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I just skimmed through my journals from decades ago to see if they had a single drawing, picture or anything besides a written word. Nothing. In fact, I couldn't even find a word not written in cursive! But having little talent in drawing, I’m not surprised.

Of course, I do have photos from that time, which got me thinking. Find journal entries which connect to or describe the photo and vice versa. I did do this recently and discovered that a photo from 35 years ago barely scratched the surface of how I felt during that moment. Interesting experience!

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Funny how looking at something you had no intention of looking at (as these diaries and journals did for me this summer) after years since their creation, makes you wonder: what the hell? What was I thinking? The photo-journal connection is another great experiment. You should do more of that as you explore family photos. Thanks for the comment, Chris!

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