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Photo Friday, No. 796

Current Photo Friday theme: Identity


I had so many questions as a child. How did he get away with it? The booth was GLASS. No one saw? No one noticed a man wearing glasses and a suit going into the booth and exiting a caped hero? Where did his clothes go?

Maybe I understand it better now. Heroes walk unseen among us every day; nonetheless, they change the world.

Today was Take Your Action Figure To Work Day. This guy kept me company while I wrote.

Photo Friday, No. 788

Current Photo Friday theme: Memories

These jacks belonged to my mother, and as she aged, she used them to maintain dexterity and hand/eye coordination. They are more colorful than the ones I had as a child, but I spent many happy times sitting on a porch or sidewalk playing jacks.

The ball shown with these no longer has its bounce. The BEST part of jacks was when you somehow lucked into the perfect ball–just the right amount of bounce, a good fit to a small palm–such are the joys of childhood, and sometimes, when you revisit the game with your older friends, the glee of adolescence.