Darlin’, pardon me
by chuckofish
…but do I look familiar?
I recently found this photo of my big bro in his glory days. I am including it in today’s post for no particular reason except to say tempus fugit.
Here’s some food for thought from ol’ Fred B.
It is a moment of light surrounded on all sides by darkness and oblivion. In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another just like it and there will never be another just like it again. It is the point to which all your yesterdays have been leading since the hour of your birth. It is the point from which all your tomorrows will proceed until the hour of your death. If you were aware of how precious it is, you could hardly live through it. Unless you are aware of how precious it is, you can hardly be said to be living at all.
“This is the day which the Lord has made,” says the 118th Psalm. “Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Or weep and be sad in it for that matter. The point is to see it for what it is because it will be gone before yo know it. If you waste it, it is your life that you’re wasting. If you look the other way, it may be the moment you’ve been waiting for always that you’re missing.
All other days have either disappeared into darkness and oblivion or not yet emerged from them. Today is the only day there is.
–Frederick Buechner, Whistling in the Dark
Golly, what a great picture of Chris and yes, he does look familiar! I have the bottle of embalming fluid on my living room bookshelf. As always, Fred B. inspires. Keep those oldie photos coming…
I think he looks a lot like you in this picture! He was quite a cutie. I love seeing all the stuff in the background–like the tile fireplace surround and mantle.
Handsome dude!
He’s a brown-eyed handsome man!
Priceless photo!!
I thought you and Ellen might like it! He was quite a dude back in the day.
I guess he was. Long hair and everything!
That is a great photo! Any idea about the date (or at least year)?
Also cool fireplace behind – was that at the Chamberlin home?
I think he was in college–so early 1970s–around 1973.
The picture was taken in the Chamberlin living room.