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From the Memory Vault: Lone Star will never fade away completely for me
I recently read an article by the esteemed Southern writer, Tom Poland, about a place that has captured my imagination and photographic spirit of…
Jul 5
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John Van Dalen
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From the Memory Vault: Lone Star will never fade away completely for me
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June 2025
The Maple Street Book Shop is gone, but treasured memories remain of a Golden Age in my early life
I’ve really been missing New Orleans lately.
Jun 27
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John Van Dalen
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The Maple Street Book Shop is gone, but treasured memories remain of a Golden Age in my early life
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My philosophy of photography based on a lifetime of taking pictures
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
Jun 19
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Loneliness and aging
At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self.”
Jun 10
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Loneliness and aging
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May 2025
Watching home movies from the 1950s and 60s has provided a Time Machine experience back to the more innocent era of my early youth
I often write about the past because all my past experiences have resulted in the man I am today, considerably wiser than when I was young because of…
May 31
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Watching home movies from the 1950s and 60s has provided a Time Machine experience back to the more innocent era of my early youth
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To be young again, or not to be, that is the question
People often say there’s no way they’d want to be 25, or 30 or 35.
May 21
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To be young again, or not to be, that is the question
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A grandmother in a nursing home has a devoted grandson; I tried my best to be a devoted son taking care of my mother in her home
A grandson is someone I will never know, in this life anyway.
May 9
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John Van Dalen
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A grandmother in a nursing home has a devoted grandson; I tried my best to be a devoted son taking care of my mother in her home
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From The Memory Vault: A shining college town on a hill
My Mayberry existence once upon a time
May 6
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John Van Dalen
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From The Memory Vault: A shining college town on a hill
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April 2025
Life before the World Wide Web versus today’s internet and technological advances with AI: two alien worlds collide
I often think about how technology has affected my life in the past three decades since I first went online with the World Wide Web at the library on a…
Apr 30
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Life before the World Wide Web versus today’s internet and technological advances with AI: two alien worlds collide
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What is “retirement?” Part 2
Part 1 is here: https://www.prosebox.net/entry/2196351
Apr 23
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John Van Dalen
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What is “retirement?” Part 2
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What is “retirement”? Part 1 of 2
Endings and beginnings mark this final stage of life
Apr 19
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John Van Dalen
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What is “retirement”? Part 1 of 2
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From the Memory Vault: A new start in life began with travels around the country
The year 1984 was another of those pivotal years in my younger life when I was trying to come to grips with the end of one career and way of life, and…
Apr 13
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