Image Credit: Frank Jansen
Title: Can’t Go Home
Source: 100 Word Wednesday: Week 8
Word count: 100 words
It felt like he had never left. It felt vaguely foreign too, like a dream not quite remembered. He did remember riding his bike around town, his camera bouncing against his hip as he pedaled. He and the Pentax had been inseparable. Every penny of his allowance or the odd job he got, he used to feed the camera a steady diet of film and then to processed the film into photographs.
The place advertising one hour developing had long since gone out of business. But his photos remained. They helped to reminded him of the pieces he had forgotten.
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Jo Hawk The Writer
Jo Hawk 
like a dream not quite remembered – like coming back to the past that has shaped your future -love your words so much!
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Thank you. This one just gushed out.
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So much in 100 words. 🙂
Those cameras are now ancient!
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Yes they are. I remember my mom using one when I was younger.
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Tangible images recreate memories shared from yesterday or long ago – they help us see our similarities and how much alike we all are. Love this story — really beautifully wonderful ❤
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With digital I don’t print out as many photos as mom did. She had boxes full. I wonder if I will forget more because of it. Thank you for the kind words.
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You are so welcome 😊 I have actually been purging pictures…Of the tens of thousands of printed images (many from my photography pre-digital era), I’m keeping only the great ones — as in unblurred, of family, and ditching old (particularly not happy) memories. I print pictures and we have family pictures developed and hung on the walls — it’s one of my things😉 So happy you joined us!
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I liked this – reminded me of the beginning of IT by Stephen King strangely enough.
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I don’t think I have read It. But it is quite flattering that my piece reminds you of such a noted author. 🙂 Thank you.
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Its those old photos that allow us to remember, so nicely done Jo..
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Cleverly written. A fellow blogger – who has a photography blog – only remarked to me last week that photographs are memories. You made that point really well. 🙂
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Thank you.
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