem gave your brain the little bump it needed ... this is delightful! I wish I wish I wish I weren't on the road right now ... I'd LOVE to be home next week so I could see you!!!
magnus073
Lucinda, This is a wonderful photo of your son and I very much enjoyed the story. Have a great time in Seattle
Cyve
Fantastic work and great poeme !
ronmolina
Lovely indeed!
mgtcs
This is an amazing poem and capture dear Lucinda, very well composed, impressive work! Congratulations!
durleybeachbum
Wonderful! I have a very similar phot of my son at that age... Maybe he had a similar experience.
wysiwig
What a wonderful memory. Its the small moments that make a life. Thank you for sharing this. I hope you have the best time in Seattle. Its a great place.
jayfar
Obviously an academic! Nice picture and words Lucinda.
jendellas
Love it, I hate having my pic taken & I am like that :o) Have a super week. xxx
clbsmiley
Great memory. Have a great trip and visit!
sandra46
WONDERFUL WORK!
jocko500
got to smile. cool image here
Minda
Great picture and nice writing lucinda..safe trip.
Chipka
Great image and great poem, and of course the poem itself is a great image in and of itself. It so concise and rich in telling details. I think "Smile" is one of the best challenges to come up, and they've all been good, but I think this one has really opened up all sorts of different possibilities, since smiles are a gesture that comes as a response to so many different things, including photographers who are hard-pressed to make photographs for yearbooks and such things. I love the way you weave so much into this image: observation, emotion, commentary: it blends together perfectly and has an excellent "cover image" to illustrate it. Super work! I hope Seattle is fun! I know it will be, and I gotta head out thataway at some point myself. I really like this, and I love the fact that you've posted it here.
KatesFriend
I've never had problems smiling for school photos. Anything to get us out of class for 30mins was greatly anticipated and we were grateful. I mean really, the life cycle of the avocado? No wonder so many kids abandon science before grade 9. A lovely slice of life Lucinda. But I must say, because I so remember how it was to be that age, your response is so typically adult. My mother is one such as you. That's right, laugh at my trials mom. Of coarse, now my wife does too - there is no escape. Okay, I'll admit it, I've been drinking. But I must admit, that's a great photo and I'd hold on to it too. Have a great trip.
drifterlee
Wonderful poem and shot!
emmecielle
Very nice poem! :)
anianiani
Loved all about this...Great.
blondeblurr
I just knew it - I had missed one, no, not to smile - here is mine ;) (but one of your posts, oops!) but then again, I am not a good writer, nor poet - I wouldn't know, where to start? I am agreeing with Tara, by saying: I wish, I wish, I wish ... I wish I could write poetry, yeah dream on! anyhow, I think boys will be boys, they don't have to smile, like girls do - only when the right one comes along ;))) The week, you have been away in Seattle, has come and gone by now and I hope it was all good and fine ... BB PS I am so glad, that you responded and succeeded to my Moon greeting ;) and thank you very much for the wonderful words you had left on my little dedi for you, you are a master with words, because you do look deeper than most ;)
danapommet
I didn't like my photo taken either and really still don't and that is why my avatar is 49 years old! Nice photo being in a special spot and I love your poem!