I was taken by the picture at the top of the article. During the 1970s, a high school friend of mine went to Hampshire College, and I visited him there several times. The building in the photo doesn't look familiar, but the hills in the background do; we used to hike (and camp - probably illegally, but I'm not sure) in those hills. One of the hills had a fire tower on it, and I remember climbing it on a cool autumn morning just before dawn when the Connecticut Valley below us was filled with fog. Funny how images can jog your memory ...
I think it was Shelley Berman who once mentioned how certain terms, such as skate key, can evoke a flow of memories. The same certainly applies to pictures.
And notice how you remember it: cool autumn morning.
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I was taken by the picture at the top of the article. During the 1970s, a high school friend of mine went to Hampshire College, and I visited him there several times. The building in the photo doesn't look familiar, but the hills in the background do; we used to hike (and camp - probably illegally, but I'm not sure) in those hills. One of the hills had a fire tower on it, and I remember climbing it on a cool autumn morning just before dawn when the Connecticut Valley below us was filled with fog. Funny how images can jog your memory ...
Steve,
I think it was Shelley Berman who once mentioned how certain terms, such as skate key, can evoke a flow of memories. The same certainly applies to pictures.
And notice how you remember it: cool autumn morning.
You even recall the temperature!
Michael
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