Thank you for the best compliment I have received on anything I have written, Martina! It was so nice of you to take the time do do that...it made my day!

The color photos were scanned from old 35mm Ektachrome slide film. I really wish the colors had held up better; they obviously are of great value to me. I'm the same way about old photos. My family didn't have the money, either, and there are far too few photos of my childhood. I still have their old Kodak 120 box camera my Dad made the first photo of me with! Photos are wonderful tools for memory-jogging and helping with recall. Imagine having had a smart phone when we were kids!

Funny, too: the photos of me in uniform and the one with Doro are the only ones of me that I like.

I'm working on another story that has mention of Doro. The future shall reveal!

I added you to my Follow list. Being a vegetarian for the past 47 years, that's always interesting to me. Plus, you live in an exceedingly beautiful country!

It's good to meet you!

Will