Category Archives: photos

Digitizing old slides, looking at old photos—nostalgia hurts!

Posted on August 3, 2020 by

These memories are not mine so I’m not sure why I am feeling this pain in my heart. I’m re-digitizing a lot of slides from photos my dad took of his youth, his army days, and early days with my … Continue reading →

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Old slides reveal hidden past

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

I spent Easter weekend examining my dad’s slides taken during the 1950s when he was in the Army, stationed in the US and Japan (no combat duty). Dad and I used an old illuminated screen to view the slides against … Continue reading →

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Memories lost in the changes

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

Yesterday my husband and I visited our daughter who is starting grad school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, our old alma mater. I haven’t seen it much since I graduated in 198x (long ago!) and the area has changed … Continue reading →

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